I was talking about BR and what he saw in the basement. After all, that was the story he told less then 2 weeks after the murder to the good doctor. In the basement, took out a knife, hit her over the head. Not worried, just getting on with my life. I didn’t understand how the bedroom doors came into topic.
As for PR dropping hints ... Are you by chance in the process of writing a book?
As for the type of case it is, I would say 1 and 2. I question number 3 unless it was PR.
Rain on my Parade,
I was talking about BR and what he saw in the basement. After all, that was the story he told less then 2 weeks after the murder to the good doctor. In the basement, took out a knife, hit her over the head. Not worried, just getting on with my life. I didn’t understand how
the bedroom doors came into topic.
Burke Ramsey 1998 Interview with Detective Dan Schuler, Excerpt
So JonBenet slept in Burke's bedroom on Christmas Eve.DS You know it’s been a long painful process for you, up to now, hasn’t it, with your mom and dad?
BR (Burke Ramsey): Probably.
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DS: Why do you think you’re here?
BR: You wanna find out… who killed my sister.
DS: Christmas Eve. Let's talk about Christmas Eve. Okay, you talked about how excited you were, right? And that you tried to stay awake?
BR: Yeah, I think I might have tried to go to sleep one of the Christmases.
DS: Okay. Um, do you remember what JonBenet was doing that night - was she pretty excited?
BR: Yeah, I think she actually slept in my room. So that I would wake her up when I woke up, 'cause I would always wake up before her.
DS: When did you wake up the first time?
BR: Um, 5:00. 'Cause it was Christmas.
DS: And what did you do, did you wake JonBenet up?
National Enquirer - Excerpt
The boy's outburst came as Dr. Suzanne Bernhard, a specialist in child psychology, gently probed to find out whether he knew about the brutal killing of the 6-year-old beauty queen.
"The doctor asked him what he thought had happened to his sister - and Burke became irritated for the first time during the interview," an insider revealed to the ENQUIRER.
"Then he blurted out, 'I know what happened. She was killed. Someone took her quietly and took her down in the the basement...took a knife out...hit her on the head."
Cops were stunned, a source close to the case told The Enquirer.
"They're particularly intrigued by Burke's mention of a knife at that early stage of the investigation."
"In the basement where JonBenét was battered and strangled to death, police found a Swiss Army knife, which her father John Ramsey had bought as a present for Burke during a trip to Switzerland.
"But John didn't mention seeing the knife when he found JonBenét's body. And the first time it was publicly reported was nine months later when the police search warrants were released."
Bonita Papers on Burke Ramsey's Interview with Dr. Suzanne Bernard,Excerpt
Yeah, reminds me of What did you find.Dr. Bernhard asked what he thought happened to his sister. Burke, showing the first signs of irritation during the interview, responded, "I know what happened, she was killed.” Burke's explanation to the doctor was “someone took her quietly and took her down in the basement took a knife out or hit her on the head." He said that the only thing he asked his dad was "where did you find her body", a highly unusual query from a child considering the possible questions a child might ask about the death of a sibling.
As Kolar remarks BR does not mention JonBenet being strangled and that the head injury was first mentioned publicly by Daily Camera Jan 1997, so was Burke an avid newspaper reader, I doubt it.
Burke tells us he was asleep all night and never heard anything unusual. His parents say they did not discuss the case with him, and he was whisked away to the Fernie's house early that morning.
So how can Burke realistically claim to know what happened?
Burke Ramsey could not have seen JonBenet in the basement as her staged appearance is that of a strangled homicide victim, Burke claims she had a head injury.
Yet JonBenet's head injury was invisible until Coroner Meyer peeled back JonBenet's scalp, during the autopsy, to reveal an extensive fracture.
So did he walk into her bedroom when Patsy or John was staging JonBenet on her bed? Well probably not as the bedroom doors had internal snib locks.
Even if he did interrupt the staging, how would he know JonBenet died as the result of being whacked on the head, even the Coroner did not anticipate it!
Which surely must mean Burke Ramsey does know JonBenet had sustained Blunt Force Trauma, why, because he landed the blow?
Anyone familiar with neurology and Availability Bias, usually means if you see something associated with an object, say a large number, e.g. 90% and someone asks you a question about the object then you will use the 90% figure as a clue in your answer.
Similar principle arises when you might think about a sequence of events, e.g. a homicide, you tend to remember the last event, same with taking an action the action you take is the one upper most in your mind or presently available?
This is what I think took place with Burke Ramsey during the Dr. Bernhard interview, he remembers the last thing he did?
All speculation of course, so Lin Wood knows not to litigate as its hypothetical theory.
A book might be beyond my abilities. What could be said that has not already been in print, have you seen the size of the major JonBenet sites?As for PR dropping hints ... Are you by chance in the process of writing a book?
I've had emails from journalists posing similar questions, along with an invite to a private anonymous whatsapp JonBenet forum. I declined that one, its sounded too creepy.
MO, for what its worth, is that a book, ebook, or podcast is not quite the right medium in todays networked world for publishing a crime-case, something alike a web-app which would allow the user to navigate easily through all the lines of investigation, evidence and images, i.e. be interactive, whilst still being able to read it as a linear ebook seems more appropriate?
I agree with you on 3. as they would have rushed JonBenet straight to hospital, i.e. accidental death can be ruled out.As for the type of case it is, I would say 1 and 2. I question number 3 unless it was PR
On 2. this is similar to 3. with urine added, so while not impossible, it appears improbable.
1. Is where I usually end up. Add in the forensic evidence relating to JonBenet's internal injuries and it becomes difficult not to see the case any other way?
Kolar's footnote about the unindicted minor does bias me towards BDI, but I'm aware JDI is also a possibilty given JR's unconsummated relationship with Patsy, according to LHP?
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