Ya, TY to KK.
Wow, the difference in appearance between the two sizes is dramatic.
Isn't it, though!
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Ya, TY to KK.
Wow, the difference in appearance between the two sizes is dramatic.
I'm kind of jumping in here because I've been doing some research again this morning and I have some things on the Bloomies topic that some of you may want to check out. Me, I want to jump off a bridge about now, my mind is so boggled.
This is a thread at the JB forum with a group called "topix". This thread was posted around May of 2007, and for the life of me, I can't figure out why it took me this long to "get" the significance of it, except that I just didn't.
Let me be clear: the basis of all the "info" is a anonymous gossip posted by someone who claims to have known a group of women who had experiences with John and Patsy Ramsey and the Paughs back in the early '80s. Her memory was obviously like most decades old memories: spotty, mixed up, possibly. Some things don't add up timewise, but then, she's repeating OLD GOSSIP, as well.
The thing that made me sit up upon a rereading today is the info on the Bloomies, which sounds authentic to me. Unless she's just flat out making it all up, and it doesn't "sound" like that, this puts the 12-14 Bloomies, John and Patsy Ramsey, and finding the too large Bloomies on JonBenet in a very different light, possibly.
Here is the link to the page where "Dots" talks about the Bloomies, specifically, but you may want to go back to the beginning of the thread for it all to make some kind of sense, and to evaluate the info "Dots" shared yourself. It's fascinating reading, at any rate:
http://www.topix.net/forum/news/jonbenet-ramsey/TU2N0GDVNF6NLV0R8/p4
Here we are also currently having this "Bloomies" discussion at the JB topix forum, which you might want to check out as there are interesting ideas on this, as well:
http://www.topix.net/forum/news/jonbenet-ramsey/T4UBRCB37MVMIQK95/p6
Great post, UKGuy, and I'll have to come back to respond and think it through carefully because I have to do some errands now.
But I did want to point out that the question I'm pondering is the one put forth by the mysterious "Dots" at topix in May of 2007: if the Bloomies IN THE '80s did in fact contain an EXTRA PAIR for holidays...what does THAT do for the packages Patsy bought? Was that still in practice in '96? Etc. And did Patsy buy the 12-14 Bloomies for HERSELF? To look "sexy" in "little girl's undies", as "Dots" said young women did in Atlanta back in the '80s when "Dot's" gossip allegedly took place? If that were true, then that would "add up" in the version of the "found" package of Bloomies being located in boxes when the retired Atlanta cop was hired to "find" the Ramseys' clothes they were wearing on the 25th/26th to turn into LE: was he "looking" for Patsy's clothes in HER clothing packed in Boulder after the murder, and then "found" the Bloomies package? Or is that story a ruse, too?
My head is swimming.... Errands are looking good right now....
PR would not have fit into the size 12-14 Bloomies either. They are still children's undies, even if they fit a 12- year old. While it is true that some 12 year olds are the size of adults, children like that would need to wear women's undies.
I keep re-reading that Atlanta interview, UKGuy- you state that PR says she did NOT buy any size 6 panties in NYC, but I am not seeing that. I see her stating numerous times that she DOESN'T REMEMBER how many sets she bought. I have not seen her say that she did not buy any size 6s.
Yes, I ASSUME PR bought the Bloomies for JBR in her correct size, so yes, it may be erroneous. That's why it's called an "assumption", because it is not a fact.
Patsy states that she purchased two packs of size-12 Bloomingdale underwear, one for JonBenet at her request and one for her niece Jenny. Nowhere does she state she purchased size-6 underwear. Patsy's memory goes when the questions get tough.I keep re-reading that Atlanta interview, UKGuy- you state that PR says she did NOT buy any size 6 panties in NYC, but I am not seeing that. I see her stating numerous times that she DOESN'T REMEMBER how many sets she bought. I have not seen her say that she did not buy any size 6s.
I guess thats my point she neither denies nor states that she purchased size-6 underwear. So any assumptions based on the size-6 underwear may be very weak?I see her stating numerous times that she DOESN'T REMEMBER how many sets she bought. I have not seen her say that she did not buy any size 6s.
