Steve Thomas book, "JonBenet, Inside the Ramsey murder investigation"
Quotes from Page 284

From Page 284

"The answer came several weeks later when Pete Hofstrom sent over a package from an Internet junkie named Susan Bennett who had been in contact with Lou Smit."

"Her material indicated that back when Foster was just another Internet observer without access to official information he had gotten involved in an Internet chat about JonBenet with Sue Bennett, who used the name of Jameson on the Net. Foster once guessed incorrectly that the annoymous Jameson was really John Andrew Ramsey, the oldest son of John Ramsey."

"Then Foster wrote a letter to Patsy Ramsey, suggesting that he thought she was innocent. Those statements were made before Foster was brought aboard to look at the case file, after which he changed his conclusion 180 degrees. To me, that only strengthened his position, not weakened it for it showed he had no Anti-Ramsey bias. Once the professor had access to the actual case documents, he changed his mind."

"Bob Keatley, our in-house counsel, then pointed to the postmark on the envelope, July 1997."

"But now Pete Hofstrom dismissed Foster with a terse, "The defense would eat him alive."

"They should have fought to use Foster's expertise as the premier linquist in the nation, and explained to the jurors the totally different conditions under which he made his earlier statements."

Instead Foster was consiged to the DA's junk pile. Losing him was a devastating blow."