But in JonBenet Ramsey's case, I definitely think the family were involved. That ransom note was completely unbelievable.
I agree. I saw a documentary about the case a couple of years ago. They went over the ransom demand in forensic detail. Especially the vocabulary of it.
Things like, 'get the money from your account.' A kidnapper would not have cared where the money came from.
The ransom demand was the same as a bonus that the father was due from work.
It was stated that the paper that the note was written on belonged to the mother i.e. a kidnapper would not have know where to find it.
The clincher ? For me, it was: how long would it have taken to write such a long rambling ransom note ? Kidnappers ransom demands are short and to the point. Would a kidnapper have sat in the house, using the mother's stationery, for ten minutes, writing that ransom demand ?
There is so much evidence and clues that the family are involved. To me, it's similar to the 'disappearance' of a child who vanished on a family holiday.
JonBenet Ramsay's brother, Burke, was annoyed with her for swiping some pineapple from the kitchen that was his share when the family returned to the house on Christmas Day. He hit her over the head with a torch/flashlight.
I don't think he meant to kill her but she either died or was unconscious.
The family may have then decided to cover up the crime and then the whole pantomime started.
There's footage of someone asking the Dad if he saw JonBenet after she died from strangulation. He smirks and says, 'looks that way to me.' Hmmm.
The fact that JonBenet was a participant in child beauty pageants, while it is a fact, is something of a red herring.