K777angel
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BlueCrab said:angel,
Well, none of us know for sure, do we?
BR could not be eliminated by the CBI as the WRITER of the ransom note. The CBI used six nationally accomplished handwriting experts who had the original note to examine and I give a lot of weight to their opinions.
If BR wrote it I think he likely had help with the wording from an older accomplice and the dictionary that was found open. IMO the naive note, with its exaggerated threats and terrorist-type scenarios, had juvenile male written all over it.
There was no intruder because the Ramseys wouldn't be lying their asses off, refusing to cooperate, and covering up to protect the identity of an intruder. Yet, there were a lot of crime scene items of evidence missing, and a fifth person in the house that night is the only way these items could have gotten out of the house before the cops got there. That person also helped with the ransom note -- and he may be the killer.
That fifth person, known to both BR and JBR, could have been an adult or it could have been another kid, but there was another person in the house. It's the only scenario that works.
BlueCrab
BlueCrab - Patsy cannot be "eliminated" as the author of the note either. On top of that, it is HER individual use of words, phrases, puncuation, style, and over-the-top drama that moves her right to the top of the list.
Alex Hunter once talked about this handwriting subject with Geraldo and while they had handwriting "experts" critique the note and comparisons - he made a very important point. He said that the critera used by these "experts" is SOOOO restrictive and narrow (paraphrasing) that he wanted to get the ransom note and suspects exemplars in front of a JURY to go over and examine and use their reasoning and common sense.
In other words, he didn't seem to put alot of stock in these "experts" and their methods of handwriting analysis. I think particularly when the handwriting in the note was DISGUISED.
Keep in mind that handwriting experts do NOT look at the linguistics and content of the note in their analysis.
Were they to do so they would eliminate Burke right away. But that's not their "expertise."
Patsy Ramsey wrote that note. There is NO doubt in my mind.