It's well known that the RN has quotes from Dirty Harry, Ransom etc.
I think the crime may have been influence by the 1993 movie The Fugitive
To understand the background consider this:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_C4IHxeGXI&feature=PlayList&p=5225E0408EBC527A&index=0&playnext=1"]YouTube - The Fugitive 1993 (1)[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5lSV5oEaW8&feature=PlayList&p=5225E0408EBC527A&index=1"]YouTube - The Fugitive 1993 (2)[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rYGrWz1KRI&feature=PlayList&p=5225E0408EBC527A&index=2"]YouTube - The Fugitive 1993 (3)[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypABS6mfNpc&feature=PlayList&p=5225E0408EBC527A&index=10"]YouTube - The Fugitive 1993 (11)[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPNjmE9JziY&feature=PlayList&p=5225E0408EBC527A&index=11"]YouTube - The Fugitive 1993 (12)[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG_HRHvAkT4&feature=PlayList&p=5225E0408EBC527A&index=12"]YouTube - The Fugitive 1993 (13)[/ame]
David, recall back to your first lesson. All who have power are afraid to lose it, even the RDI spin team. Good is a point of view, Super. The Spin and the JIDI are alike in almost every way including their quest for greater power.
LISTEN CAREFULLY, IT'S UP TO YOU NOW!
If intruder had samples of PR's handwriting, it would be easy for him to deliberately disguise his handwriting in a way to superficially look like PR's. And there handwriting experts who point out significant differences between PR and RN. Forensic linguist Gerald McMermanin is well aware of handwriting experts who claim a match between PR and RN, but as a linguist his expertise is to report linguistic data and his impartial evaluation of it.
Master Dave I'm disappointed. RDI spin team holds you in such high esteem. Surely you can do better!
"Barbara Kostanick was the mother of a playmate of JBR's. She asserted: "The day before Christmas, JonBenet was at our house playing with Megan. The kids were talking about Santa, getting all excited. I asked JonBenet if she had visited Santa Claus yet. She said, “Oh, Santa was at our Christmas party the other night.” Megan had seen Santa at the Pearl Street Mall, so we talked about that. Then JonBenet said, “Santa Claus promised that he would make a secret visit after Christmas.” I thought she was confused. “Christmas is tonight,” I told her. “And Santa will be coming tonight.” “No, no” JonBenet insisted. “He said this would be after Christmas. And it’s a secret” (Schiller 1999:38-39).
"Santa" and JB had a sexual relationship. This explains erosion with hymen, and primary transfer of his DNA in JB's vagina. Santa was worried that JB might expose him as a pedophile, and decides to kill JB. Santa had a pre-arranged meeting w/JB. JB keeps door unlocked to meet Santa. Santa has entered house before, and possibly took the yellow pad with him (which may had samples of PR's handwriting)
No forced entry as in Fugitive. Santa wore gloves. No fingerprints as in Fugitive.
JB lets Santa in. Santa brings with him the yellow pad w/RN, consciously attempting to imitate PR's handwriting. He provides JB w/pineapple she eats it. He decides to kill her and put her in the basement. He thinks some incriminating evidence like hair and fiber might be in JB's body or clothes so does some re-dressing.
He has seen the Fugitive. He knows if he keeps JB"s body in the house, the parents will be blamed just as Dr. Richard Kimball was. He stages the scene to include a false point of entry (basement window) false motive of kidnapping, to cover his own real motive.
A common RDI spin is that the R's over-staged the crime scene, and that if a hypothetical intruder wanted money why did he leave the body behind? Therefore the R's must have staged the RN as the only possible explanation to create a fiction of kidnapper scenario.
The RN and demand for kidnapping money is staging. He never wanted money, only kill JB to keep her silent. He has seen Dirty Harry, Ransom, Leopold and Loeb, and crime scene staging.
He may have heard the $118k bonus from JB.
He struck JB w/flashlight then wiped it clean. He then quickly went to work strangling her. No need to speculate whether the R's knew how to tie such a knot. They don't.
He realized if he staged the crime scene, profilers would be mislead into thinking the parents did the staging. He carried off w/broken paintbrush, nylon rope, items that are source of brown fiber and beaver hair, wipes flashlight of blood (which also cleans it of fingerprints).
He left behind the RN, which was really full of Freudian slips that he wanted to kill JB to silence her, some possibly incriminating items and left out the door. As with the Danielle Van Dam murder, no forced entry means no clear evidence of an intruder of the kind that is usually present. He left behind the body as he has no need for it now JB is silence, and knowing the parents will take the fall.
