Excellent points.
The there are certain things that raise a red flag to me- and have right from he beginning.
One was the wiped flashlight and batteries- why wipe it down when it belonged to you? Well at first they tried to say that it wasn't theirs, though they admitted having one just like it but they couldn't provide it.
Two was the denial of the pineapple, even going as far as denying owning the bowl (which was shown on the table at their party 3 days before). Why lie about a pineapple snack? It had nothing to do with the murder itself..but it DID fix a time of death and point to her being awake when after they returned home. For their "kidnapping gone wrong" cover up to work- they had to say she was asleep when they got home. I have never understood their point in saying this. What would they say differently if they had admitted she was awake and that yes, she had been given pineapple before bed. They could still have "found " the RN and said the same things. I still can't figure out what they felt they gained in lying about the pineapple.
The third thing was the panties. A true intruder/killer would not have changes the panties. They'd have left her nude, or bloodied.
The other thing about the panties besides their size was that EVERY other pair of JBR's panties in the house had evidence of fecal staining. Every one, except the pair she was found dead in. They were brand new. The ONLY brand-new panties found in the home. The other 6 pairs of NEW panties in the set were removed from the home by either the Rs that day when they left or by Aunt P when she raided the house.
Four- why lie about BR being awake that morning? If you are innocent, what is the big deal if LE knows he was awake or questions him? If you are guilty....well, that is the MAIN reason why you won't want him questioned about what he may have seen or heard.
DeeDee249,
One was the wiped flashlight and batteries- why wipe it down when it belonged to you? Well at first they tried to say that it wasn't theirs, though they admitted having one just like it but they couldn't provide it.
Well you wipe it down if it was involved in the homicide, staged or not, but when the cleaned item is not discovered at the staged crime-scene that can only mean one of two things, it was intended as part of the staged crime-scene to indicate a cause of death and/or it was the cause original head blow? Why so, no intruder needs to wipe the batteries, only the exterior!
Two was the denial of the pineapple, even going as far as denying owning the bowl (which was shown on the table at their party 3 days before). Why lie about a pineapple snack? It had nothing to do with the murder itself..but it DID fix a time of death and point to her being awake when after they returned home. For their "kidnapping gone wrong" cover up to work- they had to say she was asleep when they got home. I have never understood their point in saying this. What would they say differently if they had admitted she was awake and that yes, she had been given pineapple before bed. They could still have "found " the RN and said the same things. I still can't figure out what they felt they gained in lying about the pineapple.
Its simple, the discovery of the pinapple both inside JonBenet and in the bowl on the table rendered the Ramsey's version of events e.g. all three residents, contradictory. They had no choice but to deny ownership of the pineapple bowl, even Burke must have been told to amend his version of events to conform to this revision. Their lawyers would have told them we will worry about this if it ever goes to court.
A true intruder/killer would not have changes the panties. They'd have left her nude, or bloodied.
Which is what makes the case for a sexual assault staging backfire.
The other thing about the panties besides their size was that EVERY other pair of JBR's panties in the house had evidence of fecal staining.
So had Nedra brainwashed Patsy into thinking JonBenet being the victim of an unforseen accident must be wearing clean fresh underwear? Bear in mind the underwear lying on her bathroom floor was visibly stained, so they must have known a quick look in her panty drawer would reveal that the pageant princess possessed fecal stained underwear? Presumably the fibers discovered on the inside of JonBenet's black velvet pants worn to the White's would match samples taken from her size-6's, whereas those from the size-12's might not?
I reckon the simplest , not always correct though, explanation is that the size-12's represent a change of plan, a decision was made to revise the staging, so rather than presenting a sexual molestation gone wrong as the result of some perverted intruder, who whacked her on the head with the flashlight. Its changed to look as if JonBenet has been abducted from her bed then killed in the wine-cellar, hence her wearing the size-12's, which also act to conceal any prior injury, but just to make certain the longjohns are added, who knows JonBenet may have originally been wearing the barbie-gown, which is now removed in favor of covering up her lower regions. To back this up the story about JonBenet being placed sleeping to bed is invented.
Four- why lie about BR being awake that morning? If you are innocent, what is the big deal if LE knows he was awake or questions him? If you are guilty....well, that is the MAIN reason why you won't want him questioned about what he may have seen or heard.
Burke has to be asleep that morning otherwise he would be liable for questioning about anything he had heard when awake e.g. corroborating his parents version of events.
It looks like the person who revised the staging made the big mistake of adding the size-12's to the mix, he/she was probably thinking pragmatically, and not about the consistency of the staging, which is how most staged crime-scenes are discovered, since they tend to reflect the stagers naive model of how a crime-scene should look.
e.g. Why would an intruder bother with
Wednesday panties, can you see Patsy or John thinking that one up, also since the intruder wiped JonBenet clean then she must be redressed in
clean panties, cue for the size-12's to enter stage right, can you see Patsy or John thinking that one up. But wait for it the intruder also removes the remaining 6-pairs of clean size-12's, why so, when seven pairs are available at Bloomingdales? So what is happening here, imo, this is a veiled attempt to hide the possibility that JonBenet's size-6's were removed from the crime-scene because they contained forensic evidence just as the flashlight did?
I would contend that the size-12's do not have any real significance or that they are a Wednesday pair beyond their use as staging to hide a prior injury, and deflect attention away from the missing size-6's.
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