From Burke'1998 interview. Mother came into the room, tuned on the lights looking for something. Never peeked out to see what was going on even with all the commotion because he was too scared. He was concerned about what happened to them. Last time he remembers seeing JBR alive was in the car, she was lying down. When dad came in to tell him JBR was missing, he was playing with his micro machine.
From Linda Arndt: He came up the stairs holding JBR and I knew. Yes, the killer was still in the house.
From new pathologist, from looking at the autopsy report and the photos, chronic SA was not present, it was Vaginitis- a common problem for little girls. That isn't pettichea (sp?) hemorrhage on her neck but rather fingernail scratches which means she was alive when the garrote was administered.
From another A&E Doc. - the train tracks could not have made the marks on her body - it was a stun gun.
From Lou Smit - the intruder came in through the spider web window, left that sliding smudge down the wall and planned to take JBR out of the house in the blue suitcase. The rope around her neck was a noose.
From British neurologists - the head injury would have rendered her unconscious.
JR now works for a charter airplane company 'out west' and has re-married.
BPD and the DA's office are still at odds over suspects.
Lou Smit left a list of 55 possible suspects behind. He worked this case until he died of colon cancer, literally still writing while in hospice.
DNA from a single unknown male, possibly Hispanic, was found on the inner waist band of the child's leggings and on the waist band of the panties.
