Well, black marks on the flashlight from the Sharpie, probably would have been explained away by Patsy, saying that the intruder accidently put the marks there. I think that the flashlight AND batteries were wiped down, because the Ramseys'....and ONLY the Ramsey's fingerprints were on them...flashlight and batteries. And that would not very well mesh with the intruder story, now would it? I believe that they wiped them both down and placed it in an obvious place, in the kitchen...to say that the intruder must have used it it and placed it there, after wiping it clean. The only problem with that is...the "intruder" brought no supplies with him, and he left in the dark. So, wouldn't he have needed that flashlight to see with? Wouldn't it have been OH so much easier, to just take it with him when he left...instead of taking even MORE time to wipe it clean, and the batteries? Taking it would have served two good purposes....to save time, and to be able to see in the dark. The "intruder" supposedly left though the same window in the basement that he used to come in by...using the suitcase to hoist himself up (even though it later came out that FLEET had moved that suitcase, looking for glass from the broken window), so he would have needed that flashlight to see in the basement with, but NOOOOOOO...he is SO kind as to bring it back up the stairs, clean it off and leave it on the counter. How nice of him...he sounds like a very tidy person, he even placed the Sharpie back in the pen holder where he found it. How SWEET!
