JMO but if I were the Ramseys writing a ransom note I would keep it simple
You're right Tex: it is just your opinion. One not shared by the FBI CASKU division, the people who work these cases every single day. Here's what they had to say:
the FBI team said the crime "did not fit an act of sex or revenge or one in which money was the motivation. Taken alone, they said, each piece of evidence might be argued, but together, enough pebbles become a block of evidentiary granite."
"CASKU observed that they had never seen anything like the Ramsey ransom note. Kidnapping demands are usually terse, such as 'We have your kid. A million dollars. Will call you.' From a kidnapper's point of view, the fewer words, the less police have to go on."
The FBI "believed that the note was written in the house, after the murder, and indicated panic. Ransom notes are normally written prior to the crime, usually proofread, and not written by hand, in order to disguise the authorship."
the FBI deemed the entire crime "criminally unsophisticated," citing the child being left on the premises, the oddness of the $118,000 demand in relation to the multi-million dollar net worth of the Ramsey, and the concept of a ransom delivery where one would be "scanned for electronic devices." Kidnappers prefer isolated drops for the ransom delivery, not wanting to chance a face-to-face meeting.
CASKU profilers also observed that placing JonBenet's body in the basement indicated the involvement of a parent, rather than an intruder. A parent would not want to place the body outside in the frigid night. They also stated that the ligatures "indicated staging rather than control, and the garrote was used from behind so the killer could avoid eye contact, typical of someone who cares for the victim."
Here's what Robert Ressler, the man who created the CASKU unit, had to say:
"JonBenet's mom fits the profile of the person who wrote the phony ransom note found in the Ramsey home, reveals former FBI expert. Robert K. Ressler, who helped establish criminal profiling for the feds, says that the style and language and information contained in the note point to an approximately 40-year-old white woman from the South as the author. 'It's absolutely phony. Usually a ransom note just gives the basics. This one was full of colorful language and mixed messages. Then there's the matter of why any kidnapper would demand money when the victim's body was left behind. It didn't make sense' "Ressler points out that the language is feminine. 'There's almost a maternal quality to comments like, I advise you to be rested. A hardened criminal would never use those terms.' "60's-era expressions like 'fat cat,' French-influenced vocabulary such as 'attache' and the demand for $118,000 might also point to someone like Patsy, who grew up in the 60's, studied French and was familiar with her husband's finances. Someone else with that knowledge probably would have demanded more."
"We have her, pay us XX million, don't call cops". Why put an amount only a couple of people in the company (who may have air tight alibis--it IS Christmas afterall) know.
You forget several important things, Tex. Most notably that the CASKU called the note "staging within staging." That means that the person staging the crime needed to create a criminal to match the created crime. Doesn't it strike you just the SLIGHTEST bit odd that the writer of the note is, at the SAME TIME, a pedophile killer, a ransom kidnapper, a far-leftist whacko AND an ISLAMIC terrorist?
I think it's helpful to remember that the Ramseys would be in good company in trying to create a popular boogeyman to pin the crime on, someone who the average American doesn't know much about, but play on popular, media-induced fear:
OJ Simpson blamed Nicole's murder on Colombian drug cartels
Susan Smith blamed her boys' disappearance on a cartoonishly caricatured black man
This killer is both pedophile (the ULTIMATE middle-American fear) and a foreign terrorist. Don't forget, it was in August of 1996 that the name "Osama bin Laden" began to be heard outside of the walls of the Pentagon.
Think about it, man.
IMO the Ramseys did adore this future Miss America and no was someone who has come through cancer gets in killing rage about wetting the bad.
I'll remember that the next time I think about how my father, in his final months, walloped me in the face for spilling a drink! Something he had NEVER done before.
I just believe the Ramseys, both college grads would be smart enough to ask for a large sum no matter the state of panic. In fact in a state of panic I don't think you think about framing someone else who would probably have an alibi on a Christmas Day.
Who says they were in panic? By that I mean, I'm sure there was immediate panic, but they had all night to do this.
I guess that's my point AZ, that IF they were the authors they would want the RN to appear real/serious, they are not stupid people.
No, they weren't. But as I've explained to other IDIs, with varying degrees of success, is that it didn't matter if they were smart or not. They didn't know what they were doing. There's a BIG difference between being smart and knowing what you're doing, as I've learned the hard way. Let me lay this illustration on you: I make furniture for a living, and I'm good at it. But you wouldn't necessarily ask me to install your plumbing, would you? Of course not, because I don't know about plumbing. John was a great businessman. Patsy was a great pageant person/actress/writer. That doesn't make 'em criminal masterminds. You see what I mean?
'One of them' was excessively, the over the top, performing 'DRAMA QUEEN' of the World...
You can not possibly judge any aspect of this case, exclude that ONE fact and come to a rational, logical conclusion as to who is guilty in this case.
My point exactly, anglwngs.
It does not matter how Dramatic Miss Patsy was. Her DNA nor her family members is involved in the case. They've been scientifically excluded.
No, the DA excluded them because this new scientific test confirmed her prejudices without telling us where it came from, how it got there, if it was even left that day. Don't forget, the panty DNA was degraded. That means it was old. It had been there a while. JB could have spread it around herself.
It'll take more than Mary Lacy's say-so for me to switch sides again.
