Haha, I get what you're saying, however John and Patsy had about as much experience with staging a kidnap as Burke. The size 12s are a big redflag. I know John wasn't always around to know what size undies his daughter wore but I don't think he'd be stupid enough to put huge ones on her like that.
My problem is emotionally thinking, I don't want it to have been Burke but, dang it, you do keep coming up with very valid points which I do go away and think about a lot.
When my brain tries to make Burke innocent, I can make up all sorts of theories...
Could John have been abusing JonBenet and made her bleed, wiped her down and headed off to bed, so she went in search of Burke who had snuck downstairs unaware (or perhaps because of), the abuse occurring in her room? So Burke comforts her and gets her some tissues, a little pineapple then says "Hey, you've got blood on let's get you changed..." They head back up to her room - Size 12's and long johns the only clothes handy and the star top she had flung on the floor... John walks in just as JonBenet is starting to tell Burke what has been happening and sends Burke away to bed. The rage builds up and he grabs the flashlight the kids have been using to sneak around the house with...
Veronica Lodge,
Yes, BDI appears quite a stretch, it took me years to accept its viability, in the early days I could not imagine Burke as a prime suspect, slowly once IDI was rejected and it became obvious RDI was the only game in town, and comparing the theories it turns out that BDI is the most consistent RDI theory, it explains more of the evidence, other theories have holes in them, that said, there is no Smoking Gun and the case could be PDI, JDI or any combination in between.
Kolar's BDI theory, implicit in his book, is really a premeditated Burke Did it All theory with hints that a pathological medical condition drove Burke to commit this crime?
Foreign Faction: Who Really Kidnapped JonBenet? by A. James Kolar; pages 367-70, Excerpt
I had reviewed an investigator’s report that documented a 1997 interview with former Ramsey nanny – housekeeper Geraldine Vodicka, who stated that Burke had smeared feces on the walls of a bathroom during his mother’s first bout with cancer. She told investigators that Nedra Paugh, who was visiting the Ramsey home at the time, had directed her to clean up the mess.
There were other police reports in the files that documented what I thought could be viewed as related behavior. CSIs had written about finding a pair of pajama bottoms in JonBenét’s bedroom that contained fecal material. They were too big for her and were thought to belong to Burke.
Additionally, a box of candy located in her bedroom had also been observed to be smeared with feces. Both of these discoveries had been made during the processing of the crime scene during the execution of search warrants following the discovery of JonBenét’s body.
Two or three observations does not really make a case, but the reference to the pajama bottoms which are unconfirmed are relevant in that they might represent postmortem behaviour? These pajama bottoms might be lying in an evidence cage somewhere awaiting discovery?
Does the death of JonBenet tell us it is a Sexually Motivated Homicide? If so its at this point most folks credulity is questioned as to what would drive a nine year old boy to behave in such a manner?
One response is that the sexual assault has been staged by the parents as part of the Kidnapping Scenario?
Consider what BPD told Patsy:
BPD 1998 -Interview with Patsy, excerpt
25 TOM HANEY: Okay. Ms. Ramsey, are
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1 you aware that there had been prior vaginal
2 intrusion on JonBenet?
3 PATSY RAMSEY: No, I am not.
4 Prior to the night she was killed?
5 TOM HANEY: Correct.
6 PATSY RAMSEY: No, I am not.
7 TOM HANEY: Didn't know that?
8 PATSY RAMSEY: No, I didn't.
9 TOM HANEY: Does that surprise you?
10 PATSY RAMSEY: Extremely.
11 TOM HANEY: Does that shock you?
12 PATSY RAMSEY: It shocks me.
13 TOM HANEY: Does it bother you?
14 PATSY RAMSEY: Yes, it does.
15 TOM HANEY: Who, how could she have
16 been violated like that?
17 PATSY RAMSEY: I don't know. This
18 is the absolute first time I ever heard that.
19 TOM HANEY: Take a minute, if you
20 would, I mean this seems -- you know, you didn't
21 know that before right now, the 25th, at 2:32?
22 PATSY RAMSEY: No, I absolutely
23 did not.
So if JonBenet's sexual assault has been staged what about the
Prior Vaginal Intrusion on JonBenet?
January 30, 1997 Search Warrant, Excerpt
Det. Arndt told Your Affiant that she personally observed Dr. John Meyer examine the vaginal and pubic areas of the deceased, Dr. Meyer stated that he observed numerous traces of a dark fiber.
Detective Arndt told Your Affiant that she witnessed the autopsy of JonBenet Ramsey which was conducted by Dr. John Meyer on December 26, 1996. Detective Arndt told Your Affiant that she observed Dr. Meyer examine the vaginal area of the victim and heard him state that the victim had received an injury consistent with digital penetration of her vagina. Detective Arndt told Your Affiant that Dr. Meyer told her that is was his opinion that the victim had been subjected to sexual contact.
This is Coroner Meyer on his first examination.
Foreign Faction by James Kolar, Excerpt
Following the meeting, Dr. Meyer returned to the morgue with Dr. Andy Sirontak, Chief of Denver Children’s Hospital Child Protection Team, so that a second opinion could be rendered on the injuries observed to the vaginal area of JonBenét.
He would observe the same injuries that Dr. Meyer had noted during the autopsy protocol and concurred that a foreign object had been inserted into the opening of JonBenét’s vaginal orifice and was responsible for the acute injury witnessed at the 7:00 o’clock position.
Further inspection revealed that the hymen was shriveled and retracted, a sign that JonBenét had been subjected to some type of sexual contact prior to the date of her death. Dr. Sirontak could not provide an opinion as to how old those injuries were or how many times JonBenét may have been assaulted and would defer to the expert opinions of other medical examiners.
That is Coroner Meyer has his initial findings confirmed by Dr. Andy Sirontak.
IMO it looks as if the
acute injury might be the result of attempted staging or postmortem behaviour on the part of her killer?
Since there is no Smoking Gun you can always opt for Patsy staging John out of the case. I seriously doubt the case is PDI given its sexual nature and how much forensic evidence Patsy left in the wine-cellar, despite being motivated to remove her links to JonBenet's death.
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