BlueCrab said:
UKGuy,
When found at 1:05 PM her head was turned to the right and she was in full rigor. I don't know about the alignment.
John says he didn't see the ligature around the neck with the stick tied to it until after he had brought her upstairs.
I consider the thought of JonBenet being grotesquely posed because there's some evidence that this murder was the work of a sexual sadist. The injuries that appear to be stun gun burns on the face, back and leg suggests torture had accompanied the bondage, the penetration, and the possible use of feces. Sexual sadists obtain pleasure from inflicting pain and humiliation on their victims.
In the sexual sadist theory John would have found JonBenet shortly after she had been killed. She would have been strung up in an indecent sitting position, legs apart, with her back leaning against something such as a chair and with crossed hands bound together and tied to an overhead object to keep her torso from falling over. Her unsupported head would have been tilted to the right because the neck ligature was positioned at the front left of her neck, causing the large red triangular abrasion at that spot.
John would have found JonBenet around one or two AM after being awakened by her scream and just minutes after she died. The extreme tightening of the neck ligature and the bash on the head both likely took place just seconds after the scream.
The Ramseys cleaned up JonBenet and repositioned the body to give her a measure of dignity in death.
BlueCrab
BlueCrab,
Thanks for your reply, you may be correct, and JonBenet's death was at the hands of a sexual sadist.
Considering these remarks:
JOHN RAMSEY: "Her head was tilted to one side. I was trying to hold her head."
One sentence here seems to be consistent with JonBenets discovered position, in that "
tilted to one side" is not much different from "
When found at 1:05 PM her head was turned to the right". The second sentence may just mean what it suggests. Although it does seem odd, yet given the circumstances, he has just found his daughters corpse, would he not want to hold her head?
I actually find it remarkable that "
John says he didn't see the ligature around the neck with the stick tied to it until after he had brought her upstairs".
Yet by all accounts she was lying face up, he removed the tape, so he could see that, although it was dark in color, he also untied or loosened the cord around her wrists, which might be impossible in unsighted conditions, yet he failed to notice the ligature and paintbrush handle? I dont find that credible!
This feature deserves a comment:
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The Ramseys cleaned up JonBenet and repositioned the body to give her a measure of dignity in death."
The posing of a corpse by a sexual sadist can mean what you suggest i.e. "
Sexual sadists obtain pleasure from inflicting pain and humiliation on their victims."
Generally they tend to indecently pose the corpse, and is intended as a public signal.
The interesting question is why would the Ramsey's cleanup her body and reposition it, given this is a horrific homicide? Why not leave it as it is, and as per the ransom note response, dial 911 immediately?
Why are the Ramsey's staging a crime-scene for a sexual sadist where is the percentage in that?
Also when you suggest the Ramsey's did
reposition her body, do you mean moved it and aligned it horizontally on the floor, or something else?
Personally I think its an open question if she was ever posed, if she was, then for me, it would change the nature of her homicide.
I think there was at least two separate staging instances, one in the wine-cellar, and one upstairs, with the possibilty of an intermediate one elsewhere in the basement. So it could be in one of those JonBenet was posed.
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