re: Unsolved murders... They ruin my night thread.

John Ramsey was definitively eliminated as the author of the letter. Patsy was not. But neither was she implicated. Sure there is a lot of internet theorizing about the note, and it's true that was the reason for the BPD's initial interest in Patsy, but there is SO much evidence pointing elsewhere, including unidentified male DNA. This little girl died a grotesque death by strangulation, she was garroted to death after having her head bashed in. It's just one of dozens of things that make no sense about possible Ramsey involvement. But who knows except for the people involved, that's why it's called a mystery.

It sure is a peculiar case, simply because its hard to fathom parents doing something this grotesque to a child. Forget the fact they were wealthy, that's not it.
But parents do, in fact, murder their own children, and it happened here, as well. To me, there is SO much evidence that points to the Ramsays. First, the ransom was a terrible attempt of a cover up. To think Patsy did not write that note is just being naive. So, since she wrote it, she must have some involvement in it. Has to, no doubt. Ransom notes are not written if the child is still in the house and the perpetrator does not have possession of the child. Its sort of rule #1 of ransom note writing.
Secondly, there was never any sign of forced entry, nor any tracks in the snow leading up to the house. Jon Benet was murdered with items from within the house. Wouldn't it be prudent of a kidnapper/murderer to bring some weapon with him, if his intention was to kill the child?

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To think Patsy did not write that note is just being naive

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If your theory is based on a false premise it is likely to lead you to a false conclusion.

Here is how I view it. The Ramseys were normal people. John had an adult daughter. They had another child, Burke.Everybody, before and after-completely normal. By all accounts they were loving, attentive parents. They did enjoy Christmas dinner with family friends, go home, murder their daughter in the most sadistic manner imaginable, write a bizarre rambling ransom note, invite friends over for help, find the body and then cover it all up successfully. Patsy was not sophisticated enough to get away with that. She was a very simple woman, and her children were her entire world.

More likely was a sociopathic pederast (there is unidentified DNA on her underwear) that had knowledge of the family via her participation in pageants and via John's company. I think there is also a weird revenge/sadistic aspect of the case that explains the ransom note. I agree with those, including investigators, who think that the kidnapping went "wrong" after she was sexually assaulted and the note was a last minute intentional ruse meant to destroy John Ramsey. Bottom line-that crime was way too illogical and sadistic for the Ramseys to have been involved. Only an INCREDIBLY incompetent DA and a police force that averaged one murder a decade allowed the speculation to stay on the parents that long (and local radio host Peter Boyles who went on a multi-year anti Ramsey jihad).

The footprint in the snow stuff is total BS by the way. The snow was patchy at best. I mean, we all laughed about that at the time.

I believe some day we will know the truth. I think that DNA gets a hit some day. If not guys like us are likely to argue it like Jack The Ripper for 200 years.

I read the whole wiki article on the murser last night, and I didn't see anything about sexual assault. Gonna have to reread that.

Well, there was no sperm. There was "unspecified" DNA on her underwear. I didn't mean there was definitive evidence of rape (I think I recall her hymen was broke according to the coroner) buy the psych-sexual element of sexual assault (the garrote and the whole sadistic vibe of the crime).

Boy in the Box murder from 1957.

Really sad and never solved.

Tupac

Jack the Ripper
I was watching haunted history the other day and some believe it was HH Holmes. They found documentation where he traveled to London during that time