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Anonymous wrote:I have such trouble getting over the parents merely calling 911 to report an accident. Like, W T F.

I also have trouble getting over college educated parents risking their entire life on a weird 10-year-old boy keeping his mouth shut about everything. I wouldn't trust an 18-year-old to keep quiet.

So here's what I'm thinking:

If they truly found her an hour or two after Burke had hit her it would look very suspicious to try to explain away. What could they have said? "We just found our daughter and she's been killed she's not breathing or moving...I think our son accidently killed her." everyone would think it was them vs. let's hide all of the evidence and give it our best shot to protect our son. Middle of the night and they likely were not sure what happened, I still think they chose not to ask questions. That way they truly would not know what happened to her and could pass the lie detector tests.

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't the family have been better off tone honest that Burke did it?

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Anonymous wrote:I was strongly in the Santa/intruder camp and now I think Burke hitting her makes more sense. Not to kill but to hurt.

His whole smearing fecal matter on things - the kid had emotional problems and I get his mom had cancer - but he wasn't getting the help he needed. He needed to be in therapy, also think he was on the spectrum. Lots of challenges. But think he did it not meaning to kill her and parents covered it up.

Hearbreaking story - I feel so bad for the parents. I don't agree at all with what they did but feel awful for them.

Burke did receive therapy to deal with everything that he and his family went through. He is now a grown man, a college graduate, he has a career and he is in a steady relationship with a nice young woman. I suppose that's about as good of an outcome as anyone could hope for.

Sadly what you say isn't true. Burke is a recluse who works from home in IT. He is incredibly social awkward and it's apparent he came forward because he was tipped off of the CBS show that would conclude that he killed his sister. Having a steady relationship means nothing - I can think of a dozen serial killers or murderers who end up getting married in jail.

An almost 10 year old boy wiping feces everywhere is not normal and is actually a sign of deep emotional problems. It was clear from the videos that Burke had not processed (or was not capable of) processing his sister's death. Very, very sad. And not what I would describe as a good outcome.

It was 20 years ago, he was 9 years old at the time so not legally responsible, and there is no pattern of him doing anything like this to anyone else. If Burke did do this it was in a childish fit of temper over a toy or pineapple or some other such trivial thing. There was no premeditation, he didn't want his sister dead. The guy IS now a college graduate, he DOES have a job, he IS in a relationship. And he did go to a therapist at least for a while when he was a kid.

To equate him to a serial killer is really wrong. You think he's weird? Oh well, it's a free country.

I didn't equate him with a serial killer. Sigh.

Simply said having a girlfriend is meaningless. I called you out for your silly dismissal of his issues. But whatever, believe what you want to believe.

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Anonymous wrote:I was strongly in the Santa/intruder camp and now I think Burke hitting her makes more sense. Not to kill but to hurt.

His whole smearing fecal matter on things - the kid had emotional problems and I get his mom had cancer - but he wasn't getting the help he needed. He needed to be in therapy, also think he was on the spectrum. Lots of challenges. But think he did it not meaning to kill her and parents covered it up.

Hearbreaking story - I feel so bad for the parents. I don't agree at all with what they did but feel awful for them.

Burke did receive therapy to deal with everything that he and his family went through. He is now a grown man, a college graduate, he has a career and he is in a steady relationship with a nice young woman. I suppose that's about as good of an outcome as anyone could hope for.

Sadly what you say isn't true. Burke is a recluse who works from home in IT. He is incredibly social awkward and it's apparent he came forward because he was tipped off of the CBS show that would conclude that he killed his sister. Having a steady relationship means nothing - I can think of a dozen serial killers or murderers who end up getting married in jail.

An almost 10 year old boy wiping feces everywhere is not normal and is actually a sign of deep emotional problems. It was clear from the videos that Burke had not processed (or was not capable of) processing his sister's death. Very, very sad. And not what I would describe as a good outcome.

It was 20 years ago, he was 9 years old at the time so not legally responsible, and there is no pattern of him doing anything like this to anyone else. If Burke did do this it was in a childish fit of temper over a toy or pineapple or some other such trivial thing. There was no premeditation, he didn't want his sister dead. The guy IS now a college graduate, he DOES have a job, he IS in a relationship. And he did go to a therapist at least for a while when he was a kid.

To equate him to a serial killer is really wrong. You think he's weird? Oh well, it's a free country.

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible they were simply planning to remove the body, but then when the cops set up camp John realized he needed a plan B so he disappeared downstairs and did the staging then? Or does that not fit with when the strangulation occurred?

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible Burke did it and dos all the staging? Maybe he spent too much time watching movies that a child shouldn't watch and learned things (like making/using a garrote). Perhaps he even sexually assaulted his sister. But then Patsy did wake up and couldn't find JB and really did panic. Or maybe Patsy walked in on Burke harming JB. Either way, she then wrote the ransom note to cover for her son.

Although, I still have trouble believing that they would have chosen to cover this up instead of seeking out medical help. But I also just cannot get on board with the idea that the parents staged this elaborate, brutal and bizarre crime scene SIMPLY to cover up an accidental death.

I am leaning toward Burke did it all or an intruder did it.

Anonymous wrote:Not a single one of you knows how you would react to a murder in your family. You disgust me. This young man has been tried and judged guilty by a reality show and a lot of conspiracy idiots. Shame on all of you.