Arielle
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I have a question regarding the "possible" use of a stun gun. Not knowing what the effects of using a stun gun on a person of any size or age, I was wondering if the following scenario might be plausible. This of course, assumes that a stun gun was indeed used in this crime. I would appreciate if this thread did not degenerate into a fight over whether or not a stun gun was actually used. There are plenty of those threads out there, including an active one at the moment. Please try to stick to this topic.
Here goes, if JonBenet was stun gunned during the commission of this crime, is it possible that she could have fallen stiffly against something hard/sharp and that this is what caused the head injury? The person who had done the deed would not necessarily realize the extent of this head injury as there was no outside evidence of it (external bleeding). The perp would most likely have been expecting JonBenet to fall and/or become unconcious with the use of the stun gun so would not find this unusual when it happened.
The theory that I'm thinking of right now is that Burke, or someone else, was playing with JonBenet that night and used the stun gun on her to see what would happen. A kind of boys will be boys thing. When she fell and hit her head, he was more or less expecting something of the kind. However, when she failed to come around after a short period of time, he went and got Mom/Dad to help. She was shaken by a parent (the shaken baby bruises noted in Wecht's book) to try to rouse her. When this didn't work, they assumed she was dead, possibly of a heart attack or some complication from using a stun gun on a small child. To try to deflect the blame from Burke, the cover-up was devised.
Does this make sense? Is it possible that something like this would have happened? Would she have been able to fall at enough velocity to cause a head wound such as was found? Would she have been able to "catch herself" with her hands to keep from hitting her head even if a stun gun had been used? Does anyone know for sure what the effect of using a stun gun on a small child is? I know I've read that some say that she'd be concious and able to scream if one was used. I've also read that she'd be unconcious and limp or unconcious and stiff. I need clarification.
I'm starting to come around to a possible BDI theory, but somehow I just can't see the erotic asphyxiation as Blue Crab suggests happening. I know it does happen in children that young, but somehow it doesn't feel right in this situation.
Here goes, if JonBenet was stun gunned during the commission of this crime, is it possible that she could have fallen stiffly against something hard/sharp and that this is what caused the head injury? The person who had done the deed would not necessarily realize the extent of this head injury as there was no outside evidence of it (external bleeding). The perp would most likely have been expecting JonBenet to fall and/or become unconcious with the use of the stun gun so would not find this unusual when it happened.
The theory that I'm thinking of right now is that Burke, or someone else, was playing with JonBenet that night and used the stun gun on her to see what would happen. A kind of boys will be boys thing. When she fell and hit her head, he was more or less expecting something of the kind. However, when she failed to come around after a short period of time, he went and got Mom/Dad to help. She was shaken by a parent (the shaken baby bruises noted in Wecht's book) to try to rouse her. When this didn't work, they assumed she was dead, possibly of a heart attack or some complication from using a stun gun on a small child. To try to deflect the blame from Burke, the cover-up was devised.
Does this make sense? Is it possible that something like this would have happened? Would she have been able to fall at enough velocity to cause a head wound such as was found? Would she have been able to "catch herself" with her hands to keep from hitting her head even if a stun gun had been used? Does anyone know for sure what the effect of using a stun gun on a small child is? I know I've read that some say that she'd be concious and able to scream if one was used. I've also read that she'd be unconcious and limp or unconcious and stiff. I need clarification.
I'm starting to come around to a possible BDI theory, but somehow I just can't see the erotic asphyxiation as Blue Crab suggests happening. I know it does happen in children that young, but somehow it doesn't feel right in this situation.