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According the Lou this intruder entered the house and stayed for hours, taking his time composing the Ransom Book.
According the Lou this intruder entered the house and stayed for hours, taking his time composing the Ransom Book.
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Now, I can imagine an intruder who might target the Ramseys, and who might choose Christmas and who might enter in the middle of the night, but I find it harder to imagine why the Ramseys would still be up in the middle of that night. ).
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Sure, but in most RDI scenarios Jonbenet didnt go to bed.
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Patsy stated she often got up at midnight to take JonBenet to the bathroom. Patsy said it helped prevent bed wetting (my paraphrasing). A search here on WS will show references and prior discussion on that midnight habit.
Patsy stated she often got up at midnight to take JonBenet to the bathroom.
119:62 At midnight I rise to give you thanks.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10675731&postcount=150
Patsy stated she often got up at midnight to take JonBenet to the bathroom.
Lucky thing she never ran into the murderer. Or did the killer no that Patsy did this?
If your a killer you need to strike as early as possible to give yourself enough time to cover your tracks while it's still dark.
If IDI, than there is the possibility that the intruder intentionally chose Christmas, and I think that that is what most of us on this side of the fence think. We dont know why he would have chosen Christmas, but we have a lot of ideas.
As for an RDI scenario, Im not as befuddled by the day as I am by the time of day: Jonbenet seems to have been murdered in the middle of the night. Not just any night, but in middle of the one night of the year when most children (most people!) are early to bed, worn and wiped out from the days activities. On top of that, these were people who had to get up quite early the following morning.
Now, I can imagine an intruder who might target the Ramseys, and who might choose Christmas and who might enter in the middle of the night, but I find it harder to imagine why the Ramseys would still be up in the middle of that night.
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If IDI, than there is the possibility that the intruder intentionally chose Christmas,
Good points. I have my own theory, but I'm curious about yours. So let's say it was an intruder, did he or she enter the home prior to that night? Meaning did they wait around and get a feel for the home?
Good points. I have my own theory, but I'm curious about yours. So let's say it was an intruder, did he or she enter the home prior to that night? Meaning did they wait around and get a feel for the home? One of the biggest problems I come across when playing around with IDI is the familiarity with the home in comparison to the note. I would think that the intruder would have had to have been present while the family was gone or been in the home before enough to memorize the layout. The RN was all over the place and makes me think that even the killer was unsure of his or her motive. If it's a simple kidnapping gone wrong, why leave the body in the home after going through so much trouble? How or why did they even end up in the basement? I don't think it was sexually motivated, nor done by a group of people. If we follow the note, the crime doesn't match IMO. Any thoughts?
Youre suggesting an intruder may have chosen Christmas as a matter of convenience. That is one possibility but there are others, but without an identified suspect its hard to figure out what they may be. Maybe this guy hated Christmas and just wanted to ruin it for somebody, maybe he thought Christmas would make for a greater impact community-wide, or make it for a more compelling attraction for the media, a more shocking crime, etc. we just dont know.The only reason I could see an IDI choosing Christmas Night is because he had to spend Christmas Day with his own wife and kids.
I could see a scenario were an intruder tells his kids that he is off on his night shift duty on christmas night.
May also explain why the killer never took the body or committed a kidnapping. He had no place to put the body since his family would notice it.
The intruder being a family man much like John Ramsey would also explain how he knows the Ramsey's and their house so well and why he ultimately hates him.
If he was a white collar worker, Christmas night would probably be the only time he would be off to prepare for a crime like this. Being a white collar worker would explain why he hasn't committed a crime since nor has his DNA appeared in the database.