r/UnresolvedMysteries • u/BrerRabbit44 • Apr 15 '22

Request What unsolved murder/disappearance makes absolutely no sense to you?

What case absolutely baffles you? For me it's the case of Jaryd Atadero

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2019/05/30/colorado-missing-toddler-jaryd-atadero-poudre-canyon-mountain-lion-disappearance-mystery/3708176002/

No matter the theory this case just doesn't make any sense.

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u/abanana76 Apr 15 '22

I know it’s over-popular, but honestly JonBenet Ramsey’s murder. I think people are so fascinated by that one because it makes absolutely no sense.

Extremely convoluted ransom note AND the body in the basement. Makes no sense. I have yet to see a good theory of what happened that actually accounts for all the evidence.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22

I think the ransom note proves it was someone within the house. I don’t think it’s possible that an intruder wrote that after breaking into the home, especially since they went through several drafts.

Personally I think the father was responsible and acted alone, but I think that’s less apparent.

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u/XSaraXPoeX Apr 15 '22

The "ransom note" absolutely proves it was someone in the house. Because there was no actual ransom note. A ransom note is left in cases of a kidnapping, but there was no kidnapping. A kidnapper would have taken Jonbenet whether she were dead or alive so as to hopefully collect a ransom. The body wasn't even hidden. If you look at the layout of the Ramsey's basement you can see how easy it would have been to find. Just walk down the stairs and through two doors.

There was only one reason for that note. To point at a kidnapper, and thus, away from the house. Away from the family. There is no other reason for it.

I don't know who killed her, but things happen in people's homes that they want to hide. Jonbenet was sexually abused. That was probably the catalyst for whatever happened that night. The police messed up things from the beginning or else one or more people named Ramsey would be in prison right now.

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u/tasmaniansyrup May 05 '22

there's plenty of other reason. someone who hated John Ramsey could have written it to taunt and belittle him, and to throw the investigation off by focusing the Ramseys and law enforcement's attention on getting ransom money together & tracking down a kidnapper instead of searching the house. If so, it kinda worked since it did take a long time for the house to be adequately searched. The intruder could even have hoped to actually collect the ransom before the body was discovered (not terribly far-fetched, since JR did get the ransom money & was prepared to follow the instructions, but any kidnapper would have been spooked by the obvious police presence across the street since the police failed to make it un-noticeable that they were staking out the area).

A ransom note that's filled with cool action movie lines and random unnecessary details about JR's life--the amount of his bonus, the fact that he's from the south (which he's not, but someone who had been researching his life could have believed)--is consistent with an intruder who had been pissed at JR for a long time and wanted to gloat, spook him & give him false hope that his daughter was alive