The reason highlighted this, even although I agree with you, is that Patsy nowhere states she purchased size-6 underwear. She states that she purchased two packs of size-12's, and reconfirms this to the interviewer. e.g. its erroneous in the context of the interview, more than likely not in every day life.Yes, I ASSUME PR bought the Bloomies for JBR in her correct size, so yes, it may be erroneous. That's why it's called an "assumption", because it is not a fact.
no hole-punching,that was great! I would only change one thing,and that is I think the cord on her wrists were applied much later..perhaps as late as 10am (when JR disappeared for a bit..). it would be logical to assume her arms were already in rigor when they were applied,as they were over her head.so it appears the wrist ligatures were an afterthought,IMO.perhaps to get rid of the rest of the cord??? the tape appears used,so...perhaps there was no more cord and tape left after that.
I think the opened gifts in the basement contained the underwear.more than one was opened b/c the stager was searching for them,unsure as to where exactly they were.
I just can't believe Patsy would buy a size 12 underwear for herself.I think it's just as she said...they were a gift for her niece.
IF she had gotten them for herself..(and I have never heard of a trend of dressing women as girls...),I would think they would have been a least a girls' large,(size 14-16).even so...I still doubt it.remember there are,and were then,other places to buy cute things at in women's sizes,esp. the ones that cater to older teens and young women,like Victoria's Secret and frederick's of hollywood.
I'm still researching stuff on this, but wanted to thank you, UKGuy, for bringing up Holly Smith. I think she is one of the most honest, unbiased, uncorrupted people who finally talked about the evidence of sexual abuse in this case openly and as a named source inside the investigation.
One question: is it not more likely that the too large Bloomies package was located where the child was WIPED DOWN AND REDRESSED?
Hm. Now I have to think about the sequence of events again.
We know the paintbrush was broken and tied onto the garrote in the basement--paintbrush shards on the floor by the paint tray, green paint strip on the chin, from the paintbrush/paint in the tray. We know the knots were tied onto the neck, not tied and then the noose looped around the head. We know the killer used the paintbrush to assault JonBenet before he/she broke it, because a rougher, broken end would have done more damage, etc. We know the child was on her back when sexually assaulted with the paintbrush, and she was on her stomach when the cord handle was pulled to finish her off. As far as we know, but with jams as the source, it's arguable, of course, JonBenet expired near the cellar door and paint tray because her urine was found there, voided at death, I assume...again arguable, but the urine stains were on the front of her longjohns, so she was on her stomach when that happened as well. We also know she had no defensive bruising, abrasions, or injuries identified at autopsy.
So the deduction of the sequence of events is this, as I see it: JonBenet was brought or led into the basement, then laid on her back unconscious by the paint tray at some point, dying from the head blow cracking her skull 8.5 inches and causing severe brain swelling and damage; the killer undressed her and used the paintbrush on her which created the acute vaginal injuries; she was turned over and the cord tied on at the neck, then the paintbrush broken and the middle section tied onto the cord "handle"; counterforce was applied to hold her down while the cord "handle" was pulled to tighten the garrote; she died; she was then turned back over, wiped down and redressed; then her wrists were tied and she was laid in the cellar room on her blanket, which was laid on the floor under her, then wrapped "papoose-style" over her. During the sequence of events, she drolled down her face on the right side; the duct tape was applied, last I would think, after goodbyes were said; the door was closed and latched at the top.
This is my theory of the sequence of the critical events after the head blow, which I have no solid theory as to whom, where, or why that happened, just several possibilities like everyone else. I follow the evidence as I understand it to come to these details, but I may be wrong, of course, probably am, in fact. Just trying to think it through.
Why I have posted this is because I'm trying to figure out when the Bloomies would have been put on JonBenet in the course of this madness that night. I simply do not believe she wore those huge Bloomies to the Whites, that's absurd. So I obviously believe they were put on her after she returned home at some point. This is why I am trying to figure out where would they have been in the home: in JonBenet's bedroom or bathroom? In Patsy's drawer, if they were hers? Or in the basement, waiting to be sent away as a gift?
This is why I think it's important to know WHERE was the alleged Bloomies package "lost" all that time which the Ramseys claim they "found"; when was it "found", if there's any truth to that; where was it found? In the packed household boxes? If it was with basement items, then it was in the basement and likely pulled out to put on JonBenet when she was redressed, so who could have even known the Bloomies were there? If it was in JonBenet's suite, then that would be important, but why didn't LE find it and secure it with all the other panties they collected? If it was with Patsy's clothes, which might make sense, since the retired cop said to have "found" the package in one story, was hired by the Ramseys to find their clothes from that awful evening and morning to turn over to LE almost a year later, then that would be critical, as well.
