Wow if everything in here is true then I really don't think it's a mystery. It makes it very clear to see it was the Ramseys, most likely Burke hitting her on the head, the parents covering up, and I'm undecided on the paintbrush and strangulation being Burke or John.
I'd never paid too much attention to the case and assumed it was them. Then watched the new Netflix doc which made me think it was maybe more likely to be an intruder (who knew them), given that another girl from the same dance studio was a victim in a similar attempted crime not long after.
But, I hadn't heard before that:
- the pineapple in her stomach matched the pineapple in the bowl and it's undisputed that she ate it about 2 hours before she died and shortly before being hit on the head.
- undisputed timeline of her injuries, first head then paintbrush and strangulation 45-90 minutes later. Much clearer picture of what happened to her. - this is still disputed, experts have argued both that lack of blood in the head injury is because she had been strangled first, but others argue that she was strangled after the head injury as a cover up. Never been conclusively proven either way and thats why the autopsy states both are fatal injuries.
- the neighbour saw the kitchen light on at around midnight.
- there was faeces in her room, smeared on her candy and on boys pants.
She had issues with toileting, thats undisputed, but it has never been established whether the stuff on her candy was intentional or just mess.
- the marks on her body were a perfect fit to the train track toy, they don't fit a stun gun injury.
Some experts have pointed out that they are abrasions not burns, however they dont exactly match the train track either. Also one report says 'discolouration of unequal size' and another report says 'similar in size and round in shape' directly contradicting. Pathologist Cyril Wecht said they could be from being pressed against stones on the floor of the basement. Kolar introduced the train track theory, said it was a O-gauge track. The problem with this is that Lionel O gage trach (the one burke had) had 3 pins, not two. If the middle pin was removed, kolar suggests, this could make the mark. The problem is they have a rounded edge, so in replicated experiments, they don't break the skin, just leave marks\bruises. you could try to break the skin, but that would likely leave puncture holes.
- the end of the 911 call is stronger evidence than I'd realised given the handlers documented reaction and the deciphered words. Burke was awake.
Just listened to a podcast who came to the conclusion that there isnt much there, other than audio artefacts and no cleaning software has ever been able to isolate any speech properly and so its hard to come to a conclusion. II certainly cant make anything out. The CBS documentary where they are all sitting round listening to it and they all do a shocked face and say 'This changes everything!' was based on James kolars book (they dont tell you that though).
- hard to believe at first but the injuries could have been caused by a child, and actually had they been caused by an adult would be worse. (Burke was the same age as James Bulger's killers). Whoever strangled her was either weaker than an adult or held back.
Or the strangulation was just staging, she had no internal injuries to her neck, so it wasnt very hard.
- evidence of previous SA, poor poor girl, I'd never heard about the experts who reviewed this and agreed on the evidence from the autopsy. I thought it was speculation.
Experts have all come to different conclusion on that one. Everyone is paid, paid by the prosecution, paid by the defense, to come up with conclusions that favour their needs. Her paediatrician said no evidence, but he would say that. The police claimed she had been to the doctors 27 times for vaginitis but really she had been once for vaginitis, the rest were for coughs, colds etc. The only conclusive evidence is that she was SA'd on the night of her murder, they all disagree on anything before. Or use the bedwetting as evidence.
- the confusion around John telling his older children he'd found her at 11am before he'd officially found her around 1pm.
- the scale of the lack of cooperation from the Ramseys, not handing in clothes etc. This article lays some of their most obvious lying nice and clearly too.
It wasnt all the ramseys being evasive. The police weren't allowed by the DA to do the most basic of things like get permission to interview the ramseys or collect their bank charges, clothes or phone records. They were also advised not to engage by their lawyers (which I do not understand).
- Burke admitting on Dr Phil in 2016 that he was awake after everyone else, but then refusing to speak to police about it.
Yeah, that was weird!
Jumping back to the Netflix doc, two things that shocked me were John discussing how he and the doctor decided to stop Patsy's cancer medication and also the sheer amount of money both John and Burke have received in suing, multi-millions, sickening.
Its common to get dementia in the late stages of cancer, been through it, had to make that decision myself.
