I'll see if I can find a link to something about this on the net, but a few nights ago I saw a "book tour" appearance on one of the TV channels that carry mostly politics, like our congresspersons giving speeches at the capital, etc. The author speaking before signing books was none other than one of my favorite retired FBI agents, Clint Van Zandt. He was promoting his new book, but after talking for a long time about infamous cases he was involved with in his career, like Waco and the Una Bomber, he took questions.
Of course, the second question was about the murder of JonBenet. He spoke at length about his involvment, and I was surprised to learn this:
Van Zandt was one of several FBI agents who were asked by LE to work up a profile of the writer from the ransom note. He said that just a couple of weeks after the murder, here is what they determined (what I can remember, as I've been a bit under the weather):
The ransom note writer was well-educated; a female between the ages of 29 and 40; knew the family; knew the home well; JonBenet was already dead when the ransom note was written.
He went on at length about why a female: because of the caring and nurturing language in the note--"be well rested," etc.
Van Zandt also said that when he is asked if they were saying Patsy wrote the note, they weren't saying who wrote it, just that this is the information they determined from the contents of the note. He didn't mention anything about handwriting analysis.
Y'all may know about this, Thomas or Schiller may have written about it, though I've forgotten more than I remember at this point, but I didn't remember Van Zandt talking about it this explicitly before, so thought I'd share.
Edit: OK, found this link to the show. It's available for purchase, and I think I might like to purchase the book, as this guy was there for some of our most harrowing crime cases:
http://www.c-spanstore.org/shop/inde...5-1&template=4