The DNA and forensic linguistics are the most compelling evidence of this. What RDI spin calls staging, such as head blow and strangulation, is actually the handiwork of Santa. The "degraded" DNA found in JB's fingernails may be result of previous weeks contact w/Santa. Santa hoped to cover up his previous sexual contact by staging a sexual assault w/paintbrush, not knowing that her hymen was already eroded.
The intruder staged the crime scene and motive to mislead the RDIST into thinking the parents staged the crime scene into believing the intruder did it. Santa may have had some feelings for JB and hence a proprietary interest in JB. He felt he needed to silence her or risk ruin to his professional reputation.
This is a case of an intruder staging the crime scene to frame the parents, not the other way around. He opened the basement window to mislead LE into thinking he entered that way. He knew he did not enter that way but through JB, and he knew from studying profiling that profilers would see this as the R's staging the crime scene. He does not want to be found. He does not want to be caught. He does not want his reputation ruined.
The reason forensic linguistics doesn't match is that the intruder did not know how to disguise that, only knew how to imitate PR's writing. He thought the R's were from the South, and used Southern words like gentlemen. The DNA in Vagina was the result of a PRIMARY transfer of his finger in her vagina, and his DNA on the sides of the long johns due to PRIMARY transfer from his shedding skin cells to those locations. Unsourced brown fibers were from a teddy bear he gave as a gift to JB.
As w/movie Fugitive, you will hear a voice of the grave, of JB identifying her killer:
“Santa Claus promised that he would make a secret visit after Christmas.” I thought she was confused. “Christmas is tonight,” I told her. “And Santa will be coming tonight.” “No, no” JonBenet insisted. “He said this would be after Christmas. And it’s a secret”
Pretty amazing coincidence wouldn't you say? A secret visit after Christmas, and she was murdered. If JB was expecting such a visit, it seems fair to say she might have been awake that night, eating pineapples, waiting for Santa. The unsourced brown fibers on JB were a teddy bear Santa gift for her given to her by the intruder.
RDI spin team, tell me something, what do you think JB had in mind when she said " “Santa Claus promised that he would make a secret visit after Christmas.” I thought she was confused. “Christmas is tonight,” I told her. “And Santa will be coming tonight.” “No, no” JonBenet insisted. “He said this would be after Christmas. And it’s a secret” "
and is it coincidence she was murdered then?
To address the RDIST beloved CASKU:
Of all murder cases in the annals of history how many involve a girl, under 12, who reports “Santa Claus promised that he would make a secret visit after Christmas.” I thought she was confused. “Christmas is tonight,” I told her. “And Santa will be coming tonight.” “No, no” JonBenet insisted. “He said this would be after Christmas. And it’s a secret”
and is murdered that day in their own homes? JB did not even tell R's, only Barbara Kostanick and Megan Kostanick. No doubt Santa swore JB not to tell her parents.
I think the crime may have been influence by the 1993 movie The Fugitive
To understand the background consider this:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_C4IHxeGXI&feature=PlayList&p=5225E0408EBC527A&index=0&playnext=1"]YouTube - The Fugitive 1993 (1)[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5lSV5oEaW8&feature=PlayList&p=5225E0408EBC527A&index=1"]YouTube - The Fugitive 1993 (2)[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rYGrWz1KRI&feature=PlayList&p=5225E0408EBC527A&index=2"]YouTube - The Fugitive 1993 (3)[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypABS6mfNpc&feature=PlayList&p=5225E0408EBC527A&index=10"]YouTube - The Fugitive 1993 (11)[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPNjmE9JziY&feature=PlayList&p=5225E0408EBC527A&index=11"]YouTube - The Fugitive 1993 (12)[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG_HRHvAkT4&feature=PlayList&p=5225E0408EBC527A&index=12"]YouTube - The Fugitive 1993 (13)[/ame]
If I find any, I'll let them know!
Just as a reminder to anyone interested, I mentioned earlier that a lot of the preliminary analysis was done before it was known that PR could write with either hand. What I forgot to mention was:
4) As it was explained to me, the feeling is that whomever wrote the captions in the R family photo album wrote the RN.
5) Her own mother and sister said it looked like her writing.
6) Like the people I spoke to said, most of the time it's not a question of being able to say "this person wrote it for sure." It's a question of saying "we've eliminated everyone else."
