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Never Forget September 11, 2001

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"If it's not the Ramseys, then it's an intruder. If there is no intruder, then it has to be the Ramseys." (Lou Smit)

RELATED REFERENCE OR ARTICLES Dec 26, 1996 Ransom Note Jan 01, 1997 CNN Video Part 1 Jan 01, 1997 CNN Video Part 2 Jan 01, 1997 CNN Transcript CITY OF BOULDER NEWS RELEASE Apr 30, 2001 BPD Press Release "Ramsey case update #81 Chief Mark Beckner responds to media questions about Lou Smit's television appearance In response to questions about Lou Smit and his Ramsey case theories, the Boulder Police Department believes it would be improper to debate the merits of the evidence in the public arena. Both Police and District Attorney investigators have been aware of Lou Smit's theories and interpretation of the evidence since 1997. Lou Smit left the investigation in the fall of 1998 and has not been involved for the last 2 ½ years of ongoing investigation. The case and development of evidence has changed significantly over that period of time. "We certainly do not know what Mr. Smit hopes to accomplish, but we do not wish to have public debate about what evidence we do and do not have," Chief Mark Beckner said. "We will simply continue to do the work we've been doing." Current facts and figures related to the investigation are as follows: Number of people formally interviewed to date: More than 600. Note: Many have been interviewed more than one time. Number of outside experts and consultants utilized to date: More than 60. Number of persons investigated as possible suspects to date: About 140. Number of items of evidence logged into property to date: About 1,400. Approximate size of investigative case file to date: About 40,000 pages. Number of phone tips: About 5,200 Number of letters received in reference to Ramsey case: More than 3,500. Number of states investigation has taken Boulder Police to: 17 There will be no further comments by the Police Department. Lin Wood Letter to Keenan May 10, 2001 Lin Wood to Mary Keenan May 10, 2001 Via Facsimile to 303-441-4703 and First Class Mail Hon. Mary T. Keenan Office of the District Attorney Twentieth Judicial District 1777 6th Street Boulder, Colorado 80306 Dear Ms. Keenan: I am sure you are aware of the recent appearances by Detectives Lou Smit and Steve Ainsworth on NBC and the compelling intruder evidence broadcast to millions of viewers in connection with their appearances. It has been brought to my attention that in response to these broadcasts, a number of individuals have communicated with Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar, urging his office to have the JonBenét Ramsey murder investigated by experienced, unbiased homicide investigators. I believe that many citizens share my feelings and the feelings of my clients, John and Patsy Ramsey, that the Boulder Police Department is not capable of solving this case. It is my understanding that Attorney General Salazar has responded to these concerned citizens, stating that his office has no independent authority to intervene in the matter unless the governor appoints him as special prosecutor or the local district attorney requests his assistance. It is clear that Governor Bill Owens has no intention of appointing a special prosecutor. Thus, on behalf of my clients, I request that you, as the local district attorney, request the assistance of Attorney General Salazar so that the resources of his office can be utilized in an objective, competent search for JonBenét’s killer. John and Patsy Ramsey are not asking to be excluded from a new investigation into their daughter’s murder. If the investigation is transferred from the Boulder Police Department to experienced, unbiased homicide investigators, my clients pledge their full cooperation. On the other hand, if law enforcement officials in Colorado are unwilling to involve a new investigative team in an effort to solve this murder, then my clients are owed a public statement from you and the Boulder Police Department that confirms the truth that after four and one-half years, millions of dollars spent and a grand jury that did not indict, the investigation of John and Patsy Ramsey is over, barring any new information received in the future. The statement should clearly acknowledge that investigative efforts with respect to the Ramseys have been exhausted and there is insufficient evidence to support filing any criminal charges against them in connection with their daughter’s death. Failure to take steps to have a new investigative team assembled or to issue a statement as outlined above – in other words, to simply maintain the status quo – is profoundly unjust to my clients and insults fundamental principles of fairness. Private citizens not charged with any crime should not be punished by law enforcement officials who publicly leave them twisting slowly in the wind under the “umbrella of suspicion” because those officials are unable to discover evidence to support their theory of a crime. If you are unwilling to seek the assistance of the Attorney General, it is time to close the umbrella. I renew my previously conveyed offers to meet with you at your convenience to discuss this case. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, L. Lin Wood LLW/saw cc: Mr. and Mrs. John Ramsey Honorable Ken Salazar Attorney General 1525 Sherman Street 7th Floor Denver, CO 80203 NBC Today Show Matt Lauer interviews Lin Wood Click link below for full interview Oct 28, 2002 Today Show - Lin Wood Interview Lin Wood: “....the first few days and they kept them on for six years and we’re never going to solve this murder unless we get this case out of the hands of the Boulder Police Department and into the hands of experienced and competent and fair homicide investigators.” Matt Lauer: “And real real quickly Mr. Wood, you plan some possible legal action to make that happen? Briefly if you will.” Lin Wood: “Well, the Ramseys kind of run out options so they are considering now whether they have any legal rights to try open up the records of this investigations to the public and whether they have any legal right to have this case transferred for example out of the Boulder Police departments authority into say the hands of the Boulder Sheriff’s department where there are competent and experience homicide investigators on staff. ” Daily Camera By Matt Sebastian, Camera Staff Writer Click link below for full article Ramseys want case reassigned Slain girl's family asks that fresh tips be given to another police agency Oct 29, 2002 Ramseys want case reassigned "John and Patsy Ramsey have asked the Boulder County district attorney to find another police agency to investigate fresh leads into their daughter JonBenet's Christmas 1996 slaying." "If that doesn't happen, the Ramseys may sue to force the Boulder Police Department to turn its case over to another agency, L. Lin Wood, the family's attorney, said Monday." "The Ramseys want this case investigated," Wood said in a telephone interview. "They cannot sit back and see that nothing is being done to find out who killed their daughter." "Wood, who first made his threat Monday morning on NBC's "Today Show," said he'd like to see the case in the hands of the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, "where there are competent and experienced homicide investigators on staff." Daily Camera By Katherine Vogt, Associated Press Click link below for full article Ramsey DNA evidence questioned Theory suggests it reached girl's underwear during manufacturing Nov 20, 2002 DC: Ramsey DNA evidence questioned "Wood said he expects to file a civil lawsuit against the Boulder Police Department by the end of the year seeking compensatory damages for the Ramseys, and possibly seeking to transfer the investigation to another law enforcement agency." DA Kennan Letter to Lin Wood Dec 20, 2002 Kennan letter to L.Wood December 20, 2002 Dear Mr. Wood: Since I took office in January of 2001, the Ramsey case has weighed heavily on my mind. I assigned Bill Nagel to review the file. Bill and I have discussed at length the history and the status of this investigation. In early October, shortly after much of our review had been completed, you sent me a letter outlining a request from Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey that an Independent investigation of this case be initiated. I discussed your letter with Chief Beckner and I let both of you know that I would consider that request seriously and thoughtfully before responding. In deciding how to proceed at this point in time, I met with you and Chief Beckner to discuss your request. I have consulted extensively with my senior staff. I have also conferred with many of my metro area colleagues individually and with the Attorney General and the prosecutors who assisted with the Grand Jury. In short, I believe I have been thorough in my consideration of the options. There are overriding principles that dictate my approach to this request: 1) My oath of office to uphold the Constitution and the law. 2) My obligation to seek to ensure that the Ramseys be afforded the protection of the Constitution in that they are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. 3) My belief that this case can benefit from additional investigation by fresh eyes; 4) My belief that the Boulder Police Department has done an exhaustive and thorough investigation of the Ramseys as potential suspects. Based on the above and after consultation with Chief Beckner, I have made a decision to conduct further investigation from within my office, using our investigative resources. Our efforts will focus on following up on leads which have not previously been investigated or that are brought to our attention in the future. We will not exempt the Ramseys from this investigation. We will work cooperatively with Lou Smit, the Ramseys, and the Boulder Police Department. I will make every effort to communicate openly with you. I will not go to the press now or in the future to publicize this decision. I will act in good faith in all matters and of course will continue to keep and protect the secrecy of the Grand Jury proceedings. Please understand that this decision is being made for one reason only, the fact that a violent child murderer is at large. I believe that we can move forward in this matter in a spirit of good faith and cooperation. I cannot expend unlimited resources in this case. However, I will use what resources I can to pursue the investigation until the case is brought to justice in a court of law or until I believe that no further forward progress can be made. I met again with Chief Beckner today. He joins me in the decision and has agreed to cooperate in our efforts. Please feel free to contact me to discuss this matter at any time. Respectfully, Mary T. Keenan District Attorney Twentieth Judicial District News Release City of Boulder Dec 20, 2002 BPD Press Release "Ramsey Update #85: Ramsey Investigation Takes New Direction Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner today announced that the JonBenet Ramsey investigation will be taking a new direction. Boulder County District Attorney Mary Keenan and Chief Beckner have agreed that the District Attorney will follow-up on new leads and information in the case. This will involve the assignment of DA investigators who have not previously worked on the Ramsey case. This is an investigative strategy that has been discussed in the District Attorney’s Office and the Police Department for several weeks. "The primary reason for this change is an attempt to further the investigation in a positive manner," said Chief Beckner. "The interests of the Boulder Police Department have always been to do what is in the best interests of the investigation. This is a strategy to address concerns expressed by the Ramseys and their attorney that the Boulder Police Department is not following up additional leads. This may provide the Ramseys and their attorney greater comfort in forwarding what they believe is new information or leads that need to be investigated." "It is our hope that by changing the dynamics of the investigation, information maintained by the Ramseys will be forwarded to the DA’s Office for follow-up," stated Chief Beckner. "Obviously, it is impossible to investigate information you do not have access to. We also realize that a fresh look at the case from time to time is healthy and could lead to new progress in the investigation. This will be the fourth time over the course of the 6-year investigation that changes in strategy and responsibility have been made in an effort to further the investigation. Each time, we have had some success in moving the case forward." Chief Beckner further stated, "It is important for all of us to remember that the ultimate goal is to solve the case for the victim, JonBenet Ramsey. We are willing to try just about any strategy in order to accomplish that goal. We will continue to work in cooperation with the District Attorney’s Office and provide consultation as needed. Any tips or new information received by the Police Department will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office for follow-up." "We don’t care how or who solves this case, and if this helps, then it is the right thing to do," added Beckner." Denver Post By Howard Pankratz and Kieran Nicholson Denver Post Staff Writers Click link below for full article Colleagues: Boulder DA sought credibility before probe Keenan praised for Ramsey-case steps Dec 22, 2002 DP: Boulder DA sought credibility "Boulder District Attorney Mary Keenan voiced strong concerns about whether she could restore credibility to her office in the days before she finally took control of the JonBent Ramsey murder investigation on Friday, The Denver Post has learned." "Sandstrom is one of several district attorneys whom Keenan had turned to for advice." "Sandstrom, one of the senior district attorneys in the state, said he believed from the first day that she took office on Jan. 8, 2001, that Keenan wanted to restore the credibility of the office and pick up the Ramsey case. Keenan, a veteran courtroom prosecutor specializing in sex abuse cases, did a smart thing, he said." "She deliberately waited almost two years before making her move, Sandstrom said. With the passage of time, the Boulder district attorney's office became Mary Keenan's office - not Alex Hunter's - and during that time there were a lot of changes in the Boulder Police Department." "I think she feels now is the time she can go forward," Sandstrom said. "She has no theory as to the perpetrator. She said, 'Let's look at this fresh, see what we have, see what other people have and where it leads us." "Former assistant Boulder district attorney Bill Wise, who worked for Hunter, praised Keenan as a dedicated professional who doesn't wear blinders when investigating criminal cases." "I just think Mary is a very open-minded person and a person who will let the evidence lead her to a suspect, not just decide on a suspect and pack the evidence around that," Wise said." NBC Today Show Katie Couric interviews Lin Wood Click link below for full interview Dec 23, 2002 The Today Show with Lin Wood Lin Wood: "It's a dramatic development, Katie. And it's important because for the first time since the death of JonBenet Ramsey, literally almost six years ago, we're going to have an unbiased investigation, an investigation that is going to move beyond John and Patsy Ramsey as potential suspects, an investigation that's going to pursue the evidence, and an investigation, I believe, that's going to go back and look at all the potential suspects and investigate them with the same level of thoroughness that the Boulder Police Department has investigated the Ramseys over the past six years. The days of, of John and Patsy Ramsey as the focus of this investigation are over." Katie Couric: "you wrote a letter to Boulder DA Mary Keenan back in October asking the investigation be transferred from the police department to the sheriff's office, and now DA investigators are taking over. Do you think that precipitated this change of heart?" Lin Wood: "Well, I think the timing of the decision on Friday may have been affected by my letter. I did write Mary Keenan. I've been trying for over three and a half years as the attorney for John and Patsy Ramsey to get this case out of the hands of the Boulder Police Department and into the hands of legitimate, objective and experienced homicide investigators. I'm, I'm thrilled that Mary Keenan's office is going to staff the investigators to look at this case, not only because they'll bring that level of experience and fairness