But the most hard-hitting theory to emerge happened days ago whenThe Case of: JonBenet Ramseyaired in the US and Australia this week. Arndt confirmed to him that the child had died. I've been quite interested in the Jonbenet case for a few years, and have watched a lot of more mainstream content about what could have happened to her. Why? Investigators have proposed a theory that JonBenet Ramsey was killed after being struck with a torch. He died unexpectedly in 2002, after being cleared of all suspicion. In a March 2, 1997, story in the Rocky Mountain News, Bill and Janet McReynolds denied any responsibility for JonBenet's murder. OK. Whatever we wanted, he gave, and Jesses handwriting eliminated him as the author of the ransom note. Authorities collected hair and handwriting samples from the couple in the first few months following the killing, but police sources said they did not consider the McReynolds serious suspects. http://www2.dailycamera.com/bdc/city_news/article/0,1713,BDC_2422_1378181,00.html, Retired professor 'heartbroken' after JonBenet ordeal, By Charlie Brennan And Owen S. Good, Rocky Mountain News September 6, 2002. She made a profound change in me. ", Another, this time Mrs Ramsey, replies: "What did you do? At least some of the forensic evidence collected by cops appears to back them up because none of it has been linked to anyone questioned in the case. 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He said his daughter's abduction and his wife's play are just coincidences. McReynolds planned the murder in advance and he told JonBenet that Santa would visit her after Christmas to get her to go downstairs that night and wait for him. In a book by Mrs Pugh about the case shepointed the finger at JonBenet's mother Patsy. One-time person of interest Gary Oliva, 52, was held on child pornography charges this June. 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Can I ask you Ivy, did you live through the whole JonBenet murder saga as an adult while it was unfolding? The ransom note is made up primarily of movie quotes. The date of the incident was Dec. 26, 1974 - 22 years to the day before JonBenet's murder was discovered. When you do though, the intruder theory makes the most sense and has the better scientific evidence. I feel very close to my listeners this will be what I miss, McReynolds said in a 1997 article in Southern Livestock, written on his impending retirement. Its important for her to be able to rest in peace., Mr Clemente, a co-producer on Criminal Minds, says this was a major error. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. When I'm not writing, reading, or lost in the vortex that is the Internet, I can usually be found stuffing my face with food and obsessing over the nearest dog. News The new Discovery Channel programme'JonBenet: An American Murder Mystery' examines the evidence that suggests bearded Bill may have been behind her death. The McReynolds girl, 9 at the time, was not. Even more suspicious, McReynolds's middle daughter and her friend had been abducted 22 years prior to JonBent's death to the day. The couple initially told police the boy was sleeping when the ransom note was discovered, but his voice later was heard on an enhanced tape of Patsys 911 call to police. "Her murder was harder on me than my operation. So he was a white male with dark hair around 20-25 years old. McReynolds, a former University of Colorado journalism professor, portrayed Santa Claus at the Ramseys' home for the third consecutive year in 1996 two nights before the 6-year-old was found slain. But that wasnt what piqued police interest. "When the Ramsey story happened, he was hurt very badly, and that's why they had to leave Colorado," he said. The couple's 40th wedding anniversary was Sunday. Much was made of the fact the 29-year-old, who once gave evidence to a grand jury, smiled as he talked about his sisters murder. She is alleged to have asked to borrow $2,000 shortly before Christmas. "I didn't make the connection as much as I felt that this area should be investigated by the authorities because of the similarities between what I'd seen online [of child pornography] and the child's murder," he explained in .css-tjvzc4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:inherit;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;border-bottom:thin solid #6F6F6F;}.css-tjvzc4:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}an interview with the Computer Crime Research Center. He was extremely cooperative, gave handwriting, hair fingerprints writing samples and ruled out very early on. I dont know what youre watching/reading/listening to, but Ive heard him mentioned all over the place. Bill is related to Mariah E McReynolds and William David McReynolds as well as 3 