NE: Forgotten DNA Evidence Clears Key Figures

[LovelyPigeon]

Ivy, did Patsy state that she knew what size panties JonBenét was wearing under her black velvet pants?

 

[Maxi]

I think size 12 panties on a size 6 child would look bunchie under the black velvet pants. I would have noticed, and I bet Patsy would have noticed, too.

 

[Imon128]

Patsy claimed to have removed JB's pants and put longjohns on her, as part of her putting JB to bed, the last time supposedly to be seen by Patsy. If she pulled JB's outer pants off, did she also pull her undies off and not notice? That would mean JB went to bed with no underpants on. Otherwise, how could Patsy NOT notice oversized panties on her little girl?

 

[Ivy]

Thanks for responding, BC. I have a hard time believing that if Burke confessed to the grand jury the Ramseys and Wood would have had the audacity to threaten the city of Boulder with a lawsuit if Keenan's office didn't reinvestigate the case, or that BDI-related lawsuits would still flying around.

For all we know, Burke spent most his time before the grand jury hopping around in his chair and asking jurors if they owned Rolex watches.
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Maxi, what a cute gif! Does it represent Maxi, your namesake (hatsake)?

 

[BlueCrab]

Ivy, all of the cases settled and so will the Fox case. IMO the various courts will not violate the Boulder court's confidentiality order and thus they likely put pressure on the litigants to settle or have the case thrown out.

Burke was 12 years old when he testified, so I doubt he was doing much hopping around.

JMO

 

[Ivy]

BC, yes, he might have outgrown his "hopping around" stage by then. Maybe Doug had too. As you probably guessed, I was referring to Burke and Doug hopping around in the pews at church after JonBenet died, as described in PMPT.

If you're right about the confidentiality order standing in the way of truth, what an outrage! It means the Ramseys can sue till the cows come home, and no one can stop them.
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[eliza]

Hunter has explained that Burke was looked at from the point of view that everyone in the house should have been considered and looked at. Burke wasn't totally ignored. He was interviewed, he was asked for handwriting samples, etc

But there was no evidence and no indication that Burke was involved in any way. Not in the ransom note writing and not in the crime, either.

You can play around with semantics all you want but Burke is not and has never been a suspect in the murder of JonBenét, or of writing the note. He's not one now because there is no reason for him to be.

LovelyPigeon, I believe that in no way can Burke be ruled out until an arrest is made. I'm just curious in what you think the police could have that would clear Burke in this crime since he was home and in the house the night JBR died.

 

[LovelyPigeon]

I don't doubt Baden said Burke should have been looked at. I don't know when he said it or when he was videotaped saying it (it could have been on a CourtTV appearance in January 1997 for all I know). He may have been recorded saying that 2 years before the CourtTV special aired.


I think Burke was looked at as an immediate possible suspect by BPD but there was no indication found that that he had anything to do with the murder or with writing the ransom note. He never became an actual suspect because there was no reason and no evidence to support it.

Burke doesn't match the handwriting on the note, the spelling and grammar ability shown in the note, the physical strength needed to fracture & displace JonBenét's skull, and his DNA isn't a match to that male DNA found under her nails and in her panties.

 

[BlueCrab]

He never became an actual suspect because there was no reason and no evidence to support it.

Burke doesn't match the handwriting on the note, the spelling and grammar ability shown in the note, the physical strength needed to fracture & displace JonBenét's skull ...

Burke never became an actual suspect because NO ONE ever became an actual suspect. Beckner, Hunter, and Wood were playing word games to shield the truth about Burke. It's the only murder case in history that had a dozen suspects in real life but no official suspects.

Burke could not be eliminated as the possible writer of the ransom note.

Burke had enough strength to fell a 300-pound man with a baseball bat.

JMO

 

[Shylock]

Burke doesn't match the handwriting on the note, the spelling and grammar ability shown in the note, the physical strength needed to fracture & displace JonBenét's skull, and his DNA isn't a match to that male DNA found under her nails and in her panties.

I agree Burke didn't write the ransom note, Patsy wrote it to cover for him.

Any 10 year old can swing a bat hard enough to crack the skull of a 6 year old. Any parent with a son in Little League Baseball knows that.

The DNA has never, and will never be proven to be related to the crime. So the DNA does nothing to clear Burke or any other Ramsey.