“The preposterous ransom note points to the Ramseys.
The DNA in the panties points to an intruder.
The panties were huge and did not fit Jonbenet.
Patsy lied, saying she’d never seen the panties before the murder, when in fact she’d purchased them.”
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The DNA could have come from anyone along the “line of purchase”, as it might be termed. It exonerates nor implicates anyone, so it’s just a red herring.
Exactly.
The DNA on the panties is the ONLY definitive evidence suggesting a perp outside the family, but the fact that Patsy lied suggests exactly what you’re saying: the panties / DNA were a red herring, planted by Patsy.
The panties were so large, they’d fall off while she was standing/ still alive. They were placed on her when she was prone.
This brings the suspicion right back to the the liar: Patsy.
And the DNA / intruder theory simply does. not. square. with the idiotic, obviously faked ransom note. An unknown intruder could not / would not have composed that letter.
That letter-—practiced, composed and left in the house; the child’s body in the house—not taken away by any note-writing kidnapper; and the fact that John went directly to JBR’s body as if already he knew where she was—all this screams the Ramseys did it.
But which one did exactly what?
Either Patsy did it, or Patsy and John were covering for Burke.
John may have been molesting Jonbenet, and Patsy may have known.
Bed wetting is a sign of abuse.
Burke may have cracked Jonbenet’s head, or maybe not.
But I seriously doubt he strangled her too, and, at age 9, staged the crime scene and faked a sexual assault on her body.
More likely John did this while Patsy was writing the note.
My theory about the panties: They were Patsy’s, and she’d had an affair. In the frantic staging of the crime scene, Patsy might have told John, “We’ve got worse things to worry about right now than a little ole affair. These panties with my boyfriend’s man-juice on ‘em will save your life, so *shut up John. Don’t try to grow a pair now, John.*” (Those words were in the ransom note.)