Talk of the Town

By Fred Smith

July 9, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Not only did they botch this case, how many other families may have suffered because the real killer went free. I really don’t see how this case will ever be solved.

By john

July 9, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

no the case wont be solve because the police and investigators made too many mistakes. what the media has put the family through is the most ridiculous thing ive ever seen. i hope the best for their family and hope the media stops hounding this family

By how

July 9, 2008 5:44 PM | Link to this

Still trying to understand the “mock” ransom letter found in the mother’s purse… proven to be in her handwriting - as reported.

By DaveTheWave

July 9, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

Remember. If any criminal activity happens to a member of your family, your entire family will be the prime suspects according to the police and the press and you will be haunted, abused, tortured, maligned, driven to bankruptcy and insanity because family is always suspected first. Even if you didn’t do it, you did it. The police and the press should be more than ashamed. A person ought to be able to file a lawsuit over this kind of thing.

By Jack ATL

July 9, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this

This is a travesty, and the entire dismal case lies at the feet of the Boulder PD and their DA. For Pete’s sake, the child was murdered over 12 years ago!! SIX YEARS TO DETERMINE A DNA?? Patsy Ramsey went to her grave with this incompetence hanging over her head. And all the DA can say is ‘sorry’??!!! If I recall, the same DA tried to get a lot of free PR initially, and she did not have a case. As a minimum, believe that those in the Boulder PD who had a hand in the debacle, and the DA should be removed — not allowed to resign, but REMOVED! Some sort of signal needs to be sent that incompetence — and people’s lives — cannot be manipulated by incompetents — if you want confidence in the justice system! This should also be added to law and criminal justice textbooks regarding “WHAT NOT TO DO”! Believe this is also a suggestion that folks should be careful before moving to a LEFTIST COMMUNITY!!

By Voice of Reason

July 9, 2008 6:12 PM | Link to this

That unidentified DNA might’ve been from the person who packaged her underwear. The fact that they found that there does NOT negate the possibility that one of the Ramsey’s did this.

This changes NOTHING in my mind. Patsy did this murder, IMO, and I still think it a tragedy that they are buried next to each other. It was the perfect crime.

By gwarfan

July 9, 2008 6:14 PM | Link to this

Who cares? Let it go already. I am sure there are lots and lots of other unsolved murders in the past decade to care about instead of wasting time on this again and again.

By Tommy

July 9, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this

…I saw them both in Flack’s Interiors in ‘01, not realizing who they were, but thinking, “creepy looking couple”… then I realized who it was. Sorry, Patsy, but if you weren’t really guilty, you sure as all hell looked it, acted like it, and did a lot of crazy sh-t, like a lunatic babyiller might do….

By RamblinLonghorn

July 9, 2008 7:25 PM | Link to this

Children in America go to sleep hungry, and major news outlets are going to spend their time reporting on this drivel.

By Former Friend

July 9, 2008 7:29 PM | Link to this

Wow, this really explians why the “ransom” note paper was from the Ramsey stock, why the handwriting on the “ransom” note matched patsy’s, why the diction/style of the note was phony, why the paint brush handle came from inside, why the pen used was patsy’s calligraphy pen. Yeah, one drop of “outside” DNA really lays to rest all those pesky clues. And, remember how QUICK John Ramsey and his pimps were to declare Johnny Karr GUILTY AS HELL? Yeah, this latest bit of incompetence & bribery really exonerates the loathesome & looney Ramsey family.

By JJMB

July 9, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this

All they had to do was COOPERATE with the police during the original investigation. This would include taking a polygraph, to eliminate them as suspects. Any innnocent parent would have been glad to do it. What did they do?

They lawyered up and stone-walled the police.

Now the current DA wants to apologize? Something doesn’t add up here.

By Jim

July 9, 2008 8:43 PM | Link to this

This case exemplifies the true meaning of incompetence. Someone should be fired over this decade of stupidity!

By Sherlock Holmes

July 9, 2008 9:43 PM | Link to this

You don’t have to be a detective to know that Patsy Ramsey killed JonBenet. I actually thought she would confess on her death bed but she was a coward. The moron husband either helped her cover up the crime or was just too stupid to know she did it. How hard would it be to plant DNA on a murder victim to create the mysterious 3rd party? A truly sad sad story!

By Clueless Dave

July 9, 2008 11:00 PM | Link to this

There are a number of logical explanations for the DNA, but none for the ransom note if it truly had been left by an “unexplained third party”. Why would a murderer leave a ransom note? Why would a kidnapper leave a body? The only logical conclusion is the Pat Ramsey wrote the note. Either she herself accidentally killed JonBenet while punishing her for wetting the bed, then wrote the note to avoid prison, or she wrote it to avoid getting the Worst Mother of All Time Award after Burke accidentally killed JB while molesting her.

