Monday afternoon, TV personality, Dr. Phil concluded his interview with JonBenét Ramsey’s brother, Burke Ramsey. Monday evening was the conclusion of the special docu-series on the re-investigation of the murder itself. Dr. Phil calls it the “Most infamous unsolved mystery in history.”
I didn’t get much out of the interview except a look at Burke’s body language and facial expressions when he was asked specific questions about JonBenét. Because I am a face reader, it helped reinforce my theory of the crime. Burke was led to believe the killer was probably a pedophile who had seen JonBenét at one of her pageants.
The Boulder Police Theory.
The intruder surveilled the family to learn when they would most likely not be home. The Ramseys went to a friend’s Christmas Eve dinner party; and the intruder entered the house through a broken basement window and waited. He/she was already in the house when the family returned home. The intruder wrote the ransom note, used a stun gun to subdue JonBenét, then took her downstairs with the intention of taking her out of the house through the basement window. At some point, the plan went array, he/she accidentally killed her and then escaped through the basement window. That is why there was no 10:00am phone call, as mentioned in the note, because he/she knew that JonBenét was already dead. The Boulder police focused on sexual abuse by a stranger because DNA found on her underwear did not match anyone in the family. The Boulder police concluded that an intruder killed JonBenét.
The Re-investigation Team.
Inside of a 50,000-square-foot warehouse, CBS built an exact replica of the rooms in the Ramsey home, using crime scene photographs. The furnishings were as close to perfect as possible—down to the food on the kitchen counter. The flashlight was clearly seen on the kitchen counter. The family would not permit forensic specialists to tour the actual home and crime scene; even though it was crucial to determining an accurate assessment of the crime. The re-creation gave the forensic experts the opportunity to walk through the house and get a better idea of how the crime could have been committed.
The intruder theory was soon debunked. Photos showed cobwebs in the corners of the basement windows that would not have survived if someone had entered that way. The windows did not open all the way due to a structural obstruction; so it would have been a “tricky entry.” A suitcase was placed under the window to facilitate an exit; but even with that, the person would need considerable upper body strength to boost him/herself up and out.
Dr. Lee suggested there was no sexual assault and that the DNA on the underwear was “touch DNA” deposited by someone during the manufacturing process. Investigators purchased new underwear still in the package and tested it for DNA. They did find foreign DNA on the brand new underwear. The conclusion: There was NO sexual abuse.
There were small red marks on JonBenét’s back that were originally thought to be stungun marks. A volunteer agreed to be tased to observe the marks that resulted. First of all, the tasing did not sedate the volunteer, it stimulated him. Secondly, the tasing was so painful that a child would have screamed loudly. And lastly, the distance between the two red marks did not match the prongs of the stungun.
In the room next to the room where the body was found, was the train room. As it turned out, the metal connectors of the train tracks, matched the red marks exactly. One of the investigators commented: If it were an adult who found the unresponsive child, they would have called 911 immediately. Instead, someone poked at the body to try to revive her. The reason there was no blood was because she was already dead.
Burke’s Interview Tapes.
The first interview was conducted one day after the murder, by a detective. Burke does not ask about his sister, where she is or how she is. He has been told that an intruder had come into the house.
Two weeks after the murder, he was interviewed by a psychologist and asked what he thinks might have happened to JonBenét. He acts out stabbing her and then says maybe she was hit with a hammer. He wasn’t particularly disturbed by her death and did not ask about her. He said he had forgotten about her. Until JonBenét was born, Burke got all of the attention from his parents. According to an ex family friend, Burke had a bad temper and had hit JonBenét with a golf club, leaving a scar under one eye.
Although the evidence points to Burke as the perpetrator of the crime and John and Patsy as accessories for covering it up; the investigators leave it to the audience to make up their own minds.
The Ramsey family never wanted the case to be solved because it would have revealed the “intruder” to be Burke.
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