Who did you think killed JonBenet?

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Anonymous wrote:In my opinion the ransom letter was almost certainly written by her mother to cover up an accidental death at the hands of a family member or negligence.

On this tangent, my theory is, the child wet her bed, the mother committed manslaughter and rationalized not confessing because she already lost her. I also think the police know who did it, they just can't prove it.

When a person dies they pee. The corpse is not able to hold it in

She didn’t die in her bed. They know about the bedwetting and Burke’s fecal play struggles. The taser marks matched the train prints from Burke’s train set. The handwriting matching Patsy’s on the notepad belonging to the family. The underwear from a package Patsy tossed aside that were sizes too big and unwashed before wear. The pineapple with milk being fed to her, the two fingerprints on it on the bowls were Burke and Patsy. The killer leaving the body in a corner of the basement they didn’t bring strangers too and the dust on the suitcase beneath the broken window John broke months early. The ransom amount in the letter matched John’s bonus. They forgot about the expected ransom call. The time came and passed without John and Patsy noticing or mentioning. What kidnapper leaves the body behind along with the three page ransom letter?

What would you have done? As parents. Police clearly know and don’t want to put it out there. No one wants to say it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not convinced the family did it or knew who did. Burke was 8–he would have spilled the beans long before now if he did it or knows who did. Kids don’t keep secrets like that. They just don’t. He would have told someone—cops, friend, teacher, someone. I think if very well could have been some who knew the family very well, but I don’t think it was the family.

No, Burke was 9 almost 10. He was born in January 1987 and JonBenet was killed in December 1996. Anyway, I think Burke did it. I think it was probably an accident but I think he was a very disturbed child who was prone to fits of rage and violence and had a lot of animosity toward his sister who got so much attention. I think after he accidentally killed JB, Patsy found out and quickly came up with a plan to cover it up so she wouldn’t lose both her kids and could go on acting like they had a lovely family. And I think John was in deep denial about it all but knows what really happened and just can’t ever admit it.

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I have no idea. It's such a complex case. There are so many characters on the periphery of it, from family friends to housekeepers, housekeeper husbands. There is also lots of unreliable information, gossip from people with grudges, some poor police procedure...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not convinced the family did it or knew who did. Burke was 8–he would have spilled the beans long before now if he did it or knows who did. Kids don’t keep secrets like that. They just don’t. He would have told someone—cops, friend, teacher, someone. I think if very well could have been some who knew the family very well, but I don’t think it was the family.

No, Burke was 9 almost 10. He was born in January 1987 and JonBenet was killed in December 1996. Anyway, I think Burke did it. I think it was probably an accident but I think he was a very disturbed child who was prone to fits of rage and violence and had a lot of animosity toward his sister who got so much attention. I think after he accidentally killed JB, Patsy found out and quickly came up with a plan to cover it up so she wouldn’t lose both her kids and could go on acting like they had a lovely family. And I think John was in deep denial about it all but knows what really happened and just can’t ever admit it.

Easily! John had lost his elder daughter by that time and then in the moment JonBenet. Facing the thought of losing Burke to the justice system.

John knows. I think this also may be what was difficult for Beth Holloway in their relationship.

I think he’s been respectful over the years because he clings to the manner by which he is protecting his child. Does he probably think that they will one day admit who they believe it was? Yes. Just as the CBS special did a few years ago. But his role as a parent at that point has been successful in that he was able to protect his child in the midst of having had to deal with the loss of two others.

I wish him happiness with his current wife and life. He has been thru quite a bit. Similar to Joe Biden in some ways.

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I accept that this is one of those cases that will never be resolved to my satisfaction. Of course, that's true of many high-profile murders. What troubles me is that members of the family and law enforcement acted in ways that clearly indicated that they didn't want the murderer identified. I guess that's not unique.