Just a thought. In Burke's interview when asked what happened to his sister he said "I know what happened to my sister, she was killed. Someone took her quietly into the basement took out a knife or bashed her on the head." According to Patsy's interview she never talked to Burke about the murder. TH: "What have you told Burke about the murder?" PR: "Well, just that we are going to try to find out who did this to JonBenet. I havent told him anything about how she was murdered or any details." To me what Burke said was PLENTY of details about the murder. When Burke mentioned these details, WHY didnt the interviewer press him into answering HOW did he know these things happened to his sister? If Patsy didnt talk to Burke about what happened how did he know about the knife, the basement and the bash on the head?
Shanny,
Good questions, the knife and the basement can be explained away in any manner you want, but the head injury thats different, since only when the autopsy was undertaken was it revealed JonBenet had suffered a massive head injury.
Also a few Columbo style questions might allow you to arrive at the conclusion, even if Burke was not involved, in any manner at all, and that someone close to him, filled him in on some case details, then that person may be JonBenet's killer, so what is he/she doing talking homicide with a young boy, with all the risks that carries for apprehension?
A BDI is an elegant solution to JonBenet's death since it also allows the contentious prior abuse/acute molestation to be factored in. Also Patsy's blatant lies to interviewers become more understandable when its really Burke that may be being defended and not someone else.
Without expanding at length there is a case in the UK where children with an age similar to Burke's were involved in a homicide, and that due to their age etc, reporting restrictions were applied. Obviously no details were ever released regarding this but allegations have surfaced that the original homicide had sexual overtones, but that these were redacted due to children being involved and that everyone knew what the outcome would be, so this redaction was justified on child safety grounds. Those that know the case will recognise the parallels I am referring to particularly later developements. Which in JonBenet's case may eventually surface in a similar way?
As a side note I watched HBO: Sex Crimes Unit - True Convictions last night, and it was compelling viewing, not for the faint hearted, the crime scene details were graphic, down to
male graduate employees using latin terminology to refer to female genitalia. A quick resume:
Lisa Friel, current chief of the Sex Crimes Unit, oversees 40 senior assistant DAs with more than 300 pending cases on any given day. SEX CRIMES UNIT follows the day-to-day process as Friel is debriefed by and strategizes with ADAs on their cases. Among their shocking stories are a horrifying nightclub abduction caught on surveillance tape, a livery cab driver turned sexual predator and an alleged date-rape case derailed by surprising DNA results. The film tracks deputy chief Coleen Balbert over seven months as she prosecutes the difficult case of a rape victim who was also a prostitute, showing how she and her team build evidence, visit the crime scene and prepare the victim and other witnesses for a challenging trial. SEX CRIMES UNIT also tells the story of Natasha Alexenko, a young woman who was attacked while entering her Manhattan apartment building and raped at gunpoint in 1993. She survived, but her assailant escaped.
So sidestepping the outcome in this documentary which makes its viewing interesting. My reason for mentioning it is this.
Apparently in the case highlighted in this documentary, the DA knowing this case was about to reach it statute of limitations decided to use whats called a
John Doe Indictment e.g. with a DNA sample uploaded to CODIS etc, they went to court and said our suspect is out there, and we would like an indictment etc.
So I thought about JonBenet. Why has this not happened here too?
Anyway check this documentary out, and you will find out how a sex offender suspected of rape, and how the victim furnishes a complete semen sample, yet the alleged offender walks away a free man?
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