Your replies were excellent. I'm particularly interested in what you think of 7 and 8? I think that questions 5, 7 and 8 are crucial to this case. I got a recording of the 911 tape but I can't hear anything. That's partly b/c the volume of PR and the dispatcher is so much louder than John and Burke, so it's hard to set the volume right. Any audio gurus out there that can isolate the relevant portion and increase the volume? Anyway, I think the time of death, manner of head trauma, and the 911 tape are the biggest obstacles in my mind for accepting the Ramseys version of events.
Where did you find out about the overhead door latch? Also, the batteries? I didn't know they were wiped clean, too. Was the flashlight a mag-lite? If not, what kind was it? Was it one of those soft "grippy" kind or was it metallic?
Yes, a MagLite - had plastic casing, I believe, but perhaps metallic. It was one of the long ones that holds a number of D batteries, very heavy, similar to LE-issue.
There are allegedly two in question, one thought to have been left behind by LE - alleged by Ramseys - and one that was used at night in the upper bedrooms, allegedly by Burke, although the one always described as a possible weapon had to be too heavy for him to carry at night to get around the house.
I'll have to return to #7 and #8 questions much later on. Trying to keep up with today's happenings.