Kolar continued: "JonBenet was up, she may or may not have brushed her teeth, that stuff was out on the counter, then I think she was up and awake enough that she was maybe still hungry and she went downstairs. One voice believed to be Mr Ramsey's says: "We're not speaking to you. According to the Daily Camera, the woman provided authorities with a list of "specific names of individuals who [were] witnesses in the killing of JonBent as well as ongoing sexual and physical [abusers] of other children.". We could walk through the rooms, see the spatial relationships, test egress and ingress who came in and who went out, and what could be seen and heard, said Mr Clemente. Here are just a few of the stranger ones. Serving as the crew chief in the Winston Cup until 2000, McReynolds . ", Another popular suspect in the case was Michael Helgoth, whose family owned a junkyard on the outskirts of Boulder (the Ramsey family's then-hometown). Both say they were home sleeping when JonBenet drew her last breaths. Steve Thomas covers him at length in his book. ._1x9diBHPBP-hL1JiwUwJ5J{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:#ff585b;padding-left:3px;padding-right:24px}._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4{height:16px;padding-right:4px;vertical-align:top}.icon._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5{height:20px;vertical-align:middle;padding-right:8px}.QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{height:18px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:top}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 .QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)} INSENSITIVITY McReynolds' death deserved better. JonBenet's official cause of death was given as strangulation by a coroner following the tragic episode 20 years ago. 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That meeting sparked a warm friendship that led to McReynolds playing Santa at private parties for the Ramseys the next three years. "I didn't make the connection as much as I felt that this area should be investigated by the authorities because of the similarities between what I'd seen online [of child pornography] and the child's murder," he explained in .css-tjvzc4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:inherit;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;border-bottom:thin solid #6F6F6F;}.css-tjvzc4:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}an interview with the Computer Crime Research Center. When the Ramseys went on TV and held up the small poster it was a bizarre performance. In a March 2, 1997, story in the Rocky Mountain News, Bill and Janet McReynolds denied any responsibility for JonBenet's murder. Bill McReynolds, 67, said he had nothing to do with the killing and said his wife "could never be a suspect." He said his daughter's abduction and his wife's play are just coincidences. ), Janet McReynolds- wife, mother: Known to be a film critic and movie reviewer for many years and wrote plays as well. http://www2.dailycamera.com/bdc/city_news/article/0,1713,BDC_2422_1378181,00.html, Retired professor 'heartbroken' after JonBenet ordeal, By Charlie Brennan And Owen S. Good, Rocky Mountain News September 6, 2002. The Ramseys retained criminal lawyers within 48 hours and swiftly hired a slick spokesman. He loved that little girl. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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Police compared the letter to handwriting samples from dozens of people and they were unable to rule out Patsy as the author after examining at least five examples of her penmanship. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. * On the back of the duct tape on JonBenet's mouth, black and red microscopic fibres were found. Both of these men were on the suspect list for the murder of JonBenet Ramsey due to strange connections police investigators found. Hes been vetted numerous times by police. There's no doubt about it. While at UT, McReynolds met Lezette Lewis in the student union center. His best chance was to work with us, so he became a picture of cooperation. pointing a finger at Janet McReynolds, the wife of Bill McReynolds, the. This content is imported from youTube. A NEW documentary aims to shed fresh light on the murder of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsay by investigating some long-forgotten suspects -- including the mysterious figure dubbed 'Santa Claus'. Others, like 12-year-old Burke Ramsey and family friends Bill and Janet McReynolds, have been the targets of fevered public speculation. One of his favorite activities of late, she said, was taking dawn walks on the beach. Janet McReynolds, wife of "Santa" Bill, had a daughter who "had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted twenty-two years to the day before JonBenet's death". Amateur sleuths have offered up answers ranging from bed-wetting to incest. Because for years that's been what most people have heard. Other evidence also has links to Patsy: the paintbrush handle used in the garrote that killed JonBenet came from her art kit, and fibers found on the duct tape over the little girls mouth could be from her clothing. Joe Barnhill claimed he saw John Andrew Ramsey outside the home. He carried it to the hospital as a lucky charm during the surgery. Not only was Helgoth seen wearing shoes similar to those ina footprint found in the Ramseys'basement, but one of Helgoth's former coworkers also claimed that he'd been acting incredibly suspiciously around the time of the murder. Where is this info coming from? Man dressed as Santa to party at the Ramsay house just days before JonBenet was found dead 'said he had a special gift for her'. But forensic experts dismissed the theory, saying there was no DNA on the object. I recall reading that sparkly Christmas fragments were found in JBR's hair at the time of her death. The killer resembled JonBenet's brother John Andrew. I love you. @keyframes ibDwUVR1CAykturOgqOS5{0%{transform:rotate(0deg)}to{transform:rotate(1turn)}}._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq{--sizePx:0;font-size:4px;position:relative;text-indent:-9999em;border-radius:50%;border:4px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-bodyTextAlpha20);border-left-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-body);transform:translateZ(0);animation:ibDwUVR1CAykturOgqOS5 1.1s linear infinite}._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq,._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq:after{width:var(--sizePx);height:var(--sizePx)}._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq:after{border-radius:50%}._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq._2qr28EeyPvBWAsPKl-KuWN{margin:0 auto} Its less likely now than it was a couple of years ago, says Cohen. I did. I felt very close to that little girl. Also going for insensitivity of the year award? Particularly older people who were around in the mid nineties. They thought his standing up to DeMuth proved that the elderly man was not weak and frail after all, just as John Ramsey had