to the case, but she's going to draw on the experience and the wisdom and the knowledge of this case of Lou Smit, who's an experienced homicide detective." Rocky Mountain News By Owen S. Good, Rocky Mountain News Click link below for full article Ramseys aren't focus of inquiry, letter hints But Boulder DA says probe 'will not exempt' the couple Dec 24, 2002 Ramseys aren't focus A letter from Boulder District Attorney Mary Keenan to the lawyer for John and Patsy Ramsey strongly implies that a renewed investigation into the death of their daughter will not focus on them as suspects." "Keenan, in a Dec. 20 letter to L. Lin Wood of Atlanta, said that "the Boulder Police Department has done an exhaustive and thorough investigation of the Ramseys as potential suspects" in the Dec. 26, 1996, slaying of their 6-year-old daughter, JonBenet." "Keenan's letter does not disclose any opinion about the Ramseys' innocence or guilt and says the new investigation "will not exempt the Ramseys." "But it states that Keenan's office will work with Lou Smit, a Colorado Springs detective who continues to investigate leads he says points to an intruder." "The decision to conduct an investigation led by Keenan's office "is being made for one reason only," she wrote. "The fact that a violent child murderer is at large." "Wood said he believes Keenan is confronting the case out of professional commitment, not because he has threatened to file a civil rights suit against the Boulder police for what he called a campaign to smear the Ramseys and sweat out a confession. "If it is believed this was a deal for Mary Keenan to take the investigation and cut a deal with Lin Wood to avoid being sued, it just didn't happen," Wood said. "I say that even though I made it very clear to Mary Keenan that we would be willing to forgo the lawsuit if she transferred the case." Denver Post By Sean Kelly and Marilyn Robinson The Denver Post Click link below for full article Ramseys welcome DA's review Daughter slain 6 years ago Dec 25, 2002 Ramseys welcome DA's review "Boulder District Attorney Mary Keenan's recent decision to review evidence in JonBenet's death has renewed their faith in the investigation, said Ramsey family attorney Lin Wood." "Because Keenan is broadening the investigation, the Ramseys now are "out from under the umbrella of suspicion" placed over them by Boulder police, Wood said." "Because Keenan is broadening the investigation, the Ramseys now are "out from under the umbrella of suspicion" placed over them by Boulder police, Wood said." In a letter from Keenan to Wood written Friday, the district attorney promised "additional investigation by fresh eyes." "Our efforts will focus on following up on leads which have not previously been investigated or that are brought to our attention in the future. We will not exempt the Ramseys from this investigation," Keenan said in the letter." "The Ramseys have been planning a civil lawsuit against the city of Boulder. Wood said Keenan's decision to renew the investigation may forestall the suit." Denver Post Lin Wood Letter to the Editor Dec 25, 2002 Letters to the Editor December 25, 2002 Accountability goes for newspapers, too In its Dec. 24 lead editorial, "Accountability - what a concept!," the Rocky Mountain News raises questions of accountability relating to the recent decision of Boulder District Attorney Mary Keenan to take charge of the investigation of the murder of my clients' daughter, JonBenet Ramsey. The News opines that Keenan's decision was little more that a cheerful surrender by the Boulder Police Department of its role because the Ramseys had lost faith in the department. Not surprisingly, this editorial opinion is supported by comments from Craig Silverman, an individual who for years has been a source for negative quotes about John and Patsy Ramsey published in supermarket tabloid articles. If the News had bothered to investigate facts derived from reliable sources before it formed its opinion, I believe your editorial staff might have found substantial, solid support for my opinion that after her two-year review of the case, Keenan's decision was based on her objective conclusion that the Boulder Police Department was not capable of conducting an unbiased investigation into JonBenet's murder. The News has never attempted through use of the open records act to investigate the conduct of the Boulder Police Department and expose facts that would inform the public why Colorado taxpayers have wasted millions of dollars on a failed and flawed police investigation of a child's murder. Perhaps if it had learned the facts before voicing its opinion, the News might have better understood Keenan's decision and applauded it. Accountability is a concept that applies to journalists as well as government officials. Look in the mirror. L. Lin Wood Attorney for John and Patsy Ramsey Atlanta, Ga. Rocky Mountain News By Charlie Brennan, Rocky Mountain News Click link below for full article City ducks lawsuit over slaying Feb 10, 2003 RMN: City ducks lawsuit "BOULDER - The decision by Boulder District Attorney Mary Keenan to take control of the JonBenet Ramsey case might not solve a crime, but it spared the city a major lawsuit. On Oct. 9, Atlanta attorney Lin Wood sent Keenan a letter, protesting that correspondence he mailed to Boulder police Sept. 16 offering new leads and tips on the 1996 slaying had been ignored. After lobbying for the investigation to be put into the hands of "competent, experienced and objective homicide investigators," Wood then put Keenan on notice about the expected Ramsey lawsuit. Advising Keenan that the lawsuit would prove "expensive and time- consuming," Wood wrote, "I submit that the resources of Boulder government would be better spent investigating leads and tips than litigating" over the Police Department's "misconduct" and "inaction" on the case. With that expected lawsuit, Wood also planned to hold Boulder police accountable for an alleged campaign of leaks aimed at defaming and discrediting John and Patsy Ramsey, long the primary focus of the Boulder police investigation. But on Dec. 20, after a meeting attended by Keenan, Wood and Boulder police Chief Mark Beckner, it was revealed that Keenan - with Beckner's approval - was taking the case off Beckner's hands. Keenan sent Wood a letter that day saying, "We will not exempt the Ramseys from this investigation," but she also told Wood she believed "the Boulder Police Department has done an exhaustive and thorough investigation of the Ramseys as potential suspects." Wood now says his threatened lawsuit won't be filed. "One of the main goals in (potentially) filing that lawsuit was to try to bring the case out of the hands of the Boulder Police Department and into the hands of an objective set of investigators," Wood said. "That goal has been accomplished." The attorney dismissed the possibility that Keenan's taking over the case was intended, in part, to spare the city of Boulder and its Police Department a costly and possibly embarrassing legal battle. However, Wood said, "I also recognize that a secondary benefit of (Keenan's decision) was to save the taxpayers of Boulder the expense of litigation over the last six years of mishandling of this case." Judge Carnes Ruling Mar 03, 2003 Carnes Ruling Wolf v. Ramsey, 1:00-CV-1187 (N.D. Ga. March 31, 2003) Denver Post By Marcos Mocine-McQueen and Paula Woodward, The Denver Post/9News Click link below for full article JonBenet evidence points to intruder, judge rules Apr 05, 2003 DP: JonBenet evidence "In a ruling on a civil suit filed against the Ramseys, District Judge Julie E. Carnes wrote that "the weight of the evidence is more consistent with a theory that an intruder murdered JonBenet than it is with a theory that Mrs. Ramsey did so." "Keenan said she talked with the couple for four hours in February, but would not reveal details of the discussion." FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE District Attorney Press Release Apr 07, 2003 DA Press Release "From: Boulder County District Attorney Mary Keenan I have carefully reviewed the Order of United States District Court Judge Julie Carnes in the civil case of Wolf v. John Ramsey and Patricia Ramsey. I agree with the Court's conclusion that "the weight of the evidence is more consistent with a theory that an intruder murdered JonBenet than it is with a theory that Mrs. Ramsey did so." Although issued in the context of a civil case, the Court's ruling is a thoughtful and well-reasoned decision based on the evidence that was presented by the parties in that case. It should be read in its entirety. John and Patricia Ramsey have been the focus of an exhaustive investigation with regard to the murder of their daughter, JonBenet, for more than six years. People charged with a crime are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in court. Since Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey have not even been charged, much less convicted, they must be presumed innocent and must be treated accordingly. For several months, my office has been investigating new and other unpursued leads, most of which involve the possibility that an intruder committed this crime. We are proceeding with the full cooperation of the Ramseys, Detective Lou Smit and the Boulder Police Department. We are all focused on the apprehension and successful prosecution of the killer of JonBenet." Denver Post By Marilyn Robinson Special to The Denver Post Click link below for full article Keenan backs Ramsey finding DA agrees with intruder theory Apr 08, 2003 DP: DA agrees with intruder theory "Keenan said Monday she agrees with a federal judge in Atlanta that the evidence points to an intruder, not the 6-year-old beauty queen's parents, as the girl's killer." "I am surprised that the district attorney chose to make public her personal beliefs about the case at this time," Beckner said. "Many will take her statement as further criticism of the Boulder Police Department." "Although issued in the context of a civil case, the court's ruling is a thoughtful and well-reasoned decision based on the evidence that was presented by the parties in that case," said Keenan, who was elected in 2000 and took over the investigation from Boulder police in December. "Since then, she said, her office has been investigating "new and other unpursued leads, most of which involve the possibility that an intruder committed this crime." Daily Camera By Greg Avery, Camera Staff Writer Click link below for full article Keenan supports Ramsey suit ruling County DA agrees conclusion boosts intruder theory Apr 08, 2003 DC: Keenan supports Ramsey "Keenan said she agreed "with the court's conclusion that 'the weight of the evidence is more consistent with a theory that an intruder murdered JonBenet than it is with a theory that Mrs. Ramsey did so.'" Keenan said her own investigation is following new leads and others not pursued by Boulder police, most of which support the theory that an intruder killed the 6-year-old beauty queen." "Keenan said Carnes' ruling — based mainly on depositions and known evidence, not all the evidence amassed by police and prosecutors — will not keep her investigation from following the evidence wherever it leads." "We are investigating the case, but we're not excluding the Ramseys," Keenan said. "It doesn't change what we're doing in any way." "In December, Keenan's office took over the investigation into the murder, saying Boulder police had led an exhaustive investigation into the Ramseys. The case could benefit from the fresh look, she said." In his statement Monday, Beckner said the effort to get a fresh look at the case "has apparently occurred." "Beckner's statements angered Wood." "He cannot admit that his department was wrong," Wood said, suggesting that the Ramseys might yet sue Beckner and his department." Rocky Mountain News By Owen S. Good, Rocky Mountain News Click link below for full article DA backs judge on Ramsey case Keenan agrees that evidence points more to an intruder Apr 08, 2003 RMN: DA backs judge "Keenan is the first Boulder law enforcement official to publicly state a belief in the Ramsey's innocence. Numerous others, including Gov. Bill Owens, had weighed in with opinions on the couple's guilt." "While Keenan does not explicitly clear the couple or exclude them from an ongoing investigation, she leaves little doubt as to whether John or Patsy Ramsey will ever face murder charges while she is Boulder's top prosecutor." "John and Patricia Ramsey have been the focus of an exhaustive investigation . . . for more than six years," Keenan wrote. "People charged with a crime are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in court. Since Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey have not even been charged, much less convicted, they must be presumed innocent and must be treated accordingly." "Ramsey attorney L. Lin Wood of Atlanta said Keenan's statement removes the long-standing "umbrella of suspicion" over the couple." "This means that the nightmare that John and Patsy Ramsey have lived with, of being falsely accused of the murder of their daughter, is finally over," Wood said. "And, from the lawyer's perspective, the days of anyone accusing my clients of murder are also over." The Fulton County Daily Report By R. Robin McDonald Click link below for full article DA in Ramsey Case Agrees That Evidence Backs Claim of Intruder Apr 09, 2003 FCDR: DA in Ramsey Case Agrees "The district attorney of Boulder, Colo., has released a letter concurring with U.S. District Judge Julie E. Carnes' findings in a suit in Atlanta against the parents of 6-year-old murder victim JonBenét Ramsey." "Boulder County District Attorney Mary W. Keenan on Monday released a statement saying that, after reading Carnes' order in the case Wolf v. Ramsey, "I agree with the court's conclusion that 'the weight of the evidence is more consistent with a theory that an intruder murdered JonBenét than it is with a theory that Mrs. Ramsey did so.'" Wolf v. Ramsey, 1:00-CV-1187 (N.D. Ga. March 31, 2003)." "Last winter, Keenan -- who was not district attorney when JonBenét was killed -- rekindled the languishing investigation into the 6-year-old girl's death and removed it from the jurisdiction of the Boulder Police Department." "In addition, Keenan said that for several months her office "has been investigating new and other unpursued leads, most of which involve the possibility that an intruder committed this crime." The office, she said, is proceeding "with the full cooperation" of the Ramseys." "The Ramseys' Atlanta attorney, L. Lin Wood Jr., said that, as a practical matter, Keenan's statement exonerates the Ramseys and "effectively brings to an end this 6 1/2-year era of false accusations" against the couple." USA Today The Associated Press Click link below for full article JonBenet case major twist Apr 09, 2003 USAToday: JonBenet case major twist "I think it should be viewed as an exoneration of the Ramseys," said L. Lin Wood of Atlanta, where the parents now live. "It's a clear signal the investigation is not going to focus on John and Patsy Ramsey." "Legal analysts aren't so sure. And they are divided on whether the case will ever be solved." "After declining to appoint a special prosecutor to the case in 1999, Gov. Bill Owens accused the Ramseys of hiding behind their attorneys." "The intruder theory largely is supported by unexplained evidence: a mysterious boot print outside the house; DNA of an unknown male on JonBenet and her underpants; marks on her body that could have been made by a stun gun; and signs that someone may have entered the house through a basement window." "Keenan said she agreed with Carnes' conclusion but declined further comment. Her office spokesman said he did not know if the statement essentially clears the Ramseys." "CBS-TV legal analyst Andrew Cohen, though, said Keenan's statement shouldn't be seen as "any blanket future sort of promise from anyone." "When the district attorney says, 'We don't think the Ramseys did it,' it doesn't mean forever and all time," Cohen said." Longmont Daily Times-Call By Travis Henry Click link below for full article Police, DA at odds again in Ramsey Apr 10, 2003 Police, DA at odds again in Ramsey "Monday's announcement by District Attorney Mary Keenan that evidence in the case suggests that an intruder, rather than JonBenet's mother, killed the 6-year-old was no different." "Boulder police never officially named a suspect in the case, but it was stated that John and Patsy Ramsey were "under an umbrella of suspicion." "Last December, at the request of Keenan, Boulder police handed the primary responsibility of investigating the murder over to