floor in the cellar room? Wouldn't that be a logical place to get money from? Then JBR would have been found immediately, after JR went scrambling to get money. How did the killer know if there was money stashed in it or not?

The one item that we don't know about is that magazine article that was marked up similar to "Ricochet." If that was part of the message the perp wanted to convey, it makes it more likely that this was some kind of vendetta...and yes, then I would agree that murdering JR's daughter and sexually assaulting her might have been pre-planned. On the other hand, as gruesome as this crime was, the parents whose children are never found never have closure----and they never have a "proper burial." They wonder forever what happened.

If murder was part of the plan, I don't think they would have left JBR in the house.......for one thing, the forensic evidence that can be obtained from the body. Remember--perps take something with then---they leave evidence behind. The perp was careful in trying to cover his tracks, but even with the contaminated crime scene he left plenty of clues behind, such as a footprint....DNA...hair and fibers...ransom note in someone's writing...and possibly a few things that have never been made public. It still seems like a kidnapping gone bad to me by an amateur.

I can't shake a Vodicka link.....someone that may have been upset that her death was ruled an accident, so they might have planned a kidnapping and murder of JBR, leaving no doubt a crime and murder had been committed---something the police could not rule an "accident."