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Nachtsider, Subject: JonBenet Ramsey Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:51 pm

Surprised there hasn’t been a thread here to discuss the case. Figured I’d start one, in light of this new development:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/02/po … msey-case/

, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:55 pm

Jack Tarrance did it. Didn’t you hear? :roll:



Zamantha, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:20 pm

Thanks Nacht, I just heard that news today. Don’t you think the son did it? But if he did, and now he’s older and wiser…. I may feel a touch bad for him…. I mean
it seems like the Mom just kinda pushed JonBenet into too much at a young age……. makes you wonder how they treated their son.
And Mr. Bungle, you crack me up, you are gonna be blaming everything on Jack T…………… where you been hanging out, haha*



morf13, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:26 pm

What I dont get is that Jon Benet was molested, and had a garot tied around her neck, not to mention the ransom note. How did a 9 year old kid do all of that? Dont buy it personally.



tahoe27, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:40 pm

What I dont get is that Jon Benet was molested, and had a garot tied around her neck, not to mention the ransom note. How did a 9 year old kid do all of that? Dont buy it personally.

Yah, way too much for the brother to have commited such an act, but maybe he saw or heard something or knew of a creepy Uncle or friend of the family or something?



Zamantha, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:11 pm

What I dont get is that Jon Benet was molested, and had a garot tied around her neck, not to mention the ransom note. How did a 9 year old kid do all of that? Dont buy it personally.

I hope not. SO, what are you thoughts who did it. Was the ransom note for real or did Patsy write it? It’s a very strange story indeed…. doesn’t add up.



AK Wilks, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:45 am

The "theory" I have heard is that either Patsy hit Jon Benet in the tub and she fell, hit her head and died OR the brother "accidently" killed Jon Benet. Either way, John and Patsy decided to cover it up by staging a kidnapping/sex crime.

Backing up this theory is that John and Patsy claimed the brother was asleep at the critical time yet his voice can be heard in the background of the 911 call. Why would the parents lie about the brother being asleep if he wasn’t asleep?

Of course, there is nothing to prove these theories and a lot against them.

The intruder theory is doubtful but cannot be totally discounted.

To me the case is a genuine mystery, and I don’t have an answer, or even one theory I favor above any other. But there were several experts who said Patsy wrote the ransom note – and several who said she didn’t. But why would a child killer sit in the house for an hour and write that note?



Nachtsider, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:58 am

My opinion says none of the family members did it. I think it was someone whom the family knew and who had been to their home previously, perhaps someone from the beauty pageant circuit – goodness knows loads of pedophiles troll the scene – or even one of John Ramsey’s employees.

I’d like to draw your attention to this article (see below), specifically the section concerning what happened to ‘Amy’. It strongly suggests that a predator was in the area, and both Amy and JonBenet may have been his victims. My money is on the perp botching his attempt to abduct JonBenet, and later going after Amy as a substitute. I can’t rule out his having an accomplice.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/ … 1569.shtml

The only item that points towards one of the Ramseys as the culprit is the ransom note. For what it’s worth, most of the BPD document examiners concluded that Patsy was probably not the writer. The ‘personal touches’ in the note, like the ransom figure that perfectly matched John Ramsey’s recent financial bonus, need not necessarily point towards a family member; a close acquaintance is just as likely to have picked up on that knowledge. Ultimately, however, expert opinion on who wrote it is so split that I seriously question the note’s value as evidence. Take that piece of paper away and the whole case becomes an open and shut intruder affair. This may sound silly, but I wonder why no-one has considered the possibility that the note was an attempt to frame the parents. If it was, it’s been pretty damn effective.



AK Wilks, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:21 am

That is interesting but I just can’t see a serial child rapist/child killer sitting at the table writing a note for an hour.

Evidence of intrusion was weak.

It certainly is interesting that they want to talk to the brother. When I looked at this case briefly, the concept that the brother may have accidently killed Jon Benet, perhaps in the context of sexual experimentation, or a fight, did interest me, and could explain the "cover up" behavior of the parents.

If his voice is on the tape, why did the parents lie and say he was asleep?



AK Wilks, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:24 am

There is also evidence and experts who say that the voice of BURKE is NOT on the tape, but here is an analysis of those who say it is. If true, and if these words were really said, it does point to the brother being perhaps involved:

Is Burke’s Voice on an Enhanced Tape?

Evidence in Favor of Burke’s Voice Being on the Tape
Aerospace Corporation Analysis
Analysis Requested by BPD. At the request of BPD, Aerospace Corporation, which reportedly had more advanced equipment for such analysis, conducted a test of the 911 tape. According to Internet poster Jayelles, Aerospace works free of charge for law enforcement agencies. The official report from Aerospace was given to BPD in May 1997, but has never been released to the public.

No Comment by Aerospace. On August 21, 1998, it was reported "Robert Pentz, director of the National Law Enforcement & Corrections Technology Center for the Western Region, operated by Aerospace Corp. for the National Institute of Justice, said the company had no comment on the tape. "Even though we acknowledge the fact we do work for law enforcement agencies … it is a matter of policy we don’t comment on cases that are open without written permission of the affected law enforcement agency," Pentz said."

