DeeDee249,
Well I cannot reach that conclusion from the evidence. In fact even Occam would caution you not to multiply objects beyond necessity.
Assuming JonBenet was comatose, the simplest way to aspyxiate her would be to use the cord as a ligature, not as a garrote, which just complicates the process.
The biggest mistake made in all the RDI theories is to assume the staging of JonBenet's person took place down in the basement. This has been backed up by unsubstantiated claims about the size-12's being located in the wine-cellar etc.
The garrote is an uneccessary adornment. It adds absolutley nothing to our presumed knowledge, as to why JonBenet was killed. Since any signs of prior acute sexual assault were cleaned up and hidden, even an EA motive for the garrote flys out the window.
The garrote is alike the size-12's. Pure staging, both are non-functional, but play some role in the mind of the stager.
Everything could have taken place upstairs, except possibly the addition of the broken paintbrush handle, there is nothing that mandates the staging location was the basement, only the RDI assumption that because the paintbrush handle was broken there, then the staging took place there. When it may simply be that at the last moment further staging was required, hence the addition of the paintbrush handle, and restraints?
The evidence suggests it all took place upstairs, acute sexual assault, head trauma, ligature asphyxiaton, followed by a redressing.
Placing JonBenet into the wine-cellar, is done simply to effect an abduction strategy, it is not done to fake a crime-scene or what killed her.
What are the R's options: IDI is the most obvious, so effect a bedtime assault and subsequent death, but on reflection that also leaves an R open to consideration as a suspect, next option is an abduction, here no R should be an initial suspect, allowing the possibility of fleeing Colorado.
As per the R's version of events and the use of the size-12's along with the longjohns, the latter a slight inconsistency, in any basement narrative, a bedtime assault and death is arrived at.
Now the transfer of this to an abduction strategy should be straight forward, just place JonBenet into the wine-cellar and cover her with some object so that the chances of her being found are low.
Yet the paintbrush was applied, obviously the stager thought this was an important flourish, what would be convincing evidence might be if the missing piece of the paintbrush was left inside JonBenet, or even simply used to effect a genital injury, thus hoping to mask the acute sexual assault?
The question to be asked is this: If the R's were fabricating an abduction crime-scene, why would they then, citing Coroner Meyer apply a digital penetration and then cover this up, by pulling up JonBenet's size-12's and longjohns, and wrapping her in a white blanket, why not leave her in a state of disarray, obviously the victim of a bedtime assault and abdcution?
the answer might simply be, that this was the remains of a prior staging e.g. one intended for the bedroom. And that the mistake Patsy made was in redressing JonBenet to match the bedtime abduction, as per her interview statement about dressing JonBenet for bed e.g. down to the longjohns!
To reiterate the wine-cellar was no primary crime-scene, there are no artifacts there to backup this as the crime-scene. Its simply where JonBenet was dumped so to effect an abduction scenario. Furthermore no abductor is going to relocate JonBenet to the wine-cellar, therein sexually assault her and apply EA or a garrote, then camly wipe JonBenet down, redress her in size-12's and longjohns, finished off with, considerately wrapping her in a white blanket, then after switching off the light, and latching the door, leave without the intended abductee!
A properly staged wine-cellar crime-scene would have had JonBenet, optionally wrapped in a blanket but naked from the waist down, with her underwear either left upstairs or somewhere in the basement. This was not done, why?
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