I checked to be sure about body "smell", which police reported when her body was brought up from the basement. The time it takes for that, depending on humidity, temp, body weight, etc., is 24 to 36 hours. Merging that with the rigor, the time of death was almost certainly very close to 10 p.m. (my understanding of time of death is that you are supposed to merge information from multiple observations b/c of variance - which is what I've done here). With the GI transit for the pineapple, the consumption of pineapple couldn't have occured any later than 10 p.m. That's even if we break with the forsensic constraints. This is the same time the Ramseys walked in the door. I'm puzzled as to how an intruder fed her pineapple then killed her literally within minutes of her walking in the door. Either there is something wrong with the forensics or there was no intruder.
More about putrefaction:
http://www.dplylemd.com/guest-articles/medicine-forensics/timely-death.htm
So, no intruder? Then the Ramseys walked in the door, fed JonBenet pineapple, then killed her. Almost like bam, bam, bam. Right? See what I mean? You don't have everything you need, nor do I, to make sense of this. It's not our fault. But I do accept it. Maybe you should?
I don't suppose it's occurred to you that Ardnt's reports of smell may in fact be her own horrified imagination or a misinterpretation of musty basement odor on the body?
Jonet Benet could not have been dead more than 8-12 hours (from the time she was last seen until she was discovered missing) yet putrefaction and odor development takes 24-36 hours depending on conditions.
Seems pretty clear that when you have contridictory information it might be better to consider if the information on putrefaction odor by the officer might not be overstated.