additional people. "And because I'd been told by cyber-crime specialists that JonBent was precisely the kind of child, because of her beauty pageant experience, who could be sucked into the world of child porn. @keyframes _1tIZttmhLdrIGrB-6VvZcT{0%{opacity:0}to{opacity:1}}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd,.HQ2VJViRjokXpRbJzPvvc{--infoTextTooltip-overflow-left:0px;font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;padding:3px 9px;position:absolute;border-radius:4px;margin-top:-6px;background:#000;color:#fff;animation:_1tIZttmhLdrIGrB-6VvZcT .5s step-end;z-index:100;white-space:pre-wrap}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd:after,.HQ2VJViRjokXpRbJzPvvc:after{content:"";position:absolute;top:100%;left:calc(50% - 4px - var(--infoTextTooltip-overflow-left));width:0;height:0;border-top:3px solid #000;border-left:4px solid transparent;border-right:4px solid transparent}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd{margin-top:6px}._3uK2I0hi3JFTKnMUFHD2Pd:after{border-bottom:3px solid #000;border-top:none;bottom:100%;top:auto} A police report also claimed Mrs Ramsey had changed her story about whether she discovered the note or JonBenets absence first. Email us attips@the-sun.co.ukor call 0207 782 4368, Baby's body found after huge search, as cops quiz Constance Marten & lover, I took pic of son, 18, before his first night out then the worst thing happened, Meg & Harry 'stunned' by King's 'cruel' Frogmore eviction 'punishment', Harry and Meghan evicted from Frogmore Cottage by King Charles after Spare memoir, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Blood sample? His DNA didnt match UM1. ", The daughter: On December 26, 1974, twenty-two years before JonBent was reported kidnapped on December 26, 1996, the nine-year-old daughter of Janet McReynolds, the wife of Bill McReynolds, was kidnapped. One who is interested in Janet's work? McReynolds and his wife, Janet, both came under some scrutiny as potential suspects in the still-unsolved murder, not only because he'd been in the house shortly before JonBenet's slaying, but also because police discovered two eerie parallels between the McReynolds' lives and details in the Ramsey case. Again, he is an individual who was involved with her, had an interest in her, was seen with her, shortly before the murder," original prosecutor Trip DeMuth told CNN. In the words of Larry Pozner, president of the National Association of Defense Lawyers, they have visited one of the levels of hell.. 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Would love to hear others thoughts.. Bill McReynolds: Retired CU Journalism Professor 1968-1992. He then ripped the duct tape off her mouth and carried her upstairs, contaminating the crime scene. In 1976, Janet McReynolds had written an award-winning play about the sexual assault, torture and murder of a girl whose body was found in a basement. Burke dismissed the claims in an interview on the Dr Phil Show. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Joe Barnhill had easy access to the home and says he watched TV and went to bed. DA Lacy did not know what she was talking about when she exonerated the family, he said. Kolar continued: "JonBenet was up, she may or may not have brushed her teeth, that stuff was out on the counter, then I think she was up and awake enough that she was maybe still hungry and she went downstairs. If the BPD had evidence that the Ramseys killed their daughter, why have they looked at other people as serious suspects?? You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Parents do horrible things to their children, but to understand this case you have to take the notion out of your head that they set out to kill this 6-year-old girl, Wecht said last year. Then in 2004, Phyllis and Bill moved to Longmont, Colorado to be near their daughter, Karen. If I could recommend anything to anyone who still wants to think Bill McReynolds had anything to do with this, its the last episode of the Listen Carefully podcast where the hosts interview his daughter & discuss this whole crime. "I will never forget we were walking toward his house and he said, 'I wonder what it would be like to crack a human skull.' McReynolds joined the University of Colorado journalism department in 1968, where he taught reporting and mass communications history until retiring in 1992. McReynolds got angry, and that only fed the paranoia of the DAs people. But another documentary, HLN network's'Who Killed JonBenet Ramsay?' Instead, the analysts looked at interviews and behaviour over a far longer time period, which told them a tremendous amount more, to be revealed in the program. This story has been shared 137,743 times. Trip DeMuth stood at the gas station with his arms crossed, watching