[silverleaf]

Perhaps Patsy wrote that note because she thought her husband or son did the crime and wanted to protect them.
It surely seemed obvious she wrote it.

As we saw with the Elizabeth Smart Case, strange people with very limited tenuous ties to the family, or none at all, are able to creep into homes and do terrible things- yet never become suspects unless there is a lucky break.

I do hope the mystery is solved someday, for the sake of that beautiful child.

[BunnySlippers]

Boy, the Elizabeth Smart case. There’s another one that we’ll never really know the truth about IMO.

[mupcat]

Perhaps Patsy wrote that note because she thought her husband or son did the crime and wanted to protect them.

Now that's an interesting theory. I hadn't thought about that. Maybe more directed toward the son than the father though. Think there was a thought that Burke may have been jealous of JonBenet, and may have killed her.

Stating the exact amount of the bonus is the one thing I don't think can ever be explained without incriminating either a member of the family or a very close friend.

[Battle Axe]

Wasn't there a drifter who was staying with a family across the street? If the people across the street knew of the bonus, they may have discussed it in front of the drifter. Curious that no fingerprints were on the ransom note.