Is a "10 yr old" capable of murdering his sister

[ekc]

yes - a ten year old is capable. im not sure that her brother did murder her, but he may have accidentally mortally injured her.

the cute pic you have is not quite the 10yr old of today...maybe 30yrs or more ago but looking at 5 and 6 yr olds doing ads for childrens clothing is picturing them very capable of doing some major harm along with all the kill games they enjoy on the pcc...jat

 

[Aquapretzel]

The Ramsey's paid John Douglas, a well respected profiler, to interview them to prove that no one in the family killed her. Its in the book, The Cases that Haunt us.
Author: John E. Douglas; Mark Olshaker
Publication date: 2000
I never thought it was the parents or the brother. What I do think is, someone who knew / knows the family did it. Someone who knew that her father got a $ 118,000 dollar bonus. Also, the partial DNA doesn't match anyone in the family.
“The match of male DNA on two separate items of clothing worn by the victim at the time of the murder makes it clear to us that an unknown male handled these items.” I know that there are some disputes to this however, they are unproven.
I think they need to DNA swab everyone who worked for her Dad, the neighbors , anyone who worked for the family, males who attended the pageants ( father's of other girls, etc. ), people who worked on the house and all other male family members. It is someone no one expected. Just my 2 cents.
This person was stocking her for a while. Also, notice it happened during Christmas time which seems a bit punitive to me. Someone who wanted her and who also had anger / Jealousy towards the father. Both. She ate pineapple without screaming because she knew the guy. Unfortunately in these cases, its someone no one every thought would be the guy and was never suspected.

I can’t believe anything released about the DNA back then, because it was all so bungled. Plus, the technology was still in its infancy.

 

[Sam10098]

Could her brother have done this, whether accidently or jelousy set in. I saw his interview shortly after his sisters death. Kinda of an odd attitude, no sadness in his features, almost puppet like.

Could Burke have done it - of course. Anyone close to JB could have. But It’s vanishingly rare that anyone kills someone in a fit of anger with no previous issues and no similar issues after.

 

[Pennie]

Could her brother have done this, whether accidently or jelousy set in. I saw his interview shortly after his sisters death. Kinda of an odd attitude, no sadness in his features, almost puppet like.

Not unless he had special ops training from age 3 or 4 to become a vicious assassin.

 

[ispywithmylittleeye]

Can a 10 year old kill another child? Yes it has happened before
Can a 10 year old kill a sibling? Yes it has happened before
Can a 10 year old commit sexual crimes? Yes it has happened before
Can a 10 year old get their younger sibling to go down to the basement and then proceed to assault her which results in killing her? Yes
Can that same 10 year old participate in moving the body around and some minor staging? Yes
Can they write the ransom note? Not likely, said 10 year old would need help

Additional Questions:
Can a 10 year old manage to notify ONE parent that something bad had happened and needed assistance without the other parent's knowledge?
Can a 10 year old just go to bed and "let" the parents find the scene and draw their own conclusions?

I think that there was most likely the scream heard by the neighbor. She thought it was a child.. I think this was when it all began. If the kids were still up, which I believe they were after being away from their gifts all day, you would think a parent would eventually round them up for bed. You would think...