If you follow the link provided at the end of this post, youll find my attempt at trying to create a timeline of events that took place in the approximate 24 hours surrounding JonBenets death. I dont consider it complete or exact -- only a place to start in trying to piece together what makes sense between all the different accounts of what happened.
In making it, I considered the following accounts (I dont have a copy of
PMPT, so I have relied on ACR and
questfortrue for references from it):
- PMPT (Schiller)
- IRMI (Thomas)
- FF: WRKJ (Kolar)
- Bonita Papers (Sauer)
I have not considered
DOI (Ramseys) or
TOSoS (Ramsey) -- havent read them, dont know if I could stomach reading them, although I admire anyone who could. I dont know how to resolve any Ramsey inconsistencies with other accounts (including their own) considering the information is coming from suspects with an interest in slanting the truth to their advantage.
I have not read all of the available testimony and depositions from the various court cases, but I would consider testimony given under oath (except by a suspect) to have more weight than one of the authors. If anyone would like for me to add anything to the timeline based on any other information, by all means let me know. I dont consider it complete, but its as far as I can get based on what information I have available (without looking for and reading through published court testimony and depositions).
Questfortrue has already helped by giving me references from sources I dont have available. Anyone who thinks it would help to add something else can post the information here and Ill add it and adjust the timeline if need be.
After looking over the timeline, I suggest that each of you make a copy of it which you can adjust according to what you believe happened or what information you choose to believe. Later Ill post a timeline reflecting my otg Theory to show how each person can customize it to fit the pieces together and see if a theory fits with what is actually known. Ill also post another timeline which shows what would have to have happened for Dr. Rorkes 45 to 120 minute interval to work. I also welcome anyone who believes in complete Ramsey innocence to adjust it with whatever information that might be helpful to demonstrate how an intruder could have committed this. My opinion is that, if anything, it may show how unlikely it is that the intruder scenario is possible. (Consider this a challenge.) Knowing (realistically) digestion times for a child, when the Ramseys were home, where pineapple was available, etc. makes the intruder theories unlikely (IMO) -- as do other things when considered on a timeline.
I created this in Microsoft Excel because I feel its more helpful to look at it as a continuing line of time (hence -- a timeline :giggle
rather than simply seeing the times listed sequentially and running down a page. In this format you can visualize the overlaps of different events and see where there might be conflicts between the different reported versions. If you dont have Excel, there are free programs that might work well as a substitute. Here is a comparison of different programs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_spreadsheet_software
I tried converting it to a Google Docs spreadsheet, but some of the formatting was lost. I dont know how well any others might work, so any suggestions will be appreciated. There is also a free program available for simply
viewing Excel spreadsheets in case you dont plan on altering anything. It can be downloaded here:
http://download.cnet.com/Free-Excel-Viewer/3000-2077_4-76084593.html
Here is the link (Mediafire) to the JBR Timeline:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/kt9lh3p4xilxkmk/JBR_Timeline.xls