Why Ramseys *and* Karr must be innocent

Discussion in 'Justice for JonBenet Discussion - Public Forum' started by Daniel XVI, Aug 24, 2006.

  1. Daniel XVI

    Daniel XVI Member

    [What follows is an edited version of a note I posted on another forum with little JB interest. I believe that the piece of evidence that at first glance seems most damning against the Ramseys is to the contrary what exonerates them--and Karr and anyone else without a personal connection to the family and a familiarity with their house, habits and schedule that fateful night.]

    One of the Ramseys' most passionate accusers is former Boulder detective Steve Thomas, who resigned in reported disgust that Alex Hunter, then Boulder DA, refused the indict Mrs. Ramsey (and possibly her husband). He has written a best-selling account of the case.

    What is interesting to me is that in his scenario--Mrs. Ramsey, on the third floor of the house, bashed her daughter's head against what was probably a porcelain surface, such as a bathtub or toilet, in a fit of unpremeditated rage over JonBenet having wet her bed, coupled with stress from the holidays; and then, thinking the child was already dead, simply panicked and staged the cover-up, carrying the child to the basement, strangling her as crime scene staging and embellishment, and writing the ransom note--I find at least two curious elements that seem exculpatory to me instead.

    "Thomas theorized that Patsy then went upstairs to the kitchen to write the ransom note, using one of her own writing tablets and a felt-tipped pen that she kept there on a counter. She "flipped to the middle of the tablet, and started a ransom note, drafting one that ended on page 25. For some reason she discarded that one and ripped pages 17-25 from the tablet. Police never found those pages. On page 26, she began the 'Mr. & Mrs. I,' then also abandoned that false start. At some point she drafted the long ransom note. By doing so, she created the government's best piece of evidence." [Emphasis mine. Source referenced below.]

    I stressed the sentences noting that there were several missing pages from the writing tablet in the Ramseys' kitchen from which the ransom note was written. Apparently, the pages in the tablet were numbered. In relating how Det. Thomas believes that Mrs. Ramsey flipped the tablet towards the middle of it, then presumably started a first draft of the note on page 17; then
    presumably decided to try again, tearing out pages 17-25 before beginning again on page 26, Det. Thomas simply falls back on: "For some reason." But what reason?

    Why would Mrs. Ramsey or an intruder writing the note then and there have started in the middle of the tablet? Why (and how) would she had somehow destroyed the initial false start but not the second one which was left at the scene? It doesn't sound likely at all. More likely is what I speculated before.

    A family acquaintance had lifted the paper and pen previously, and took a section from the middle of the tablet; a sufficient section for practice runs--perhaps practice runs at both writing a note that would seemingly implicate the Ramseys with its contents, and by trying to make it look like Mrs. Ramsey writing the note, while trying to disguise her handwriting in the process, as well.

    Pages missing from the middle of the tablet--especially if taken a short time before the planned time of the crime--would not likely be noticed by Mrs. Ramsey, nor a cheap pen being missing. Leaving the "false start" pages was deliberately calculated to further the impression that the note had been written then and there, thus further implicating the Ramseys.

    The Ramsey family had had a party on the night of December 23rd which numerous friends and acquaintances had attended. This case has nothing to do with pedophilia. The motive is clearly some personal grievance, either social or business related. It has every hallmark of a spite killing; a killing directed towards one or both of the Ramseys; tragically an innocent child was made to bear the all terrible price of this demented mind. A perceived social snub would seem likely in this context. A disgruntled former employee or associate of Mr. Ramsey is another candidate.

    The second aspect of Detective Thomas's theory that seems unlikely is that he maintains that the child skull was bashed upstairs, and not in the basement. But then what about the scream of a child a neighbor reported having heard during the night? Could the neighbor had heard the scream on the third floor of a house in winter with the windows closed and the heat on? Where was the blood trail from Mrs. Ramsey subsequently carrying the child
    downstairs?

    For that matter, Det. Thomas makes much of the fact that Mrs. Ramsey had on the same dress, when friends and then the police arrived, she had had on the night before when the family was at the house of close friends for Christmas, by way of incriminating her. (The implication seems to be that she had never gone to bed that night.) Where were the blood stains on her dress?

