That has nothing to do with it
2) The daughter was a kiddie beauty padget contestant,
That certainly could be a factor.What they were doing to that kid was beyond abnormal.As was suggested in an earlier post,photos of this girl dressed up like a cowgirl hooker were very probably very popular among members of the little girl equivalent of NAMBLA.
3) The mother was less than media savvy.
If the parents...both of them...had *tried* to appear guilty,they couldn't have done a better job than what they actually did in the days,weeks,months after the murder.
*Everyone* knows that when a child (or a woman) is murdered the first people the cops visit are the relatives...particularly the *male* relatives.If she was my daughter,I would have told the cops "fine,I understand what you're doing.I'm going to cooperate with your office 100%.You'll have complete,unlimited access to my house *whenever* you want it.You have my permission to remove *anything* from my house that you wish for tests and examination.You'll have unlimited access to *me* whenever you want.I'll answer *every single* question you might put to me.I'll take as many polygraph tests you want.I'll give you any kind of biological sample you want.In so doing,you'll obviously be able to quickly rule me out as a suspect and,thus,will be able to get on with the task of finding the actual killer(s)."
Neither of the Ramseys took a position that even remotely resembles the one that I would have taken.
They took 5 polygraphs passed them all.