Silliness. A kidnapper is doing all that, on Christmas eve. And sits down at the kitchen table with paper and pen he gets at the house, and THEN writes his 5 page ransom note?
Please...
And why write a note at all? If it was a kidnapping, you come with the note or send it later.
If you accidently kill her, why leave the note if you leave the body in the house?
The Dad set up the “crime scene” to cover for his son. Then they flew away as fast as they could. Patsy went along with it but it ate her up inside. And the brother, smirking through that interview.
He did it, the parents hid it.
People who invade homes get a thrill out of being in people’s homes knowing that the people may wake and discover them. A lot of killers and rapist start out by sneaking into homes while people sleep.
I dont think that there was a clear plan and there may have even been a disagreement between two people about what to do. Which is why the note was written at the home. The best lead they had was two people both dead now.
What if one person wrote the note while the other molested her in the basement? The note writer not knowing she was dead.
If the brother did kill her it is unlikely that John was part of the cover-up. The note did not match his hand writing/had some similarities to Patsy. Plus if I remember correctly John had just been woken when the 911 call was made and was still in his underwear. Patsy on the other hand was still dressed in the clothes from the night before.
There are a lot of strange things and unanswered questions and to be honest it is easy to come to either the family or intruder conclusion. All that i can say is that the behavior of the family does not match up with them being involved. In most cases when a family member kills another they will not be the ones to find the body.