Take those for what they're worth.
Excellent. Now we're talking.
How do you mean?
I couldn't say just off the top of my head. "Not many," would be my guess. But, let me lay this one on you, purely hypothetically: let's say that a random sample would produce 10-20 similarities. That's a pretty far cry from 243 or even 100 or 50. In this particular instance, it's not just the number, it's the kind of similarities. So, qualitative and quantitative, I guess you'd say.
Let me put it to you this way: for a little while now, you've asserted that any number of people using this particular writing implement would produce the same results. The problem with that assertion (as I see it) is that the police seem to have covered that base. If what you say were true, there would have been quite a few people out of the 70+ who were tested who would have set off alarm bells. I think Tadpole mentioned something about that a while ago, but I can't remember the exact wording just now. Except there weren't a lot of people who aroused interest. ONE PERSON.
It's times like this that I REALLY regret not being able to scan those charts into my computer and show them to you, because you're really missing out.
I'm not sure.
But, allow me to say this: I just read what Professor Coulthard said in his review. I think he mentioned something like 18 variances. Okay, I admit that sounds pretty good. All of this linguistic analysis sounds really good, in and of itself. But--again, as I see it--that's the problem: looking at it in a vacuum. You really can't do that in this case, just the way it's set up. You have to take that holistic view I keep hammering. I imagine that's what Sophie was trying to say.
To sum up:
On your end you've got impressive linguistic talent in a vacuum. It doesn't seem to take into account the many (and I do mean MANY) instances where the Rs have used "ransomspeak." Moreover, for it to really do any good, you'd have to establish firmly that someone else was in the house to begin with. And that's something that, to date, cannot be done. That's the problem I have with a lot of this: the experts seem to be operating in a vacuum. (I could be wrong on that. If they considered other evidence, please DO NOT hesitate to tell me!)
From my end, we've got several well-established document examiners, the fact that it was written in their house on their paper with their pen (which was even put back in its proper place), and it can be established beyond a doubt that they were there that night. PLUS, we know that people operating on their behalf tried to sabotage one of those examiners so he couldn't testify against them and there was a possible attempt to scare off another one (if what Wong said is accurate, and I have no reason to think it wasn't).
Even if you don't consider anything else about it, that's the vital core. cynic is right about that: those elements would have to be considered.
So, if you were in my position, where would you come down? Think about it, okay? (I know it may not seem like it, but I consider everything you say.)
David, recall back to your first lesson. All who have power are afraid to lose it, even the RDI spin team. Good is a point of view, Super. The Spin and the JIDI are alike in almost every way including their quest for greater power.
LISTEN CAREFULLY, IT'S UP TO YOU NOW!
If intruder had samples of PR's handwriting, it would be easy for him to deliberately disguise his handwriting in a way to superficially look like PR's. And there handwriting experts who point out significant differences between PR and RN. Forensic linguist Gerald McMermanin is well aware of handwriting experts who claim a match between PR and RN, but as a linguist his expertise is to report linguistic data and his impartial evaluation of it.
Actually, there's no solid proof she said that. Last I knew, all we had was JR's word for it.
Master Dave I'm disappointed. RDI spin team holds you in such high esteem. Surely you can do better!
"Barbara Kostanick was the mother of a playmate of JBR's. She asserted: "The day before Christmas, JonBenet was at our house playing with Megan. The kids were talking about Santa, getting all excited. I asked JonBenet if she had visited Santa Claus yet. She said, “Oh, Santa was at our Christmas party the other night.” Megan had seen Santa at the Pearl Street Mall, so we talked about that. Then JonBenet said, “Santa Claus promised that he would make a secret visit after Christmas.” I thought she was confused. “Christmas is tonight,” I told her. “And Santa will be coming tonight.” “No, no” JonBenet insisted. “He said this would be after Christmas. And it’s a secret” (Schiller 1999:38-39).
"Santa" and JB had a sexual relationship. This explains erosion with hymen, and primary transfer of his DNA in JB's vagina. Santa was worried that JB might expose him as a pedophile, and decides to kill JB. Santa had a pre-arranged meeting w/JB. JB keeps door unlocked to meet Santa. Santa has entered house before, and possibly took the yellow pad with him (which may had samples of PR's handwriting)
No forced entry as in Fugitive. Santa wore gloves. No fingerprints as in Fugitive.
