In your theory, JBK, how do you feel Patsy's jacket fibers got entwined in the knot of the cord and on the inside of the tape. To me, her fibers in those 2 places put her there when the garrote and tape were applied. If JR did this alone, how could Patsy's fibers in those places have transferred from JR's clothing and not any from JR's clothing? His shirt fibers were found inside the panty crotch, we know, but I haven't seen them noted as having been found anywhere else.
As odious as it is, I feel PR had to be there at the time.[/QUOTE]
Good point!
Some people, especially 2 who post here, just cannot fathom how a mother who otherwise showed love, compassion, and nurturing behaviors could do such a thing.
It reminds me of several decades ago when I worked for a social service agency advocating for at-risk youth. You simply cannot imagine the horrors I saw, the things that 'loving' family can do to family members. When I ran an emergency shelter for teenage girls, many of them were sexually abused by fathers who were in esteemed positions, such as pastors or civic leaders and who knew that their daughters would never be believed over them. I sometimes had to have police escorts to get these girls to the courthouse safely for their hearings when the "perpetrators" realized the gig really was up and it was about to "go public". Talk about homicidal anger and panic!
I had eventually had two children myself and had to give up this work because it wasn't healthy for my own children. I will say that I learned something unexpected: I once took a popular over-the-counter diet aid. ONCE. It made me so short-tempered that in those few hours alone I was afraid if one of my kids aggravated me, Icould hurt him. It thankfully passed, and I never took one again. But after that, in my social work, I always looked for possibility of diet-pill use, along with the illegal drugs that were so rampant.
Certain drugs AND stress can affect adrenaline. Anger also causes a flush of adrenaline. People with adrenaline flowing can often lift a car or heavy tree branch off a person who is pinned, etc. It is the same way with a person in a fit of anger. A push or shove in anger or a swing of he flashlight IN ANGER can be something entirely different than under other circumstances. People are OFTEN horrified at the things they did IN ANGER or UNDER THE INFLUENCE of drugs that they would never have done otherwise.
I don't find it too hard to believe that either PR or JR did something that night that they would never have done if not in anger, panic, or stress
