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Originally posted by Icarus
Hmm so during the night the father killed her, wrote the note, then decided to just leave her in the basement? What an idiot. This tea seems hot though
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No, he wrote the note with the intention of making Patsy too scared to call the police--THAT'S why the note specifically states "Do not call the police. If I see anyone so much as talking to a stray dog, your daughter will die." His plan, according to the blog, was to get kill JonBenet, then get Patsy and Burke out of the house to "safety," at which time he'd dispose of the body and then probably call the police himself, which would provide the perfect excuse for why JonBenet's body was found in a park or a ditch--because someone went against instructions and called the police. Patsy messed this plan up when she called the police after finding the note and then calling family and friends over. Now John has no way to get the body away from the house, so he "pretends" to find it in the basement, which was where he left it in the first place until he could get it outside.
The "outsider" theory doesn't make sense, considering the ransom note was written on paper from Patsy's legal pad or whatever. Why would an intruder sneak upstairs, write a ransom note with someone's notepad and sharpie, then kill JonBenet and leave her body in the basement. Besides that, the note's ransom consists of almost the exact sum total of a bonus John received at his job or something like that.