She Dies

Four times the writer uses the phrase she dies. If John Bene was still alive, the writer should have been speaking in the future tense. This is a strong indication that the writer again knows that John Bene was dead at the time. There are several movie references or close to quotes found within this ransom letter. It makes me think that somebody watched die hard too much and went, oh, yeah, foreign faction, you know, beheading.