Well, that's just it, HOTYH. They WEREN'T prevalent. In fact, they were only in and on stuff that the Ramseys claimed they didn't own, had never seen before and never went near. PLUS, they can't even come up with a convincing story.
Don't take my word for it. Let's hear it from the Rs themselves. Patsy claimed two full years after she was first questioned about it, that it happened because she was lying on top of the body. But John, in DOI claims, and this is confirmed by police reports, that Patsy never even came in physical contact with the body because he'd already covered it with another blanket.
Wendy Murphy said, quote:
Which, you'll remember, was after the Rs had left the house.
Oh, yeah?
Here's what one of the investigators had to say about the DNA "evidence": "We certainly don't think it is attributable to an assailant. That's our belief. When you take everything else in total, it doesn't make sense. I've always said this is not a DNA case. It's not hinging on DNA evidence."
That was Michael Kane, for the record.
A common misconception not supported by the facts. Solace's contention that
is even confirmed by the IDI DA.
Number one, it's highly doubtful that this ligature would have been effective on a conscious child, much less an adult. (Ames, where are you?)
But more importantly, the ferocity of it (or seeming ferocity I should say) does not automatically negate the idea of staging. In fact, it can reinforce it. Don't take my word for it. Here's Norm Early, former Denver DA on the subject:
Tel that to the people who actually studied it:
Here's a good site to explain staging as well:
http://misty.angelcities.com/article1.html
Not only that, but the whole IDI scenario contains a fatal flaw in regard to the RN. Everyone follow me on this.
The Rs didn't write it, right? Thus, they have no idea that it's phony, right? They have every reason to believe that the person threatening to kill their kid is serious, right?
Well, if that's the case, why did they so flagrantly violate the instructions by inviting everyone and their nephew to the house in plain view?
HOTYH, you've made it very clear that you don't buy the "rage-accident" idea. Fine by me. But that interests me. Would you be interested in a possible motive? And I'm just spitballing, mind you. I've played your game up to now. Care to return the favor?