said. In a chilling twist, they also discovered that the couple's daughter had been abducted on Dec. 26, 1974 along with a young friend . Janet is a movie critic. Parents do horrible things to their children, but to understand this case you have to take the notion out of your head that they set out to kill this 6-year-old girl, Wecht said last year. from the 1998 interview: JOHN RAMSEY: . We have some letters from him. I dont have a vision of lots of people listening to me. He's also said gave her a note that said the. Follow the evidence and youll see it doesnt lead to him. It was obvious that JonBenet and Burke loved him a lot", she said. http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/projects/projects97/dentep/boglindow.htm. )(Woodward), When his own daughter was ten years old, she and another girl were kidnapped, and the friend was molested before both girls were released. John had a very cold, often contemptuous gleam in his eyes when he occasionally glanced at his drugged-up wife slurring her words. McReynolds "had written a card to JonBenet that was found in her trash can after the murder. We all came to one complete theory that explains everything that happened, Mr Clemente told news.com.au. AndJudith Phillips, aneighbour and family friend at the time, tells of how much he got on with JonBenet and her brother Burke, aged nine at the time of the murder. Because they were bombarded by a RDI media circus and it made them biased against the parents innocence before they even knew the basic facts of the case. He earned his doctorate in American Studies and was hired by CU's journalism department in 1968. When you do though, the intruder theory makes the most sense and has the better scientific evidence. He was totally innocent.". In a book by Mrs Pugh about the case shepointed the finger at JonBenet's mother Patsy. Ramseys' former neighbor who played Santa to the . Can this be proven? The second girl was molested. Neither could Joe Barnhill, next door neighbor of the Ramsey's. ._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa{margin-top:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._3EpRuHW1VpLFcj-lugsvP_{color:inherit}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa svg._31U86fGhtxsxdGmOUf3KOM{color:inherit;fill:inherit;padding-right:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._2mk9m3mkUAeEGtGQLNCVsJ{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;color:inherit} He was a very personable kind of guy. William "Bill" McReynolds, a retired University of Colorado journalism professor who gained unwanted notoriety as the man who played St. Nick for the family of JonBenet Ramsey, died early this week at his home in Mashpee, Mass. We've received your submission. He enjoyed connecting with his audience, whether it was through replying to fan mail or interacting with people as an emcee, guest speaker or beauty pageant judge at county fairs and agricultural associations. The unsolved JonBenet Ramsey case is not even a blip on most of today's readers' radar screens. I'm sure there are some exceptions, but from what I've seen most IDI people actually started out RDI. on July 8, 2020, Longmont Police Department records on the December 26, 1974 kidnapping of Jill McReynolds (daughter of JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect "Santa" Bill McReynolds) and her friend by an unidentified pedophile, There are no reviews yet. Two years later, Janet McReynolds wrote a book that became a play in which a girl is sexually assaulted and tortured in a basement. Jon Benet had bits of the Ramsey's own sparkly stairway Christmas garland in her hair. We are a true crime community dedicated to exploring case facts, evidence and theories surrounding the death of JonBent Ramsey. The FBI agent worked on the case free of charge after his retirement, before finally hitting upon a radical solution to get to the bottom of the mystery creating a documentary in the style of Making a Murderer, Serial and The Jinx, in which a team of experts dig deep into the facts. The students really enjoyed him," said Steve Jones, assistant dean of CU's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The revelations prompted police to call husband and wife in for new interviews and handwriting and hair samples. ._2Gt13AX94UlLxkluAMsZqP{background-position:50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:contain;position:relative;display:inline-block} Bill McReynolds, a retired journalism professor, had been at the Ramsey home two nights before the murder, playing Santa Claus at a Christmas party. ._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4{width:100%}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA{display:none}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA,._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:block}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:none} He was just so devastated by the mere idea anyone would suspect him of a crime," she said. Burke dismissed the claims in an interview on the Dr Phil Show. "It's probably just a coincidence, a raw coincidence," Bill McReynolds said of his wife's play and his daughter's abduction. According to Ollie Gray, a private investigator hired by the Ramseys, "Helgothand his accomplices committed the crime. Each morning Bill McReynolds awoke at 4 a.m. to make it to the radio station in time to start his show at 5 a.m. . ._3bX7W3J0lU78fp7cayvNxx{max-width:208px;text-align:center} the experts claim. Chat Forum On the other hand, I know several people who seem like they have an axe to grind. In early 1990s the Ramseys spent $700,000 just to build the third story master suite onto their mansion! There were a lot of politics.. It bothers me. Janet McReynolds, wife of "Santa" Bill, had a daughter who "had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted twenty-two years to the day before JonBenet's death". He was investigated by BPD. "Her murder was harder on me than my operation. News I find this hard to believe since they paid 500,000 in the 90s for the entire house. On Dec. 26, 1974 22 years to the day before JonBenet was murdered the couples 9-year-old daughter had been abducted by a sex predator. He was extremely cooperative, gave handwriting, hair fingerprints writing samples and ruled out very early on. "He has not been on our radar screen for a while," Beckner said. In addition to Janet McReynolds, he is survived by three children, four grandsons, two granddaughters and one great-granddaughter. The Ramseys, however, called McReynolds a suspect in their book "Death of Innocence: The Untold Story of JonBenet's Murder and How its Exploitation Compromised the Pursuit of Truth. Both were released within hours. Opponents of the intruder theory point to the fact that there was no obvious sign of forced entry at the Ramsey house, but others say there was plenty of opportunity for a killer to sneak in. She was abused, tortured, andfinally killed. He said: "My hypothesis was that I think the Ramseys came home at around 9.30, 10 o'clock. 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