How do you know it was off of her bed? Do you think PR took it out of the dryer and then put it under the comforter? The end of the bed looks made. It doesn't look like a blanket was pulled out. It could have been, I guess, if it hadn't been tucked in well... but the end of the bed looks made. What was the comforter made of? A lot of people sleep with just a comforter over them. Curious.
Police discussed this VERY thing with Patsy. They showed her photos, and after a while she admitted that the bed looked as if no blanket had been pulled off. There was no way to do that and have the foot section remain made. I think what happened was this:
Housekeeper LHP had last changed JB's sheets (including laundering them) on Dec. 23. When shown photos of JB's bed by LE, she said that the sheets on the bed were not the ones she remembered putting on that day. She had also told LE that JN wet the bed most nights. She also said that the blanket did not fit in the small washer/dryer outside JB's bedroom, but was always washed in the basement laundry area because the machines were larger.
I think that LHP laundered that white blanket when she was last there, and the white blanket had been in the basement dryer (where LHP put it) all along. LHP was not at the R home on Dec. 24, 25. But JB likely wet the bed. So I believe Patsy changed the sheets herself (most kids have a few sets) but did NOT go down to the basement to get the blanket, making up the bed without the blanket. She was busy, with the party, Christmas Eve - you know what that is like with small kids)- gone all afternoon at the White's, packing for the trips, etc. She may have even skipped putting back a top sheet. My daughter does the same thing when she has to change her kids' beds late at night or if she is in a rush. Some kids don't even use top sheets. (those footie pjs are warm)
Besides, JR told LE that JB's room was warm, sometimes TOO warm, and it would have been no big deal to sleep with just the sheets and bedspread. Besides, LHP was due to come right after they left and she'd make the bed up fresh with the clean blanket.
That's why the blanket was handy in the basement, and the only people who would know it was dried there (and not in the obvious place right outside the bedroom) was Patsy, maybe JR, and LHP. NO SFF. No pedophile killer. No disgruntled employee. This was the kind of knowledge of the personal routines of the household that no outsider would know.