the district attorney's office." "In December, Beckner said he hoped the "new turn" in the investigation would lead the Ramseys to be more open about what they know about their daughter's death." "Keenan reportedly met with the Ramseys in February and said in her statement Monday that the investigation was "proceeding with the full cooperation of the Ramseys, Detective Lou Smit and the Boulder Police Department." "Smit - a retired detective from Colorado Springs - quit the case in 1998, because he felt authorities were wrongly concentrating on the parents. Since Keenan took over as district attorney, Smit is back on the case." Denver Post Editorial Click link below for full article Truth and the Ramsey case Apr 11, 2003 DP: Truth and the Ramsey case "Keenan, we think, has permanently damaged, not to say destroyed, the expectation that she can be impartial in handling this case. Should an intruder be found and eventually prosecuted, there will be a lingering suspicion that he or she is a made-to-order suspect. Should either of the Ramseys be prosecuted, the suspicion would linger that the DA is less than committed to the task." New York Post Commentary Click link below for full article Justice is blind Apr 13, 2003 NYP: Justice is blind "Last month an Atlanta judge presiding over a libel case against the couple said she didn't think they did it, and on Monday the Boulder District Attorney Mary Keenan agreed with her. This was a few months after the DA announced they would look into previously unchecked leads. Unchecked? They had six years to check out every lead - what were they doing?" Crime Magazine By Ryan Ross Click link below for full article Solving the JonBenet Case Apr 14, 2003 Solving the JonBenet Case "This scenario for unraveling the mystery of the Dec. 25-26, 1996 slaying of beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey is based in large part on documents not in the public record, including complete transcripts of the interviews of John and Patsy Ramsey conducted by law enforcement officials in 1997, 1998, and 2000. Videotapes of the interviews were given late last year to NBC, CNN, and CBS by, of all people, the Ramsey's attorney, L. Lin Wood of Atlanta. The networks didn't seem to know what to do with them. NBC hasn't used them at all as far as I have been able to tell. CBS cited them briefly during a "48 Hours" segment. And all CNN did was give them to Larry King, who gave Ramsey attorney Wood yet another platform to defend his clients. If Wood's motive in releasing the videotapes was to use them to his clients' PR advantage and pre-empt a damaging leak from police, it worked like a charm. As it happens, these interviews are a treasure chest of information. They contain the most complete account of statements by John and Patsy Ramsey. They also reveal the most thorough detailing of the evidence against them, including the first glimpse into evidence heard by the grand jury impaneled in 1998 to investigate the slaying. And they provide a key to understanding the case." "New D.A. Mary Keenan, who was an assistant D.A. under Hunter, didn't take any publicly known action on the case until nearly two years into her term, and then she did so only after receiving a letter from Ramsey attorney Wood informing her, according to press reports, that the Ramseys were considering suing Boulder unless they were exonerated." "Keenan didn't tell Boulder residents of her decision to take an active role in the case, but she did tell Ramsey attorney Wood. In a letter to him, she said the Boulder police investigation of the Ramseys had been "exhaustive and thorough," that she would proceed without any further investigation by police, using her department's own investigators, that she would focus on new leads or leads not previously investigated, that she would work "cooperatively" with retired detective Smit who is the prime advocate of the intruder theory, that she would make "every effort to communicate openly with you," and that she would not go to the press to publicize her decision." "Indeed, with her comment that there is "a violent child murderer at large," Keenan endorsed the Ramseys' theory of the case and absolved them of responsibility for what happened to their daughter,ignoring the police conclusion that there is a "probability" the Ramseys were involved in the death of their daughter. Keenan also aligned herself with the Ramseys when earlier this month she described the ruling of the judge who tossed out the defamation suit against the Ramseys last month as "thoughtful and well reasoned," even though she knew the judge didn’t have access to the evidence in police files. Keenan didn’t respond to a request for comment for this article. More importantly, even if Keenan wanted to solve the case without pussyfooting with the Ramseys, she is ill-equipped to do so. The D.A.'s staff has only two investigators, neither of whom is trained to do a homicide investigation, former Boulder assistant D.A. Bill Wise told the Rocky Mountain News in February." Longmont Daily Times-Call By Travis Henry Click link below for full article Ramsey ruling is judicial analysis Apr 14, 2003 Ramsey ruling is judicial analysis "Carnes ruling was seen as a boon for the Ramseys, but it was nothing compared to the reaction to a statement Boulder County District Attorney Mary Keenan released last Monday saying she agreed with Carnes' statement." "Keenan said Carnes dropped a bombshell when she ruled that evidence in the JonBenet Ramsey case suggests that an intruder, rather than Patsy Ramsey, killed JonBenet. " "Several prosecutors in the district attorney's office have quietly said they wonder now if the Ramseys could ever be prosecuted, even if there was evidence pointing to their guilt." "Attorney, Lin Wood letter to Crime Magazine" Apr 15, 2003 Internet Posting "From: LLWood47@aol.com To: Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 10:54 PM Subject: Ryan Ross If you want to pay significant monetary damages to John, Patsy and/or Burke Ramsey, please feel free to publish the false and defamatory accusations against my clients contained in this Internet garbage article. But let me remind you that Boulder District Attorney Mary Keenan has spoken clearly and unequivocally -- after 6+ years of investigation, the weight of the evidence points toward an intruder as the murderer of JonBenet Ramsey. If you are prepared to print otherwise, be prepared to prove otherwise in a court of law. L. Lin Wood L. LIN WOOD, P.C. Suite 2140 The Equitable Building 100 Peachtree Street, NW Atlanta, Georgia 30303 "Crime Magazine Letter to Attorney, Lin Wood" Apr 15, 2003 Internet Posting From: John P. O'Connor To: LLWood47@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 7:37 AM Subject: Re: Solving the JonBenet Case article Dear Mr. Wood: I believe Ryan Ross's article, "Solving the JonBenet Case," to be a meticulous -- and scrupulously fair -- examination of the case documents in his possession from the Ramsey interviews and other sources. Because you did not specify what you meant by your reference to "false and defamatory accusations," it is impossible for me to know what you are alleging. I can assure you that as publisher, I will rid the article -- immediately -- of anything false or defamatory contained in it. So please, at your earliest convenience, let me know in detail what you consider to be false and defamatory statements in the article, and explain why you know them to be such. During the preparation of this article, Mr. Ross offered various opportunities to both you and the Ramseys to comment on and answer questions pertaining to the case, particularly the implications of the previously secret fiber information revealed in the article. We wanted your participation and input. We still do. I would like to reiterate Crime Magazine's open invitation to you and the Ramseys to respond to the questions Mr. Ross has sent you. The responses will be posted verbatim and made an integral part of the article. Sincerely, Pat O'Connor, editor of Crime Magazine (www.crimemagazine.com) Longmont Daily Times-Call By Travis Henry Click link below for full article If not Patsy Ramsey, who? The unusual suspects Apr 15, 2003 If not Patsy Ramsey, who? "Last December, at the request of District Attorney Mary Keenan, Boulder police handed the primary responsibility of investigating the murder over to the district attorney's office. " "Keenan's announcement last week that she agrees with Carnes' ruling is an about-face in the investigation, and it clearly has created some waves between Keenan and the Boulder police, who feel she was criticizing their focus on the Ramseys. " "Keenan reportedly met with the Ramseys in February and said in her statement Monday that the investigation was "proceeding with the full cooperation of the Ramseys, Detective Lou Smit and the Boulder Police Department." Rocky Mountain News By Charlie Brennan, Rocky Mountain News Click link below for full article U.S. judge's Ramsey ruling questioned Apr 25, 2003 RMN: U.S. judge's ruling questioned "But Carnes' ruling was based only on the facts presented by the Ramseys and their lawyer, L. Lin Wood, and Wolf and his lawyer, Darnay Hoffman - and not on a comprehensive review of investigators' 40,000-plus pages of evidence. "The facts that were provided to the court were, in many cases, not consistent with the facts that were developed in the criminal investigation because the civil litigants understandably didn't have the resources available to them that the police department did," said a source close to the case who spoke on condition of anonymity." "One of Keenan's political opponents says the Atlanta ruling wasn't based on enough evidence to clear the Ramseys." "Boulder lawyer Ben Thompson, who campaigned against Keenan during the 2000 Democratic primary on a platform that included his pledge to make arrests in the Ramsey case, said the judge didn't have all the facts." Rocky Mountain News By Charlie Brennan, Rocky Mountain News Click link below for full article Mary Keenan's top suspect in JonBenet slaying was man who played Santa Apr 25, 2003 RMN: DA backed intruder theory "But sources familiar with Keenan and the case say this isn't a new view for Boulder's top prosecutor. Keenan, in fact, has supported the intruder theory for nearly five years, dating to the summer of 1998, according to the sources." "I agree with the Court's conclusion that 'the weight of the evidence is more consistent with the theory that an intruder murdered JonBenet than it is with a theory that Mrs. Ramsey did so,' " Keenan's statement read." National Enquirer By Don Gentile Click link below for synopsis of article Apr 29, 2003 Investigators focus on intruder theory "In a clear slap at the Boulder cops - who were criticized for botching the initial investigation - Keenan transferred the case to her office." But while Keenan is looking at other suspects, she said: "We're not excluding the Ramseys." The Globe By Don Gentile Click link below for synopsis of article Petition says DA is biased Apr 29, 2003 Case will always be a mystery "Boulder county DA Mary Keenan, who is leading the hunt, says the new leads she's pursuing all point toward an intruder being involved." "Although Keenan is concentrating on the intruder leads, John and Patsy will still be looked at." "We're not excluding them," she says. "But their attorney, L. Lin Wood tells GLOBE "The district attorney's statement and Judge Carnes' 93 page document clearly stated that the weight of the evidence pointed to an intruder and my clients were exonerated." CITIZENS PETITION FOR COLORADO GOVERNOR IN RAMSEY CASE May 15, 2003 CITIZENS PETITION "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 15, 2003 CONTACT: Tricia Griffith tgrif@xmission.com CITIZENS PETITION FOR COLORADO GOVERNOR IN RAMSEY CASE April 7, 2003, statement from Boulder District Attorney Mary Keenan, now charged with handling the as yet to be completed JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation: “I have carefully reviewed the Order of United States District Court Judge Julie Carnes in the civil case of Wolf v. John Ramsey and Patricia Ramsey. I agree with the Court's conclusion that "the weight of the evidence is more consistent with a theory that an intruder murdered JonBenet than it is with a theory that Mrs. Ramsey did so." From an Internet poster on www.forumsforjustice.org/forums: "We will go on like this forever. It'll be one new "suspect" after another, thousands of more dollars will be spent, and the Ramseys will sit back and laugh.” FORUMS FOR JUSTICE, www.forumsforjustice.org/forums, an interactive website devoted to seeking justice for victims of violent crime around the world, is petitioning Colorado Governor Bill Owens to assign a special prosecutor in the 1996 unsolved JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation. Interested parties are asked to log on to http://www.petitiononline.com/jbr246/petition.html and sign this important petition. The petition drive, authored by Jeanne Nickerson and Forums for Justice owner Tricia Griffith, is symbolic in nature. It carries no legal weight. According to Griffith, the hope is that people will sign the petition based on what “we believe to be the unprofessional and biased behavior of Mary Keenan in this ongoing murder investigation.” This petition was created as a result of outrageous comments made by Boulder District Attorney Mary Keenan concerning a civil defamation case brought by Chris Wolfe against John and Patsy Ramsey, the parents of Jon Benet Ramsey. The judge in this case, Judge Julie Carnes of Atlanta, concluded in her ruling on this defamation lawsuit that an intruder entered the Ramseys’ home and killed JonBenet Ramsey. Judge Carnes based her ruling on what seems to be outdated evidence that is currently disputed by law enforcement nationwide; most importantly the investigating PD in Boulder, Colorado. Ramsey Attorney Lin Wood presented this uncorroborated evidence to Judge Carnes. Much of this evidence, such as an “unidentified palm print,” has long been eliminated from the official investigation; yet, Judge Carnes still based her “intruder” ruling on it. The palm print has been identified as belonging to a Ramsey family member. “Lin Wood didn’t debate the finding that the palm print belonged to a Ramsey” (RMN 9/22/02) yet he still presented it as “evidence” of an intruder in this civil suit and got away with it. Wood presented this so called evidence without so much as an objection from Wolfe attorney, Darnay Hoffman. Again, this petition is a direct result of the unsolicited comments made by Mary Keenan when she wrote that she agreed with Judge Carnes - that the evidence in the civil case pointed to an intruder. “It is frustrating when a Judge bases her ruling on the limited evidence with which she is presented during a trial, but when the DA investigating the case, who is supposed to be fair and unbiased in her elected position, agrees with a ruling based on evidence she should and does know to be incorrect and/or outdated, it is almost criminal.” Griffith said. “Another catalyst for this petition was the seemingly obvious quid pro quo ultimatum made by Ramsey attorney Lin Wood to Mary Keenan and her office. He threatened an embarrassing lawsuit against Boulder unless the Ramsey case was removed from the police and given to the DA’s office. Keenan apparently folded under Wood’s threats and took the case away from the police,” said Griffith. Wood subsequently dropped any further threats of a lawsuit against Boulder and then said with a straight face, "If it is believed this was a deal for Mary Keenan to take the investigation and cut a deal with Lin Wood to avoid being sued, it just didn't happen." Wood said. "I say that even though I made it very clear to Mary Keenan that we would be willing to forgo the lawsuit if she transferred the case." (Rocky Mountain News 12/24/02) Griffith continued, “The Ramseys and their attorney Lin Wood are speaking out of both sides of their mouths. On one hand they want an "unbiased investigation." On the other hand, Lin Wood threatens to sue the city of Boulder unless the investigation is removed from the Boulder P.D. and given to the Boulder District Attorney who is biased and predisposed toward an intruder.” If the Ramseys really want an unbiased investigation, they will ask for an independent district attorney, not someone whose words can easily be construed as being sympathetic to their plight.” There is an entire Internet culture that has been following the Ramsey case since December 26, 1996 – the day JonBenet Ramsey’s battered body was found in her parents’ basement. There are still many on-line discussion forums and websites