Aerospace Stands Behind its Work. However, in 2003, according to the National Enquirer (see below), in response to claims that two firms hired by NBC to analyze the tape had found no evidence of Burke’s voice, "the renowned high-tech company that enhanced the tape for the Boulder police says its original findings that Burke’s voice is on the tape is correct. We stand by our work," Linda Brill, spokesperson for The Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, Calif., told the Enquirer. The company maintains a division of a Department of Justice – funded institute that offers space-age expertise to police departments nationwide. "We are top shelf," said Brill.
Leaked Aerospace Findings

National Enquirer (1998). The National Enquirer leaked the Aerospace findings in a world exclusive appearing in its September 1, 1998 issue. In a later article written by Don Gentile appearing in July 2003, the following was leaked (transcribed by Internet poster Rickamorti of Purg and posted with permission by Internet poster LurkerXIV):
"Boulder Detective Melissa Hickman took the tape to the Aerospace Corporation for enhancement. There, experts enhanced the tape. At first they heard Patsy saying "Help me, Jesus, help me, Jesus," and Burke saying, "Please, what do I do?" according to a source."
"After further analysis, they heard three distinct voices, then gave the enhanced recording to Det. Hickman. "Hickman heard John Ramsey say, "We’re not speaking to you," in what sounded like a very angry voice," the source said. "Patsy then says, "Help me Jesus, help me Jesus," and finally Burke is clearly heard to say "Well what did you find?" with an emphasis on the word "did."
When the original leak appeared in 1998, the Boulder Daily Camera reported: "The general content of the transcript in the supermarket tabloid is accurate, according to sources familiar with the investigation."
But the same article also reported: "Spokeswomen for the Boulder police and the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office would not comment on the 911 tape from Dec. 26, 1996."

Lawrence Schiller Book (1999). A slightly different version of this conversation is reported in a review by the Boston Globe: “[Boulder Police Detective Melissa] Hickman listened to the tape and wrote down what she heard.
" ‘Help me, Jesus, help me, Jesus.’ That was clearly Patsy’s voice. Then, in the distance, there was another voice, which sounded like JonBenet’s brother.
" ‘Please, what do I do?’ Burke said.
" ‘We’re not speaking to you,’ Hickman heard John Ramsey say.
" Patsy screamed again. ‘Help me, Jesus, help me, Jesus.’
" And then, more clearly, Burke said, ‘What did you find?’ "

Steve Thomas Book (2000). The purported Aerospace findings also were leaked by Steve Thomas in his book and another book by Henry Lee (2001): "For a few tantalizing seconds, police heard background sounds that they could not understand. Detectives sent this tape out to the best electronic experts in the region and, still, save for Patsy Ramsey’s sobbing and prayers, nothing more could be made out of the background noise. Then the police discovered a new and expert electronics company, Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California, that they provided with a copy of the tape. What came back was worth all of this trouble. When these sounds were brought up many times over, police heard Burke and John Ramsey in an exchange. The child said, "Please, what do I do?" To this John Ramsey replied, "We are not speaking to you." Finally, Burke is heard to ask, "What did you find?"

Steve Thomas Chat Session (2000). The following is an excerpt from a November 14, 2000 chat session with Steve Thomas: crimeADM: "Did you hear the 911 tape personally; and if so, once and for all, was Burke on it?" stevethomas: "I heard the 911 tape. repeatedly, as did the other detectives. the consensus was unanimous, as supported by the enhancement — there is a 3rd voice on the tape, appears to be Burke (unless there was someone else present who has never been identified…)"

Bonita Papers. A 5-paragraph section of the Bonita Papers provides even further detail which confirms the wording of the additional conversations as stated in the Thomas book. Note that the reliability of the Bonita Papers has been called in question.

http://jonbenetramsey.pbworks.com/The%20911%20Call

, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:21 am

And Mr. Bungle, you crack me up, you are gonna be blaming everything on Jack T…………… where you been hanging out, haha*

I’m not the one blaming Jack Tarrance for it…THEY are! Barto claims the handwriting’s a match…no joke. Here’s their most recent discussions:

http://denniskaufman.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3527120&trail=450

It’s obviously ridiculous, but it’s just another incident they want to tie Tarrance to.

Please continue the sensible discussion.



morf13, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:36 am

And Mr. Bungle, you crack me up, you are gonna be blaming everything on Jack T…………… where you been hanging out, haha*

I’m not the one blaming Jack Tarrance for it…THEY are! Barto claims the handwriting’s a match…no joke. Here’s their most recent discussions:

http://denniskaufman.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3527120&trail=450

It’s obviously ridiculous, but it’s just another incident they want to tie Tarrance to.

Please continue the sensible discussion.

Wow, they really know of no boundaries, do they?



morf13, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:42 am

I am not super familiar with the Ramsey case, but I have seen a couple documentaries on it. One in particular featured an older man with glasses (if I remember correctly) that was hired either by the Family or police to research and look at the crime scene. He was some investigative genius or something.As I recall, he found pretty clear indication of entry made into a lower floor window (basement I think).

Also, if the DNA on Jon Benet didnt match anyone in the Familiy, why would they think one of them did it?

Lastly, and most weirdest of all, one of the neighbors was an old man that lived in the area. He used to dress up as Santa, and even had real glasses & beard, and every year, all the kids in the area would go visit him. On that day, supposedly, Jon Benet had a visit with him, and allegedly told her that she was going to be getting a special visit from Santa. Decades earlier, that same man who played Santa, had written a story, or play, about a young girl who is murdered on xmas eve, and her body found in the basement. Supposedly, this guy was ruled out as the perp, but if that isnt a huge case of Zyncronicity, I dont know what is.

, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:07 am

My theory is that Burke did NOT do this, but they are now wanting to ask him more about his now dearly departed sick and disturbed mommy…



Theforeigner, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:32 am

Concerning those who suspect a familymember accidentaly killed Jonbennet and then staged it as a murder:

IMHO Jonbennet´s death could not have been caused by some kind of family member accident gone wrong.

IMO, there is no doubt that, she died by stangulation caused by the garotte, due to that you, on autopsy pictures, can see destinct blu/red bruises around her neck.
Thise bruises can ONLY occure if the victim was alive while the strangulation was performed.
To cause bruises you have to be alive, there has to be blood circulation/blood pressuer in the body, and a dead body does not have that , dead bodies don´t bleed.

Here is a link to autopsy photos, WARNING VERY GRAPHIC PHOTOS:

http://zyberzoom.com/JonBenet.html

, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:16 am

…absolutley irrelevant to whether or not a family member could have done this. All evidence points to Patsy Ramsey. The only reason they did not charge her is because police/LE/forensic techs completely messed up the crime scene and allowed it to become "fatally" contaminated, thus chain of custody was destoyed, thus case could not be brought to trial.

Her mother was a very narcissistic and disturbed individual; the school had expressed previous concerns about JonBenet, as had household staff.



tahoe27, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:31 am

My opinion says none of the family members did it. I think it was someone whom the family knew and who had been to their home previously, perhaps someone from the beauty pageant circuit – goodness knows loads of pedophiles troll the scene – or even one of John Ramsey’s employees.

I’d like to draw your attention to this article (see below), specifically the section concerning what happened to ‘Amy’. It strongly suggests that a predator was in the area, and both Amy and JonBenet may have been his victims. My money is on the perp botching his attempt to abduct JonBenet, and later going after Amy as a substitute. I can’t rule out his having an accomplice.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/ … 1569.shtml

The only item that points towards one of the Ramseys as the culprit is the ransom note. For what it’s worth, most of the BPD document examiners concluded that Patsy was probably not the writer. The ‘personal touches’ in the note, like the ransom figure that perfectly matched John Ramsey’s recent financial bonus, need not necessarily point towards a family member; a close acquaintance is just as likely to have picked up on that knowledge. Ultimately, however, expert opinion on who wrote it is so split that I seriously question the note’s value as evidence. Take that piece of paper away and the whole case becomes an open and shut intruder affair. This may sound silly, but I wonder why no-one has considered the possibility that the note was an attempt to frame the parents. If it was, it’s been pretty damn effective.

I’m with you Nach.

That little boy wouldn’t have had the strength to pull any of that off.



Theforeigner, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:35 am

…absolutley irrelevant to whether or not a family member could have done this. All evidence points to Patsy Ramsey. The only reason they did not charge her is because police/LE/forensic techs completely messed up the crime scene and allowed it to become "fatally" contaminated, thus chain of custody was destoyed, thus case could not be brought to trial.

Her mother was a very narcissistic and disturbed individual; the school had expressed previous concerns about JonBenet, as had household staff.

If you read my input again, you can see that, what I said was, it could not have been an accident gone wrong, and then staged as a murder.
Due to the bruises Jonbennet had around her neck , she had to have been alive while the garrote was used.

And I think this is indeed very relevant when theorizing on how and by whom Jobennet was murdered.

, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:38 am

…Ok, sorry TF; it was confusing…

Nacht, etc. al., no way, I agree that BURKE could have done it, but Patsy absolutely could have…



Theforeigner, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:09 pm

…Ok, sorry TF; it was confusing…

Nacht, etc. al., no way, I agree that BURKE could have done it, but Patsy absolutely could have…

Thats ok, no problem.

Since you are so sure that Jonbennet´s mother killed her daughter, what is your opinion on this:

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_9833564

Posted: 07/10/2008

DA clears Ramsey family

Armed with new DNA evidence that points to an unknown male as JonBenet Ramsey’s killer, Boulder District Attorney Mary Lacy on Wednesday took the extraordinary step of publicly exonerating the child’s parents and immediate family in her death.

In a letter hand-delivered to John Ramsey, Lacy said she is confident the DNA belongs to the killer.

"Significant new evidence . . . convinces us that it is appropriate, given the circumstances of this case, to state that we do not consider your immediate family, including you, your wife, Patsy, and your son, Burke, to be under any suspicion in the commission of this crime," Lacy wrote.



AK Wilks, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:02 pm

The DNA was minute, and it could have come from a garment worker. Forensics expert Henry Lee purchased packaged childrens underwear at various stores, and found minute DNA on about half of them

There are documented instances of boys around 9 to 10 sexually assaulting and even killing girls of 5 to 7. Also, local schools have passed out papers around the time of Jon Benet’s death alerting parents to something called "the choking game" that kids have been caught playing, sometimes with lethal results. Kids would choke each other to black out, sometimes using hands, sometimes using belts or rope.

IF the tape analysis was correct, why did the parents lie and say Burke was sleeping, if in fact he was up?

SEE:

Lawrence Schiller Book (1999). A slightly different version of this conversation is reported in a review by the Boston Globe: “[Boulder Police Detective Melissa] Hickman listened to the tape and wrote down what she heard.
" ‘Help me, Jesus, help me, Jesus.’ That was clearly Patsy’s voice. Then, in the distance, there was another voice, which sounded like JonBenet’s brother.
" ‘Please, what do I do?’ Burke said.
" ‘We’re not speaking to you,’ Hickman heard John Ramsey say.
" Patsy screamed again. ‘Help me, Jesus, help me, Jesus.’
" And then, more clearly, Burke said, ‘What did you find?’ "

Why is Patsy reacting as if she knows Jon Benet is already dead?

