I read in the NE The Police Files that John Fernie claimed that the butler kitchen door to the outside was open when he arrived at the house early on the morning of December 26. Has that been determined to be true and, if so, has it been determined that the first police on the scene were not responsible for opening it?

Lou Smit doesn’t focus much on this door as an intruder point of entry, but I think I read where he allows for the possibility that the door was used as an intruder exit point. That seems reasonable to me, especially if the door had a sticker on it indicating it was alarm protected. Once inside the house, an intruder would be able to see from the security alarm control panel that the system was not activated. An intruder could then choose any exit point he wished without fear of setting of the security alarm. The suitcase under the window could have been a back-up emergency plan had the Ramseys found JB to be missing while he was still in the basement with her.