    On the other hand, if the child's skull was fractured in the basement, then, as Lou Smit proved, because a heating exhaust tube led outside, it acted similar to a megaphone, thus accounting for why the neighbor had heard the scream. Detective Thomas maintains--and this seems conclusive--that although still alive after the head wound, the child never regained consciousness. Thus, the scream must have come at the time of the head wound.

    Here is the reference for the remarks attributed to Detective Thomas:

    http://crimemagazine.com/jonbenet.htm

    I believe that Detective Thomas failed, in forming his theory of the crime, to grasp the implications of his own points. To wit: Why would either one of the Ramseys or an intruder start to write the note in the middle of the stationary pad? Why the missing pages while the "false start" pages were left?

    If one of the Ramseys had ripped out the missing pages for whatever reasons, and somehow disposed of them (tearing and flushing? burning and flushing?), then why leave the "false start" pages other than to deliberately suggest that the note was written then and there which could only implicate themselves?! Why would the killer use the seemingly bizarre $118,000 figure if not to deliberately implicate the Ramseys? Why would the Ramseys implicate themselves?

    The killer took pages from the middle of the tablet for the obvious reason that they would not likely be noticed as missing if taken a short time before the intended crime. The December 23rd party seems an obvious time. We are talking about a very clever and very vicious person.
     
  2. Watching You

    Watching You Superior Bee Admin

    Who do you think killed JB, Daniel? Obviously someone at the party on the 23rd, and obviously an acquaintance of the family. So, why don't you tell us who your suspect is.
     
  3. Barbara

    Barbara FFJ Senior Member

    I won't speak to the Thomas theory of your post, but I couldn't help but be struck immediately when you ask why anyone would tear pages out of the middle of a pad.

    I can only tell you my personal writing habits. I do a lot of writing on my job and if I have to use a NEW pad, for me it is a little too high and being comfortable when I write is very important, as I am very penmanship conscious. I will, when using a new pad, flip to the middlish part of the pad, flipping the first part over and using that until the pad is comfortable enough to use from the top down. If you were to see my desk, you would find several pads with the front part of them flipped over.

    It is important, at least for me, to be very comfortable when I am writing, with just the right height and cushion under my pen.

    Having said that, while I don't know this to be a fact, I can only assume that I am not terribly unique and that there certainly might be that same type of writing comfort need for many, Patsy being only one of them (sorry, couldn't resist)

    That's just my take on that part of the inquiry
     
  4. 5JOE5

    5JOE5 Member

    Daniel writes: "Where was the blood trail from Mrs. Ramsey subsequently carrying the child downstairs?

    Jonbenet's head injury was a closed wound. There was no external bleeding.

    As to choosing the middle of the pad, I do this frequently if I am writing a letter. Silly, but I think the pages in the middle of the pad appear cleaner and have less wrinkles or curled edges. Also when my children were small, they often scribbled or colored on the few first pages.
     
  5. Texan

    Texan FFJ Senior Member

    how about

    Maybe the person who wrote the note knew they would be tearing the pages out and hoped if they were torn out of the middle of the pad it wouldn't be noticed that it was torn from that particular pad -if torn from the front of the pad the tears would be discovered easily and compared.

    While sitting here typing this it seems silly to me that someone would be naive enough to think every scrap of paper in the house wouldn't be scrutinized but maybe they thought the focus would be waiting for a ransom call or maybe they didn't have much choice in what paper to use. I think there must have been quite a bit of panic going on that night.
     
  6. I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but there are a few problems with your theory.

    Not necessarily. Many people remove pages from the middle of pads to make grocery lists or to write down addresses or phone numbers. Its not uncommon.

    Here's the thing: If the writer of the note were trying to implicate Patsy, why write a note claiming to be an outsider? Doesn't make sense.
    As for disguising the handwriting, don't you think that an aquaintance or friend trying to implicate Patsy would want to imitate her OWN handwriting? If it was premeditated (as you seem to be implying), wouldn't the perp have had plenty of time to practice imitating Patsy or John's own handwriting?

