Hi everyone! I'm usually a lurker here, but with recent developments I felt compelled to share my thoughts. With the explosion of indicators that are leaning now towards a BDI scenario, there is one thing that doesn't add up to me, and gives me a few doubts. I wonder if anyone else has any ideas or explanations?
It's that, if John and Patsy were the type of compassionate and devoted/loyal parents to literally risk everything to save their son, how to explain the attitudes displayed towards the most tragic and innocent victim, JonBenet? With BDI, the parents would be showing selfless love, forgiveness and understanding towards Burke, the perpetrator, but yet they have shown curious attitudes towards JB all along. They had difficulty mentioning JB directly by name, calling her "that child", "a handful", she was better off not knowing suffering in life, and John even recently described his "joy' at discovering her dead body. I know everyone grieves differently, and choice of language can be individual up to a point, but these have always been red flags to me.
In fact, it's similar to Burke's flippant lack of concern towards JB in his Dr Phil interviews. It's almost as though all three of them are relieved, almost happy that JB is gone, or blamed her in some way for what happened? Sorry for being long and rambling, but just curious to see what others think about this, as it doesn't add up to me? If BDI, it doesn't make sense for the parents to support the abuser, but seemingly have little real grief towards their other child, who was the real tragic victim?