devoted to the case; devoted to one day seeing justice done for JonBenet. “There are dedicated people on the Internet,” Griffith said. “People, who have documented, transcribed, and cataloged everything the Ramseys have done or said. If people would really take the time to research the JonBenet Ramsey investigation, they would be shocked” “All we want is a true, independent investigation. If Governor Bill Owens steps in and appoints a special prosecutor then there will be no doubt,” said Jeanne Nickerson.. “No accusations of favoritism or short sightedness. If the evidence points to an intruder, family member or friend, then so be it.” We know both John and Patsy Ramsey would want competent and unbiased investigators to finally identify the killer of their daughter, JonBenet. However, given the unprofessional comments made by DA Mary Keenan and Lin Wood’s seasoned ability to manipulate this murder investigation, the Ramseys give the appearance of parents who want anything but independent investigators. Let your voice be heard. Log on and sign the Forums for Justice petition at: http://www.petitiononline.com/jbr246/petition.html Contact Tricia Griffith Or email at tgrif@xmission.com www.forumsforjustice.org/forums Daily Camera By Amy Hebert, Camera Staff Writer Click link below for full article Petition says DA is biased May 25, 2003 DC: 300 request new investigator "Nearly 300 people have signed an Internet petition asking Gov. Bill Owens to appoint a special prosecutor in the JonBenet Ramsey case. The petition, launched May 15 by a Web site called Forums for Justice, says Boulder County District Attorney Mary Keenan cannot lead a proper investigation into the 1996 slaying. It says Keenan is biased in favor of JonBenet's parents and has effectively "set the suspects free." "Keenan's office took over the investigation from the Boulder Police Department in December, and four months later she said she agreed with a civil court's conclusion that evidence indicates an intruder killed the 6-year-old in the family's Boulder home." "Keenan declined to comment for this story, but when the lawsuit was dismissed, she said she agreed with the judge's conclusion and that her office is following new leads that support the intruder theory. However, she said she was not influenced by the judge's decision, which was only based on partial evidence, and would not exclude the Ramseys from investigation." "The investigation is being assisted by Lou Smit, a retired Colorado Springs detective who quit working on the case with former District Attorney Alex Hunter after concluding the Ramseys were innocent but were being targeted by police." "The petition says Smit is a friend of the Ramseys, and it says the case requires "fresh eyes" and professional inquiry from people who are not influenced by the Ramseys or their friends or attorneys." "The Ramseys' Atlanta attorney, L. Lin Wood, disputed that his threat of a lawsuit against Boulder police had anything to do with Keenan's decision to take over the case."	.	.	Letter to Boulder Colorado District Attorney, Mary Keenan Full page version here May 20, 2003 Mary Keenan, Boulder District Attorney Justice Center 1777 Sixth Street (Sixth St. and Canyon Blvd.) Boulder, CO 80302 Re: Ramsey Case Dear Ms. Keenan, I am a very private person who seeks neither fame nor fortune, hence the reluctance and delay in writing this letter. I prefer to "let George do it" and not get involved in such matters, but "George" has not materialized, so here I am. To begin at the beginning, at least, my beginning, more by accident than design, I began looking into the case via internet resources in March of 2000. It did not take long to see the game was not being played according to Hoyle. After viewing the politics, favoritism, dishonesty and gross incompetence for quite some time, I departed in utter disgust. After months of total absence, I recently looked in to see if there had been any change. There hadn't. The Judge Carnes' ruling and her alleged "evidence" of an intruder was the last straw. It was either simply forget about the case entirely, or do something to try to remedy the six years plus of myths and misconceptions. As you can see, I chose the latter. For those of us, which are most, children are to be protected, nurtured and taught. When this simple tenet of decency is violated, it takes on a personal meaning and personal importance no matter who the child is, or the circumstances of abuse. The death of JonBenet Ramsey is a tragedy of ultimate magnitude. She had but one life and that life was ended by some person or persons. To the tragedy is added travesty; a travesty which is a sad commentary on the prevailing value system of most, but in particular those who have contributed to the travesty and continue to do so. The crime scene consisted of an obviously bogus multi-page "ransom note" utilizing local materials. JonBenet's body was left in the basement of the Ramsey home with crude trappings falling woefully short of presenting a convincing kidnap\murder scene as it was intended to do. Even without pointing out more of a very long list of corroborating facts, the bogus note and inept staging is more than sufficient to isolate the perpetrators to the Ramsey household. Only a few minutes in examining and evaluating the evidence is required to reach this conclusion. It is impossible to reach any other conclusion on the facts. There was and is no evidentiary reason to look anywhere else. The only mystery to be solved was and is which Ramsey did what in relation to JonBenet's death. Although it is not possible to reach any other conclusion from the evidence, it is possible to ignore the evidence and mentally invent "evidence" to take the place of truth and keep it hidden. Prompted by preconceived notions set in a context of money and political influence in conjunction with investigative cowardice and incompetence, this is precisely what has been going on for over six years. Had a crime in parallel been investigated in a run down, low income neighborhood, the investigative actions and outcome would have been far different. Please don't insult me with the pretentious cliche that all are treated equally under the law. We both know better. In the course of events following the initial monetary\political favoritism and inept investigation, the only viable suspects, i.e., the Ramseys, in blatant defiance of literally all the evidence to the contrary, took their protest of innocence to the public at large beginning with the unprecedented appearance on CNN just six days after the death of their daughter. This shameful display of lying arrogance is an insult to the intelligence of any marginally competent person not comatose. I and many others have seen enough and intend to end the farce. The Ramsey Show has had a long run. The time is long overdue for the final curtain call. "We will work cooperatively with Lou Smit, the Ramseys, and the Boulder Police Department." (Your words ) "We are all focused on the apprehension and successful prosecution of the killer of JonBenet." (Your words also) The fact that you obviously don't see the horrendous contradiction, I find more than a bit disturbing. Based on what I have observed during the three plus years I have been looking into the case, including your promised cooperation with the most viable suspects, indeed, the only viable suspects, the statement about successful prosecution of the killer rings a bit hollow to say the least. If the past is an indicator, the content of this letter will be ignored; which means the truth about the death of JonBenet Ramsey will be ignored as well as it has been for over six years. In any event, ignored or not, it will be on record. Govern yourself accordingly. "I have carefully reviewed the Order of United States District Court Judge Julie Carnes in the civil case of Wolf v. John Ramsey and Patricia Ramsey. I agree with the Court's conclusion that "the weight of the evidence is more consistent with a theory that an intruder murdered JonBenet than it is with a theory that Mrs. Ramsey did so." (Your words) Would you mind pointing out to me just one item you claim to be evidence of an intruder and hold still for some questions about the alleged evidence? Surely, you can do this with no problem if you believe "the weight of the evidence is more consistent with a theory that an intruder murdered JonBenet than it is with a theory that Mrs. Ramsey did so." Indeed, would you point out to me some evidence that it IS a murder case. The reason I make this request is that during my long time looking into the matter, I have heard and read many claims about evidence of murder and evidence of an intruder, but been unable to find any, not a trace. I really tried. For quite some time I posted on a forum or two. I asked that anyone who believes there is evidence of an intruder to meet me on line and answer some questions about the alleged evidence of an intruder. No takers. Not one. Why do you suppose this is since Smit, Carnes, you and other Ramsey supporters have repeatedly declared that the weight of the evidence indicates an intruder is responsible for the crime. Perhaps the answer lies in the method of gathering "evidence." For every "could be", there is a "could be not", therefore, inconclusive until cause is known. Right? No thing is evidence until evidentiary cause is known. Right? Are we in agreement so far? If not, please point out what you think is my error in thinking, and why you think it is error. A shoe print is found in the basement whose cause is unknown. It "could be" evidence of an intruder. "Could be not" is forgotten and "evidence" of an intruder is declared to be fact. There is a palm print with cause unknown; a rope with source unknown that "could be" something brought in by an intruder; an unidentified fiber, a baseball bat that "could have" been used by the intruder; a bit of dirt or leaves at a window well which "could have" been disturbed by an intruder. The list goes on and on and on. This massive "evidence" stated to be more consistent with a theory of intruder than Ramsey guilt is hot air, nothing more than a string of unknowns verbally laced together on "could be", simultaneously divorced from the known, and declared to be much evidence of an intruder. Ridiculous to the max. No wonder no one will step forward and answer questions about alleged evidence of an alleged intruder. Its indefensible. The beauty of truth is that it is consistent. Every fact is a complement of and blends with every other fact without contradiction. The presence of a contradiction is also the presence of error. Are we in agreement up to this point? Based on the foregoing basis for truth, i.e, the natural law of proper epistemology, it follows that whatever the unknown, if and when the unknown becomes known, it will not contradict known facts. This is the indispensable directive for productive speculation in trying to determine the cause of a foot print, palm print, whatever. This clearly means that real investigative speculation about the unknown in the crime scene never departs from the known facts as reference for conclusion, or probable conclusion. The boot print found in the basement of the Ramsey home will serve as representative of all unknowns in the scene. Given the known facts of the crime scene, and given the necessity of consistency to determine truth, what is the probability that the boot print or any of the other unknowns are connected to an intruder. The probability is absolute zero. What Judge Carnes, Smit, you and others are calling evidence of an intruder is nothing more than speculation on a list of unknowns, each speculation dependent on the other, with none going to ground; that is, with not a one connected to known facts without contradiction. These floating conclusions are embellished by the imagination of Mr. Smit, then presented as fact and alleged to be evidence of an intruder. The fact that Smit's delusions and illusions have now entered the record as Statements Of Fact in a federal court is a bit scary, nay, more that a bit. Be afraid. Be very afraid. What is expressed and implied about proper epistemology and determination of truth via non contradiction will be the basis for further examination. Wrong premise. Wrong answer. Wrong method. Wrong answer. Do you find any flaw in what I have expressed and implied as the foundation of my thinking and conclusions? If so, what? Please elaborate. Lou Smit: "You know, we have been here for three days now. We have gone over a lot of things and I think I have gotten to know you pretty good at this time, and you have probably gotten to know us, and, you know there is a lot of people out there that really do believe that you did this to your daughter, or that your wife did this. And you know that you have said that you didn't do that, and I am going to take you at your word. We know you are a Christian, John, and would you swear to God that you didn't do this?" John Ramsey: "I swear to God that I didn't do it." Unbelievable! This is an "experienced detective conducting an interrogation? The fact that he was not pulled from the case immediately does not speak well for those in authority who allowed the farce to continue. Do you grasp that to take someone's word for something means that the concept of evidence is irrelevant; that there will be no investigation? As elementary as this is, apparently, this simple truth eludes Smit. Since you propose to " work cooperatively" with Lou Smit and the Ramseys, evidently it eludes you as well. Is it within your job description as District Attorney to spend taxpayer money to join the Ramseys, Smit, Wood, Carnes and others in defense of suspects rather than investigate with the potential of indictment and prosecution? Smit's behavior shows up even more absurd when you look at the crime scene environment in which Mr. Smit excludes John and family as suspects. By crime scene environment, I mean actual and factual environment, not the fantasies of Lou Smit. Here's the real deal of evidence that has been right under your nose since day one. On the morning of Dec. 26, 1996, a 911 call from Patsy Ramsey prompted the police to go to the Ramsey house. The first thing they were shown was a multi-page "ransom note." Everything about the note made it strongly suspect, including the fact it was written on a pad and with a pen connected to the Ramsey household. Figuratively speaking, this put up a billboard-size flashing neon sign reading: WARNING: HIGHLY PROBABLE STAGED CRIME SCENE. BE ON LOOKOUT FOR MORE. If the note was phony, as it appeared to be, it meant there was no kidnapping. The only known persons who had ability and opportunity to be the perpetrators of whatever happened and the only ones who could have staged a crime scene were the Ramseys, hence, the only viable suspects who knew what happened to JonBenet. This truth still holds. The logical inference of the suspect circumstance of a probable bogus note was strongly reinforced when the body was "found" in the basement by John Ramsey. At face value appearance, the body evidenced a kidnapping and murder. However, the face value appearance quickly disappeared when the scene was determined to be bogus by numerous factors inclusive of an ad hoc amateurish construction of a "garrote." Like the note, ALL material evidence whose source is known is connected to the Ramsey household. There is no evidence that any came from anywhere else. With the correct reading of the "garrote" as nervous, amateurish bungling, the probability of a staged crime scene was laid to rest. It was a staged crime scene without a logical doubt. It was in this atmosphere of all materials, and material facts, including a staged crime scene linked to the family household that Lou Smit reached the conclusion of Ramsey innocence. On what? Admittedly, on John's word. After excluding the Ramseys on John's word, Smit has only one direction to go: Find the alleged intruder. First find evidence of the alleged intruder to lead to said alleged intruder. Suppose there is no intruder, meaning there is no evidence of an intruder, what does Mr. Smit do then? By the method described above, Mr. Smit's finds a lot of "evidence" of an intruder: shoe print, palm print, scuff mark on a wall, anything and everything "unknown" becomes in Smit's confused mind "evidence" of an intruder. How can anyone, let alone a detective, judge, DA, et al, be so mentally incompetent as to believe the unknown is evidence. That I am motivated by the circumstance to explain the concept, evidence, to those whose careers and job responsibility depend on knowing the character of evidence leaves me shuddering in horror and disbelief. Evidence is in essence the verb, evidences, i.e., evidentiary cause; meaning cause known. By definition, the unknown is NEVER evidence. The totality of known evidence which evidences Ramsey guilt is simply ignored on John's word. It is mentally displaced by absurd claims of evidence of an intruder with said claims resting on and derived from the unknown. In other words, ALL the alleged intruder evidence is subjectively mentally invented and claimed to be objectively discovered. There is no way to conduct an "investigation" any more backward than this. Over six years after the death of JonBenet, neither Smit, nor the BPD, nor DA have come up with the identity of an alleged intruder; nor will they in sixty or six thousand years. The evidence said from the very beginning, and still says, there was no intruder. Everything that has happened in waste of time and money with no intruder found was easily predictable by the evidence from the outset. I, as well as many others, made such a prediction. On page 2, Judge Carnes writes: "Sometime on the night of December 25 or the early morning of December 26, 1996, JonBenet Ramsey was murdered.