http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14429987/
John Douglas, former FBI profiler hired by the Ramseys: The news that was coming out over the air it seemed as if the family was responsible.
But then, in January 1997, Douglas conducted a four hour interview with the Ramseys. Days later, he shared his impressions with Dateline, noting he was immediately struck by the couple’s description of the moment John found JonBenet’s body.
Douglas: And everyone hears him screaming and running upstairs “My god! My baby!” and he grabs the child and removes the duct tape and carries the child upstairs where they’re trying to resuscitate the child.
The Ramseys described to Douglas the horrific details of what they said happened in those next few frantic moments.
Douglas: It was a real emotional scene for the family, putting the child in front of the Christmas tree as they’re trying to rub the skin, the body is cold, the mother’s hysterical, the father’s hysterical, the minister is there, neighbors running in and out, so there really isn’t a crime scene...
The desperate rescue attempt, which completely contaminated any evidence at the scene, painted a picture of a family in agony, Douglas said, and he told Dateline this week that he couldn’t believe the Ramseys he encountered in his interview were capable of such brutality.
Douglas: And here is a young child, such force cracking her skull. This is not a crime of parents.
Parents certainly kill. But not these kinds of parents. blah......
Indeed, Douglas says, even when parents commit murder, it’s not usually as horrific as the scene at the Ramsey’s.
oh really?
Douglas: When parents kill, there’s generally a softening of the crime scene. Where they take a blanket, cover up the child, roll the child over, face down or something like that. The child was found, JonBenet was face up. Her hands were tied together. Her head was off to the side. She had a piece of duct tape over her mouth.
And now, looking back nine and half years later, Douglas can’t shake the conclusions he first made about the case:
Douglas: I came to a very quick resolution that they’re barking up the wrong tree. This investigation is going in the wrong direction here.
And it turns out, another expert thought the Ramseys were being treated unfairly as well.