    As far as I know, there's no absolute evidence that the blow to the skull occured in the bedroom, or even the basement for that matter. The kitchen seems much more likely since the flashlight was there along with the pad and pen.

    I find it odd that any woman remotely concerned with her appearence should wear the same clothes to travel that she wore the night before to a party.

    There is no reason to assume there even was a scream... she didn't even see it coming, probably didn't realize what was happening IMHO.
     
  7. Watching You

    Watching You Superior Bee Admin

    I AWAYS open a writing pad to the middle for the same reason 5JOE5 does - I want clean, pristine pages, which the first few pages of a writing tablet that has been used seldom are.
     
  8. zoomama

    zoomama Active Member

    Hi Daniel,

    and welcome to the forum. Have you been following this case for any length of time either here or on some other web site?

    The reason I ask is that I find a few tiny flaws in your theory. If I may here are some of them...a family acquaintance took the middle of the writing tablet? Which one and why would they do that? What gave you that clue?

    A trail of blood....Oh dear that is a tough one but there wasn't any blood anywhere except for very tiny droplets in JonBenet's underpants. Her head blow was closed so no blood was leaking or splattered. In fact when the coroner did her autopsy I believe he was stunned to see the head wound as it didn't show on the outside.

    And you state that the killing was a personal grievence. Where do you find that motive...in the ransom note? Couldn't it have been a ruse to throw off the investigators? Well those are the first things that stand out to me right off the bat. I do hope you have been reading here or on the great web site A Candy Rose where she has files on everything there that pertains to this case. If you haven't been there I hope you do go over and discover what a treasure chest it is. You might want to rethink your assessment of this case.

    Oh and if all of what you mention goes to the Ramseys then where is your defense of John Karr? Everything you mention is Ramsey stuff.
     
  9. Daniel XVI

    Daniel XVI Member

    To all:

    You have all focused on just taking the pages from the middle of the pad, but not also the missing pages. Still less, the bizarre $118,000 figure, a clear attempt to implicate the Ramseys. The RDI adherents seem to be content with attributing a curious mixture of cleverness and stupidity to one or both the Ramseys. All of these factors taken in aggregate paint a rather clear picture.

    I have no specific suspect. It would be reckless to accuse anyone without proof. I only suggest the DA's office and police look at presumed friends, business associates and employees and acquaintances who had been to the Ramsey home and were familiar with it and the family. I would suggest looking closer rather than farther.

    Also, another possibility might be another parent of a child on the "beauty contest" circuit. Remember the Texas cheerleader mother case?

    The perp could be a man or woman. Neither would surprise me.
     
  10. Watching You

    Watching You Superior Bee Admin

    Are you so sure that every person at that party on the 23rd wasn't investigated properly? If so, why do you think that they weren't investigated inside and out? Why do you think that investigators failed to check out all acquaintances and friends of the Ramseys? That doesn't even make sense.

    You're right - it would be very reckless to accuse acquaintances at that party without proof.
     
  11. Daniel XVI

    Daniel XVI Member

    Dear Zoomama:

    Thank you for your welcome. It is appreciated.

    "A trail of blood....Oh dear that is a tough one but there wasn't any blood anywhere except for very tiny droplets in JonBenet's underpants. Her head blow was closed so no blood was leaking or splattered. In fact when the coroner did her autopsy I believe he was stunned to see the head wound as it didn't show on the outside."

    --All right. I'd rather focus on the main thrust of my argument, the note.

    "And you state that the killing was a personal grievence. Where do you find that motive...in the ransom note?"

    --The motive is the ransom note. It was intended to implicate the Ramseys.

    "Couldn't it have been a ruse to throw off the investigators? Well those are the first things that stand out to me right off the bat. I do hope you have been reading here or on the great web site A Candy Rose where she has files on everything there that pertains to this case. If you haven't been there I hope you do go over and discover what a treasure chest it is. You might want to rethink your assessment of this case."

    --I shall and perhaps, but I doubt it. Leaving the "false start" pages but not the missing pages seems conclusive to me. The killer had to make it seem that the note had been written then and there, which, of course, seems absurd if the killer had been an intruder. That was the whole point.

