:seeya: on my iPad so quoting multiple people is hard!
To scarletscarpetta-- yes I agree I would want my child to be safe and out of harms way as well. But I feel as if I would be receptive to him being asked a few questions as to whether on not he heard anything odd during the night before he left. It's not as if French was demanding he be brought to the police station for an extended interrogation ? Also, JB is a adamant that he doesn't know anything b/c he was asleep all night and morning. but how does he know that BR hasn't heard anything, no one has yet to ask him?
--to it was an intruder....your point about the prints on the pineapple bowl being "old" kolar wonders about them, obviously, and it strikes him as odd in that presumably the bowl was taken from a cabinet and had been clean, meaning the prints are "fresh"
Of course one could argue that the prints are the result of removing the bowl from the dishwasher and putting it into the cabinet. Yet the only print on the bowl are PRs, and the only print on the glass are BRs. One could further argue that her print is left over as outlined above, but obviously JB did have pineapple that night so how did she get it? PR swears that if the kids went down after being put to bed to have a snack, then she would have heard them. If an intruder feeds JB the pineapple why doesn't PR hear it?
As for him "being in a daze," that morning, yes it's possible. But for me it's hard to see someone waking up to such a chaotic situation and not be seemingly effected by it.
As far as BR being a "screwed up kid" and subsequently a screwed up adult Kolar's findings on the subject of SBP are interesting. His research reveals, "despite concerns that children who begun offending at an early age would continue into their later years, evidence suggested that the bulk of children diagnosed with SBP were at a very low risk of for committing further sex offenses, especially when provided with appropriate treatment." (375) the Ramsey's admit that BR did received counseling after the move to Atlanta, although there was never any statement as to what he was being treated for, nor do we know whether or not he was diagnosed with SBP. However, there were aspects of both BR and JB's medical records that the Ramsey's refused to,have divulged. And to date they never have been.
To ,UKGuy, interestingly it is FW who suggests that BR be "sequestered to the safety of his home." (29)
FWIW, I'm about 3/4s of the way through the book. For me it's been very helpful b/c it lays out the case in a very concise manner, and for someone like me who is finally sinking their teeth into the details of the case it serves as a JRB investigation 101. Even if you do not draw the same conclusions as Kolar, he does an excellent job of laying out the evidence, and really gets into the political machinations that IMO have greatly affected this case.
I've tried numerous searches, and all I'm getting is broad references to "defense of infancy" statutes that don't really get into all the finer points that are often cited here.