By Clueless Dave

July 9, 2008 11:32 PM | Link to this

Why would a murderer break in, kill, then write a ransom note? Or, why would a kidnapper break in, kill, write a ransom note, then leave the body? Both questions defy logic. The only logical conclusion then is that Pat Ramsey wrote the note herself to cover her (or perhaps her son’s) misdeed. The DNA can be explained in a number of ways, not the note. Patricia Ramsey was not innocent. Case Closed.

By Tiffany

July 9, 2008 11:34 PM | Link to this

Voice of Reason=Voice of an Idiot.

By James Kearney

July 9, 2008 11:49 PM | Link to this

If you read the material on my website: www.jonbenetramseymurdersolved.com you will know that I have proven for certain that John Ramsey did it. Jim Kearney/retired FBI agent

By Steve

July 10, 2008 7:40 AM | Link to this

Don’t have too much sympathy for the Ramsey’s. After all, it was them who refused to cooperate with police in their attempt to eliminate them from suspicion (have we forgotten). If the Ramsey’s were less elitist the police could have moved on years ago.

By Spare Me

July 10, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

The Ramsey’s are still suspects. The media didn’t botch this case. This is simply a case of rich people getting away with murder. Why on earth would a little girl be downstairs from her family during the holidays and nobody notices. I believe the Ramsey’s are responsible for the death of this child. I am sicken by this case. It truly disturbes me that the responsible parties are in jail. Who else would have done it? ………………………………………………….

By sexy1977

July 10, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

Little JonBenet has been dead now for 12 years. it doesn’t take that long to get DNA results. This will go down in history as another unsolved case, just like Nicole Simpson and Bonnie Blakely.

By Carla

July 10, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this

I don’t believe the “new” DNA report. There are too many suggestions, based on the evidence that this was an inside job.

By dyneegirl

July 10, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this

There are lots of people wrongfully convicted who could be cleared with DNA testing. It is confusing to me why it is so difficult and expensive to get a test. Just the involved legal allowance needed for testing is ridiculous. Please take a look at this horrific situation at FREEPAULCORTEZ.ORG. Can you imagine any other profession being allowed to deny a person the rights guaranteed supposedly by our constitution?

By Paul

July 10, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this

Great, a story that gets John Mark Karr’s name back in the news.

By GIl

July 10, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

Voice of Reason,

Get over it and Let it go. They were found to have no involvement in their daughter’s murder, but people like you still harp on it.

JJMB,

A person has the right to consult with and hire an attorney. Does that deem them a criminal and/or guilty? Where is it written that hiring a lawyer is illegal? The cops were desperate to find a killer and close this case. Unfortunately, they drug the Ramsey’s through the mud for all of these years and committed horrible mistakes in the process.

If this can happen to a wealty family, God forbid what would happen to someone who does not have the resouces to hire effective counsel.

Longhorn,

This may be “drivel” to you, but this case highlights the still existent flaws in our so called system of justice that need to be fixed.

By Fishwrapper

July 10, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this

talk about irresponsible journalism - the AJC is claiming that “…DNA evidence clears relatives of JonBenet Ramsey…” - this is not necessarily true - the PROSECUTORS cleared the family - the DNA evidence is merely a by-product - the Ramsey’s may still be as culpable as all get-out - these new findings provide a convenient smoke-screen for the prosecution to hide behind - anyone who believes that the Ramsey’s were forthcoming and cooperative and totally innocent is naive beyond words

By casey

July 10, 2008 8:43 PM | Link to this

If the Ramseys had co-operated with the authorities at the time of their daughter’s death, instead of running off and refusing to help, the case might have been solved during the crucial early stages of the case. I’m sorry for the child and her siblings, having such parents. As for the parents, they share the blame almost as much as the person who committed it - for aiding and abetting.

By Charles

July 11, 2008 7:19 AM | Link to this

I also believe in the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and O.J. didn’t do it, either.

By Holly

July 11, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this

The dectectives in this case screwed things up in this case with their stupidity. They need to investagate anyone who knew the Ramseys. They need to interview everybody who came to that Christmas party and anyone who has ever came into the house to do any kind of work there. The killer knew that house. He came into her room and took her from her bed to the basement, that being a huge home would have to have been there before. They need to look into anyone who worked on their home and see if they had a criminal record. They need to start over and do it right this time. Now they have DNA evidence to use.

By Drew

July 11, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this

On the Dec. morning of this little girls death I was watching TV news. It had snowed 2 inches and the Ramsey house had police and news media around. A reporter scanned the yard and stated there were no foot prints in the snow!! The windows on house were bared.