I was asked a question elsewhere - posted the response and would like to hear others on what they think pointed away from the parents as suspects. There are lots of evidence lists, but what struck you first, or last, or most?

I think the first thing that convinced me was the situation surrounding the crime - - a little girl found dead in the basement. We didn't know everything that had happened to her but... we knew she was missing for hours and then found in the basement.

Why in the basement? If a parent was going to stage a kidnapping, they would take the body away. If a parents was going to stage an interrupted burglary, the body would have been.... maybe on the first floor with evidence of someone going through the Ramsey valuables. If it was to be an accident, why not drop that body down the stairs?

I couldn't make any case for bringing the child to the basement.

Some said she ws taken to the basement to be punished - - why? If I am going to raise my voice or spank my kids, their room is just fine.

Some say she was taken to the basement to be molested - a repeated thing. But that isn't right either - if a parent was going to do that, they would have a nice soft surface ready - - but I don't think a parent who molests their kids worries too much about that - - kids who have been molested have written about being molested in their own beds or taken to the parents' beds. I had never heard of a parent taking a kid to a moldy and cluttered basement for that activity - - they just do it in a more comfortable place.

That is one big thing that loomed in my mind early on.