Why does Burke ask "Please, what do I do?"

Why does John yell at Burke in anger?

Why does Burke ask "What did you find?"

All of that…IF TRUE…is consistent with Burke intentionally or accidently causing the death of Jon Benet and the parents making a decision to not lose another child that same night by protecting Burke and writing a ransom note to stage a kidnapping. No intruder wrote that long note with private info on it IMO.



tahoe27, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:15 pm

Maybe considering the circumstances, Dad was just snapping at Burke.

Her little skull was practically cracked in half. Burke just couldn’t have done that imo. Not that it’s not possible, just not probable. And the knots..doesn’t seem like something a child would do.

I know mothers are capable of killing their children, but I just don’t see it being done in such a manner as with JonBenet. Crazier chit has happened though.



AK Wilks, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:35 pm

Valid points.

I have never seen a motive for Patsy to kill Jon Benet. Other than the accidental fall in the tub possibility.

But let us say an intruder killed Jon Benet. IF that is Burke’s voice on the tape, why do the parents lie and say he was asleep? Couldn’t Burke have seen something? Maybe he was with Jon Benet, or heard or saw something? If an intruder killed Jon Benet, why would they lie and deprive police of a possible witness?

Why does Burke say "Please, what do I do?" and "What did you find?"

It just seems there is more to to this story, and that it may involve Burke, but i doubt we will ever know the truth.

, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:34 pm

I too believe that Jon Benet met her fate at the hands of a family member and that Patsy wrote the note. I find it appalling she was not charged. There is absoloutly nothing that I have seen as regards the case that would indicate an outsider. On the 23rd of December a 911 call was placed from the Ramsay home to the police. It has never been explained. I think (my own opinion) that someone perhaps wanted to see how fast the emergency services could get to the Ramsey home the alternative being that someone needed the police, Patsy was one of two people who answered the door as the party was going on , the police did not even go inside. John Ramsay contaminated every piece of evidince practically from the get go ably assisted by the inept police who allowed all sorts of friends to come wandering through the house, it was abysmal. They even removed things from the home before the investigation could get going. If Boulder police had done their job properly then most of this sad spectacle could have been avoided.

There are some great sites out there on the net with tons of information. Immerse yourself in it and use logic and a good dollop of common sense. Don’t even get me started on that Abomination Karr. And Fleet White one of the two other men who ‘searched’ the Ramsey home with JR and who has since then had a dramatic falling out with them, knows more than he is letting on as well. Time for him to open his mouth I feel.



morf13, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:24 pm

Didnt these parents take, and pass, a lie detector test? Cant remember if that was what happened. If not, were they offered a lie detector test?



AK Wilks, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:31 pm

I think they may have hired someone to give them a lie detector test.

I think they refused police lie detector tests.

But even if they passed a lie detector test, remember that so did Gary Ridgway. They are not allowed in criminal court.

, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:12 pm

I too believe that Jon Benet met her fate at the hands of a family member and that Patsy wrote the note. I find it appalling she was not charged. There is absoloutly nothing that I have seen as regards the case that would indicate an outsider. On the 23rd of December a 911 call was placed from the Ramsay home to the police. It has never been explained. I think (my own opinion) that someone perhaps wanted to see how fast the emergency services could get to the Ramsey home the alternative being that someone needed the police, Patsy was one of two people who answered the door as the party was going on , the police did not even go inside. John Ramsay contaminated every piece of evidince practically from the get go ably assisted by the inept police who allowed all sorts of friends to come wandering through the house, it was abysmal. They even removed things from the home before the investigation could get going. If Boulder police had done their job properly then most of this sad spectacle could have been avoided.

There are some great sites out there on the net with tons of information. Immerse yourself in it and use logic and a good dollop of common sense. Don’t even get me started on that Abomination Karr. And Fleet White one of the two other men who ‘searched’ the Ramsey home with JR and who has since then had a dramatic falling out with them, knows more than he is letting on as well. Time for him to open his mouth I feel.

Exactamente, Solar; excellent synopsis….!!

Morf and AK; the parents actually refused to take polys….stalled the police/LE/FBI for months…then Patsy took one administered by ED GELB….and "passed it"…

He is a nutcase and one of the biggest liars on the planet…

http://antipolygraph.org/articles/article-036.shtml

They wouldn’t take the FBI ones, of course…evah…..

CONTRAST THIS WITH ADAM WALSH’S PARENTS, POLLY KLASS’S PARENTS, ETC. who took any poly or answered ALL questions asked of them IMMEDIATELY to clear themselves so their childs’ killer could be found…

, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:35 pm

And Mr. Bungle, you crack me up, you are gonna be blaming everything on Jack T…………… where you been hanging out, haha*

I’m not the one blaming Jack Tarrance for it…THEY are! Barto claims the handwriting’s a match…no joke. Here’s their most recent discussions:

http://denniskaufman.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3527120&trail=450

It’s obviously ridiculous, but it’s just another incident they want to tie Tarrance to.

Please continue the sensible discussion.

Wow, they really know of no boundaries, do they?

morf, if there’s a murder and Jack may have been within 200 miles of it, they’ll blame him for it. It’s truly sickening.

I’ll just chime in and say that I, too, don’t believe that Burke was involved…it just doesn’t seem possible given the extent of the injuries, though I guess stranger things have happened.



