Yes it is.Note that the ransom note cursive a that is supposed to approximate PR's cursive a isn't really cursive at all.
It is without question overwhelmingly manuscript, but there are definitely a few cursive letter a’s in there.It just happens that the manuscript a was superimposed. It overlapped. Thats why the upper right corner of the 'a' is a sharp square in the ransom note sample whereas PR's sample cursive a is rounded as a cursive should be. So really, what you are presenting in the ransom note 'a' is nothing but manuscripts and no cursives.
Compare the clearly cursive "a" in "situation" from page 2 of the RN to PR's cursive "a."
That is in no way any sort of “superimposed” manuscript “a.”
As I said above, it is overwhelmingly manuscript, but not exclusively.There is nothing unusual about the tail at the lower right because many of the manuscript a's from the ransom note have a tail leading to the next letter (failing to pick up the pen). The ransom note is not cursive.
No.It seems you are in error, no?
This has been debated many times; some of the best in the world have identified PR, or at the very least been unable to exclude her.I tend to go by the handwriting and linguistic experts, including one from the US Secret Service and another UC professor who have indicated in a more professional setting that PR didn't write the note.
As I said earlier, there may be dueling experts, but seeing is believing.
Gideon Epstein - Forensic Document Examiner:
Q. What is your degree of certainty yourself as you sit here today that Patsy Ramsey wrote the note?
A. I am absolutely certain that she wrote the note.
Q. Is that 60 percent certain?
A. No, that's 100 percent certain.
Deposition of Gideon Epstein
May 17, 2002
David S. Liebman - Certified Document Examiner:
“There are far too many similarities and consistencies revealed in the handwriting of Patsy Ramsey and
the ransom note for it to be coincidence. In light of the number of comparisons and similarities between Patsy Ramsey and the ransom note writer, the chances of a third party also sharing the same characteristics is astronomical. In my professional opinion Patsy Ramsey is the ransom note writer.”
Tom Miller - Attorney, Court Qualified Expert Witness in Questioned Documents:
“Based upon available exemplars compared to the purported "ransom" note in the JonBenét Ramsey murder, the handwriting is probably that of Patsy Ramsey.”
Chet Ubowski - Colorado Bureau of Investigation Handwriting Expert:
Privately, however, Ubowski, who had made the early discovery that Patsy’s handwriting was consistent with the ransom note on twenty-four of the twenty-six alphabet letters, had recently told one detective, “I believe she wrote it.”
JonBenet: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation, Steve Thomas, page 174
Cina L. Wong - Certified Document Examiner:
We were called upon to examine the ransom note that was left at the crime scene. The other handwriting expert was in Maryland. Both of us were kept separate so our opinions would be independent. In my opinion, I found that it was highly probable that Patsy was the person who wrote the note. I found over 243 similarities between her handwriting and the ransom note. The other handwriting expert said that he was 100 positive that Patsy wrote the note.
Larry F. Ziegler - Forensic Document Examiner:
“It was determined and is still determined by myself that Patsy Ramsey is the writer of the ransom note.”
Michelle Dresbold - A graduate of the United States Secret Service's Advanced Document Examination training program:
“The two most important factors in identifying the writer of an anonymous letter are: matching patterns and overwhelming odds. The more patterns and characteristics in the anonymous writing that match the writing of the suspect, the more overwhelming are the odds that you’ve found your anonymous writer.
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Could so many similarities be a coincidence?”