Here is what Bruno Heller has said about the "death" of Brett Partridge..and as we continue to go through episodes with no mention of him, I find these comments even more interesting (and suspicious):

"It wasn't my decision. It was Red John's decision. And it's part of a much larger, dastardly plan that will reveal itself over the next few episodes."

We still have not been shown what RJ's "plan" was. Why? Because the plan was Partridge, aka RJ, faking his death and coming back for the big reveal. THAT'S why Partridge has not been mentioned since his "death". And that's why his death was not investigated like Kirkland's has been.

"Why DID he kill Partridge? What possible reason could he have for that? A very good reason will be revealed down the line."

For you, as a writer, was it ever going to be someone else first?

"No. Because like I say, as convoluted and as elaborate as the plotting might appear, you have to know exactly what you’re doing way before you do it. So things might seem mysterious or too complicated to work out what the heck is going on, but as these episodes unfold, the story will unfold itself in a clean and clear fashion. It was very important that Partridge die at this point in the story."

They have yet to reveal the importance of Partridge's death to us..yet we are coming to the end. There are just three RJ episodes left, and still no mention of Partridge and why his death was so important..because why? I think the answer is quite clear. Also..in the next episode, Jane is gathering all of the remaining suspects together (a little too early.) Something has to happen right? Because there are still 2 more RJ episodes after this one! So perhaps RJ isn't one of the guys in the room after all? Jane discovers that it's someone else.

Partridge?:) 

It's simple. the one who killed that women that bugged the cbi is not red john.

red john is not messy. he doesn't need somebody to do his works for him. red john knows that he is among jane list so he could easily come to cbi and bug it and even if something goes wrong he is already on the list and he could com with any excuse assuming that he doesn't has an insider within lisbon team already. this is more simple than "hiring" someone.

therefor, whoever sent and killed that women is either a tyger or visualize member as simple as that.

the leverage that jane talked about is real enough. why? because by knowing the killer identity he gets to either tyger or visualize group and then red john because red jone is connected to both groups in his early life (visualize) or current (tyger) even though it might mean that he is a member or was one.


my thought so far:
1. red john killed partridge to send a message to jane. partridge is a tyger member and a disposable one.
2. kirkland has a twin but that twin is not red john and works for tyger group.
3. bertram, mcallister and smith are tyger members.
4. stiles knows red john and has a black dot in his history.
5. the killer that killed that women is not red john. but, he is a threat to red john.
6. haffner in a way is "doing somthing good". knows about tyger and is working to destroy it. tyger knows all about him and kept him silent by someway. he joined visualize to get his back coverd. visualize knows all about him.
7. visualize and tyger are enemies. the one thing they share together is RED JOHN.

Okay I'm not saying Brett Partridge is Red John but he fits so well with the character of Red John. Exactly why is he in PJ's list? Because Patrick Jane hates him? Maybe but indeed Patrick and Red John could be polar opposites with the same "mentalist" capabilities. Heller mentioned Red John to be similar to James Moriarty (and if you come to think of it, Partridge would be like the Moriarty in the series "Sherlock" starring Benedict Cumberbatch in which case the last episode shown as of the moment shows Moriarty faking his death in a near impossible way of faking). Now I have read majority of the theories that Partridge is Red John and I find majority of them to be very plausible and intriguing (especially to the Red Dragon Theory and that Partridge birds DO NOT like high places despite being birds) unlike the other suspects who are only described by a blind woman, and a psychiatrist. The only thing that makes me think that Partridge isn't Red John is Heller's statement that we will be very disappointed with who Red John is. Majority of the theories vouch for Partridge and if it's not him then majority of the viewers will definitely be disappointed.