I agree about the doll. If you Google the 1996 Holiday Barbie, you can see that it is the doll that was in the winecellar. They are still available on eBay and you do not have to belong to eBay to look for it. You can see the distinctive front of the doll's burgundy dress, open in the front with the white trim. One thing to consider is that the Barbie in the winecellar could have been a gift to Jenny, JB's cousin (and the intended recipient of the Bloomies panty set). It is possible the doll was part of Jenny's gifts and unwrapped to look for the panties. It may not have even been JB's doll. We don't have many photos of the gifts under the tree that morning, but if JB had been given one too, it would have been in those photos. Those Holiday Barbie dolls are collectors dolls and usually given to keep on display and not taken from the box to play with. Even adults collect them, so it wouldn't be unusual to give one to a 12-year-old girl.
Of course, we don't know whether JR may have tossed the doll aside when he unwrapped the blanket to pick up JB. One thing I have always felt very frustrated about- FW knew exactly what JR did and didn't do inside the wine cellar. FW was right behind JR, and he knew whether the doll was nearer to her body, knew whether JR actually tried to untie the wrist ligatures, etc. JR claimed the wrists were tied tightly together- we KNOW that's a lie because the coroner noted NO ligature furrows on her wrists (you can look for yourself on the autopsy photos). We also know that her wrists were frozen by rigor mortis about 20 inches apart from each other. Had they been tied together, they'd have remained that way even after the cords were removed. FW has not spoken publicly about what occurred in the wine cellar with JR, but I hope he told police.
Of course, we don't know whether JR may have tossed the doll aside when he unwrapped the blanket to pick up JB. One thing I have always felt very frustrated about- FW knew exactly what JR did and didn't do inside the wine cellar. FW was right behind JR, and he knew whether the doll was nearer to her body, knew whether JR actually tried to untie the wrist ligatures, etc. JR claimed the wrists were tied tightly together- we KNOW that's a lie because the coroner noted NO ligature furrows on her wrists (you can look for yourself on the autopsy photos). We also know that her wrists were frozen by rigor mortis about 20 inches apart from each other. Had they been tied together, they'd have remained that way even after the cords were removed. FW has not spoken publicly about what occurred in the wine cellar with JR, but I hope he told police.