the Mr. Cruel explanation why the jonbenet ransom note demands $118, 000

the Mr. Cruel theory is summarized here

I believe home-invading serial pedophile and killer Mr. Cruel murdered Jonbenet Ramse (Multi-page thread 1 2 3 4)
http://www.crimeshots.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11934

in short, Mr. Cruel entered the Ramsey home, murdered Jonbenet, wrote the RN and left.

the ransom note demands $118, 000 which is suspiciously close to the bonus John Ramsey received.

How would Mr. Cruel know John Ramsey bonus?

simple. he didn't.

John Mark Karr said he picked $118k based on $100k + 18k the age of consent.

basically I think Mr. Cruel picked $118k based on a similar reason, $100k + 18k the age of consent or another reason

18 is the # of hours Mr. Cruel would have to fly to reach Denver from Melbourne

18h 25m duration, 1+ stops
Melbourne, Australia (MEL) to Denver, CO (DEN)

It take 18 hours to fly by plane from Melbourne, Australia (MEL) to Denver, CO (DEN)

18 hours + $100k even = $118k. Since Mr. Cruel hails from Australia and was returning there shortly, he had no intention of collecting on that money. Similar to his previous crimes, he made ransom demands but did not collect. He also had no reason to remove the body from the home after he got his satisfaction. He knew from Karmein Chan that the family would be the subject of investigation if he did.

Mr. Cruel did not need to know John Ramsey's bonus to arrive at that number.