"Now, this kind of damage was done with a sock. Can you imagine what would have happened on a small child with a 1/4" cord with that much pressure applied? As horrible as the Ramsey crime is, the autopsy report reflects that there wasn't any hemorraghing in the neck muscles, the skin was not cut into, much less the muscles, voice box, and larnyx. The strangulation appears to be controlled.

"The head blow was one, powerful, precise, and controlled blow, not repeated blows as if the offender lost control."

Yes, and if this had been a sadistic killer, I would expect to see extensive damage to the underlying neck tissue, more than one blow to the head, bruising and abrasions over the body, possibly disembowling, or even--as the note threatened--decapitation.

As an example, two sexual sadists worth mentioning are Bittaker and Norris. These two ex-cons met in prison and joined forces upon parole. They outfitted a van with leather straps, screwdrivers, pliers, wire coathangers and other instruments of torture. Pliers were used to twist and nip at the breasts, coathangers were used to violate their victims vaginas and at least one victim had a screwdriver thrust through her ear. In order to relive their fantasy come true, they tape recorded the cries and screams of their victims.

Make no mistake, there is nothing gentle about the killing of JonBenet, but her death is a far cry from what a sadist would have inflicted.

Rainsong