To everyone who discounts the old, hairless, fat folk:

Q: Who knows the most about possible RJ suspects?
Q: Who spent years developing his list of suspects, gathering evidence etc?
Q: Who is incredibly intelligent and a genius at seeing evidence, clues, reading people, deducing suspects?

Obviously i talk of Patrick.

Now, i know he doesnt know everything (such as Ray's whistling), but he knows all the evidence from Harker and Miller.

IF SOMEBODY MADE IT TO PJ'S FINAL LIST OF 7 THEN JANE THINKS THIS PERSON QUALIFIES, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONS.

Who are we to say Stiles is too old if Patrick doesnt think so.
Who are we to say Bertrum cant be Roy Tagliaferro, if jane thinks he could be.
Who are we to say Smith is too fat if Jane doesnt think so.

I know that the descriptions say short hair, just under 6 feet, in good shape, middle age ... and I realize this seems to us to eliminate some of the 7, but if Jane has whittled down a list of 1000s to only 7, if jane has been so judicious to exclude guys like Mashburn, then clearly jane has some plausible reason for these people to be the guys harker and miller were describing. I cant think of good ways to explain the physical differences, but i (nor any of us) need to turn our minds to this at all --- BECAUSE JANE IS CONVINCED THEY COULD BE RJ IN SPITE OF THE PHYSICAL AND AGE DESCRIPTIONS. If he isnt ruling them out, then we should not.