Jameson's May 22, 1997 E-mail from Donald Foster:

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Subj: thanks
Date: 97-05-22 14:22:46 EDT
From: foxxxxxx@vassar.edu (Don Foster)
To: jameson245@aol.com

Dear Jams Jameson,

Because of my notoriety as a text analyst, I get asked every day about the Ramsey case. (I'm the Vassar prof. who identified Joe Klein as the author of the best seller *Primary Colors* "by Anonymous," just three weeks after the book was published and six months before Klein confessed; I'm currently serving as an expert witness in the unabom case.) I have no role in the investigation, nor do I expect to be invited to participate, either by the Ramseys or by the police. I'm writing this note for just one reason: to commend you for your internet posts. You're one of the few folks urging restraint - and about the only one who's done so with much intelligence and eloquence. Some of the things being said about the Ramseys on the web are really vile. The lurid imagination of these folks says more about themselves than about the Ramsey family. In our country, people should be innocent until proven guilty - and John and Patsy Ramsey most definitely have not yet been proved guilty of anything. Thanks for reminding these anonymous and pseudonymous voyeurs of that fact...

Best wishes,
Don Foster
Department of English
Vassar College

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1 . "Foster initiated contact with me"
Posted by jams on May-02-00 at 10:15 AM (EST)

After several weeks of e-mailing back and forth, Donald Foster would do several things that DID secure him a "role in the investigation". FIRST, Foster would contact the District Attorney in Boulder and tell him that he, Foster, had found John Andrew on the internet, posting as "jameson", and that he, Foster, believed John Andrew had murdered his sister, JonBenét. Then, on June 10th, Foster wrote a letter to his literary agent and told him that HE, Foster, had "solved this Colorado crime". He wanted his agent to find a magazine willing to publish is report on "Paging JonBenét's Killer". Days later, he wrote a letter to Patsy Ramsey. By the end of the month, he would send me certified mail offering to help me turn myself in for my part in the crime.

This man is an "expert" who was WRONG! But he was willing to publish his findings.

And let's not forget his letter to Patsy saying he knew she would be vindicated - she was innocent.

The man is a joke - and he will profit from his games - THAT is a shame.

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