Zamantha, Subject: JonBenet Ramsey Thu Oct 07, 2010 7:35 pm

What do we know about the DNA?



Nachtsider, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:03 pm

Lawrence Schiller Book (1999). A slightly different version of this conversation is reported in a review by the Boston Globe: “[Boulder Police Detective Melissa] Hickman listened to the tape and wrote down what she heard.
" ‘Help me, Jesus, help me, Jesus.’ That was clearly Patsy’s voice. Then, in the distance, there was another voice, which sounded like JonBenet’s brother.
" ‘Please, what do I do?’ Burke said.
" ‘We’re not speaking to you,’ Hickman heard John Ramsey say.
" Patsy screamed again. ‘Help me, Jesus, help me, Jesus.’
" And then, more clearly, Burke said, ‘What did you find?’ "

Doesn’t necessarily indicate guilt.

"Help me, Jesus." = words of a distraught mother whose daughter is gone
"We’re not speaking to you." = words of a distraught father trying to shield his son
"What did you find?" = reference to finding the ransom note – remember, Patsy found the ransom note first, then discovered her daughter was missing

As for why they said Burke was asleep, again, the ‘shielding their son’ hypothesis works just fine. In any case, the FBI and Secret Service didn’t pick up Burke or John’s voices on that tape.

I think (my own opinion) that someone perhaps wanted to see how fast the emergency services could get to the Ramsey home the alternative being that someone needed the police, Patsy was one of two people who answered the door as the party was going on , the police did not even go inside.

Solar, are you suggesting that a family member planned on harming the girl at least two days in advance? I can very begrudgingly buy the parents accidentally killing their little girl, but premeditation? That doesn’t fly in my book.



sandy betts, Subject: JBR Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:59 pm

What do we know about the DNA?

The DNA was found under her fingernails and on her under garment. One sample matched the other, meaning it could have been one person who killed her. That person was not anyone in the Ramsey family.

Parents do not kill their children in the way she was killed.

Last Thursday and again on Sunday, Aphrodite Jones had a TV show on the ID channel ,about JBR. It was the best one that I had seen, proving that the parents or Burke had nothing to do with this horrible crime.
Being a mother myself ,I could not fathom any parent doing this. Sure there have been parents who have killed their children, but not in this manner.

I posted about that show on Zodiackiller.com last week.
Tracer’s,( whom I admire very much), gave a link to the show. Perhaps she can do that here ?
The show had evidence that was never made public, like shoe prints from two different shoes. One being a High Tech boot. It was also proven that a person could get in to that basement without a problem. A overly fat person I doubt could do it ( such as Santa ).
Hundreds of people came to see the home decorated for Christmas as some kind of a tour, just days before.
The killer could have been one of those people, he would then know the lay out of their home, and where the basment was ( the window which was broken, would be easy access.)

I also posted that soon after JBR was murdered, my granddaughter phoned me to tell me what she found on the internet.
It was a picture of JBR on the basement floor, with a baseball bat near her head. There was also a cypher below her picture. I didn’t have a computer at that time , so I asked her describe the cypher which was done in Zodiac’s style.
It was easy for me to decode it, because I had the solved cyphers that the Harden’s had solved.
It spelled Zodiac. I thought that the Z could have wanted to claim her as one of his victims. But for him to have a picture of JBH on the basement flour, he would either had to be there to take that picture, or got it from someone he knew.
Only the killer could have taken that picture. The pictures that were in the tabloids, were not JBR in the basement . I asked my granddaughter to copy that picture and send it to me , she didn’t have a copier. I asked her to find that site again and write it down, it was gone !

I did write to Alex Hunter who was the DA handling the case, and told him about it. It was disregarded as were so many other things in that case. Its too bad that Patsy wasn’t alive to see the family cleared in the case.

Who ever the killer was, he is probably still alive, and I doubt very much that this was his first murder, or his last.
Shortly before the JBR case, we here in Calif. had two in home murders of young girls. One was Jennifer Lin in Castro Valley Ca. the other was in San Francisco Ca. I don’t remember her name.
I sometimes think that these could have been trial runs for the JBR killer. All 3 are still unsolved.

( Just thinking out of the box.)



Zamantha, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:46 pm

This Thread is interesting. Always breaks my heart to see JonBenet’s picture. What a darling little girl with so much promise ahead of her. I have not followed this case but find it very interesting. Thanks Sandy for your last posts on the subject, very interesting. Would love to hear others ideas on this.



sandy betts, Subject: JBR Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:10 am

Zam, True she was so very pretty. People criticized her mother for putting her in all those pageants.
Patsy had stage 4 cancer at that time, maybe she felt that she couldn’t wait for JonBenet to do this when she got older, because Patsy may not live much longer ?

JonBenet was a Leo, I know a lot about Leo females because I am one. Most love center stage !
JB looked very comfortable on stage , her mother let her do what JB loved doing. It was a lot of time they got to spend together, for their short time on this earth.
Sure this may have gotten the attention of the nut case who killed her, but I doubt that even entered their minds. This case was a tragedy all the way around.



Dreamnine, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:36 am

This case is one of the greatest mysteries of modern times…

FWIW, after reading as much as I can about it, I don’t believe it was the parents.

Very sad case.



sandy betts, Subject: JBR Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:37 pm

Have you ever taken a long look at the "3" page ransom note ? I have, and it will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck when you really look at it.
Oddly enough it has the check mark r that the Z was known for, as well as the 3 stroke K, M, D,U,and W.
I know it seems like one heck of a stretch, but the Z did state that he has been to Colorado before !

