Hi.
I am 17 years old, and have been interested in the JonBenet' Ramsey
case for awhile now. Forensics has always been an interest of mine.
I believe the Ramsey's to be innocent of the murder of their daughter,
I did, too, when I was 17.
and these are some of my reasons:
You certainly came to the right place to get answers to your questions. Ask anyone around here and they'll tell you: I'm yer man. I actually tackle some of these points in my book.
- If John Ramsey had participated in the murder, and the
following coverup, why would he unstage the crime scene to the
extent of removing the duct tape on her mouth, and loosen the
wrist ligature before anyone else got to see it?
That assumes that the tape hadn't already fallen off of her mouth and that the wrist ligature was tight to begin with. Given that no marks of any kind were found on JB's wrists, I say it wasn't. But quite frankly, the idea that anything was "unstaged" strikes me as odd. The fundamentals were still there, right where everyone could see them.
Not to mention bringing the girl's body upstairs, and disorganizing
the scene he and Patsy had spent hours creating?
- If John or Patsy knew about their daughter's body in the
wine cellar, wouldn't they be eager to just get the ordeal over with, rather
than let it drag on until 1:00 PM on Dec.26th?
You'd think one of them would have said, " I thought I heard a noise
downstairs!" or" Has anyone checked the basement?"
I'd prefer to answer both of those at once. When the scene was not originally discovered, they had to do something. And more importantly, there was no better time to do it. You've got a witness with you to say you did all of the things you'd expect someone to do (such as ripping off the duct tape when John "found" her), and an entire livingroom full of witnesses, including cops to say that you and your spouse contaminated the body, so any forensics would be explained (hopefully) right there.
Actually, as "Plan Bs" go, it wasn't that bad.
- If the parents had staged the scene, why wouldnt they have
thought of one of the most obvious and mandatory things:
Make it look like someone had broken in and left again?
Who says they didn't? That broken window was awfully convenient, wasn't it? But, more honestly, even if you don't buy that argument, like JMO says, initially, they tried to direct suspicion onto people who would not have needed to break in.
More honestly than that, I actually spent a while thinking that one over. One night, it came to me: because of the letter. Follow me on this: the whole point of the ransom letter was for it to be found, right? The whole point was for the note to be found first, before ANYTHING else was noticed as being amiss. And that's not just me saying that. The Ramseys and their mercs have been selling that one for years. Okay, so, since the note was supposed to be found first, nothing else could look out of place. The parents HAD to wake up and not think anything was wrong at first. They couldn't get up and say, "Time to wake up honey. God, it's cold in here. Did someone leave a window open?"
Sorry if that sounds complicated. It's actually quite simple, or at least it is to me.
- If Patsy wrote the note HERSELF, then she knew where the paper
came from, that it would be used as evidence, she must have known it would help tie her to the crime.
Like I said before, if you have someone in mind as a "patsy" (no pun intended), that's not a bad idea. Even if you don't agree with that, we're not talking criminal geniuses here.
And she leaves the legal pad that the note originated from out in
plain sight? With the draft of the ransom note as well?
Sure! The whole point, as I said, was to find the note.
- The condition of JonBenet's body, to me, suggests the work of someone who didn't cover the body in the sheet out of a caring gesture,
but rather,...convienience.
It was draped haphazardly, with the feet and arms sticking out.
The FBI agents who studied the case said it was a textbook example of a caring gesture. It's in PMPT and Thomas's book, if you want.
- In the ransom note the author writes, " Any deviation of my
instructions, will resuly in the emmediate execution of your daughter.
You will also be denied her remains for proper burial."
Now, I find it doubtful that a mother would refer to her daughter's
death as an "execution", or talk about witholding the remains for proper
burial.
This would most likely be too painful for the mother to countenance,
at this stage.
Who knows what's in a person's heart, Connor? Within every skull is a little world all its own. Not just that, but all these questions are asking us to believe that they were perfectly calm and logical at a time like this. I don't think they were. I think they were highly agitated and flying by the seat of their collective pants.
- Patsy has always stuck to her story that she never gave JonBenet
pinneapple after the party at the Whites'.
If Patsy had said she did, would that have implicated her in the
killing?
Depends on how you look at it, I guess. I'm of the mind that it would have made her look a lot BETTER if she had admitted that. Moreover, sticking to a story doesn't make it true. Ask OJ Simpson if you don't believe me.
It's more likely that JonBenet' got up and had some herself,
or was fed some by the intruder.
You try feeding some six-year-old you don't know and see how far it gets you! If I sound sarcastic, I'm not trying to be. I just know people.
- While the broken paintbrush, and legal pad and pen used to
write the ransom note were found, why not the source of the duct tape?
Or the full roll of cord used?
This suggests, to me anyway, they originated outside of the home.
It's been suggested that the tape came off of something else. Specifically, a doll that Pam Paugh most likely "disappeared" from the house later that week. As for the cord, who says there had to be a full roll? Maybe that was all that was left.
Not only that, but a credit card receipt belonging to Patsy Ramsey from McGuckin's hardware store
- A suitcase was proped up against the back wall of the wine cellar where JonBenet's body was found. The suitcase was placed directly below the broken basement
window, suggesting that someone needed something to step on in
order to exit.
It wasn't moved there until Fleet White got hold of it.
These are just some of my reasons.
Connor, I sympathize, I really do. But I've got ten years on you, all of it studying this case. I know my stuff.
I have also taken
handwriting analysis courses at my high school,...and found out
some interesting things about the note writer.
If anyone's interested, I can post my ransom note
analysis.
Connor
Only if you're willing to take some counter-analysis. I have a good friend named Cherokee who's good at that.