[Jolly Green]

In my opinion, their having kept Burke away from being questioned for so long is one big reason one or both of the Ramseys hasn't been indicted.

Ramsey question for you: I saw crime scene and/or autopsy photos of Jon Benet. The knots used to subdue/strangle her were tied by someone I would consider a knot expert. For that reason I have strong doubts that any of the Ramsey's were involved UNLESS one or the other parents had been a scoutmaster OR Burke had his knot tying merit badge. What's your take?

[Devil_Anse]

I don't know about the knots on that shoelace-looking thing I saw tied on Jonbenet (tabloid pictures, I think.) The scouts idea is a good one--there was probably a scout manual around if either Burke OR John had ever been a scout. (People keep those old scouting manuals.) If Burke had been one, one of the parents may have learned some knots in the process of helping him learn his--that's the case with me, anyway, I've learned some while helping a boy learn them for scouts.

I always thought Jonbenet died from the fractured skull and the "garrotte" was perhaps something the killer put on her later to confuse things and make it look more like a "serial" or "psycho" killer. If John or Patsy put the knotted string/rope/whatever on her after the fact, some of the knots could have been tied beforehand (either by them or by the boy practicing tying knots.)

Did Patsy ever do crocheting or macrame? Someone like that knows a lot about such things.