Of course, the RST won't give any details. That's how we know it's important.
Okay, sorry I'm rambling. Just trying to work it through. Feel free to punch holes in these ideas.
No problem, please tell everyone else about her. I'll be interested in the results of your research, I reckon we have a similar perspective on the case?I'm still researching stuff on this, but wanted to thank you, UKGuy, for bringing up Holly Smith. I think she is one of the most honest, unbiased, uncorrupted people who finally talked about the evidence of sexual abuse in this case openly and as a named source inside the investigation.
http://www.amazon.com/FIRE-FIVE-HEA...7088854?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222778764&sr=1-3
Author:Holly A. Smith
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge
ISBN: 1583913548
EAN: 9781583913543
No. of Pages: 187
Holly A. Smith
Boulder County DSS
3400 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80304
Yes, this is why I think this occurred upstairs in John's bedroom or at a stretch JAR's bedroom, since both may have contained the size-12's?One question: is it not more likely that the too large Bloomies package was located where the child was WIPED DOWN AND REDRESSED?
Well they must have been placed onto JonBenet prior to Patsy adding her staging elements to the wine-cellar mix, otherwise she would know all about the size-12's, and know to avoid telling the investigators that she placed the size-12's into JonBenet's panty drawer, since she would also know that they had been removed from the house?Why I have posted this is because I'm trying to figure out when the Bloomies would have been put on JonBenet in the course of this madness that night.
I agree with you. JonBenet never wore size-12 underwear to the White's, anyway that can be tested by using fiber analysis, from her black velvet pants.Why I have posted this is because I'm trying to figure out when the Bloomies would have been put on JonBenet in the course of this madness that night. I simply do not believe she wore those huge Bloomies to the Whites, that's absurd. So I obviously believe they were put on her after she returned home at some point. This is why I am trying to figure out where would they have been in the home: in JonBenet's bedroom or bathroom? In Patsy's drawer, if they were hers? Or in the basement, waiting to be sent away as a gift?
The size-12's according to Patsy were purchased as a gift for her niece Jenny, later they were given to JonBenet, so according to Patsy they were not located in the basement, waiting to be wrapped.This is why I am trying to figure out where would they have been in the home: in JonBenet's bedroom or bathroom? In Patsy's drawer, if they were hers? Or in the basement, waiting to be sent away as a gift?
1 Q. And I will just state a fact
12 here. I mean, there were 15 pair of panties
13 taken out of, by the police, out of
14 JonBenet's panty drawer in her bathroom
15 that where she kept -
16 A. Uh-huh (affirmative).
17 Q. -- where you were describing that
18 they were just put in that drawer?
19 A. Yes.
20 Q. Okay. And every one of those was
21 either a size four or a size six. Okay?
Jmpo, but I don't think Patsy lied about the Bloomies from a position of ignorance (ignorance meaning she had no idea that someone else (John) put them on JonBenet). I believe she knew exactly who redressed the victim and why. It was either her or John directed by her.KoldKase,
Thanks for your links. I read over some of the posts and if true then they show some events in a different light.
Now I reckon the size-12's are like the pineapple, but bigger because they break the case, they demonstrate that Patsy lied, and better that she lied from a position of ignorance.
Another hint as to why the size-12's are so important is that Holly Smith has never opined on them or any details regarding the existence of Bloomingdales size-6's?
Neither has Steve Thomas.
Now the important fact to establish is which pack of size-12's was returned an opened or unopened pack? An unopened pack implies that the opened pack is still missing and an opened pack means that crime-scene evidence is potentially being returned.
In a sense it does not matter because we know Patsy lied to the interviewer, any size-12's returned is to lend some semblance of consistency to Patsy's stream of lies in the Atlanta interview.
imo JonBenet was probably manually asphyxiated in John's bedroom, wiped down and redressed therein with the size-12's. Bear in mind that Patsy was ignorant to the fact that JonBenet had been redressed in the size-12's.
Referring to the possibility that Patsy purchased the size-12's for herself so to look sexy wearing them. This tells us that John may have had prior knowledge of the size-12's, something people have always queried.
Some basic assumptions are that if Patsy did not redress JonBenet in those size-12's then it was one of: John, Burke or an intruder? Now we can rule out an intruder because Patsy could never confer with, never mind lie for an intruder. So that leaves John or Burke. Given the relative sophistication of the staging and the fact that the size-12's were left on JonBenet, this implies that we are not dealing with a coverup for Burke, else the big mistake regarding the size-12's would have been spotted and removed. So guess what that leaves John!