    "Oh and if all of what you mention goes to the Ramseys then where is your defense of John Karr? Everything you mention is Ramsey stuff."

    --I'll answer your question with another one. Do you think Karr had any personal connection to the Ramseys at all, aside from his possible delusions? That is why I say he too must be innocent in the argument I present here.
     
  12. Tril

    Tril Member

    After Det. Linda Arndt confirmed that JonBenet was dead, John Ramsey was reported to have groaned and said "It must have been an inside job." Seems an odd thing to have popped out of his mouth at that time.

    I think an "inside job" was what the Ramseys were going for by using the approximate amount of John's bonus in the fake ransom note. They were trying to point the finger at someone at Access Graphics who might have known the amount.
     
  13. BobC

    BobC Poster of the EON - Fabulous Inimitable Transcript

    oh for god's sake. All the evidence against the Ramseys and we're quibbling over where a note was started on a pad of paper? ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
     
  14. EasyWriter

    EasyWriter FFJ Senior Member

    What I see is a lot of speculation inclusive of speculation about
    speculation. What I don’t see is the issue. It was either an
    intruder or the Ramseys. Even Looney Louie comprehends this much.
    My question is are you simply saying you feel there was an
    intruder, or do you think there is evidence of an intruder. If
    the latter, would you please list the alleged evidence and answer
    some questions about it?
     
  15. Sheila808

    Sheila808 Member

    THe Ramseys weren't searched or interrogated that morning, IIRC they were told to leave and they went to a neighbor's house. They easily could have left the house with the missing pages, or any other evidence they had on them.
     
  16. umm... ok then, how would a pageant parent know about the $118,000 bonus?

    This just seems to be spinning out in random directions.

    The most logical, simple and rational explanation tends to be the right one, so what seems more likely? That the Rams did this and covered it up, or that an outsider somehow broke in undetected and lounged about for hours going through this complicated staging of the body and writing this ransom note that purposely draws attention to an outsider while stopping to snack on some pineapple, all without making a sound or leaving a mark? Ah, yes, and the perp also took the time to open a brand new pack of bloomies and dress the girl in these gigantic panties... its all too much, its too absurd.
     
  17. Elle

    Elle Member

    Daniel:
    Very easily, Daniel. I often leave a pad on my kitchen table, to note down things I need at the supermarket. as I'm going through my day, if I am in the kitchen, I could receive phone calls, and with a list of items already on the top sheet, I often open the pad in the middle and start taking notes, or if I want to remember something else, I will also break the pad open anywhere it opens. This way, I am not disturbing the top sheet with my list on it. This, I do a lot, so Patsy Ramsey may well have done exactly what I did, maybe wanting to see if this was a better statement than she had written on the top sheet, and then she made sure she tore it out. Simple! Plus wouldn't you be a bit harrassed if it was you in Patsy Ramsey's situation? I think so! Staging can't be 100% perfect, I'm thinking!
     
  18. BobC

    BobC Poster of the EON - Fabulous Inimitable Transcript

    I think we should look at every single person other than the two people who were present in the home--you know, the two who never have been cleared. Good call!
     
  19. Vic

    Vic Active Member

    BobC, you get to the point. Every time.

    How's life, by the way?
     
  20. Daniel XVI

    Daniel XVI Member

    Dear Easy:

    "What I see is a lot of speculation inclusive of speculation about
    speculation. What I don’t see is the issue. It was either an
    intruder or the Ramseys. Even Looney Louie comprehends this much.
    My question is are you simply saying you feel there was an
    intruder, or do you think there is evidence of an intruder. If
    the latter, would you please list the alleged evidence and answer
    some questions about it?"

    --If it wasn't any of the Ramseys, then ipso facto it was an intruder. Who's arguing otherwise? The Ramseys would not implicate themselves with the $118,000 figure, the extrapolated speculation fits right in.

    It amazes me how some here can try to contend my argument is "absurd." I recall reading here about two years ago and someone actually contended that Burke Ramsey had written the ransom note! A nine-year-old kid? He was a prodigy?

    Although I gave a few suggestions as possibilties, I don't know the exact source of the personal greivence of the perp towards the family. That is not going off on a tangent.
     
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