Forensic Evidence 2: Bedwetting

That is the commensurate precis of this whole sad affair.

There's more red herrings here than a corner deli !!

 

Ten years of case study, summed up in one sentence! Excellent! :thumbsup:

Edited to add:

I guess Kanga and I were posting at the same time, so it's not just my opinion. Excellent!

 

actually ..when you whittle away all out suppositions and sleuthing, you still have a dictionary with a page dog eared. Dog eared in a rather strange manner, seemingly pointing to something, or maybe just marking a page.

It didnt do it by itself !! There is much to be learnt by the who and why, no matter which way it goes.

 

I agree. Too bad no one will ever teach that lesson.

 

Moab:

Of course, Moab, it could have been any other word other than incest. I go along with this.

 

It was a drag queen hired by Priscilla White.


-Tea

 

From Steve Thomas's paperback book, page 293.

 

does that picture exist to the public domain ?? ( the dictionay with folded corner )

cheers
>:~))

 

id just like to see the pic ....lol ) as they say...worth a thousand words ( and a bonus because of the others on the page !!! lol )

 

Yes, Kanga, I would like to see a photo too. My American Heritage Dictionary has the word "incest" close to the bottom of the first left-side column, which makes it easy to point the corner of that page to that word. I'd love to have had access to the bookshelves at the Ramsey's, to see if that bottom-folding page pattern showed up in any other books they owned. It does seem unusual - even if I see something interesting on a page, close to the bottom, I just fold the top of the page over, not the bottom. When I then return to that page, I visually scan the page for the info. I wanted. But if one really wanted ONLY to pay attention to one word, it would be better to point to it directly, especially if one wanted someone else to get the point. Maybe this seems far-fetched to some. Maybe it is. We'll never know for sure.

There is a lot of evidence in this case, but the right evidence was carried out of the house by Auntie Pam - that's the evidence that would give us the killer.

 

Originally Posted by tylin

This sounds very odd, Moab. I have never seen pages folded over at the corner, at the bottom of any book. They have always been at the top. In this instance, the corner turned over with the tip pointing to "incest" could be taken as singling out the word "incest." It's obvious Steve Thomas takes it this way.

I have worked in a few libraries, and I have never ever seen corners turned over at the bottom of any books. Always the top corners.

 

Moab,

I wish we could ask Steve Thomas more about evidence item #85KKY where this Webster book is contained. It would also be good if we could actually find the same edition to check it out.

 

I just checked my other, regular-sized American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition. The word "incest" is on the top right column of the left page. Impossible to mark by folding the page from the bottom up. The larger dictionary has the word at the bottom left column, in perfect position to be pointed to (I'm not going to actually fold that page, but I could take a photo of its position).

Does the evidence list give the edition of the dictionary? I could look at the library or a second-hand store.

 

heymom

is it possible for you d either photo or scan the whole page ( larger edition )....then we can play to out hearts ontent..

cheers
>:~))
K

 

Now, there's an idea!! I sure can scan the page. I can't even locate my camera battery charger - it seems to have disappeared into some black hole somewhere - but I can scan easily. Here goes...The bottom edge of the scan is the bottom edge of the page, more or less..

 

thanks HM

i can see how easy it would be to fold over the bottom left corner and point straight to "incest"

I dunno...i just get the sense it was an impromptu act.. someone ma have noticed that the dictoinary was already open..and an eagle eye scanned and saw 'incest' and put two and two together....and just to make sure there was no erroneous maths...slyly folded the magical pointer..
of course..thats only "a" scenario.

thanks again

 

In my large copy of Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus (1990) the word "incest" is on page 278 and is almost half-way down the second column.

Your copy HM might have been the same edition as the Ramsey's (?). Note the difference in the page number, 912, compared to mine, page 278 for the same word "incest."

If one did turn up the corner in yours, the tip could maybe point right at "incest."

 

Oh, yes, you can turn up the corner easily to point right to "incest," or "incestuous." That's why I wanted to get an image. Sorry about the clarity, the scanner software isn't easy to work with, and I still haven't found my digi-cam charger!! Aaaaccckkkk - it's brand-new. I hate it when things grow legs and walk away...

My dictionary is a large one, my FIL bought it as a graduation gift to me (English major, of course!). The more words, the better! I can't bear to crease the page! Maybe I can copy a page, fold *that* and then scan it...

 

Exactly right. There is no telling what edition the Ramsey's owned. It might have been an older book left over from Patsy's college days.