The whys and wherefors regarding the size-12's may be interesting, even a touch salacious e.g. Patsy wearing the size-12's, but what really matters is that no size-12's were found in JonBenet's panty drawer and none in the rest of the house. Despite Patsy stating that a second unopened package of size-12's should be located somewhere in the house. She is saying this because she has stated that JonBenet has already been given the size-12's.
Now I'm willing to bet the house on Patsy purchasing Bloomingdales size-6's for JonBenet during their New York trip. So would expect to hear that some were found in her panty drawer and critically that some may have been found in her bedroom dresser drawer. Again a phone call to Holly Smith asking if any size-12's were found in JonBenet's bedroom dresser drawer would indirectly confirm this. If you read the interview again note the number of times that Patsy is asked precisely when did she purchase the size-12's for JonBenet. Why might that be important because the absence of size-12's from JonBenet's bedroom dresser drawer, but the inclusion of soiled Bloomingdales size-6's tell another story, hence possibly why no details have been made public?
I reckon just alike the pineapple tells us JonBenet was awake and walking about the Ramsey house, when the parents want us to believe she was asleep in bed. The size-12's tell us that it was a male who redressed JonBenet, not Patsy, and by the process of elimination that male appears to be John Ramsey?
I would think returning an open package would be far too incriminating..like an intruder opened them,or JB just happened to pull out the Wed. pair on her own? ..IMO,the statement they were trying to make was...1-that Patsy bought no size 6's of the same pattern as the size 12's (because truth is she did, and they were removed bf JB was redressed) 2-so if she bought no size 6's, then *both packages were size 12's and 3-this 'proves' it by turning in the other package.KoldKase,
No problem, please tell everyone else about her. I'll be interested in the results of your research, I reckon we have a similar perspective on the case?
Holly Smith has written a book based on her experience working with the Sexual Abuse Team in Boulder, Colorado for well over twenty years.
Fire of the Five Hearts: A Memoir of Treating Incest
Supervisor at Boulder County Sexual Abuse Team
Holly Smith wrote up a report outlining her opinion as to whether JonBenet had been sexually abused, her vaginal trauma was not in question, more pertinent was whether it was recurring and chronic. The contents of this report never made it into Steve Thomas' book, nor has it been made public. Sufficient to remark that Holly Smith was removed from the investigation.
Yes, this is why I think this occurred upstairs in John's bedroom or at a stretch JAR's bedroom, since both may have contained the size-12's?
Patsy's ignorance surrounding the size-12's tells you she did not redress JonBenet in them, otherwise a more credible explanation would have been forthcoming.
Your sequence of critical events is consistent. I would only query the application of the paintbrush? It would be nice know if the missing piece was left inside JonBenet, this is something I suspect, and possibly one of the major reasons behind the redacting of the original autopsy report?
Your account of critical events in a sense may only describe the wine-cellar staging and not the location of any prior events. I reckon JonBenet was initially assaulted elsewhere, cleaned up, redressed then placed somewhere in the basement, where additional staging was fabricated e.g wine-cellar.
Well they must have been placed onto JonBenet prior to Patsy adding her staging elements to the wine-cellar mix, otherwise she would know all about the size-12's, and know to avoid telling the investigators that she placed the size-12's into JonBenet's panty drawer, since she would also know that they had been removed from the house?
I agree with you. JonBenet never wore size-12 underwear to the White's, anyway that can be tested by using fiber analysis, from her black velvet pants.
The size-12's according to Patsy were purchased as a gift for her niece Jenny, later they were given to JonBenet, so according to Patsy they were not located in the basement, waiting to be wrapped.
They were not located in JonBenet's bathroom underwear drawer, since the investigators stated:
Also thanks to Holly Smith's remarks we can assume no size-12's were found in JonBenet's bedroom dresser drawer. Any by extension her whole bedroom.
Basically there are no size-12's in JonBenet's immediate vicinity?
Now an important point to note is that no size-12's are recorded as being found anywhere in the house opened or unopened. This means JonBenet's killer removed the remaining size-12's, even if JonBenet dressed herself in the size-12's.
Also any xmas gift for Jenny need not be hidden away in the basement, it can be stored unopened in Patsy's dresser drawer? This can be an alternate explanation as to why no size-12's were discovered in the house, since if they were stored in Patsy's dresser drawer, maybe they walked out along with other of Patsy's clothing?
