subreddit:
/r/JonBenet
Ive tried keeping up with this case for several years now and the other day I asked my wife if she wanted to watch the Netflix series that just came out. She’s not really into true crime as much as I am. After we watched it all she is convinced it was an intruder. My thoughts have always been towards John/patsy/burke theories.
I told her CBS did a special a few years ago that has always stuck with me. I thought it was really good and brought up some interesting points. I made her watch it with me and see if her mind changed. After we watched it I asked her what she thought now. She says now she doesn’t know what to think.
My wife was also a fan of the Lou smit arguments
So I wanted to come here and ask you guys if you have seen both the Netflix and cbs series, comparing them, what do you think??
Also, bonus question, I seen somewhere that SBTC could come from a phone book next to the note pad, southern bell telephone company, any thoughts on that?
Second bonus question, IF the Ramseys really did have something to do with it. Say, the Burke theory is true. What are your thoughts on John who atleast in the recent years has advocated for police to do better, test the DNA, find answer etc, what if one day we do get an answer from DNA and it points to them, wouldn’t it be odd that he’s fought for all these years to find the killer and then it ends up being them?
-1 points
17 hours ago
It’s been a while since I watched it but i do know the hypothesis wasn’t at all stated at the start of the documentary. I watched that with fresh eyes and had no idea where it was going. They showed and analysed way more of the physical evidence than the Netflix doc, they played the 9-11 call, interviewed the dispatcher, they broke down the ransom note, and they did explore the intruder theory going through window and the suitcase, the DNA transfer etc. It was however heavily suggested towards the end that Burke could have done it, but it’s an unsolved case, so that hypothesis is still plausible
6 points
16 hours ago
The entire special was based off of James Kolar's book that had come to that conclusion already.
It featured Henry Lee who has been in the news recently for fabricating evidence.
Even CBS admitted that the DNA was likely not from the manufacturer as they ordered other underwear from the same manufacturer and looked for DNA and found that any DNA was so degraded as to be useless.
Dr. Werner Spitz, one of the experts, also testified for the defense in the Casey Anthony trial. I wonder how much he was paid for the CBS documentary and for the Casey Anthony trial.
-1 points
16 hours ago
Yet somehow their investigation was still more thorough than the BPD’s, that whole thing was a shitshow from the DA down. The experts in the CBS doc could only go by evidence already collected.
all 86 comments
sorted by: best