Hi there, this is my first post here. I'm from Australia. I thought I'd run through my impression of this case, for my own clarity of mind!
I enjoy reading and thinking about this case because the protagonists (the Ramseys mainly) are simply so unusual to me. The quiet, perhaps obsessive ambition of John. Patsy's theatrical desire to belong. Their Christianity (no offence intended for my American friends ) Her premature health scares (ongoing I know). The outlandish videos of JonBenet. The mysterious Burke, who is continually shielded from scrutiny by the family (and others).
I hear he's now 17. His voice must have broken now; he might have a girlfriend. Maybe he's tried booze; smoked a bit; taken some risks here and there. Maybe the media scrutiny makes this sort of normal life impossible for him. Surely he would have a strong impression, if not an exact memory, of what happened that night/morning. In a few years, he'll have to talk to someone - a girlfriend, a pesky reporter, whoever - and that may final settle any questions of his direct involvement.
And the ransom note.
The ransom note, in my opinion so obviously either written by Patsy, or written by someone who wants us to think that they're Patsy, is the oddest part of this case. A ransom note which does not match the crime (as if the writer of the note was accidentally ushered into the wrong movie theater, and did the best they could)... a note which starts distantly and becomes very personal towards the end. The Ulysses of notes, reading like the plot of a cheap thriller, deliberate mispellings, odd phraseology, the works... with finger pointed straight at Patsy.
Did she write it? Or did an intruder - someone known to John or Patsy - write it to incriminate her?
My hunch about this case has been written before: the reason why no murder charge has ever been filed is very, very simple.
No one was murdered.
The statute of limitations for cover-up charges is fast approaching (or has it passed? Can someone shed light on the latest date that evidence tampering charges could be filed against the Ramseys?)
To me, in my opinion, whether Burke did it, or Patsy, or John; or even, in some way, JonBenet (who knows?) is not as interesting as the Ramseys themselves. I am not so interested in which one of them did it (if, indeed, one of them "did it"), and I'm not even so interested in what accident actually occurred.... I want to know the psychology of these strange people, the frame of mind, belief system etc. that would make them think that a cover-up was worth it.
Any thoughts, or death threats?
Josh.
I enjoy reading and thinking about this case because the protagonists (the Ramseys mainly) are simply so unusual to me. The quiet, perhaps obsessive ambition of John. Patsy's theatrical desire to belong. Their Christianity (no offence intended for my American friends ) Her premature health scares (ongoing I know). The outlandish videos of JonBenet. The mysterious Burke, who is continually shielded from scrutiny by the family (and others).
I hear he's now 17. His voice must have broken now; he might have a girlfriend. Maybe he's tried booze; smoked a bit; taken some risks here and there. Maybe the media scrutiny makes this sort of normal life impossible for him. Surely he would have a strong impression, if not an exact memory, of what happened that night/morning. In a few years, he'll have to talk to someone - a girlfriend, a pesky reporter, whoever - and that may final settle any questions of his direct involvement.
And the ransom note.
The ransom note, in my opinion so obviously either written by Patsy, or written by someone who wants us to think that they're Patsy, is the oddest part of this case. A ransom note which does not match the crime (as if the writer of the note was accidentally ushered into the wrong movie theater, and did the best they could)... a note which starts distantly and becomes very personal towards the end. The Ulysses of notes, reading like the plot of a cheap thriller, deliberate mispellings, odd phraseology, the works... with finger pointed straight at Patsy.
Did she write it? Or did an intruder - someone known to John or Patsy - write it to incriminate her?
My hunch about this case has been written before: the reason why no murder charge has ever been filed is very, very simple.
No one was murdered.
The statute of limitations for cover-up charges is fast approaching (or has it passed? Can someone shed light on the latest date that evidence tampering charges could be filed against the Ramseys?)
To me, in my opinion, whether Burke did it, or Patsy, or John; or even, in some way, JonBenet (who knows?) is not as interesting as the Ramseys themselves. I am not so interested in which one of them did it (if, indeed, one of them "did it"), and I'm not even so interested in what accident actually occurred.... I want to know the psychology of these strange people, the frame of mind, belief system etc. that would make them think that a cover-up was worth it.
Any thoughts, or death threats?
Josh.