There has always been the report of John finding the basement window open 1/8 th of an inch and he says he closes it, but later in a crime scene photo the window is wide open, the suitcase also gets moved about, chairs get moved about, wine cellar doors are opened and closed, and the buttler pantry door is found open by Fernie and by John Ramsey at what appear to be different times.
It seems that a degree of crime scene alteration is going on under the disguise of "searching the basement".
I wonder what Kolar makes of it?
Kolar is confused by it all too!
Quote: "There is another aspect of Fleet White and John Ramsey’s statements that need to be considered. During his first in-depth police interview conducted on April 30, 1997, John advises that he “closed and latched” the Train Room window during his first visit to the basement. Fleet White clearly states that he observed the window to be closed but “unlatched.”
Giving consideration to the likely timing of John’s first visit to the basement (after 1000 hours), this means that Fleet visited the Train Room before John was there to close and latch the window. Under these conditions, based upon John’s statements, it must be presumed that the perpetrator was still concealed within the basement and didn’t block the Train Room doorway until after Fleet left the basement. This again places an intruder in the basement from approximately 0730 to 1040 hours.
If, on the other hand, John was somehow mistaken about the time frames involved and visited the basement before Fleet, then the doorway blockage would have been cleared and the window latched. This could only have occurred after police had arrived.
The intruder would have to have been responsible for unlatching the window and escaping after John’s visit to the basement, but before Fleet conducted his examination of the basement at 0730."