(SMF 2.)" This is the conclusion with which Judge Carnes BEGINS. The Plaintiff (Wolf) contends that Patsy Ramsey killed JonBenet by accident. The Defendants (Ramseys) claim that JonBenet was murdered. This is an issue to be decided by the facts. However, even before any facts or alleged facts are examined, Judge Carnes rules in favor of the Ramseys. In effect, she rewrites Wolf's Complaint and obligates him to prove premeditated murder, not accident. The hearing is over. The decision has been rendered. The other 91 pages are merely filler. Wolf was poorly prepared enough without Judge Carnes rewriting his Complaint to compound the difficulty of his task. What "evidence" directed her conclusion of murder? Is there any doubt that it was the word of her "expert witness", Lou Smit? Smit did what he did because he took the word of John Ramsey. So, in a round about way, John Ramsey directed the Carnes' ruling that declared him innocent. If all suspects were provided such luxury, all judges and juries would become redundant. I cite Judge Carnes as case in point. There are many items of material evidence; each fitting into and creating the whole without contradiction. The pivotal area of evidence is the "garrote scene." The importance of understanding this area of evidence cannot be overstated. Conclusion and beliefs about this area establishes the direction of investigation, and subsequent conclusions. This was clearly manifest in Judge Carnes' ruling wherein she concluded that the "garrote scene" was professional, thus requiring certain skills which the Ramseys did not posses. Regarding the "garrote scene" as "sophisticated" and "professional" set the investigative crime scene as murder while simultaneously excluding the Ramseys. A false read means a search in the wrong direction without truthful resolution of the case possible. This is precisely what has been happening for over six years. For years, in the media and now in court, the Ramseys, Lou Smit and others have repeatedly and emphatically described the "garrote scene" as "sophisticated", "complex", "intricate" and "professional." It is implied to be the work of someone very knowledgeable in the construction and use of what is referred to as a "garrote." Yet, not once have I seen or heard of Smit, nor anyone else presenting physical demonstration, or even definitive argument to establish the "garrote scene" as "sophisticated", "complex", "intricate" and "professional." As a consequence, this propaganda sets up an "investigative" condition of murder calling for motive, premeditation and planning. In conjunction with the mindset, "No parent could do this to their child", the "investigation" was off and running in the OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE TRUTH. Over six years later, with no intruder found, most, including you, still don't have a clue as to what happened and is still happening. What is the truth about the "garrote scene?" In reality, the claim of "sophisticated" and "expertise" arbitrarily verbally attached to the "garrote scene" is totally false, ridiculously so. The "garrote scene" is amateurish, childish, inept and inefficient. It was created by a bungling novice; something easy to prove by physical demonstration by one who knows the truth. If you like, I will be happy to do so, and in court if necessary. With the truth buried, "garrote expertise" supporting the idea of murder is set as the primary fallacy on which all the others gain psychological support. Its the launch pad, the foundation of the fallacy tower. Its the make or break item in the whole crime scene. I am taken aback and appalled that this farce of "garrote scene" "expertise" has gone on and on for years without challenge until it is utilized to direct a decision in a federal court. As the world becomes more and more urbanized, those of us who grew up in the rural with knowledge of ropes, cords, snares, lassos, handles and the like as result of daily use are a dying breed. I do not expect "city folk" to be knowledgeable of these things with which they have had no experience. I do not expect them to recognize at a glance as I do the gross ineptness and amateurish nature of the "garrote scene." What I did expect, but don't much any more, is some semblance of effective investigate process. On the most elementary level, the quality of the "garrote scene" is a significant directive. Smit and the Ramseys saw this and took full advantage via lying distortions while the investigators and prosecutors twiddled their thumbs and let them get away with it. Clearly, the "garrote scene" is the pivotal element of the case. If the construction and use of the "garrote" is of professional quality and none of the Ramseys possess such skills, then attention is directed outward. Judge Carnes cited this as a basis for excluding the Ramseys. On the other hand, if the construction and use of the "garrote" shows the creator to be grossly amateurish in his efforts, the issue takes a different turn: Options. Certainly, it is possible that an intruder could be an amateur in the area of garrotes, knots, nooses and that sort of thing. However, the amateurishness of the scene opens the matter to the possibility of every amateur who had opportunity to be a potential creator of the scene. The issue then becomes a matter of probability as determined by the relationship of the "garrote scene" to other known evidence. For instance, if one concludes the "ransom note" is staging, would one be all that surprised to find that the "garrote scene" is a continuation of the staging; indeed, from the conclusion that the note is bogus, no other logical conclusion is possible even if you are not a rope expert? Instead of these elementary basics being utilized in the investigation to determine the quality, or lack thereof, of the "garrote scene", the most crucial evidence was simply ignored allowing claims contrary to fact to be frequently and widely dispensed without challenge. If truth be told, as stated before, there was no investigation of the "garrote scene", which is to say, no real investigation directed by the facts at all. In lieu of a bona fide investigation, the absurd claims and fantasies of Lou Smit was and are accepted by you and others as facts without a thought of questioning. John Ramsey, Lou Smit and others realized the importance of having the "garrote scene" accepted as "professional" and "sophisticated." They went to great lengths to sell this idea. Photos of the "garrote", and close up photos of knots were put on the internet with the claim of "intricate" and "complex." The public was cautioned to be on the lookout for someone with the ability to tie these "special knots." Smit is too incompetent to know what is going on, but what about John Ramsey? Could it be that he knows from personal involvement that the claim of "expertise" in garrote making and use is a lie? Is this possible Ms. Keenan? Do you know of any case fact or facts that contradict and rule out this possibility? During my lifetime on this planet, which has been considerable at this juncture, I have never seen another con take hold in such degree that such gross absurdity and cascading contradictions are eventually officially labeled as "Statements Of Fact" in a federal court of law. Over six years of this farce is a bit too much garbage to swallow. I will have my say. "Indeed, while Detective Smit is an experienced and respected homicide detective, Detective Thomas had no investigative experience concerning homicide cases prior to this case." (From ruling) "In addition, the Court notes that defendants have provided' compelling testimony from homicide detective Andrew Louis Smit, who is widely regarded as an expert investigator, in support of the intruder theory. (SMF 168; PSMF 168.)" (ibid) Although not set in formal and official context, it is clear that Judge Carnes regards Lou Smit as an expert witness providing "compelling testimony." His words are all that's necessary. No claim need be corroborated by facts. She refers to Smit as an experienced detective. Apparently, this is her basis for regarding him as an expert witness. She does not seem to notice that the broad description, experienced detective, does not meet the criteria for expert witness. An expert witness is qualified as an expert witness by training and\or experience in a particular field. Judge Carnes treats Smit as an expert witness in ALL fields without establishing his qualifications in ANY as pertains to the "Statements Of Fact" referenced in her ruling. Let's us remedy the oversight and first try to establish Mr. Smit as an expert witness in the matter of the "garrote scene" before we accept his word as a "Statement Of Fact." Would you contact him and ask about his training and\or experience in this area? Better yet, would you ask him to explain on what and how he reached the conclusion that the "garrote scene" was "sophisticated" and "professional". I'm looking for an explanation in terms of physics as related to the issue of "professional" vs non professional, efficient vs inefficient. Would you have him put this in writing and send a copy to me? Mr. Smit not only employs the flawed method of "evidence" via the unknown, his capacity for fabrication knows no bounds. Again and again, he presents arbitrary and false declarations as unquestionable fact. Of course, Mr. Smit is an "experienced detective" and "expert witness", so is to be believed, not questioned. Let's do it anyway and see if this "expert witness" is as unimpeachable as Judge Carnes, you and others appear to believe. Smit: "The knot-tying of the garrote used on JonBenet shows special knowledge. The paintbrush was broken to create a perfect handle. "It almost looks like a lawn mower starting (handle). . . . Somebody really knew what they were doing when they did it and somebody has done this before." "special knowledge", "perfect handle" "It almost looks like a lawn mower starting (handle). . . . " What babbling nonsense! Anyone who has ever spun the flywheel of a lawn mower engine by pulling a starter rope handle and seen photos of the "garrote" knows instantly that Smit is simply prattling on to embellish his claim of expertise, and doing so quite absurdly. Of course, a lawn mower start rope handle can be made in a lot of ways, but we're talking about efficiency in structure and use. How does a competent lawn mower starter rope handle compare with the handle at the "garrote scene?" It doesn't. It contrasts. Its fundamentally the exact opposite. A lawn mower starter rope handle has the cord running through a hole in it, or one turn around. This prevents unnecessary side pressure on the fingers providing more comfort and efficiency. The many wraps on the "garrote scene" handle not only is a ridiculous waste of material, but tends to spread the fingers and makes the grip more uncomfortable and inefficient. A quality lawn mower starter rope handle has the center larger and tapered evenly toward each end. This allows the maim leverage point of the middle of the hand to exert the most force while the rest is linearly distributed beyond. The "garrote scene" handle is "mummy wrapped" unevenly and not completely to each end. The force distribution is uneven, uncomfortable and inefficient. Last but not least, a lawn mower starter rope handle is only a few inches away from the housing when it engages the engine on compression stroke. This is a pull position of maximum power for the puller. On the other hand, the "garrote scene" handle is 17" away from the object decreasing the leverage factor which works against the puller. "Expertise"? Give me a break! This may be a minor point in the scheme of things, but its a major point in revealing that Mr. Smit will, in ignorance of that which he speaks, pretends to hold extensive knowledge. In other words, he will claim anything as fact no matter how absurd if it suits his purpose. Let's look at a more serious example. Lou Smit: "The killer had a stun gun. I am sure the killer had a stun gun." Mr. Smit weaves quite a story in which the stun gun idea plays a large part. The importance he puts into the stun gun part of his theory is emphasized in the made for tv movie, "PORK RINDS AND OTHER CHEWY SUBJECTS", a film produced and directed by THE RAMSEY PRODUCTION COMPANY. How is Mr. Smit so sure the "intruder" used a stun gun? One of the reason he gives is this: Smit: "The stun gun that we came up with is this one and it’s the Air Taser stun gun. When the stun gun is energized you see a light blue mark and if you look closely at the blow-up you'll see a light blue mark extending from one of the marks to the other on the back of JonBenét." Totally absurd. The blue color of the arc of a stun gun is cause by the high voltage ionization of air molecules. It is not a magic marker. This color does not transfer to skin, nor to any other object. It is literally impossible. No matter, Smit is sure he "sees" the mark and is "sure" it was caused by a stun gun. The fabrications of Mr. Smit, often absurd beyond description, are so numerous that to list just half of the ones I know about would take many pages. To include the discrepancies in the stories of John and Patsy Ramseys, one would need to fell a couple of giant redwoods just to make the necessary paper to hold them all. I do not propose to do this. The above examples are typical of the source of Mr. Smit's "evidence" of an intruder. They are easily dismissed with elementary facts. All need be treated the same as the two examples above. What does this leave of Mr. Smit's "evidence of an intruder?" Although, I won't even think about covering 10%, let alone all, of Mr. Smit fabrications and contradictions, I will look at a few more very critical to getting at the truth. SMIT: "The intruder had to come in through the window. I see a brutal first-degree murder. I see a very violent death of JonBenet. I see someone fashioning a garrote and putting it around her neck. I see someone tightening that garrote to control her. I see someone taking that handle and pulling it very violently tight and killing her." "Moreover, leaves and debris, consistent with the leaves and debris found in the window well, were found on the floor under the broken window suggesting that someone had actually entered the basement through this window. (SMF 136; PSMF 136.)" (from the ruling) There is only one broken window in the scene, but the stories connected to it are numerous and infinitely variable. John said he deliberately broke it during the summer when he lost his keys and entered through said window in his underwear. One would think that such an experience would be set in mind for a long time and one would have no doubt. However, John later says I "think" I broke the window as if he weren't totally sure. What's going on here? Did John become unsure after Smit declared the window to be the way the "intruder" got in? It seems the window affects a lot of minds. Patsy couldn't recall whether she had it repaired or not. Smit mentions it in relation to a photo that it may have been opened by John Ramsey and Fleet White. Exactly when this "may have" took place, Smit did not say. At another time, the window story goes like this: KING: A window. Was that window open when they investigated it? SMIT: Yes. When John Ramsey had first seen the window... Mr. Smit leaves out some information about the "open" window when John first saw it. When John Ramsey was asked about the window in reference to when he first entered the basement on the morning of Dec. 26, he said, "it was open an inch or so." "open an inch or so" By jove, it looks like we have a very