JonBenet's death, in some respects, paralleled the plot of a play McReynolds' wife had written before the killing. Though they have never been publicly cleared, they do have an alibi. . DNA material found in JonBenets underwear, believed to be a trace of semen, reportedly did not match samples provided by any family members or friends. DeMuth confronted Santa Bill, convinced that the cord being used to lash down a tarpaulin was like the cord used in the murder garrote. Two years later, Janet McReynolds wrote a book that became a play in which a girl is sexually assaulted and tortured in a basement. 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. The McReynolds girl, 9 at the time, was not. It's not easy to unpack all of that garbage and approach the case with fresh eyes. "I will never forget we were walking toward his house and he said, 'I wonder what it would be like to crack a human skull.' It's sad for his family. In early 1990s the Ramseys spent $700,000 just to build the third story master suite onto their mansion! "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. If I could recommend anything to anyone who still wants to think Bill McReynolds had anything to do with this, its the last episode of the Listen Carefully podcast where the hosts interview his daughter & discuss this whole crime. 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. Gosage took it back down the hill to the gas station and handed it to the technician from the CBI. He would never fully recover from that kind of suspicion.". ._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)} Detectives probing the intruder theory have investigated sex offenders as far away as California and looked into the surreal world of kiddie pageants but a credible suspect has yet to emerge. One of his favorite activities of late, she said, was taking dawn walks on the beach. I know the BPD claims the family gave them blood samples but, were they tested? Ithink if Burke was upset about circumstances or Christmas presents, he probably would have been upset about her trying to snag a piece of pineapple - out of anger he may have struck her with that flashlight.". The new Discovery Channel programme'JonBenet: An American Murder Mystery' examines the evidence that suggests bearded Bill may have been behind her death. ._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} Someone is out there!". John Ramsey found his dead daughter in a rarely used basement room that police had overlooked. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Additionally, police learned that Janet McReynolds had written a play in 1977, Hey Rube, based on the 1965 torture-murder in Indiana of a teen-aged girl who - like JonBenet - was found dead in a basement. . very weird. Police initially investigated the case as a kidnapping, after pageant mum Patsy called 911 on Boxing Day morning 1996 to say she had found a ransom note demanding $157,000 and that her daughter was missing from their home in Boulder, Colorado. He was investigated by BPD. Over the years, we gained knowledge of how the case was mishandled and the false stories that were leaked to the public etc so we changed our minds. It's like everyone cooperated with LE except the Ramseys. In his book Presumed Guilty: An Investigation Into the JonBent Ramsey Case, the Media, and the Culture of Pornography, journalist Stephen Singular argues that the police were so focused on pinning the murder to the Ramseysthat they neglected to consider the possibility that JonBent was abducted for child pornography. Lezette McReynolds died in 2010. To me it feels as though there's at least a lot of information about his relationship with Jonbenet that would be worthwhile including in documentaries etc. Additionally, the McReynolds' 9-year-old daughter was reportedly abducted on Dec. 26, the same day JonBent was found dead, only years prior in the 1970s. And it's sad that he and his family to this day get smeared by sensationalist media and internet posters. -Why, when the money was just sitting in the bank anyway?? In a March 2, 1997, story in the Rocky Mountain News, Bill and Janet McReynolds denied any responsibility for JonBenet's murder. Some of these suspects include Bill McReynolds and John Mark Karr. He considered the Ramseys as friends, he loved children and didnt mean any harm to them, he may have been a little weird but he was already old in 1996 by the time JonBenet was killed, and in poor health. ", 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). The world has heard so many false rumours. But another documentary, HLN network's'Who Killed JonBenet Ramsay?' No suspects were. BILL MCREYNOLDS DNA COULD NOT BE EXCLUDED. The Christmas note which investigators found in the bin of the family's Boulder, Colorado home is alleged to have been penned by McReynolds. "He was scarred. With the evidence inconclusive or compromised, legal experts hold out little hope police will ever close the case. The outlet reported that on Dec. 26, 1974,. "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. Help me, Jesus.". His ashes will be scattered at one of McReynolds' favorite Colorado hiking trails. 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In 2018-19, her daughter Kim and son-in-law Dennis Gonzalez, also moved to Longmont. Palm prints left on the ransom note and a basement door, and an imprint from a hiking shoe found near her body, could not be matched to the Ramseys or their pals. He considered the Ramsey's as friends, he loved children and didn't mean any harm to them, he may have been a little weird but he was already old in 1996 by the time JonBenet was killed, and in poor health. The people of the community need to know the truth so they can put pressure on the district attorney. "There have been a lot of people we've looked at seriously as possible suspects. But currently, he's not a suspect.". 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