Kell1
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Ill answer as best I can
Depends on what type of conspiracy, post offense to cover up the crime?, then yes, I feel that more than 1 person was involved in covering up what happened.
As a planned conspiracy to kill their child and make it look like an attempted abduction? no I don't feel that, that requires a lot more planning than several practice ransom notes in the trash. Also what would be the benefit to murdering one child ?
If it was a pre planned as in most cases I feel you'd most likely see the victim moved from the residence and reported as abducted or missing , theres way too much risk in having the body there and reporting them as missing .
The evidence suggests that the death was accidental , the cover up wasn't planned, it was more haphazard, and HORRIBLY staged , remember COD was actually the blow to the head with asphyxiation secondary, that to a seasoned investigator with absence of any further blunt trauma suggests perhaps the blow to the head was accidental , or intentional with an unexpected outcome (IE "didn't mean to hit her that hard)
Again maybe, depends on how early, if I recall, I believe they called an attorney 1st, that in and of itself raises eyebrows, I mean what could you need legal counsel for at that hour, let alone the day your daughter has "gone missing" let alone found dead?
If youre saying that it was preplanned to kill the child then no I donr beleive that was what was planned, it wouldve been executed better
It was tainted the minute, an inexperienced, detective allowed both the Ramsey's to be questioned together, they were allowed to roam all over the house without police present. Outside parties , were allowed into the residence , which wsa a CRIME SCENE!. NOBODY should ever be allowed into a crime scene whether or not her body has been found all missing persons cases, start in the home !
In an investigation you separate ALL parties present, you keep them in one area away from each other, no one talks to them but the investigators. You question them separately , then you compare stories, then you go back and ask them to tell it again, meanwhile this is going on you have Police officers search, check the area inside and out, and note anything of interest .
No way would an experienced investigator 1) Question John and Patsy together, 2) allow outside parties to enter the residence, 3) allow John to go look all over the house for his daughter, especially with another person, at least not without Police present.
Unfortunately it does seem luck of the draw, along with something we in Law Enforcement have dealt with for decades, departmental pride. For years, police agencies, would refuse to ask for help from other agencies, because they felt it would be a black mark on their agency, and amongst LE agencies, it often was, that they couldn't handle what befell them. In the old days departments didnt ask for help, it was something that has hampered MANY cases, throughout the years. No detective ever, wants to feel that he cant handle something, and it may result in departmental ridicule, let alone personal ridicule amongst peers.
That's why large metropolitan departments, break up crimes into divisions, it allows them to focus solely on the cases, at hand
Not sure what significance the cell phone holds, perhaps it had to disappear , maybe he did actually lose it . But I can say minus the cell phone there was PLENTY of evidence at that scene to make an educated guess as to what occurred, IF you know anything about criminal investigation, the problem again was that the police didn't seem to have much experience with missing persons, and homicide .
To an experienced, eye literally ALL of the behavior post offense raises an eye, however, no matter how much it raises an eye you have to remember one thing ...The evidence in this case, was tainted there's no way to undo that, and without the presence of any new condemning evidence coming forward , if it went to trial, the defense only has to prove that it was, and it will most likely result in the case, being thrown out (OJ Simpson is a great example of this).
Now was this advice given to John by his attorney, to go and screw up the crime scene in front of police, so if questioned a high profile attorney could say the police were inept ?... Maybe , I doubt it but It cant be ruled out . And Attorney client privlidge, could be invoked if the police were to attempt to question that .
The saddest part of our judicial system in this country, (USA) is that despite mountains of evidence , a technicality can, has, and will let a guilty party walk free, and sadly it doesn't take much as we witnessed in the Simpson case a single mistake by LE let a murderer walk free.
C) all of the above, but not on a high level. I can only speak to my opinion, having spoken about this case with former FBI, and other police agencies over the years , plus my own experience .
Now this is my own opinion, so take it with a grain of salt again this is MY OPINION
I feel the murder was accidental, it seems to me like either the child was struck too hard, or she was pushed into something where she struck her head from there , there are a number of reasons the victim was strangled.
However, remember someone took time to fashion a garotte, if it were panic, id expect to see manual strangulation, or ligature, held by hand , NOONE goes and fashions a weapon and since her hair was found in the knots connecting the paintbrush to the rope, that seems to indicate, it was tied to the paintbrush with the rope still around her neck .
So a lot of "whys" can be gleaned from that alone
However, I feel IT was made to look like something else, the family panicked, and did their best to cover it up, the police, unexperienced, in these cases, unintentionally allowed the crime scene to be tainted, then knowing the case, would be a failure in court once the FBI and analyst's looked at it , taking down a pillar of the community, on a topic like the murder of their own daughter, a small 6yo pageant queen, may have been a bridge too far for the DA.
I think they know whos responsible but its hard to get it in court.
So much time has elapsed now, too many independent parties have been brought in to give their "expert" analysis , one who to this day I'm still stunned was, but still i have to say sadly that I feel this child will most likely never receive justice.
At this point the best we can hope for is perhaps a deathbed confession from someone, because new evidence is highly unlikely.
