I started to list all the reasons that I think BR hit JBR and then the rest was staged by panicked parents but when I got to #16 and still hadn't gotten to where BR was hustled out of the house, so I gave up. Why bother? They knew he did it, he knows he did it and they all know what they did to obfuscate the facts, to deflect attention and to cover up what was done. They have to live with it. Not me. It was their child, his sister and they thought it was most important to protect him since there was nothing they could do for her. They have apparently justified their actions and have been able to move on with life.
It worked and it will continued to work. As far as I am concerned the case is solved.
BR sneaked downstairs, alone at night, during the time of the murder. While new to us, this information has been known to the R family since the wee hours of 12/26.
Everything is a lie. I have no doubt they did it all for self-preservation. It made sense to them. What should they have done really? Would you call LE and tell them that your weird 9 year old just crushed the skull of your 6 year old with a flashlight because he was angry with her? Then he is ostracized for life and she is still dead. Nothing to gain from that move. Fake a kidnapping/sexual assault, write a RN, hide her in the basement, get all dressed and pretty and then call LE and your friends to come over and wing it with "I don't recall", I don't recognize that", I don't remember". Then try to get out of town, hire lawyers and STHU. That is what they chose to do and so far, it has worked.
Of course, they got some help from the lame DA who wouldn't try cases and hired Smit to find reasonable doubt such that the case could never be taken to trial and from the Police Chief who didn't order the house cleared and designated as a crime scene. 20 years after the fact, witnesses disappear and jurors can get all confused with what is real and what is fabricated Lou Smit horse manure.
Sad. You can kill your kid and escape justice by refusing to cooperate with LE and trying your one sided case on CNN.