Elliemae said:
Well, if it was an accident and Patsy or John were responsible for a cover-up, then I believe they have paid their penance. What do you think would have happened if they didn't cover it up? More of the same - high media coverage and public humiliation. That got that anyways. Anything to keep this going is just pure evil, malignent gossip. Karma - what comes around goes around - time to be silent and reflect on your own actions.
I prefer to let this poor woman's soul rest in peace now. I myself have recurrent breast cancer and try with all of my might to keep stress out of my life. It is very difficult. I'm sure this hastened Patsy's death. I know stress will hasten mine. I have been fighting for 4 years now. Patsy fought for 13 - I'm happy that she got that many more years - but the last 10 were pure hell for her.
God rest her soul. She is with her daughter now. May they rest in peace.
Imo it is not that easy. This was only an 'accident' insofar as Patsy (I think it was her) did not mean to kill JonBenet, but the head blow to JB's head was certainly not delivered accidentally, but with full intention by someone being in an uncontrollable rage. And then the perp staged a scene because she wanted to save her sorry hide. Not someone else's hide.
For imo the only person Patsy Ramsey would ever have covered up for is
herself. If Burke had delivered that blow, I'm convinced John and Patsy would have taken JB to the hospital, claiming that it was an accident. And if John had killed JB, I'm convinced that Patsy would have "chopped his block off", as she told Haney in the 1998 interview. This was one of the few times I believed what she said.
Be it manslaughter, second degree murder or whatever, the victim deserves justice, and justice has not been served in this case.
Where are we coming to if we say, ok the perp has suffered enough, her cancer has even returned, nothing will bring back the victim anyway, and couldn't we just leave it at that? If we think like that, then JB would indeed be no more than a broken doll which had been put in that basement because it could not be repaired anymore.
I suppose there are quite a few perps who suffer from cancer but who still are charged with the crimes they committed, and rightly so.
If they are very ill, they may not have to serve a prison sentence but have to go to hospital instead, but still these people usually will be charged, and Patsy should have been no exception.
And if like you said, stress hastened Patsy's death, this kind of stress would not have been there if she hadn't killed her daughter. Now that Patsy is dead, nothing should be swept under the carpet any longer. For would having to live with a lie really be better for Burke? I doubt it. When I read about OJ Simpson's daughter, I doubt that having to live with her father's lies has done her any good.
This is not a time to be silent. It is a time to once more openly demand justice for JonBenet. For she is the true victim in this case, and justice has not been served so far.
We don't know if Patsy is with JonBenet. Would JonBenet really want to be together with the person who killed her, I ask myself.
Elliemae, so sorry to hear what you are going through. I have lost family members to cancer too, and I wish you so much strength and support in your fight against this disease. And every day, anyone of us can be diagnosed with it too. There is just no real safety in life. You are in my prayers, and right now I'm thinking of all the people (and also animals) who are suffering.
And I would also wish for Patsy, wherever she may be now, to heal from the ugliness of her own spirit.
