azwriter said:
Perhaps it had to do with the idea that she was sexually abused in the commission of the staging in order to hide previous sexual contact that possibly was going on that very night. The person(s) who hid her, prepped her, did the staging, knew about the on-going sexual abuse she had gone through and by staging another molestation, were trying to hide previous abuse.
I agree with this 100%.
IMO, both PR and JR knew that evidence of prior sexual abuse was there to be found, and they attempted to cover it up or make it look like she had only been molested on the night she was murdered. IMO, they did not know that the erosion and lack of intact hymen would be as obvious to the coroner as it was when the autopsy was conducted, but they had some idea that evidence of prior abuse may be detected and did whatever they could to try and cover it up, or make it look different than what it was.
Their reactions when told by police of the evidence of prior abuse seem to me to be the reactions of two people who already knew their daughter had been molested but want to pretend they didn't by acting like they are outright indignant, insulted at the very suggestion, and in abject disbelief that it could have been true.
I know you don't always know how you would react in certain situations, but let me tell you, I do know that if my daughter was killed at age 6 and the detectives investigating the murder informed me that evidence of prior sexual abuse was discovered in addition to my baby having been molested the night she was killed, I would have broken down in tears and begun questioning myself out loud as to WHO could possibly have that kind of access to her, and how I didn't know - had she tried to tell me, and I just didn't understand? Who? When? How?
I would have been near inconsolable that my poor little girl had been put through such suffering and I hadn't been aware, much less able to stop it.
IMO, it certainly sounds like Patsy's mother Nedra Paugh was also aware that JonBenet had been the victim of ongoing sexual abuse with the outrageous "only a little bit molested" comment. ANY bit is TOO MUCH.
I do not even to begin to comprehend what kind of situation was going on where the victim's own family members react as if they all knew but want to give the impression that they didn't by responding with "If you're trying to disgrace my relationship with my daughter" (JR), "She was only a little bit molested" (NP), and Patsy's response is to question the findings (from the '98 interviews):
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.
24 TOM HANEY: Okay. Does--
25 PATSY RAMSEY: And I would like to
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1 see where it says that and who reported that.
2 TOM HANEY: Okay.
3 PATSY RAMSEY: Do you have that?
4 TOM HANEY: Well, I don't have it
5 with us, no. As you can imagine, there is a lot
6 of material, and we surely didn't bring all the
7 photos, but--
8 PATSY RAMSEY: Well, can you find
9 that?
10 TOM HANEY: Yeah. Because I think
11 it's pretty significant?
12 PATSY RAMSEY: I think it's damn
13 significant. You know, I am shocked.
14 ELLIS ARMISTEAD: To be fair, Tom,
15 that's been a subject of debate in the newspaper
16 whether or not she represented what is true as a
17 fact. I don't want you to alarm my client too
18 much here about whether or not it's absolutely a
19 fact. I just think that should be mentioned to
20 be fair to my client.
21 TOM HANEY: And based on the
22 reliable medical information that we have at
23 this point, that is a fact.
24 PATSY RAMSEY: Now when you say
25 violated, what are you -- what are you telling
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1 me here?
2 TOM HANEY: That there was some
3 prior vaginal intrusion that something --
4 something was inserted?
5 PATSY RAMSEY: Prior to this night
6 that she was assaulted?
7 TOM HANEY: That's the--
8 PATSY RAMSEY: What report as -- I
9 want to see, I want to see what you're talking
10 about here. I am -- I am -- I don't -- I am
11 shocked.
12 TOM HANEY: Well, that's one of the
13 things that's been bothering us about the case.
14 PATSY RAMSEY: No damn kidding.
15 TOM HANEY: What does that tell
16 you?
17 PATSY RAMSEY: It doesn't tell me
18 anything. I mean, I knew -- I -- I --
I don't know about everyone else, but...that "Yeah, prove it" and "find it and show it to me" response does not sound like she's anywhere near as shocked as she would have everyone believe to hear that chronic as well as acute abuse was found in JonBenet's vaginal area.