small intruder, or else, a very considerate one who took the time to close the window except for "an inch or so" as he departed. The window bit warrants further examination: LOU SMIT: "Now this is a photograph that really caught my eye because the window was wide open but what also caught my attention was mark on the wall leading directly from this open window down to the floor. When I first seen that photograph I thought, "Oh oh, looks like somebody could have got in here." Don't you find it more than a bit strange that Smit would use the photo of the open window as reference AFTER John Ramsey has already said he found the window open "an inch or so" AND had closed it? It becomes even more strange when noted that Smit himself said that John Ramsey or Fleet White "may have" opened it? What's with the "may have?" Could it be that he knows damn well the window was opened by John or Fleet, and the "may have" is nothing more than a verbal dance around a deliberate lie? Ms. Keenan, are you getting a clear picture of this "expert witness" and how he obtains "evidence?" Smit did not arrive upon the scene until months after the death of JonBenet. This means he was left to determine second hand the facts of the situation. This in itself is not an unsurmountable problem, but what he says about the window and believing an intruder came through show either outright gross incompetence or deliberate deception. If the window was barely open on the morning of the 26th and closed by John Ramsey, by what mental machinations does a photo taken later with the window opened (perhaps by John or Fleet) warrant the conclusion: "Oh oh, looks like somebody could have got in here." Smit even went on tv and demonstrated the process of getting in the window. The window was wide open. Nothing was said in the program about the window being open only an inch or two when John first looked on the morning of the 26th. What are we talking about here, gross mental incompetence, or deliberate fraud? Since this was a national presentation with potential jurors influenced by the deception, if the deception was intentional, is this a prosecutable offense? I don't know, just wondering. Is Smit really so mentally out of it that he doesn't grasp the importance of the TIME FACTOR? If he did not know that John had said he found it open an inch of so and closed it, he's one poor detective. On the other hand, when he says that John or Fleet "may have" opened it, it indicates he did know that the window had been closed earlier and opened later when he made the statement; meaning that HE HAD TO KNOW the photo of the open window was not an authentic representation of the crime scene as he led the audience to believe. Where I come from, we call this fraud. The mentality of this defective detective is really a whole lot worse than you can imagine. Smit speculates that the intruder may have planned to put JonBenet in the suitcase and take her away. Smit speculates that the intruder planned to use the suitcase to stand on to aid in getting out the window. What Mr. Smit does not speculate on is how the intruder planned to take JonBenet out the window in a suitcase at the same time he stood on it. Geesh! As I write this, even in disgust, annoyance and anger, I feel considerable embarrassment for Mr. Smit and wish I could avoid this unpleasant task. Unfortunately, the events which have transpired to displace any semblance of justice are in very large part due to Smit being regarded as a universal "expert witness." His conclusions have and do directly and indirectly influence important decisions and actions in the Ramsey case. In other words, Smit's unwarranted status as "expert witness" has and does stand as a barrier precluding getting at the truth. This barrier must and will be removed. He has made his own bed and now must lie in it. I'm here to see that he doesn't lie out of it. Ms. Keenan, do you understand that I'm not asking you to take my word for anything? That's the last thing I want. There's been far to much of taking someone's word. Let's let the facts talk for a change. I don't operate like Smit. I do not manufacture "facts." I am merely pointing out facts that have been hidden, denied and kept apart from the investigation by taking the word of Lou Smit as a universal "expert witness." Let's look a bit more at this "expert witness." Smit: "He had to put a noose on this garrote. He had to put it around JonBenet's neck," Smit: "Her hair was actually entwined right in the wrappings of the garrotte as the killer made it right on the back of her neck, most likely when she was lying face down on the floor. He made a noose on the other end of this garrotte." Smit: "I see someone taking that handle and pulling it very violently tight and killing her." "put a noose on this garrote"? The noose IS the "garrote", meaning "put a noose on a garrote" is incoherent gibberish. There is "double evidence" in this picture as well. "noose...put...around JonBenet's neck." This means the noose was made BEFORE it was put around JonBenet's neck. It also means there had to be a knot tie of some sort to create and hold the noose BEFORE it was put around her neck. If this is the way it happened, there may have been some hair on the outside of the cord, but not entangled in the knot itself. However, Smit correctly states: "Her hair was actually entwined right in the wrappings of the garrotte as the killer made it right on the back of her neck,..." This is in direct contradiction of Smit's claim the perpetrator made the noose, put it over her neck and violently strangled her to death by pulling on the handle. This doesn't make sense does it? What does make sense of Smit's nonsense? In Smit's fantasy he "sees" a sadistic pedophile planning and carrying out a fatal plan with JonBenet as the victim. In Smit's fantasy, he "sees" the perpetrator making a "sophisticated" garrote and putting it over JonBenet's neck and violently pulls. Smit's fantasy is fixed in his mind as absolute and unquestionable fact. The evidence of the hair entwined in the knot irrefutable tells that it didn't happen the way Mr. Smit fantasizes. That doesn't phase him. He goes on and on prattling about his fantasy after looking directly at the evidence that refutes it. Smit: "Just the way that the ligature on her hands was constructed, again is a fantasy in the mind of this killer. This wasn't just tied on her wrist, with little granny knots on both sides, and a rope tied to her. The way that this was constructed was to make two loops with a tether about 15 inches in between. The loops were then placed over the hands of JonBenet, with a slipknot, and tightened to give the appearance of bondage." Can you believe this guy? Unreal! There were no loops made and placed over her hands. These wrist ties were finished with a bow of some sort. They were tied at several inches apart, which is not the way to efficiently bind wrists. They were tied so poorly that one wrist tie fell off. The wrist ties evidence the same amateurishness as the rest of the "garrote scene." The audacity of Lou Smit to present his ignorant and stupid fantasies as "facts" staggers the imagination. I have no idea how much rhetoric Smit has uttered about the case during the last six years. What I do know that his fantasies paraded as fact is ludicrous and literally every utterance claiming evidence of an intruder is false, and can easily be proven to be false as already demonstrated herein and can be repeated in a court of law with expansion if necessary. I don't think expansion will be necessary. I think there is more than enough facts named in this letter alone to convince a jury there was no intruder. Mr. Smit pays lip service to let the evidence lead, but practices it not at all. When he saw the hair entwined in the knot, this evidence told him loud and clear that his fantasy did not fit the facts. No matter, he held to the fantasy. This "double evidence" not only tells of the amateurish nature of the "garrote scene", it tells that Mr. Smit knows no more about garrotes than the bungling fool who created the "garrote scene." In Smit's fantasy, the "sadistic pedophile intruder" is a calm, cool, and deliberate character who has no fear as shown by the time spent in the house. The evidence provides a different profile. Aside from literally every aspect of the "garrote scene" being flawed, the creator of this scene appeared to be extremely stressed as well. Even those with no experience in this area knows that the primary purpose of a lasso or noose is to make the noose larger than the object of its intended use, put it over said object, then slip it down to tighten. Smit's intruder failed to show even this absolute minimal knowledge of a noose and its application. He failed to make a noose, then put it over the head and tighten it around the neck. The hair entangled IN the knot as the head leaves no doubt that the cord around JonBenet's neck was TIED, not a noose made, then slipped down to tighten. Smit absurdly calls it both ways. The "garrote scene" evidence tells that the mind of the creator was not even thinking of the slip action of a noose. The detail of what this mind was thinking, I cannot say, but for sure, to tie the cord around the neck reveals a mind not contemplating pulling and tightening. What was the "handle" all about? An after thought. It is nothing more than a grossly amateurish silly prop, a construct the novice creator of this scene "thought" a "garrote handle" should look like. It was never used. Hair entangled in the ridiculous "mummy wrapped handle" tells that it was constructed after the cord was tied around the neck. The hair stuck to the hands of the perpetrator and transferred to the cord around the stick. The picture the facts paint is the exact opposite of the absurd fantasy Smit would have us believe. (Contrary to popular opinion, the cord deeply embedded in JonBenet's neck was not because it had been violently pulled. It was due to normal post mortem swelling.) The forgoing is an accurate representative sampling of Mr. Smit's gross ineptness at seeing evidence and his unlimited capacity for "creating evidence" in his role of Ramsey public relations expert and master propagandist. Let's see how he stays on as a purveyor of myth while officially cast in the role of BPD detective and interrogator. LS: Yeah...see, that is the question, when did JonBenet eat pineapple? JR: Well, I don't know. I mean, I will guarantee you it was not after she came home. She was sound asleep. So it had to be at the Whites or prior to that. LS: The pineapple is inside her. so we have to figure out how that pineapple got there. She had to eat it at some point. JR: Are you sure it was pineapple? LS: No question. No question. So that's always been the big bugaboo. JR: What's the - is there a timeline based on where it is in the digestive system? LS:...There is...it could be anywhere from two hours to more than that.... Smit asked many questions about the entire day and eating. He reached back and back to early in the day, to White's party trying to find an out for John. Keep in mind, all this looking for source and time of consumption of the pineapple was made with the knowledge of a bowl of fresh pineapple sitting in the Ramsey home on the morning of Dec. 26, 1996. What could he do but avoid this evidence? After all, he took John's word for his innocence and the course was set. After the expected denial of John of any knowledge about the pineapple and JonBenet eating it, Smit attempts to put the time frame in a more favorable light for John by saying that it could have been two hours or more that she ate the pineapple before she died. Again, ignorance paraded as fact to suit the preconceived and preferred conclusion of Ramsey innocence. According to three Internet sources dealing with nutrition and digestion, pineapple (fresh) falls within the category of acid fruits. The maximum full digestion time is two hours with pineapple being one of those which digest faster than some of the others. A ratio number isn't given, but taking this information at face value, we know that pineapple digests fully in less than two hours. If the digestion is linear and "IF" the pineapple was half digested, this sets the time of death at one hour after eating the pineapple give or take a few minutes. What we can rely on with certainty is maximum gap. Although the degree of digestion was not given in the autopsy report, we know that JonBenet died less than two hours after eating the pineapple. This fact in conjunction with a bowl of pineapple being found sitting out of the refrigerator in the Ramsey home on the 26th December 1996 created something of a sticky wicket for the Ramseys and Lou Smit. The Ramseys were already committed to the story that JonBenet was asleep upon arriving home and was carried upstairs to bed. The later autopsy report about the partially digested pineapple casts serious doubt on the Ramseys' claim. After much back and forth between John Ramsey and Lou Smit, an explanation for the pineapple in her system was sought within what had been established in the exchange. Since John and Patsy Ramsey had denied any knowledge of when JonBenet ate the pineapple, the "explanation" fell upon the notion that the "intruder" had fed it to her, or allowed her to eat it. The suspect "intruder" in this instance (and the Ramseys provided a very long lists of "suspects") was Santa Claus, aka, Bill McReynolds. John "reasoned" that if anyone else but Santa had approached JonBenet, she would have cried out. He "reasoned" that McReynolds enticed JonBenet to come with him and subsequently provided the pineapple from some source. Whether he thought Santa brought the pineapple with him or took it from the refrigerator, John did not say. There was no discussion about how this version of the Ramseys' story fit or doesn't fit with the claim of stun gun and a lot of other items, including the huge coincidence that McReynolds handwriting was so close to Patsy's that it had been adjudged by some handwriting experts as a match, and by others as a probable match to the note. Smit quickly moved away from the subject. JR: I think the person was in the house, if not when we got home, shortly after. I think she was killed that night, versus in the morning. LS: What makes you think that? JR: Well, the note talked about, 'I'm going to call you tomorrow.' So, at this time and place, John had no doubt that tomorrow meant the 26th. At another time and place, he claimed confusion about whether tomorrow meant the 26th or the 27th. At many times and in many places, it has been claimed by Smit, Ramsey, Wood, Carnes, you and others that there is a lot of credible evidence of an intruder. Yet, at another time and place, John says the intruder did not leave any "good evidence." According to John, the note was "amateurish", but the intruder was "clever." (I have worked on "tank circuits" in communication equipment that did not oscillate above the frequency of the changes in the Ramsey stories.) Getting back to the pineapple question, if JonBenet did die on the 25th as John believes, and on this rare occasion, I agree with the conclusion, this poses numerous interesting questions. The first is by what thinking did the "intruder" believe that John would see the note before tomorrow, therefore, see the admonition to be rested for the delivery tomorrow. If the Ramseys were up and about until ten and JonBenet died on the 25th, then the pineapple eating and degree of digestion had to take place within the two hours between ten and twelve. This, and all the other is a lot of activity for the time slot even if the note were written prior to the alleged abduction, alleged sexual assault, and alleged murder by an alleged intruder. How the alleged intruder knew when the Ramseys would get home, and when they would go to bed and clear the way is not explained by John Ramsey and Lou Smit. Nevertheless, if the alleged intruder wrote the note in advance, he had made these calculations. I could go on and on listing the numerous discrepancies in this version of an alleged intruder, but one or all indicate that the alleged explanation for the pineapple in JonBenet's system falls woefully short of validity; indeed, nothing but an absurd mess and mass of contradictions. Is there a feasible explanation for the pineapple in JonBenet's system? Yes, there is, but there is no way an alleged intruder fits into it. [I will get to this later in the letter.] (John was shown a photo of a chair blocking the door into the train room and window area.) LS: So you think that chair would block the door and nobody would have gotten in there without moving it. JR: Correct. LS: In other words, let's say the intruder got into the