Burke's baseball bat

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Burke's baseball bat was photographed.

John and Patsy Ramsey claimed not to recognize it.

Burke repeatedly identified it as his.

"That was my baseball bat"
Burke Ramsey stated "That was my baseball bat."

Forensic evidence
unknown

lou smit: "This bat had a fiber attached to it that -- that was consistent with the fibers in the carpet in the basement where the body was found."

Theories of the baseball bat
Lou Smit When asked about the photo of the bat, lou smit replied "John Ramsey said that his son had a bat, but he did not identify it specifically as his son's."