I can understand why RDI would wonder about no self-inflicted injuries caused by JBR pulling at her garrote. The idea that JBR's hands were free the entire time is an RDI myth. Sometimes supported by the ridiculous notion that just because the 2nd ligature was found loose, that it was never tight or never able to restrain.
Well, gee, I guess that whole autopsy report thing can go in the garbage!
Not only that, but at least the RDI can keep their story straight! Lou Smit claims that the wrist ties were real, THEN claims she fought AS the cord was tightened. He can't even make up his OWN mind.
RDI claims the 2nd ligature was just a prop, and uses this claim as fact to support other arguments such as the one you just made.
The lack of marks on her wrists says I'm right.
Things aren't that simple, SD.
They never are, Holdon. That's why it's important to know the difference between knowledge and wisdom.
I said 'three ABFDE CDE's agreeing PR wrote the note.' You said Ubowski is one when he isn't. Ubowski never agreed that PR wrote the note, so you'll need a source for your claim.
I NEVER said Ubowski wasn't a member of ABFDE. And if you want a source, you got the right man.
Here you go:
"The police never bothered to ask Ubowski if he had put his entire analysis of the ransom note into his report. Either way, Ubowski was prepared to say, 'Patsy wrote the note.' The CBI saw this as another missed opportunity" (Schiller 1999a:536-537)
"experts from the CBI presented their evaluations into evidence, including Chet Ubowski. He also told Pete Mang, his boss at the CBI, that his gut told him it was her handwriting" (Schiller 1999a:740)
Four ABFDE examiners were consulted by BPD independently. They aren't hires by either camp. Unlike many hires, they had access to the original RN, and NOT ONE agreed PR was the author. NOT EVEN ONE agreed she wrote the note.
None of them knew she was ambidextrous. And from what Ubowski said in PMPT, most of them made very preliminary examinations.
Experts aside, my own IDI-ness aside, I think anyone who pens 2 1/2 pages of complete sentences is going to be pegged very quickly by forensic document examiners.
Not according to the QDEs I spoke with. At least, not necessarily. Don't forget, we're not talking about an exact science here. It's more often a question of who cannot be ruled out balanced with how much other evidence, circumstantial or otherwise, there is. At least that's what I was told.
Therefore, the fact that LE was not able to readily build a consensus among CDE's that PR wrote the note significantly lowers the odds that PR wrote it.
They didn't ask the right questions, Holdon. Don't forget, this is Alex Hunter we're talking about.
But if that's too cryptic for you, let's get literal here. I know Occam's Razor annoys you, but it is a bit of indispensable wisdom. So let's apply it:
the note was written inside the house by someone who didn't fear getting caught, who knew their way around, who knew where the writing supplies were, on Patsy's paper with Patsy's pen, using close knowledge of family finances and inside jokes, using many of the same grammatical flourishes (Mr., Southern common sense, and hence, gentelmen, etc.) that Patsy seems to like so much, which she even used in a Christmas letter the next year, after she was found to be the only person examined who changed her writing style and is known to write with either hand. Not much change out of sixpence there.
PR's handwriting is much nicer looking than the RN.
How often was she in fear for her life and freedom when she wrote those?
Some analysts said the differences are due to disguised handwriting, another RDI claim that just can't be proven but sure comes in handy to explain clear differences in the handwriting styles between PR and the RN author
Can't be proven? Well, since handwriting analysis is not a science, how can ANY of it be proven? How many analysts have to say "disguised writing" before it sinks in?
There were marks on JBR consistent with stun gun, which if used would render her limbs limp for a period of time, and very weak for a longer period. May explain why there were no wrist marks
No way. This is your lucky day, Holdon. I happen to own one of these little babies. The one I use never leaves marks that neat. And if the killer wanted to keep her quiet, he wouldn't use one unless he was an idiot.
Chronic infiltration is a medical term used to describe a condition on JBR at the time, NOT an implication of prior injury as RDI mistakenly and eagerly quotes out of context, without regard for the coroner. So chronic abuse is another RDI myth.
If "chronic infiltration" was all we had, you'd be right. But we have THE GUY saying that she was in fact, a victim of long-term sexual abuse or at least physical abuse.
The so-called props that were found loose on JBR's wrist and tight around her neck COINCIDENTALLY (for you, SD) would work to move JBR from the bedroom to the basement. In other words, it just so happens that the ligatures would have been an effective weapon in the situation where one was attempting a kidnapping with sleeping household members nearby.
I don't know where you got that idea.
What I'm saying is this: of the four CDE's that were consulted by LE that weren't paid for by RDI or IDI, no two agreed with one another that PR wrote the note.
That's par for the course, though.
It would've helped RDI if two or more of these CDE's had agreed that PR wrote the note.
Granted. But when everything else is brought into play, we are left with only the family. It's like I keep telling you: you have to look at the big picture. All the little twigs make a dam.
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