R3, because of this site, I was told about a forum that maps it out in an unbelievably compelling way. The key to it is that you have to use the web version (not mobile) and read in chronological order only, hopefully my link brings you to first post in 2012. Read the comments too!!!
If you read that blog long enough (and read every comment!!) you will see that by using true logic, the killer HAD to be John, could only be John. He completely gaslighted Patsy, she also suffered from chemo-brain, he used his arsenal of lawyers and forensic investigators to bury the truth. I mean, the man got John Douglas of FBI game to testify on his behalf!!! This case is right up there with OJ, a murderer walks free, it’s very twisted and very true.
About four years ago I was laid up for months after a bad surgery. I devoured that site and then I read the most important books on the case too. Each book is highly convincing in its own way, but the most accurate was I believe the first one written called “Perfect Murder, Perfect Town.” There are several others I would recommend and another sure too.
LOTS of fascinating characters, LOTS of corruption in the DA’s office, a Detective who was so obsessed with Patsy Did It he almost killed himself trying to get her arrested, the police department built its own legal team of top shelf attorneys and experts to try and get an indictment including heavy weights like Barry Scheck.
But at the end of the day here is what we know:
Someone killed JonBenet by a blunt force strike to the skull that was so hard it could have felled a 300 lb man.
She died sometimes between around 11 and maybe 1:30, proven by her stomach contents and rigor mortis.
She died in a room of the house that an intruder could not possibly know about.
Her autopsy report showed she had a partially broken hymen and that there was indication of earlier abrasions in the vaginal canal (within at least two week prior to murder) that had healed over.
Body was completely wiped clean of any DNA with a blue washcloth.
There was a ransom note written with a pen and pad of paper owned by the Ramseys. The writer clearly tried to disguise their identity and motives. Oddly, the amount the ransomers wanted almost perfectly matched John’s bonus pay.
In original interviews, Patsy said they argued about calling police, then changed her story in later interviews saying they didn’t argue. JOHN did not want her calling the police.
John disappeared for at least an hour while Detective Arendt was there. John did not follow her directions, she ordered him to search the house top to bottom — he ran immediately to the basement into that weird room and “found” her.
John tried to stage a breakin in the basement, then unstage the staging after the police arrived (he thought he could stop Patsy from calling cops).
His best friend Fleet White was taking contemporaneous notes right behind John in the basement and said that John screamed before he even turned the light on in the room where the body was found. Fleet had checked that room before, you could see NOTHING (pitch black wine cellar) without the light on.
Detective Arendt said that when JonBenet’s body was laid on the ground, she and John were eye to eye, and she could tell that he knew that she knew he did it, and it was terrifying because she had no backup there. She had her hand on her weapon ready to draw as she thought John might go nuts and kill all of them.
The biggest thing that shifted the ENTIRE case is that within a week of her murder, John had HIS team give a lie detector and clear him as 100% innocent. The police didn’t challenge that.
As you can tell, I let myself get way too lost in this case lololol. But once you start going, it’s easy to get dragged it because it is SO fascinating. Start with that blog, enjoy!
