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17 Q. (By Mr. Kane) You started to say
18 about the most significant thing was the blow
19 to the head preceded the strangulation. Was
20 that, have you talked to any particular
21 expert about that?
22 A. I haven't talked directly to any
23 particular expert about that. That was the
24 analysis I got back through Pat Burke, I
25 believe.

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1 A. And do you know who --
2 MR. WOOD: Just so it is clear,
3 I think you said preceded strangulation. I
4 think you misspoke.
5 MR. KANE: If the blow, no I
6 think that's what you said. You said, I am
7 sorry.
8 MR. WOOD: Hold on. Let's make
9 sure. He said precisely, the most
10 significant piece of information was that
11 they felt was the blow to the death was
12 after the death, and your question, I think
13 inadvertently you said preceded the
14 strangulation, which is not what he said.
15 MR. KANE: You are right. That's
16 not what I meant. Okay.
17 Q. (By Mr. Kane) But you got this
18 information through Pat Burke. Have you ever
19 sought to talk to the people that he got the
20 information from?
21 A. No, because I wanted to stay
22 independent of them. The objective was, when
23 we presented these people up in January, was
24 to present highly qualified experts that
25 would help provide information to find the

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1 killer.
2 Q. But there are people in addition
3 to Kris Sperry?
4 A. Yes. I don't remember their
5 names, but it seems to me there were
6 several.
7 Q. But you could get access to who
8 they were and provide us with those?
9 A. As far as I know, yes.
10 Q. (By Mr. Levin) Mr. Ramsey, I know
11 that you were asked questions about a black
12 metal flashlight that was found in the house.
13 We have developed, since '98, some
14 information about that flashlight I would
15 like to ask you just a little bit about.
16 Is that the flashlight that you
17 habitually used, say for example, if your
18 power went out and you had candles lit in
19 your house? Do you know?
20 A. Not necessarily. And I don't
21 know that that was my flashlight. The
22 picture I saw, and I think I commented at
23 the time, was that that one was very dirty.
24 My flashlight, while it looked to be the
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1 it to me for a present. So that was the
2 issue that I saw. It kind of looks like
3 mine, but it's certainly filthy.
4 Q. May not be?
5 A. Yeah.
6 Q. Let's talk about, I want to ask
7 this so it is clear for you. The flashlight
8 your son gave you, whether the light in the
9 picture is that or not, but that flashlight,
10 the one you received as a gift from your
11 son, was that the light that, if you had
12 power failures, routinely, that is the first
13 thing you would grab?
14 A. No, not necessarily.
15 Q. Not necessarily?
16 A. Because we kept it -- it was a
17 big flashlight. We kept it, I believe,
18 normally in the drawer down that little sink
19 area in the back hall. I don't even
20 remember if I had a flashlight by my bedside
21 or not.

Now PLEASE tell me how this questioning would help identify the killer.

Kane misspoke and was corrected by Lin Wood - - was it an honest error or an attempt to confuse the Ramseys and get some conflicting statements that could be twisted when LE was leaking to the press? I can't be sure but I don't care for Kane and don't honestly feel inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. Not knowing what else has happened under his watch.

Myself, I think JonBenét was choked, hit on the head and then choked some more - - so I couldn't say the blow to the head came before or after - - and given a choice, I would be stuck. Imagine the BORG twist on that!

As for the flashlight, the Ramseys were not shown the flashlight, just a photo of it. I think it is unreasonable to show the Ramseys a photo of a flashlight that is filthy and expect them to positively identify it as one they had that was nearly new, clean.

As for "the first thing you would grab...", I would ask how often their power went out. My power rarely goes out and what I grab first largely depends on where I am when the power goes out!