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>Why 'unlikely'?
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>IF the intruder saw the whole family troupe out to the
>Whites and knew he would have several hours to 'kill time'
>why not go rummaging about and see if he could find
>something interesting.

But how would a random intruder know they were going to the Whites' for several hours? Are you implying maybe they were followed all the way there?

Whether you think the Ramsey's are guilty or innocent - one of the few things both sides agree on is that the killer seemed to have alot of time.

Thats always seemed weird to me, how would a random intruder know they were going to be out for awhile? Or that they were even coming back at all? What if they were leaving to get on a plane that night?

If you support the intruder theory - you assume that a person knew the Ramseys were going to leave that night, knew theyd be back but not until several hours later, and coincidentally guessed Johns bonus. Its possible they found that info on some documents in the house, but ive heard of no evidence which says that info was readily available. That makes me think its almost impossible to be someone not familiar with them and the house.

Another thing I noticed is that the Ransom Note completely points to John as being the enemy. What makes it so interesting is that the practice note had included 'Mr. and Mrs. R', addressing both of them. In the final Ransom note it only has to do with John. Its my opinion thats why the practice note was abandoned. For whatever reason, the writer didnt want to bring Patsys name into it.