Who was most qualified to write the RN?

[BBB167893]

This Poll has some loaded questions.

If one of the options had been "Who would write a ransom note?" then I would have ticked a box for 'a kidnapper' (if there had been such a box)

If one of the options had been "Who wrote THAT ransom note?" then my answer would have been the housewife with a journalism background.

As history has proven, Miz Adventure, wording of poll questions does matter!

 

[ZoriahNZ]

The 'adequate size attaché' part always stood out to me as something a well educated person would write. PR had a BA in Journalism; she would have known about paragraph indentations, the caret insert, the acute accent over the e.

The several but not frequent misspellings in the beginning, I believe, were an attempt at disguise.

 

[andreww]

The 'adequate size attaché' part always stood out to me as something a well educated person would write. PR had a BA in Journalism; she would have known about paragraph indentations, the caret insert, the acute accent over the e.

The several but not frequent misspellings in the beginning, I believe, were an attempt at disguise.

The attache part makes absolutely no sense in that the note tells them to take the cash out the case and put it in a bag. It would have made sense if they were telling them to deliver the ransom in the case, but why would the kidnappers give a damn how they transported the money from the bank? Also, the note says not to alert bank authorities, but how would they not be alerted when someone withdraws that much cash in those specific denominations? And the parents wonder why they were considered suspects from the get go.

 

[Userid]

I think the word "attache'" was used deliberately with the hopes of pointing to someone of a foreign nationality. Like an extension of the "small foreign faction" garbage. Maybe the R's thought it would give the note a sort-of "European" vibe.

 

[icedtea4me]

IMO, as long as you people keep reading the note using the left (literal, concrete) side of your brain, you'll never get anywhere with it.

 

[fr brown]

Recently I became aware of the poison pen/murder case of Gregory Villemin. (Most of the information is in French, alas, but never fear, a Netflix documentary is due soon.) I noticed that at least some of the poison pen letters were written in all capitals and those capitals were drawn using only straight lines. That strikes me as inspired. Straight lines seem like a great way to disguise writing. Easy to do; easy to remember. Patsy Ramsey should have thought of that.

I've only found one other example of straight line capitals in disguised writing: threatening letters sent to the Cincinnati Reds owner (I think) when Jackie Robinson started playing pro ball. I wonder how common it is.

 

[Tadpole12]

image, 'robinson we are going to kill you if you attempt':

https://www.google.ca/search?q=robinson+we+are+going+to+kill+you+if+you+attempt&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi95qaQn9baAhUHyoMKHcRECY4Q_AUoAXoECAAQAw&biw=800&bih=316#imgrc=zcIbAJ5aAIBJGM:&spf=1524687388115

 

[PositiveLight]

I definitely think Patsy wrote the ransom note.