John Ramsey’s extended business was also just south of San Francisco !



zodio, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Sun May 01, 2011 1:44 am

Carefull Sandy, you’re starting to sound like Nanette. Soon you’ll be writing ‘Z’ killed Black Dahlia. :)



Theforeigner, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Sun May 01, 2011 7:26 am

Have you ever taken a long look at the "3" page ransom note ? I have, and it will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck when you really look at it.
Oddly enough it has the check mark r that the Z was known for, as well as the 3 stroke K, M, D,U,and W.
I know it seems like one heck of a stretch, but the Z did state that he has been to Colorado before !

John Ramsey’s extended business was also just south of San Francisco !

Do you have the name and address of that bizz?



sandy betts, Subject: Ramsey Sun May 01, 2011 1:12 pm

Have you ever taken a long look at the "3" page ransom note ? I have, and it will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck when you really look at it.
Oddly enough it has the check mark r that the Z was known for, as well as the 3 stroke K, M, D,U,and W.
I know it seems like one heck of a stretch, but the Z did state that he has been to Colorado before !

John Ramsey’s extended business was also just south of San Francisco !

Do you have the name and address of that bizz?

Hi TF, I believe its called Access Graphics, I will look for it in my research papers.



sandy betts, Subject: Ramsey case Sun May 01, 2011 1:20 pm

Carefull Sandy, you’re starting to sound like Nanette. Soon you’ll be writing ‘Z’ killed
Black Dahlia. :)

LOL, how do you know he didn’t ?????



Theforeigner, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Sun May 01, 2011 1:55 pm

Have you ever taken a long look at the "3" page ransom note ? I have, and it will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck when you really look at it.
Oddly enough it has the check mark r that the Z was known for, as well as the 3 stroke K, M, D,U,and W.
I know it seems like one heck of a stretch, but the Z did state that he has been to Colorado before !

John Ramsey’s extended business was also just south of San Francisco !

Do you have the name and address of that bizz?

Hi TF, I believe its called Access Graphics, I will look for it in my research papers.

Thanks Sandy and if you find the actual adress I will be thankfull if you could post it. I will try to find it as well.

I´m interested in this case because my POI had a very close relative who lived less than 5 minutes from The Ramseys at the time of her murder, and on top of it, I suspect that my POI liked very young girls as well as murder.



zodio, Subject: Re: JonBenet Ramsey Sun May 01, 2011 7:38 pm

Sandy,
I sure hope he didn’t or the 3 stooges may have tripped-up and discoverd the truthe.
"Jack is the most prolific killer of all time -oh my!"



sandy betts, Subject: Ramsey’s Mon May 02, 2011 2:29 am

Wow TF that is very interesting , if anyone can find it , its you. But I will look and see if I can find it .
I am thinking it was in San Mateo ( that is south of S.F.)

 
Posted : July 14, 2013 7:18 pm
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I was looking for my own post about this case and came across another person on websleuths who was pretty much ridiculed for suggesting Dennis Rader (BTK) as a possible POI in this case. I don’t know a ton about this case but I really do think that the parents have effectively been ruled out. There was a lot of evidence to suggest a possible intruder in the house that may have entered through a broken window in the basement and this was not made public because of the immediate focus on the parents.

Jon Benet was found strangled in the basement of her own home. The killer fashioned a garrote from a paintbrush and tied her up with rope apparently brought into the house. There was believed to be a sexual assault that did not include rape. The killer was described by investigator as being very experienced with making knots. The bizarre "ransom note" was left at the foot of the stairs, presumably for the parents to find.

BTK, before we knew his identity, terrorized Wichita for decades by breaking into (or sometimes accessing by a ruse) houses and strangling women, often strangling victims to the point of death and allowing them to revive in order to get the thrill of doing it all over again. Rader brought what he referred to as a "hit kit" to crime scenes including his own rope and suggested his own moniker as the "Garrote Phantom" among other suggestions. BTK was also known for his rather expert, elaborate knot tying which we later learned that he probably learned as a Boy Scout leader. He traveled extensively for work and acknowledged stalking potential victims as far away as northwest Kansas. The Jon Benet ransom note was signed with the cryptic initials "S.B.T.C.". Rader, in his list of acronyms, included the initials "S.B.T." to represent "Sparky Big Time", referring to an erection. S.B.T.C. could stand for "Sparky Big Time Child" or whatever else Rader’s sick mind could invent.

Rader acknowledged that in his first murders (the four Otero family members) he specifically targeted Mrs. Otero and her 11 year-old daughter, Josie. He tied up all of the family members and systematically strangled or asphyxiated them before taking Josie to the basement of the home (sorry for the horrible imagery). He hung this poor 11 year-old girl from a basement pipe and masturbated around the scene after her death. I only described this to point out Rader’s clear pedophilic streak. He sent a poem and drawing of fantasized crime scene to Mary Fager, whose husband and two daughters were suspected BTK victims.

DNA was apparently obtained from the Jon Benet crime scene and entered into CODIS but this was in 2003 before Rader’s arrest as BTK. It was determined to be from an unknown male (not a family member) but there is apparently some question about whether it belonged to the killer.

In 1997, about eight months after the famous abduction and murder of Jon Benet Ramsey in her home, someone left an elaborately tied up Barbie doll on the Ramsey’s front lawn.