JB lets Santa in. Santa brings with him the yellow pad w/RN, consciously attempting to imitate PR's handwriting. He provides JB w/pineapple she eats it. He decides to kill her and put her in the basement. He thinks some incriminating evidence like hair and fiber might be in JB's body or clothes so does some re-dressing.
He has seen the Fugitive. He knows if he keeps JB"s body in the house, the parents will be blamed just as Dr. Richard Kimball was. He stages the scene to include a false point of entry (basement window) false motive of kidnapping, to cover his own real motive.
A common RDI spin is that the R's over-staged the crime scene, and that if a hypothetical intruder wanted money why did he leave the body behind? Therefore the R's must have staged the RN as the only possible explanation to create a fiction of kidnapper scenario.
The RN and demand for kidnapping money is staging. He never wanted money, only kill JB to keep her silent. He has seen Dirty Harry, Ransom, Leopold and Loeb, and crime scene staging.
He may have heard the $118k bonus from JB.
He struck JB w/flashlight then wiped it clean. He then quickly went to work strangling her. No need to speculate whether the R's knew how to tie such a knot. They don't.
He realized if he staged the crime scene, profilers would be mislead into thinking the parents did the staging. He carried off w/broken paintbrush, nylon rope, items that are source of brown fiber and beaver hair, wipes flashlight of blood (which also cleans it of fingerprints).
He left behind the RN, which was really full of Freudian slips that he wanted to kill JB to silence her, some possibly incriminating items and left out the door. As with the Danielle Van Dam murder, no forced entry means no clear evidence of an intruder of the kind that is usually present. He left behind the body as he has no need for it now JB is silence, and knowing the parents will take the fall.
The DNA and forensic linguistics are the most compelling evidence of this. What RDI spin calls staging, such as head blow and strangulation, is actually the handiwork of Santa. The "degraded" DNA found in JB's fingernails may be result of previous weeks contact w/Santa. Santa hoped to cover up his previous sexual contact by staging a sexual assault w/paintbrush, not knowing that her hymen was already eroded.
The intruder staged the crime scene and motive to mislead the RDIST into thinking the parents staged the crime scene into believing the intruder did it. Santa may have had some feelings for JB and hence a proprietary interest in JB. He felt he needed to silence her or risk ruin to his professional reputation.
This is a case of an intruder staging the crime scene to frame the parents, not the other way around. He opened the basement window to mislead LE into thinking he entered that way. He knew he did not enter that way but through JB, and he knew from studying profiling that profilers would see this as the R's staging the crime scene. He does not want to be found. He does not want to be caught. He does not want his reputation ruined.
The reason forensic linguistics doesn't match is that the intruder did not know how to disguise that, only knew how to imitate PR's writing. He thought the R's were from the South, and used Southern words like gentlemen. The DNA in Vagina was the result of a PRIMARY transfer of his finger in her vagina, and his DNA on the sides of the long johns due to PRIMARY transfer from his shedding skin cells to those locations. Unsourced brown fibers were from a teddy bear he gave as a gift to JB.
As w/movie Fugitive, you will hear a voice of the grave, of JB identifying her killer:
“Santa Claus promised that he would make a secret visit after Christmas.” I thought she was confused. “Christmas is tonight,” I told her. “And Santa will be coming tonight.” “No, no” JonBenet insisted. “He said this would be after Christmas. And it’s a secret”
Pretty amazing coincidence wouldn't you say? A secret visit after Christmas, and she was murdered. If JB was expecting such a visit, it seems fair to say she might have been awake that night, eating pineapples, waiting for Santa. The unsourced brown fibers on JB were a teddy bear Santa gift for her given to her by the intruder.
RDI spin team, tell me something, what do you think JB had in mind when she said " “Santa Claus promised that he would make a secret visit after Christmas.” I thought she was confused. “Christmas is tonight,” I told her. “And Santa will be coming tonight.” “No, no” JonBenet insisted. “He said this would be after Christmas. And it’s a secret” "
and is it coincidence she was murdered then?
To address the RDIST beloved CASKU:
Of all murder cases in the annals of history how many involve a girl, under 12, who reports “Santa Claus promised that he would make a secret visit after Christmas.” I thought she was confused. “Christmas is tonight,” I told her. “And Santa will be coming tonight.” “No, no” JonBenet insisted. “He said this would be after Christmas. And it’s a secret”
and is murdered that day in their own homes? JB did not even tell R's, only Barbara Kostanick and Megan Kostanick. No doubt Santa swore JB not to tell her parents.