I agree.
I believe John was more involved. I believe either BDI and/or JDI. I stated long ago that I believe John set up Patsy. Before the BDI came to light (GJ indictments of JR and PR) and a third un-named person obviously Burke alot felt PR all the way. I believe John was JonBenet's abuser all along. Burke hit her with the flashlight and John strangled her implicating Patsy. I think John threw Patsy under the bus. Knowing Patsy's personality and over-the-top -ness John knew Patsy would look like the guilty one. John was the main controller and manipulator imho. And it worked most believed it was/is Patsy. I believe Patsy was in shock and insurmountable grief. I believe John dictated the ransom novel to her to write. John was holding all the cards and pulling Patsy along on puppet strings.
I believe JR also kept Patsy heavily medicated and dictated her script on CNN, too. She certainly seemed guilty, but JR was feeding her all her words, too, imho.
Imho JR is a master at controlling everything and everyone. Patsy seemed to be the one calling all the shots, but I believe she was just a fragile, scared, unhealthy person who thought she needed the security she felt JR gave her.
(I feel JR was even behind Patsy's comment to her parents about not seeing their grandchild even though she was not yet pregnant IF THEY did not give JR money to start his business. She was his puppet all along.) MOO.
Corey, I agree with you there are some things about JR’s behavior which indicate considerable talent in manipulating and controlling the aftermath. I try not to draw any conclusions beyond observing the manner in which JR has led others to certain conclusions.
From Kolar’s book and from BR’s TV interview, it is simple to believe BR did it all, except for the crime scene clean-up and RN; though like others I’ve always had questions about what happened after the head blow. (Did someone in the family bring a pillow down for her, e.g. , what is it doing on the kitchen counter in the photos taken after the 911 report?)
Whether JR was a ‘master liar/manipulator’ has been a question which has really not been evaluated very well. To rephrase this: Was JR an innocent victim in the development of the RN and the crime scene clean-up, until he purportedly joined the cover-up at 11:00 am that morning when he stated he found JB. Even Douglas only minimally glanced at the idea JR was a master liar, or as he stated, “If he was, he was one of the best.” For me the answer lies in his statements. It’s just an impression that he seems to know how to lead people he considers of inferior intellect to the conclusion he wants them to have, a little a la Hansel and Gretel dropping bread crumbs, only these are perplexing comments he has dropped.
-On June 6, 1997, three months into his work on the case, Smit did his daily drive to the Ramsey house to sit and think. This time, though, he bumped into the Ramseys themselves, who were staying with nearby neighbors.
“Smit and the couple waved to one another, and both parties pulled over. After some chatting, John asked Smit if he would pray with them. Smit suggested they do it inside his van.
Smit said Ramsey's prayer was to the point: ‘I pray that someday this nightmare will end and we will find the killer of our daughter.’ Smit then wrote up a report of the encounter.”
-Another situation was described by Hodges who wrote about JR’s ascent in Access Graphics. Paraphrasing a bit -
Of the three companies, John brought the fewest clients to the merger and was originally named vice president of sales. Shortly into the venture, John and the other ”junior” person in a two-on-one power play moved the older man aside. Then is a follow-up maneuver, equally as slick, John arranged for his contemporary to be scapegoated as the ruthless one for moving the “old bull” out of the way—while John gained support from the rest of the company’s power structure. John Ramsey was named company president in 1991.
-JR tells Gary Mann in his book
DOI that he did not see it coming his job would end. From some Boulder comments of long ago, allegedly several employees at Access Graphics claimed that it was well-known within the company that JR would not have a job after January 1, 1997.
This is before JB’s death. In fact in the spring of 1996 the “old bull” described in the situation of JR’s ascent in AG was brought back by LM to handle the European and Canadian territories of AG.
And at the time of the crime there were plenty of instances of leading people to reach certain conclusions.
- A broken window. JR leads FW to view, note and, he may hope, tell the detectives. A second party disclosure gives more credibility.
- When his older kids showed up at the home, whatever he said had to have led JAR to conclude the perpetrator should be forgiven. One assumes he hinted that the underage male in the home had done something.
- To Detective Arndt he states, “It was an inside job” when he places JB on the floor. If he is wanting to point to someone on the inside, it is handy to consider this person had a key and may have needed money.
The detectives followed these suggestions to the housekeeper’s door.
-That night at the F home, JR is heard saying,
I’m sorry, I’m sorry. When asked why, he said because he didn’t protect JB. JR leads his friends to know that he felt terrible he did not protect JB. However, usually people don’t apologize in immediate aftermath of a home invasion and killing as to what they didn’t do. They are angry at a killer. Or terrified. Who knows what impression his friends had of this apology.
And I can only draw the most obvious conclusion that JR wants those personally close to him, like Rev. Holverstock and his older kids, to grasp the underage male was involved. Yet with the authorities he seems to help build suspicion towards Santa, the housekeeper, folks like JM, a disgruntled employee.
My takeaway is that JR was pretty good at manipulative deception. Way before he purportedly ‘discovered JB’ at 11:00 am, he has mentally calculated how to use a broken window, a suitcase, the housekeeper’s knowledge of the home, etc., to his advantage. As I said, just my impression.
, it wasn't his first rodeo.