This may seem a little convoluted, but please hear me out for a moment.
When I refer to TN in this thread, I am referring to her entire package that night; the "diamond" (cough, cough) necklace, the poster size photo of Haleigh, and especially the LE jacket.
So to me TN's package represented the following: wealth (necklace), sentimentality (picture of Haleigh) and authority (LE jacket.)
We know she was not wealthy, yes she probably loved Haleigh (perhaps the way she loved RC when he was growing up, and remember, she didn't want to babysit. And, of course, we know she had no authority with LE.
But this was TN's package. That is what she used to represent[B][/B] herself.
NOW, Patsy Ramsey did not need TN's package. It was obvious she had wealth, sentimentality (remember when she threw herself across JohBenet's body and asked Larzarus to raise up her child)? Also, she certainly had the authority (Arndt let everyone in and let people search for JBR, et al.)
Patsy's package was when peope started to question her and her family and she said, `We are Christians.' That was her package. That is what she needed to represent her and her family
I always look for how people try to represent themselves early on in an investigation, before they have had time to put a great deal of thought into what they are doing or saying. It gives me many clues.
Please excluse me if this is rambling, but I have been up 18 hrs. Maybe I'm delusional, but for some reason, I needed to get this out txs