Also if John was aware that Patsy wore size-12's for reasons of fashion then he would be aware where they may be located?
So I reckon the size-12's were probably stored in one of Patsy's dresser drawers, or down in the basement. Remember John was down in the basement helping to move xmas-gifts so he would be aware of what might be what.
Evidentially the size-12's returned by the Ramsey's are probably redundant, it would probably be contested due to the length of time it took to return them. What would be interesting is whether the returned pack was opened or unopened, since the former is potential crime-scene evidence and the latter represents the second pack of size-12's, since she is on record saying she purchased one for JonBenet and one for her niece Jenny. Knowing which tells us what the Ramsey's want us to believe.
I could otherwise agree IF Patsy had been more evasive..but...to say she actually put them in the bathroom drawer was a huge mistake on her part,one that required trying to amend that mistake by turning in another pack of underwear.a big 'oops' moment.Jmpo, but I don't think Patsy lied about the Bloomies from a position of ignorance (ignorance meaning she had no idea that someone else (John) put them on JonBenet). I believe she knew exactly who redressed the victim and why. It was either her or John directed by her.
But since Patsy made the mistake of hiding the rest of the size 12 set, all she could do when questioned about them, was to talk her way out by being very evasive in her replies.
Jmpo, but I don't think Patsy lied about the Bloomies from a position of ignorance (ignorance meaning she had no idea that someone else (John) put them on JonBenet). I believe she knew exactly who redressed the victim and why. It was either her or John directed by her.
But since Patsy made the mistake of hiding the rest of the size 12 set, all she could do when questioned about them, was to talk her way out by being very evasive in her replies.
This is privileged information, were you present that night?But since Patsy made the mistake of hiding the rest of the size 12 set
You really must read the interview, you will be rewarded. Patsy is anything but evasive, although she does have recurring amnesia at points. She tells us that she purchased two packs of Bloomingdales size-12's on her trip to New York, and that she placed one of those packs into JonBenet's bathroom panty drawer!all she could do when questioned about them, was to talk her way out by being very evasive in her replies.
I would think returning an open package would be far too incriminating..like an intruder opened them,or JB just happened to pull out the Wed. pair on her own? ..IMO,the statement they were trying to make was...
1-that Patsy bought no size 6's of the same pattern as the size 12's (because truth is she did, and they were removed bf JB was redressed)
2-so if she bought no size 6's, then *both packages were size 12's and
3-this 'proves' it by turning in the other package.
the fact it was a package,and not just size 12 underwear that had been opened and taken out...IMO means the package the R's returned was unopened.
UK,are you saying you think the opened gifts in the WC were staging?
UKGuy said:JMO8778,
You could be right, it might go either way. How about Patsy claiming amnesia, and that she only actually purchased one pack of size-12's for her niece Jenny? So what is then returned is an open pack of size-12's?
If she wants to stand by her original statements then an unopened pack of size-12's should be returned?
yes,and I think that's just what happened..an unopened pack was returned.This why she starts forgetting stuff during the interview, she has already stated she purchased two packs of size-12 underwear, one for JonBenet at her request, and another as a gift for her niece Jenny. So in theory there should be 13 pairs of size-12's in the house, Patsy is queried on this indirectly when asked that there should be an unopened pack of size-12's lying somewhere in the house, Patsy agrees!
to return an opened package would make them appear even more guilty,and it doesn't match what she stated previously anyway...that she took them out of the package and put them in the bathroom drawer.
she said she bought 2 packages...is this b/c it showed up (or might surface) that way on a credit card or other receipt?
absolutely! were it not a big mistake,they could have shouldered it off...but they didn't.they knew it was a huge error on their part.The fact that they have to return the size-12's at all, should be a big red flag as to just how serious a mistake Patsy made during her interview.
not just that,she wouldn't leave gifts...opened or otherwise...in that filthy WC.it's more of something a man would do...but not most women.(they were stated to be partially wrapped;but IMO,they were partially UNwrapped).JMO8778,
They could be? But since Patsy does not use the partially wrapped gifts in her explanation of the size-12's e.g. the intruder opened the gifts and removed the size-12's. Then until I'm told more about the status of those gifts e.g. were they unwrapped or had someone actually opened them? Its not possible to judge how important they might be.
Its so obvious that Patsy did not redress JonBenet in those size-12's, she is the one person in that house that you would expect not to do so!
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