Recent content by Swirlz

I don't understand it either. Burke was cleared as a suspect in 1999.

The lead detective pled the 5th which meant he couldn't be cross-examined. I'm not seeing how this doesn't open the window to reasonable doubt. I BTW think a different jury could have come to a different decision. I'm not seeing how THIS jury was wrong though.

That the autopsy results weren't made public doesn't mean the R's didn't have access to them. Here's what has been made public about the ligature fibers in relation to Patsy: From Kolar's book: Lab technicians had identified eight different types of fibers on the sticky side of the duct tape...

The autopsy was completed on Dec. 27. The conversation between Doug and Burke was reported to have been overheard by Doug's mother, Susan, on Dec. 28, the next day. In a non-BDI scenario involving fatal abuse by a parent, BR would stay in his room and pretend to be asleep because he has either...

https://websleuths.com/threads/fl-woman-sues-police-after-being-forced-to-apologize-to-her-adoptive-father-who-raped-her-for-years-polk-county-2012.755574/

I watched the trial in it's entirety and agreed with the verdict. Both Cathy Griffith's children had been removed from her care repeatedly by Florida's DCF. Cathy had a very well documented history of violent and erratic behaviors. Collin begged repeatedly to be placed in foster care but was...

Madeleine McCann, Jonbenet Ramsey, Honey & Barry Sherman & Asha Degree

Not guilty verdict 30 yrs. ago today.

Does anyone have a source for this? I'm not saying there isn't one, I've just never seen it.

Probably. What do you think?

Fwiw my sources are the crime-scene walkthrough video, Patsy's police interview transcript and Steve Thomas' book.

How does any of the following fit with Burke as opposed to an adult being the party responsible for the knock on the head: 1. A trophy being knocked off of a shelf too high up for JBR to be able to reach in a bedroom that is otherwise neat. 2. JBR's toilet containing unflushed waste. 3. A...

There's only one furrow on JBR's neck. That doesn't fit the theory of retying. The vaginal area fibers were described as both "dark" and "dark blue". The "dark blue" fibers were fibers believed to have been used to do the wiping and were described as "towel material". The "dark" fibers were...

"He appeared to be very forward and he appeared to be completely honest. I got no indication he was holding back anything. He didn’t witness anything. I found nothing that would indicate he even knew that she was dead." - Det. Patterson

Just wanted to address this -- Burke did strike JBR with a golf club. He was 7 at the time and she sustained a slight facial injury. This was two years prior to the homicide. A former friend of the family who wasn't present claimed in a television interview (2016) that according to what Patsy...