Rader left tied up dolls to represent his victims on several occasions. The multiple bindings on the doll’s legs are very similar to Rader’s dolls as well as the way he bound victim, Shirley Vian, and even himself at times.

Although I think it’s unlikely that Rader committed this crime, the similarities to his M.O. are undeniable. The crime happened on Thurs. 12/26/96, the day after Christmas, so it’s conceivable that he could have had extra free time with the Christmas holiday. I’m not sure how Rader might have become aware of Jon Benet in her beauty pageants but I do think that she would have been a very attractive target for him. Boulder, CO was roughly a 7 1/2 drive from Rader’s home in Park City, KS. I would hope that the DNA was compared after his arrest but there’s no certainty of the Jon Benet DNA sample. I think it is far more likely that Rader could have seen the media reports about a young beauty queen being strangled with a garrote in the basement of her own home, fantasized about the crime and decided to make the trip to leave a taunting doll on the Ramsey’s lawn. How many other people would take the time to elaborately tie up a Barbie Doll like that to taunt the parents of a murdered little girl?

 
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Posted : February 13, 2014 7:34 pm
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Indeed, morf. Sorry for the disgusting imagery but I think the absolute depravity of strangling a child is significantly rare in both of these cases. As I said, how many others would enjoy taunting the family in this way?

 
Posted : February 14, 2014 6:30 am
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I think Rader definitely could have placed that doll on the lawn. I think we discussed this on the Rader thread. That would have been simply a fun trip for him.

There are so many similarities in a lot of these cases. I recently listened to a podcast about Rader, and it mentioned the similarities between the Otero killings (1974) and the Clutters (1959), and then, somehow, a connection was made with the Ramsey case, too. The Clutter case has even been compared with the Petit home invasion (2007), but that must surely just be coincidence.

Serial killers – since around the 70s – seem to be getting smarter, or evolving somehow. Not only do some communicate with LE, but some will also incorporate elements of famous previous cases. Of course you do get dolts like Gary Ridgeway who just kill like machines.

I tend to think that with the Ramsey case there was a massive cover-up; Patsy wrote the note, of that I’m sure. But whether she, her husband, Burke, or others that we don’t know about killed JonBenet (willfuly or accidentally) I simply can’t tell.

I know that the DA cleared the Ramseys but I’m not sure that really means much. For anyone who has any doubts over Patsy’s writing the note, see here: http://www.forumsforjustice.org/forums/ … php?t=6404

And here is our old discussion about BTK as Zodiaphile: viewtopic.php?t=877

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Posted : February 14, 2014 9:34 pm
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Right, dreamnine. Just adding a bit more detail that came to mind from my post in the BTK as Zodiaphile thread. I’m not sold on Rader being the perpetrator here despite the similarities but I do think it’s worth ruling him out via DNA if it hasn’t already been done.

There are a number of reasons I can think of why he would choose not to take responsibility:

– Nobody asked him (to my knowledge, he wasn’t even asked about many unsolved strangling homicides thought to be possible BTK crimes after confessing to 10 murders).

– He didn’t want to acknowledge being a pedophile despite his previous sexually motivated killing of an 11 year-old,

– He didn’t want to be executed (the death penalty was on the books for Colorado in 1996 but not in Kansas when Rader committed his crimes there).

 
Posted : February 15, 2014 3:56 am
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Please forgive me as I haven’t read this entire thread…just sort of jumping in at the end.

Were there any pageants in Radar’s area prior to Jon Benet’s murder? Sorry if this was brought up before.


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Posted : February 15, 2014 9:38 am
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That’s a good question, Tahoe, and I really don’t know the case that well. It looks like most of these were in Colorado but the family apparently did travel to Michigan and Atlanta for pageants. I don’t see any indication of her traveling to Kansas. She won "Colorado’s Little Miss Christmas" just a week before her death and apparently participated in a Christmas parade days before. I wouldn’t think she would have a presence in newspapers beyond her area but certainly would have on-line if someone were browsing child pageant sites. Bottom line is I really have no idea how or why Rader would have specifically targeted her, which is why I think he makes an unlikely (but not impossible) suspect. I think the doll left on the lawn screams Rader but that wouldn’t even helped to solve the case if it could be confirmed.

http://www.acandyrose.com/s-jonbenet-timeline.htm

 
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Sorry again for the vivid imagery here but I think it’s significant to consider regarding the dolls left on the Ramsey property. I referred to the way the dolls were bound in a similar way Rader used but never pointed out what I meant specifically.

Note how the bottom doll has rope looped around it’s neck and connected to the ankles and compared this to the way Rader somehow managed to tie himself up. The purpose of it when used on a victim was to torture them by placing the victim in a position where she would eventually strangle herself because she would be unable to hold her legs up in that impossible position. Bind, Torture, Kill- BTK.

BTK victim, Shirley Vian was bound and killed in the precise way the doll is bound:

Binding: Venetian Blinds Cord. Her hands and feet were bound, with cord looped tightly around her neck and a plastic bag was draped over her head. The bindings ran from her neck to her ankles and her hands were taped behind her back.
Location of body: bedroom, nude, face down, on bed.

 
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Rader also said that one of his regrets was that he didn’t get the chance to hang the Vian girl after killing the mother – that was what he most wanted to do at that crime scene.

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Posted : February 15, 2014 12:02 pm
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I tend to think that with the Ramsey case there was a massive cover-up; Patsy wrote the note, of that I’m sure. But whether she, her husband, Burke, or others that we don’t know about killed JonBenet (willfuly or accidentally) I simply can’t tell.

