Nuisanceposter said:
If a sexual sadist did that to JonBenet, it would have been a lot more violent and horrifying. If that crime was committed by a sadist without it being sexual, it would have been a lot more violent and horrifying.
No offense to anyone, but a sadist would have taken from her parents house and tortured her. What we see happened was not the work of any kind of sadist - she was wiped down, redressed, and folded in a blanket! Sadists do NOT take that kind of care with a child they have murdered for revenge.
And a kidnapper would have taken the child, even if she was dead. The RN author was aware of the Rs need to bury JB - if he really wanted revenge and a ransom, he would have taken her with him.
Not necessarily. Most, if not all rapists are considered sadistic by psychiatric professionals, but they are not all the same in their level of violence. Sadism is about power, mainly the power to cause someone else pain. Violence is a part of that, but it can be psychological violence as much as physical. Pain can be caused in more subtle (to the eye) ways than you seem to acknowledge here. Just because there weren't body parts strewn about doesn't mean there was no sexual sadism involved.
Some might have taken a child from her home, some might not have. It is simply not true that a sadist can't be sadistic in the home of his or her victim. To avoid detection by others, it would be better to be somewhere else in some cases, but transporiting an unwilling person carries other risks. Many (most?)rapists are actually sadistic in their victims' homes, so this is also not that big a clue, as far as sadism is measured.
The wiping down & wraping of a body proves nothing regarding sadism, either. Sadists very often believe they truly love their victims, and are also gentle in their non-sadistic moments. After they have been abusive, they can feel a connection to their victims that the sadists experience as close and loving. Obviously, it is not the way the victim experiences this, except in severe cases of masochism.
For ransom, it would make more sense to take the body. For revenge, probably not. Finding your child in such circumstances would be awful enough to qualify as revenge.
For the record, I think the Ramsey's were involved, so sadism could have happened in the victim's and the perp's home at the same time.
Shrinky, who's known a sadist or two