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Post by Laurie on May 6, 2022 20:07:56 GMT
Am I remembering incorrectly but I thought that the DNA that was found on her does not match any of the family members?
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Post by Laurie on May 6, 2022 20:17:02 GMT
So I googled and and all 3 family members were cleared after latest DNA technology testing. If your child is murdered I find it hard to believe there are many parents out there that would cover up the murder. I could have went along with the theory of them covering up after Burke but he has been cleared. Outside of covering up for another one of your children I find it far fetched that a parent would cover up for anyone else.
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Post by PeachStatePea on May 6, 2022 20:56:02 GMT
I remember a couple of years ago CBS (I think) did a special on JonBenet and they interviewed John and Burke. At that time, John said that that was the last time he would speak publicly about the death of JonBenet. Now, he is speaking publicly again. I wonder if something behind the scenes has happened that has caused him to come forward and request further DNA testing be done.
I would love to see this case get resolved.
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Post by Laurie on May 6, 2022 21:13:45 GMT
I remember a couple of years ago CBS (I think) did a special on JonBenet and they interviewed John and Burke. At that time, John said that that was the last time he would speak publicly about the death of JonBenet. Now, he is speaking publicly again. I wonder if something behind the scenes has happened that has caused him to come forward and request further DNA testing be done. I would love to see this case get resolved. I think the hope is to look at other items to see if they can get more DNA so that they can use familial DNA testing in hopes of identifying the source of the DNA. He also said ""What we’re asking for, really, is unbiased investigators to step in and test everything and apply all the most recent science and technology to the case." Given how much the case was botched from the start I would be wanting an independent agency to look at it as well. However, I would have been pushing for that from the get go. IDK even though the family has been cleared it seems like everyone wants this smoking gun tying her family to the murder and in the end all it does is take even more time and resources away from finding the killer.
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Post by picotjo on May 6, 2022 22:59:26 GMT
I was one who believed the parents did it when it first happened. I changed my mind because if they did and got away with it, why would they continually go on TV years later begging the killer to come forward. Wouldn't you just go into the shadows and stay there?
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Post by Darcy Collins on May 7, 2022 0:02:11 GMT
I don't think it was a random individual based on the ransom note. The case was so thoroughly botched at the beginning that much of the evidence has been compromised. A key witnesses taken from the home immediately without being interviewed, multiple extraneous people invited to the crime scene to wander around unaccompanied culminating with the the father and family friend being asked to search the house and ultimately moving the body - oh and let's not forget the sister being invited in to leave with bags and bags of information the next day. It was an utter train wreck with any and every proper procedure for securing a crime scene broken. I doubt an answer will ever be found and there's no way anyone will ever be convicted.
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Post by dewryce on May 7, 2022 8:29:49 GMT
Parents will and have done horrible, unimaginably disgusting things to their children. To suggest a situation such as this couldn’t occur seems a bit naive No one is saying otherwise. It's not that it's impossible to believe they could have killed their daughter, in theory. Of course parents are capable of horrific acts. But a vanishingly small number of them get away with their crimes for 25 plus years when the body is found, the crime scene known, and tremendous investigative resources have been poured into the case for over two decades. Parents have absolutely staged crime scenes before. If the theory that the brother caused her death is believed, then some of the actions described above wouldn’t be attributed to the parents, like the strangling and the abrasions. The parents would have “only” tied her up and taped her mouth shut. Do I believe a brother would strangle and sexually assault his sister? Absolutely. Do I believe parents would tie and tape up a deceased child to protect the one still alive? Again, absolutely. These things aren’t even that far-fetched. And I also believe that it’s possible some parents would commit the even more heinous act of strangling them, and causing vaginal abrasions. I agree with you about getting away with it for so long being highly unlikely. But not impossible. I was just disagreeing with the statement above, like it was fact that parents don’t do these things. They absolutely do. But, as you said, it’s highly unlikely they get away with them.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on May 7, 2022 13:34:40 GMT
I think if the family had anything to do with it, they would want the attention on the case to go away and wouldn’t be pushing for another agency to test the DNA.
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