I know that the DA cleared the Ramseys but I’m not sure that really means much. For anyone who has any doubts over Patsy’s writing the note, see here: http://www.forumsforjustice.org/forums/ … php?t=6404

Again… I don’t claim to be an expert on this case but I have great difficulty with the idea of parents or a young sibling killing a young child in this manner (a tight ligature around her neck and the use of a garrote to strangle her). I think the common theory is that Jon Benet might have been killed accidentally or in a fit of rage and a family member staged it as a murder with the ransom note. I just don’t see these parents (who otherwise seemed to be caring parents) killing their child this way. The ransom note really makes no sense at all regardless of who killed her because this clearly wasn’t an abduction. Definitely one of the weirdest unsolved cases ever…

 
Posted : February 15, 2014 12:30 pm
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I tend to think that with the Ramsey case there was a massive cover-up; Patsy wrote the note, of that I’m sure. But whether she, her husband, Burke, or others that we don’t know about killed JonBenet (willfuly or accidentally) I simply can’t tell.

I know that the DA cleared the Ramseys but I’m not sure that really means much. For anyone who has any doubts over Patsy’s writing the note, see here: http://www.forumsforjustice.org/forums/ … php?t=6404

Again… I don’t claim to be an expert on this case but I have great difficulty with the idea of parents or a young sibling killing a young child in this manner (a tight ligature around her neck and the use of a garrote to strangle her). I think the common theory is that Jon Benet might have been killed accidentally or in a fit of rage and a family member staged it as a murder with the ransom note. I just don’t see these parents (who otherwise seemed to be caring parents) killing their child this way. The ransom note really makes no sense at all regardless of who killed her because this clearly wasn’t an abduction. Definitely one of the weirdest unsolved cases ever…

And that’s why this case is so conflicting: I’m sure Patsy wrote the note; but I have a hard time believing she or her family could kill Jon Benet in that manner.

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I think it might be worth researching if any other crimes happened in that area in the late 90’s that bore similarities to the ‘Amy’ incident. I find that particular case more disturbing than most for a couple of reasons:
– the victims felt that he executed the plan so well that it can’t have been his first attempt
– the fact he broke in undetected and had the patience to wait 4-6hrs for his targets to return home speaks of an obsession and single-mindedness rarely seen – I can only think of BTK and ONS as comparable to this kind of behaviour and they are 2 of the scariest killers I’ve ever read about. Not only stellar patience on the day, but in all probability there were days of planning and following, not to mention biding time until the father was away.
This perp’s behaviour could however answer 2 of the enduring questions in the Ramsay case:
1) Very little intruder evidence – the Amy perp proved himself very adept at leaving little to no trace
2) The ransom note – it’s a bit of a shot in the dark (but what isn’t when it comes to this particular part of the story?), but who would have the presence of mind and patience to set up such a thing when they had just killed a little girl? Only someone who would also carry out the Amy crime. Just as likely, he could have broken into the house in the prior days and stolen the stationery (setting up the crime scene like ONS) to perpetuate the false trail. I bet someone with his obsessive mind would also have the forethought to steal/copy samples of writing….. and copied styles would certainly help along all the conflicting opinions we have from the ‘experts’.
If it were my case I’d be concentrating on that crime along with the Michael Helgoth mystery, I can’t help but feel there’s a link there.

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Posted : February 20, 2014 6:17 pm
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If a murder that horrible could be done by a child, then it definitely would never be the only one they would do in their lifetime. Urge would take over and they would do it again. Which is why I don’t think the brother had anything to do with it personally.

 
Posted : February 22, 2014 8:40 pm
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I think it might be worth researching if any other crimes happened in that area in the late 90’s that bore similarities to the ‘Amy’ incident. I find that particular case more disturbing than most for a couple of reasons:
– the victims felt that he executed the plan so well that it can’t have been his first attempt
– the fact he broke in undetected and had the patience to wait 4-6hrs for his targets to return home speaks of an obsession and single-mindedness rarely seen – I can only think of BTK and ONS as comparable to this kind of behaviour and they are 2 of the scariest killers I’ve ever read about. Not only stellar patience on the day, but in all probability there were days of planning and following, not to mention biding time until the father was away.
This perp’s behaviour could however answer 2 of the enduring questions in the Ramsay case:
1) Very little intruder evidence – the Amy perp proved himself very adept at leaving little to no trace
2) The ransom note – it’s a bit of a shot in the dark (but what isn’t when it comes to this particular part of the story?), but who would have the presence of mind and patience to set up such a thing when they had just killed a little girl? Only someone who would also carry out the Amy crime. Just as likely, he could have broken into the house in the prior days and stolen the stationery (setting up the crime scene like ONS) to perpetuate the false trail. I bet someone with his obsessive mind would also have the forethought to steal/copy samples of writing….. and copied styles would certainly help along all the conflicting opinions we have from the ‘experts’.
If it were my case I’d be concentrating on that crime along with the Michael Helgoth mystery, I can’t help but feel there’s a link there.

For the benefit of anyone reading this thread since I don’t see it posted, 9 months after the Ramsey case a girl called ‘Amy’ (by the press) who attended the same dance studio as Jon Benet and lived a couple of miles away, was sexually assaulted in her own home (but not killed) by an intruder who was interrupted by her mother.. The circumstances were very similar to the Ramsey case. http://www.topix.com/forum/news/jonbene … 91IALGDPAD

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