[The_Reader_David]

I agree.

My take on the parents 'looking guilty' is that they suspected some pedophile creep had killed the girl, and had inward guilt about the beauty pageant routine for attracting the killer. (Quite frankly, though it is not good to speak ill of the dead, Mrs. Ramsey tarted up her little girl--the photos of her seem calculated to create pedophiliac feelings even in those without any such real inclination.)

[Ditter]

You are correct about one thing, parents always always ALWAYS feel guilty when their child dies. "I could have been more careful" if it is an accident, "I could have found a better doctor" if it is illness. It doesn't matter what the circumstances, the parents feel "if I had only been a better parent, it wouldn't have happened". I know the Ramseys felt responsible that is just the way it works.