train room, gets out, let's say, that window? JR: Uh, huh. LS: How in effect would he get that chair to block that door, if that is the case, is what I'm saying. JR: I don't know....I go down, I say, "Ooh, that door is blocked." I move the chair and went into the room. LS: So you couldn't have gotten in without moving the chair? JR: Correct.....I had to move the chair. LS: The thing I'm trying to figure out in my mind then is, if an intruder went through the door, he'd almost have to pull the chair behind him....because that would have to be his exit...so that's not very logical as far as..... JR: I think it is. I mean if this person is that bizarrely clever to have not left any good evidence, but left all these little funny clues around, they...are clever enough to pull the chair back when they left. Are you with me here, Ms. Keenan? Do you see what's going on? The gist of it is that if we take "John's word" for it, the alleged intruder entered the house through the window and door in question, wrote the note, abducted and killed JonBenet, creating havoc and chaos with abandon, but upon leaving, backed through the doorway, while reaching around the door as he closed it to take hold of the chair and pull it as close to the door as he could. He also reached through the broken pane and closed the window as he left except for an "inch or so." Smit says about the chair and door "....that's not very logical as far as..." John interrupts and says, "I think it is. I mean if this person is that bizarrely clever to have not left any good evidence, but left all these little funny clues around, they...are clever enough to pull the chair back when they left. "clever", "funny clues"? At this juncture, what does an actual interrogation call for. How about: A clue to what, John? How is this a clue to an intruder? Why would an intruder do this? Do you think the intruder just wanted to put things back like he found them, so you wouldn't know he had been there? Did the intruder think that you wouldn't notice your dead daughter? Clue to what and why, John? Does this evidence point to an intruder, or contradict the idea of an intruder? Is this door situation with the chair a clue? Sure is. Its a very large clue that goes along with a lot of other large clues. A clue to what? A clue to the fact that John and Patsy Ramsey have been lying through their teeth from the git go. Instead of asking these prompted questions, what did Smit do following John's claim of a "funny clue." He showed John a photo of a blanket and asked, "Where was that blanket on her kept." Throughout the interrogation, which is more aptly labeled a non adversarial conversation, if anything came up where pursuit might bring out the truth conflicting with "John's word", Smit quickly abandoned it, no matter how absurd John's response was such as "funny clues" and "clever" intruder. (Also note, Smit says, "almost have to", not absolutely have to as if there was another way the chair could have been left blocking the door.) LS: ...Just a couple of questions, and these are just miscellaneous questions that I had. In what area of he house do you think that JonBenet received the injuries to her head? That is just from your own.... JR: Well, I guess my impression is that it was in the basement. But that's just purely an assumption. We didn't hear a thing. I think if she had cried out or - you know, we would have heard that. I didn't know she had any head injury at all. It wasn't - I just didn't see.... LS: You had no knowledge? JR: I don't know. I just, that's something that's been difficult for me to think about it, is what exactly happened. LS: And where? JR: And where. LS: Do you think that the head injury occurred at the same place as the other injuries, say, with the ligature? JR: I mean, its just no reason to - to know that. I mean, I guess - well, like I say, I just - that's very difficult to think about and imagine, but I wondered whether the head injury didn't kill her and after that they strangled her. John is speculating on whether the head injury came first, then strangulation? Of course, this potential doesn't go along with Smit's theory and could really mess it up. Smit want's nothing to do with this idea. He blocks this avenue of inquiry quickly and emphatically: LS: All right. This is getting way off of that. Do you know who brought John Andrew to the airport, when he left for Atlanta? Unlike Mr. Smit, I am very interested in the head injury and strangulation thing and really interested in John's comments on it. To put things in perspective and see where I'm coming from and why, let's back up a bit and take it from there. Prior to March, 2000, all I heard or knew about the Ramsey case were occasional sound bites from newscasts. During the Barbara Walters interview in March of 2000, John Ramsey said that the autopsy report said that JonBenet died from strangulation. He expressed no doubt then, nor later that I know of. Death by strangulation was the persistent story put out by John Ramsey, Smit and others. However, in reading the NE Police Files, I came across this: JR: "I mean, there's just no reason to - to know that. I mean, I guess - well, like I say - I just, that's very difficult to think about and imagine, but I wondered whether the head injury didn't kill her and after that they strangled her." Everything that moves leaves tracks. Believe it or not, this applies to thought as well as the physical. No thought exists in isolation. It is always connected to antecedent thoughts. A competent "mind tracker" can usually follow a given thought back to its source and motivation. I won't take the time to validate by explaining the natural laws of mind operation, but demonstrate sufficiently to provide some insight into John's statement. In Smit's theory of an intruder, with which John is usually in agreement, JonBenet is "controlled" by the "garrote", then strangled. The blow to the head is the last thing the intruder does according to Smit. If JonBenet was being "controlled" by the "garrote" in some sexual happening as Smit declares, she was very much alive when she was strangled. If you interject the conclusion that she was dead from the head trauma before the cord was put around her neck, Smit's pedophile intruder story falls apart. In the foregoing quote, John says you can't know. He speculates that maybe she was dead when the cord was put around her neck. Why would John introduce this thought and speculation which undermines the story of an intruder, hence, jeopardizes the basis for his claim of innocence? Although it is the basis for the pedophile intruder story and his claim of innocence, for some reason John is uncomfortable with the conclusion that JonBenet was strangled to death. The fact that he utters the forgoing quote casting doubt on the pedophile intruder story, tells there is a very strong emotional motivation for the speculation that maybe JonBenet was dead when she was strangled. Indeed, we can take it a step further. If he were comfortable with the idea of strangulation first, he would not question it and cast doubt on his defense. This tells me, even if not you, John DESIRES the conclusion that JonBenet was dead from the head trauma before she was strangled. Why? To expedite matters, I will forego lengthy explanation of how the mind works and how John's situation conforms to the principles of mind operation. To get to the nitty gritty, I will offer a hypothesis which will perhaps explain John's interest in knowing if JonBenet was killed by the head trauma, then strangled afterwards. Suppose: On the evening of Dec. 25, 1996, after John and Burke had gone upstairs, JonBenet and Patsy were alone. JonBenet had either not gone to bed, or came down from her room. Some understanding of this mother and daughter relationship is necessary to grasp the rest. Earlier in the day, there was a confrontation between JonBenet and Patsy about what clothes to wear. Other instances as well indicate that JonBenet had something of a mind or her own and did not hesitate to make it known. The indication is that she would not necessarily seek her mother's permission before doing something. When Patsy says she would not have put the pineapple in such a bowl with such a spoon, most likely she is telling the truth. When she says she did not feed JonBenet pineapple, most likely she is telling the truth. This leaves JonBenet getting the pineapple for herself. Patsy was occupied with making some preparations for tomorrow, and at first, did not notice that JonBenet had gotten out the pineapple; maybe she had even forbidden her to do so. A confrontation over something happened for sure; perhaps JonBenet eating pineapple when Patsy wanted her in bed was what provoked the confrontation that began as verbal and culminated in violent physical contact. During the confrontation, JonBenet was either hit by an object heavy large enough to fracture her skull without lacerating the scalp, or was pushed, slung, or fell against an object resulting in the fractured skull immediately rendering her unconscious. Patsy tried desperately to revive her, but with no success. In panic, she called John. John was either in bed or getting ready for bed. He rushed down in his underwear. They desperately tried to revive JonBenet. Again, no success. They concluded that JonBenet was dead. If she was dead, there was no point in calling for help. However, the cause of her death was of much concern. If the truth were known, it would cause John and Patsy all sorts of problems and not bring JonBenet back. The scalp was not lacerated. There was nothing that one could readily see as the cause of death. "I didn't know she had any head injury at all. It wasn't - I just didn't see...." (John) They never thought that anyone would see anything other than what they saw. They never thought of an autopsy and head trauma discovered. They decided to try to make JonBenet's death look like it came about from some other cause. Why not? JonBenet was gone. There is no undoing; no bringing her back. Why suffer the unpleasant consequences if the truth were known about her death? What would it gain? Who would it help? In their minds, no one. They decided to try to hide the truth. The question was how. Children of wealthy parents are often kidnapped and held for ransom, hence, nearly an automatic selection. Also, young girls are often the target of a pedophile. Also, nearly an automatic selection of motive. The classic picture of a kidnap victim is bound and gagged. This was accomplished with some tape and cord. The pedophile idea was manifested by a genital assault with an object. There remained the question of setting up the "cause of death." A blow to the head was out of the question because head damage as cause of death was what they were trying to hide. Knife? Manual strangulation? What? For whatever reason, strangulation with a "garrote" was chosen to appear as the cause of death. The washing and clothes change took place upstairs, the rest in the basement. The basement was dark, but turning on a ceiling light there at that time of night might well attract unwanted attention. To minimize this risk, they used a flashlight to illuminate, but not too much. In the stress of the situation, the flashlight was not returned to its usual place in the drawer, but left on the counter. There is a similar situation with the pineapple. Fresh pineapple spoils quickly if not refrigerated. Patsy made a knowing remark to this effect in one of the questioning sessions, implying that in normal circumstances, she would quickly return the pineapple to the refrigerator after use. Yet, the bowl of pineapple was left sitting out. It was found the next day by the police. This indicates a serious distraction from the norm during the time that the pineapple would usually have been put back in the refrigerator. All of these things are quite understandable under the circumstance. They were, of course, new to the experience, emotionally distraught, and not knowledgeable about ransom notes, nor garrotes. All this in conjunction with the necessity to utilize materials on hand combined to produce an amateurish and transparent staging only the most naive and gullible would believe to be authentic. I doubt that anyone was more surprised that they officially got away with it than the Ramseys themselves. Initial success encouraged defiance and media appearances. Although always living in fear of discovery, they put up a good front. It seemed the plan had worked quite well. Then came the disturbing autopsy report: "CLINICOPATHLOGIC CORRELATION: Cause of death of this six year old female is asphyxia by strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma." Is the autopsy report correct? Could it be that JonBenet was still alive and maybe could have been saved before she was strangled? "I wondered whether the head injury didn't kill her and after that they strangled her." (John) Why does he want to know? Translation: "Please tell me that she was dead from the head injury before the strangulation. I don't want to believe there was a chance she could have survived and wasn't given that chance." The intensity of the concern is revealed by the utterance itself which sought assurance that she was dead before strangulation. This conclusion is reinforced by the fact that death by head trauma is precisely what they sought to hide, but John sought to establish as fact in direct contradiction. There had to be a very personal and very intense reason for this. Can you think of anything other than him thinking he had put a noose around a dead person's neck, his daughter's, only to find out later that maybe it wasn't true, that maybe he, by deliberate action contributed to her death? Ms. Keenan, could this be the way it happened? Would this explain John's trying to establish head injury as cause of death although the opposite was his defense? If the "supposing" is true, could this prompt the remark, "that's very difficult to think about and imagine" Getting back to the staging itself, naturally, a ransom note was a primary part of a kidnapping scenario. Contrary to Smit's declaration, the note does not show calm, cool and collected. Its nervous and spastic with at least seven mood changes with "mind tracks" as easy to follow as water buffalo through a mud flat. Let's look at one very revealing item. " The delivery will be exhausting so I advise you to be rested." Truth is fluid and flows smoothly. Lies, especially, in a serious situation, puts the mind in a strenuous pose. It is uncomfortable to maintain. There is an everpresent desire to drop the pretense, to relax. A brief lack of focus brings the mind back to truth and personal concerns. As John was concerned about the cause of death, Patsy was concerned about the ordeal she was going to face tomorrow. It showed up in the note. Later, after he discovered the revealing error, John tried to dance around this blunder by saying there was much confusion to whether tomorrow meant the 26th or the 27th. A check of numerous documents, including, their first interview on CNN failed to turn up a word or action indicating that there was any doubt that "tomorrow" was the 26th. As usual, John's rewrite of history failed. The pen moves on and that sort of thing. You may also notice that the writer of the note had no doubt as to what day it was. If a person awakes from a sleep, there is no way the person will instantly know how long he or she has been asleep. The mind of the note writer neither expressed nor implied any doubt that it was before midnight on the 25th. The inference is that she had not been to sleep. When we factor in the time required for the staging, the pineapple evidence, meaning that JonBenet did not die instantly from the head trauma, that the digestive system continued to function although she was unconscious, couldn't the pineapple eating itself be the very thing that set off the confrontation? Suppose we now include Patsy wearing the same clothes the next day. Do not all these factors converge upon the conclusion that the confrontation took place before midnight and Patsy never went to bed? She was up most of the night setting up the staging. The rest was nervous waiting for the time to call. It was decided that if caught in any discrepancy, it would be attributed to the hysteria and panic of the stressful situation. This was in conjunction with avoiding any commitment that wasn't necessary by "I think", "maybe", "not sure" and "don't recall." This tactic became a staple in John's and Patsy's interviews and interrogations. The tactic backfired. The attempted disassociation from certain crucial areas of the crime scene served only to call focused attention to them. How about it Ms. Keenan, could