Reply #93: could the killer [View All]

[marions ghost]

have planted some DNA (knowing that of course they'd look for it)? It would be easy to pick some up fibers with duct tape.

I'm guess I'm just not getting why this would be "protection" of a son. So much easier to deal with an accident. So hard to create an elaborate set-up, especially if you are traumatized, which they would be in the case of accident. I don't see how they'd have come up with that scheme on the spur of the moment. Cold-bloodedly strangling their daughter's dead body and cracking her skull? YUK. I can't imagine even the most demented of indulgent parents doing that "for their son."

Families who value the image of perfection are a dime a dozen in this country. I understand how many of them would work behind the scenes to cover up scandal or crimes, just like the Bushies. I get that and don't disagree, but is what has happened to the Ramseys a cover-up? Surely they would know they would all be implicated in a crime. I mean, you wouldn't stage a crime to keep things QUIET? As for the urge to overprotect their children --parents who do that excessively are a dime a dozen. I'm surrounded by them. Affluent parents who get into all sorts of "stage mom (and Dad)" stuff, from sports such as ice-dancing and gymnastics to soccer and Little League and hockey. I see alot of obsessive, incredibly indulgent parents who would fly to the moon for their children. But that doesn't mean they are completely insane. Would they be nuts enough to stage a murder? Is there ANY other evidence to think that the Ramseys were THAT messed up?

I don't mean to be argumentative. Just throwing stuff out...I really wasnt able to pay attention to this case at the time, so I'm sure I'm missing some of the details. But it seems to me just on the surface of it here, that 'Who Killed JonBenet' is still very much an open question. My main interest is in how the legal system works or doesnt work in this country. I have seen some shocking things. Just trying to analyze this as an objective investigator would, starting from "What do we really KNOW for sure?"