What about motive?

We’re all guilty of constantly focusing to the ransom note, or the possibility of a staged crime scene, but what’s the motive in a killer’s creation of either of these? Killing a child is a special kind of ef’d up. It makes almost all other crimes look small and insignificant. With this in mind, who had enough motive to carry this brutal murder out?

The Ramsey’s Potential Motive: This could be as simple as covering up an accident. No financial element or criminal activity was going on that could have placed JonBenet in harm's way. No sex trafficking. No signs of sexual abuse outside of the actual crime. In my mind, placing the Ramseys as the killers doesn’t square with the brutal death of JonBenet. Then you have the Ramseys’ total lack of any criminal history to consider.

Intruder: Beyond a pedophile intruder, there’s almost no motive the intruder theory - and that theory also doesn’t square with the brutality employed in the killing.

Actual Ransom/Kidnapping: This makes the least sense when looking at motive because (if true) the killer(s) destroyed any opportunity for financial gain by killing JonBenet.

Yet To Be Discovered: To me, this theory has the strongest motive because we can’t debunk what we don’t understand