>It had to be someone with a vantage point and an axe to
>grind, imo. Someone very close to the home. A neighbor.

There would be a considerable advantage to the perpetrator to have had an observation post nearby. The easiest one is a home, but a van might work also. If he did not actually live in the area, that might be okay too: he could visit a friend or relative. There are other possibilities, but the primary one is indeed someone who lives nearby.

Living nearby provides not only a vantage point for observations but also a greater liklihood of knowing about JonBenet and having had some sort of interaction with John Ramsey or Patsy Ramsey and thereby forming some sort of grudge.

For those who see this crime as primarily a crime against the parents, a neighbor makes sense. For those who do see this crime as a sex crime then a neighbor makes sense too. Statistically, someone from the neighborhood is high on the list anyway.

The lack of any similar crimes is indeed significant though some people can be satiated rather easily. Alot of people have been tormented by demons but give in to impulses after years of such torment. It is possible that someone nearby was 'satisfied' with the crime. And if it is a 'grudge' against the parents, he is perfectly happy to refrain from any similar crimes just to make sure the parents continue to suffer in the Court of Last Resort.

The incredible bumbling of the BPD's failure to canvass the neighborhood is an absurd impediment to the investigation.