it all have happened as laid out in my supposing? Do you see any contradictions of the known facts? Which really makes more sense, this or the absurd contradiction-riddled intruder stories? I may not know every detail of the confrontation and subsequent actions, but what I do know with absolute certainty is that the crime scene was staged. Are you going to tell me an intruder staged it? In contrast to the supposing scenario above, let us take known facts and try to incorporate said facts with the notion of intruder. An intruder plans to kidnap, sexually assault and kill JonBenet, or changed the plan along the way. He climbs down into the window well. He reaches through the broken pane and cranks the window open. He enters through the window. He then comes to a door which opens away from him. It has a chair against it on the other side. He pushes the door open and the chair away from the area. He fails to bring any material needed to carry out his plan. He uses paper and pen from the Ramsey house to write a multi-page ransom note. He demands the odd amount of $118,000, which by coincidence, matches the figure of John's bonus. He goes upstairs to JonBenet's bedroom and takes her from it. He takes her to the basement. He puts tape over her mouth, apparently garnered from the Ramsey household like the paper, pen, cord, and paint brush handle. The tape and ties give the appearance of a kidnap victim, a kidnap victim which was never taken from the house, and for which no ransom was collected, nor attempt made to collect. He commits no sexual act, only genital assault. He decides to kill his kidnap victim, not by a blow to the head, not with a knife and not by manual strangulation. His weapon of choice is a "garrote" with which he is obviously unfamiliar, hence, leaves a bungled amateurish mess.Finally, he hits her over the head with something, with said something never being found and matched to the blow. Somewhere in all this he retrieves a blanket and wraps the body in it, and drew a heart on her hand. We may also note that somewhere within this activity, there is an interim wherein she was fed or allowed to eat pineapple. The intruder decides to leave. As he goes through the door into the train room, he reaches around the door and grasps the chair to pull it back close to the door the way he found it. He also stops to reach through the broken pane and close the window except for an inch or two. I think this is a reasonable facsimile as basis for my request. You have cast yourself in the role of defense attorney. Humor me and play the role a while longer. Take the intruder story as depicted above and think about it long and hard. Please tell me what arguments you would use before a jury to try to convince them the intruder story is true? Are you still sure that "the weight of the evidence is more consistent with a theory that an intruder murdered JonBenet than it is with a theory that Mrs. Ramsey did so?" If so, I sure would like to hear the argument you would put before a jury. If not, don't you think a public retraction of your statement is in order? After over six years, no intruder has been found. What's this intruder like? What is his profile as indicated by the facts when one tries to tie them to Smit's "evidence?" He is an enemy of John Ramsey in that he kidnapped John's daughter. He is a friend of John Ramsey in that he is concerned for John's comfort and admonishes him in the ransom note to be rested for tomorrow. He is a master planner and organizer in that he puts together an elaborate plan of kidnapping, assault and murder. He is ultimately and carelessly random in that he brings no materials to carry out his plan. He is mercenary in that he demands a $118,000 ransom for the safe return of John's daughter. He disdains wealth in that he makes no effort to collect. He is the standard of calm, cool and collected in that he lingers long in the house writing a long ransom note and carrying out other tasks without fear of being discovered. He is the portrait of confusion, agitation and disorientation in that his mind cannot grasp the simple concept of making a noose and putting over the head rather than tie the cord around the neck. He is a pedophile driven by his sexual desires in that he targets a six year old female. He is a celibate, a frustrated eunuch who performs no sexual act, only genital assault with an object. He is vicious and cruel in that he murders John's daughter. He is kind and compassionate in that he tenderly wraps the body in a blanket. He is openly contemptuous of the Ramseys in that he enters their home and tears their tranquility asunder. He is respectfully mindful of the Ramseys' wishes in that he thoughtfully closes the basement door and window as he departs to leave them as he found them. He is the epitome of stupidity in that he leaves the body in the house for early discovery losing his leverage of ransom. He is a genius of cleverness beyond description in that he has eluded the police and thwarted all their efforts for over six years. He is the sum of his parts. The sum of contradiction is zero. Where did it all go wrong? How could such a basically elementary crime scene take so many twists and turns weaving an obscuring veil of deceit until the truth is buried so deeply that it is not even seen in contrast to the confusion and illusions now officially labeled as "Statements Of Fact." There is plenty of blame to go around and many to share. No doubt, not isolating the house as a crime scene was one. Yes, a serious error, but not fatal to the case. Preferential treatment did not aid finding the truth either; indeed, was and is a major hindrance. At first, it was given freely as is the "custom" dictated by social status, but vehemently denied. Later, the preferential treatment was extorted by threats of lawsuits. If the "super detective", Lou Smit, says there was an intruder, then it is not in doubt. The Ramseys must be innocent and any word or action to the contrary is persecution. Smit, Wood, Ramseys and the whole RST were and are a cacophony of protests that the police were not following evidentiary lead; that they were focusing only on the Ramseys. The truth is that's the only place the evidence points. Still many thousands of dollars were spent on wild goose chases to placate the only viable suspects, but it was never enough. The absurd demands still go on. The threats rested on nothing more than the illusions and delusions of Lou Smit: Judge Carnes universal "expert witness" and through the mouth of Lin Wood, your instructor, your director who tells you to cooperate with the Ramseys. The victimized taxpayers of Boulder are being defrauded from every direction. Smit was called in to help in the investigation. He was reputed to be a competent detective of the first order. Much was expected. Much was delivered, but not what was expected. I don't know what happened prior to the incident, but Smit's giving the only viable suspects a free pass had to create tension and turmoil with any competent detective obliged to work with him. I can only imagine the frustration and exasperation of anyone in this position. By no means do I fully agree with Steve Thomas, but I do admire his restraint in walking away from the scene without breaking something first. Any detective, professional or amateur, knows that taking the word of a prime suspect is the epitome of incompetence. Why Smit was not booted then and there, I do not know. Maybe those that hired him did not want to admit such a blunder. Maybe this. Maybe that. I really don't know. What I do know is that the circumstance snowballed into a colossal fraud with many repercussions which are reverberating to this day. Smit came in with the billing of super detective. Apparently, the hype and spotlight compelled him to try to put on a spectacular performance to live up to the billing. Oh, he did. In mystical fashion, he "found" clues where none existed. He found "facts" without factual foundation. He wove fantasies of fantasies undeterred by obvious contradiction. He was on stage front and center. Dazzle the audience as all "superstars" do. That was his destiny. Truth be damned. The performance is all that counts. He went on the touring circuit with the Ramseys. He was a loud and vocal proponent of their innocence bolstered by what seemed to be an endless supply of "evidence" of an intruder. He was brought in and built up with the official sanction and praise of the BPD and others. However, he was not taken down by same when the truth of his incompetence was realized. In the "public eye" of those who had not studied the case and relied on general dissemination as truth, Smit was still the great detective he had been touted to be. Even after resigning, in the minds of most, Smit was still the spokesperson for authority correlated with declarations of Ramsey innocence with many years of experience in his resume to convince many of the great detecting abilities. Smit "built his case" for intruder perpetrator far and wide, and without noticeable opposition. Smit's public appearances as point man and spokesperson for the Ramseys was and is monumental in scope. The scene took on an air of absolutism. There was no other version to be heard. The mass of rhetoric solidified into a wall that obscured all else projecting a facade of truth taken by most to be the real thing. In this environment of Smit's unquestionable "proof" of an intruder, the Ramseys are totally innocent and any word to the contrary could well make you the defendant in a libel\slander suit. This threat knows no bounds. Not even the BPD or DA's Office are off limits of this tactic. Anyone trying to do their job by going with the evidence is accused of persecuting the Ramseys and may find themselves looking down the barrel of US Code 42, Section 1983, the "shotgun" code. Smit's "evidence" of an intruder is only a figment of his imagination and upon confrontation with facts disappears like a will of the wisp. What then? Without an identified intruder or evidence of an intruder, what suspects are there. Smit called it: "If it's not the Ramseys, then it's an intruder. If there is no intruder, then it has to be the Ramseys." Question: When all alleged evidence of an intruder is proven to be invalid, thereby accusing the Ramseys by default, on what basis can a libel\slander suit be filed since the Ramseys are the ONLY suspects by virtue of the evidence? Smit's illusions and aberrations have been regarded by many as factual evidence of an intruder. Lin Wood is on the list. If truth were known and Wood were deprived of this fictional basis paraded as truth, how many libel\slander lawsuits do you think he would have filed and\or threatened? Throughout this letter, I have shown that Smit's alleged evidence of an intruder is invalid; that there was no intruder. By this statement, I cannot help but accuse the Ramseys. The only way I can avoid this is to agree with Mr. Smit. I can agree if I find his arguments valid. I can agree by taking his word for it. However, since in examining, I may find Mr. Smit's arguments flawed, the only way that I can avoid any chance of accusing the Ramseys is not to examine Smit's arguments, just take his word for it. Therefore, if accusing the Ramseys is libel and slander, which is illegal, it follows that it is illegal for me to question the conclusions of Mr. Smit in search of the truth. In other words, when we brush aside all the obscuring rhetoric, Mr. Wood's suits and threats of suits are, in effect, saying that all are compelled by law to accept the word of Lou Smit without question or else they are guilty of libel and slander. I've done a lot of legal research in my time, but somehow I must have overlooked the law that says it is illegal not to take Mr. Smit's word as absolute fact. Perhaps, Mr. Wood will be kind enough to point it out to me. Of course, anyone can file a lawsuit against anyone about anything, but filing a lawsuit for the purpose of harassment or intimidation can have very serious consequences. With exactly what would Wood propose to back up a suit? After over six years, no intruder has been found. All of what has been and is alleged to be evidence of any intruder is refuted and gone. Unless Mr. Wood, can show otherwise, he is obliged to admit that the finger of guilt points to no one but the Ramseys. Some person or persons in that household must be the cause of JonBenet's death and staged crime scene. If I accuse Patsy of something, Wood's defense of Patsy automatically results in him accusing John or Burke. In chess, this is called checkmate. In case you don't know about chess, the term, checkmate, means the game is over. I believe I have clearly expressed my conclusions and basis for them. Although this missive is quite lengthy, it would be a simple matter to add another hundred pages of facts and arguments in solid support. That eventually may come to pass. Although this letter is addressed to you, it is the capacity as District Attorney in the public domain that this informative document is sent. No confidentiality agreement is expressed or implied. Who is already aware of this document, or who may be aware in the future is dependent upon numerous variables; none of which are restricted by any notion of privileged information. Ms. Keenan, you have a decision to make. If you can refute the facts alleged and arguments herein, by all means do so. I will gratefully stand corrected with apologies all around and become the Ramseys' most staunch supporter. If you can't refute, what then? You have ten days from receipt of this letter to answer the question in writing by regular mail, certified or otherwise with signature affixed; no fax, no phone. If I do not hear from you within the allotted time period, I will assume you have decided to ignore and "... work cooperatively with Lou Smit, the Ramseys..." At this time, I will initiate Plan B. As I stated earlier in this letter: Govern yourself accordingly. Sincerely, _______________________ Delmar England In the past, it has been my unpleasant experience that what I verbally conveyed to another or others was arbitrarily and severely revised, yet attributed to me via newsprint and radio. For at least a partial safeguard against a similar happening, I am obliged to insist that communication on the issues raised in the letter to DA, Keenan, be committed to writing with proper name included. For quick recognition, put "LETTER" in the subject line. Please address comments and\or questions to delmar@ct.net Thank you, Delmar England From the "WORDS" of Detective, Lou Smit on Larry King Live May 28, 2001: Lou Smit: "I believe that what should be done, even at this time, they have worn the Ramsey path out, I believe that perhaps they should get in fresh minds and fresh eyes, experienced people that can take a look at this case with an unbiased view point. That means getting rid of perhaps even the detectives that are working on it now. Getting rid of Lou Smit. Let somebody else in there that can objectively take a look at that case" Detective Lou Smit's Media and Legal Circuit Click Here ----> For Detective Lou Smit's Media Circuit 03-17-1997 Lou Smit - Alex Hunter Employment Agreement 09-20-1998 Lou Smit Resignation Letter 02-01-1999 Alex Hunter vs Lou Smit Complaint 03-04-1999 Affidavit of John Anderson on Lou Smit 03-04-1999 Affidavid of Robert L. Russel on Lou Smit 03-30-1999 Alex Hunter's Stipulated Court Order (Hunter vs Smit) 10-25-1999 Time Magazine 'Did an Intruder Kill JonBenet Ramsey?' 03-20-2000 Newsweek Interview 'The Intruder Theory' 03-20-2000 Burden of Proof (Pam Paugh, Smit's attorney Greg Walta) 04-30-2001 Entertainment Tonight Lou Smit 04-30-2001 NBC Today Show Interview Lou Smit 05-01-2001 NBC Today Show Interview Lou Smit 05-02-2001 NBC Today Show Interview Lou Smit 05-03-2001 NBC Today Show Interview Lou Smit 05-04-2001 NBC Today Show Interview Lou Smit 05-05-2001 Rocky Mountain News 'Clues in the Case' 05-21-2001 Fox News Special Part 1 (Lou Smit, Michael Dobersen, Henry Lee) 05-22-2001 Fox News Special Part 2 (Lou Smit, Michael Dobersen, Henry Lee) 05-23-2001 Fox News Special Part 3 (Lou Smit, Michael Dobersen, Henry Lee) 05-28-2001 Larry King Live Interviews Lou Smit 07-11-2001 UK Documentary: 'Who Killed the Pageant Queen?' 01-09-2002 Lou Smit Deposition (Wolf vs Ramsey) 10-04-2002 CBS 48 Hours Investigates - Searching for a Killer 11-06-2002 Entertainment Tonight Lou Smit 11-07-2002 Court TV - The Elite JonBenet 'A Second Look' 11-12-2002 Larry King Live - Interview with Lin Wood (Clips of Smit) 03-31-2003 Judge Carnes and Lou Smit's Intruder Theory (Wolf vs Ramsey) 05-11-2003 Court TV - The System - 'A Second Look'

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