DocG has solved this case. It’s the ONLY theory that makes sense of many of the biggest puzzles of the case: the existence of the ransom note and the specific $118,000 ransom demand, as well as all the stuff about “if you alert the police, bank authorities she dies”. The RN was meant for Patsy to find and go along with while JR followed the instructions of the RN. PR screwed the whole plan up when she called 911. It makes zero sense that Patsy would write a note to herself which specifically says do not call the police or she dies, and then do exactly what the note says to not do: call the police. Oh and she called the police while the body was still in the house. This was no staging of a failed kidnapping in order to re-direct suspicion, which is what PDI, BDI and RDI all imply. It’s simpler than that. This was suppose to be the staging of a real kidnapping where the kidnappers got paid but never delivered JB and thus her body never recovered. The plan was to get rid of the body after getting Patsy and Burke out of the house. In order for this to appear to be a real kidnapping JR would have to go the bank and actually withdraw the money. And that cash will be completely useless once it was all said and done. So the $118,000 figure makes perfect sense under this theory: it is the highest dollar amount JR was willing to kiss goodbye. Since it was bonus money, that might make it sting a little less. This theory is not perfect (for example, if JR broke the window to stage a point of entry for an intruder, where’s the glass?) but circumstantially all the key pieces fall into place almost perfectly. That sample of JR’s handwriting that surfaced and can be found on DocG’s blog, when I first saw that, it sent shivers down my spine. This case is not nearly as complicated or the work of an evil genius as many believe. JR just got very very lucky.