Case Study Of Jonbenet Parent Behavior

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Bachmann, I agree that JonBenet parents behavior was questionable. They both contaminate evidence that could have made a major difference in the murder case, JonBenet, mom held the ransom note, when she should have let the law enforcement retrieved. However, the note brought some concern to me because the ransom money was the same amount as her husband bonus. In my opinion, I felt that was not a coincidence that they would ask for that particular amount. Secondly, the father found JonBenet body and remove it, without thinking of notify the police officer and let them mark the location of her body as evidence. This case was so dysfunctional that it lift my eyebrows. Thank you for sharing your viewpoint in this discussion(Willingham, A. 2017).

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