Today I happened to revisit the description of Red John by Rosalind Harker (Red John's blind lover) as "Just under 6 feet tall. Not muscular but not soft, either. Short straight hair... a gentle voice. Rough, strong hands."

So I looked at the final 7 suspects and their actors' heights. Assuming that each character is as tall as the actor who plays them, Gale Bertram is 6"3,

Ray Haffner is 6"1 and

Reede Smith 6"3. This rules them out as even a blind lady is not going to mistake being taller than 6 foot as being 'just under'.



Sherriff Macalister is 6"¾
so it depends on how good you think Rosalind's estimation skills are as to whether or not he's ruled out, but I'm putting my faith in Rosalind and ruling him out too.

Bret Stiles is 5"7 and Bob Kirkland is 5"9 both of which are fairly short heights for men - you'd hardly describe a man who is 5"9 as 'just under 6 feet tall'.

That leaves Brett Partridge, who is 5"11 - the perfect height to match Rosalind's description.

Yes, I know he's supposedly dead, but the age fits, the height fits, the voice fits, the 'showman' aspect fits, he seems to pop up on every Red John copycat case, and he was in the same scene as the guy with the grim reaper tattoo in the pilot - I can't help but expect Partridge to be revealed as Red John.