them drive away. (Thomas). To perhaps no one's surprise, this has been debunked multiple times, and prior to Katy Perry, the theory was that JonBent was actually Lady Gaga. That is when McReynolds' fascination with Santa Claus began, said his wife. I recall reading that sparkly Christmas fragments were found in JBR's hair at the time of her death. I've asked my wife to mix the star dust JonBent gave me with my ashes. I was amazed. McReynolds, a former University of Colorado journalism professor, portrayed Santa. DeMuth confronted Santa Bill, convinced that the cord being used to lash down a tarpaulin was like the cord used in the murder garrote. He was investigated by BPD. Bill and Janet McReynolds left Colorado in 1998 and settled on Cape Cod. Among his many accolades, McReynolds was inducted into the National Farm Broadcasters Hall of Fame. We have a tape from him . . it was a tribute to JonBenet or something like that. .LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH{fill:var(--newRedditTheme-actionIcon);height:18px;width:18px}.LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH rect{stroke:var(--newRedditTheme-metaText)}._3J2-xIxxxP9ISzeLWCOUVc{height:18px}.FyLpt0kIWG1bTDWZ8HIL1{margin-top:4px}._2ntJEAiwKXBGvxrJiqxx_2,._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{vertical-align:middle}._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center} We could walk through the rooms, see the spatial relationships, test egress and ingress who came in and who went out, and what could be seen and heard, said Mr Clemente. Each morning Bill McReynolds awoke at 4 a.m. to make it to the radio station in time to start his show at 5 a.m. Two days prior to JonBent's murder, former University of Colorado professor Bill McReynolds dressed up as Santa Claus at the Ramsey household for the third year in a row. The Ramseys finally went on CNN or some news show with a small poster offering a $100,000 Reward if JonBenet's killer was caught. A couple of years later the Ramseys cancelled the Reward for catching JonBenet's killer! (Bill McReynolds), He visited adult book stores and admitted to having a long-withstanding admiration for porn. Her murder was harder on me than my operation. "Some of his students kept relationships with him their entire lives," Cosper said. Joe Barnhill claimed he saw John Andrew Ramsey outside the home. Almost 20 years after the 6-year-old child beauty queen was found brutally murdered in the basement of her family's home, it seems like almost everyone has a theory as to who did it or what happened. TV show sleuths have already suggested that a flashlight could have been used to cause a skull fracture on the six-year-old pageant queen. "I remember him as a great colleague, a very polite and very fun-loving kind of individual. A wealthy, politically connected family that hid behind a team of lawyers, public relation manager and private investigators were able to evade justice, despite being indicted by a grand jury. "I think that accounts for the physical evidence as well as the latent print. He was just so devastated by the mere idea anyone would suspect him of a crime," she said. McReynolds had heart surgery in August 1996. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. A football scholarship allowed McReynolds to go to college, and earned his bachelors degree in broadcasting from the University of Texas at Austin in 1944. Even more harrowing, Inside Edition reports that when Oliva was previously arrested in 2000, he was allegedly carrying a photograph of the child beauty queen with him, along with a copy of a poem he'd written called, "Ode to JonBent. Though they have never been publicly cleared, they do have an alibi. How can it be used to clear suspects if you don't think the killer left the DNA to begin with? This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. The day after they buried their daughter, they went on CNN to proclaim their innocence, but it was four months before they sat down for a formal interview with police. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. However, amongother things, the book largely relies on the belief that JonBent's cause of death was head trauma, but in reality, the autopsy revealed that it was asphyxiation. People that arent suspects wont be mentioned. "She [the California woman] had no direct knowledge of anything that may have occurred the night JonBent died," Police Chief Mark Beckner told the Denver Post. There's a reason people who don't really know the details of this case will 90% of the time say they think the parents are guilty of 'something'. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. A little boy who was a special friend had been murdered several years previously (Thomas). Lezette McReynolds died in 2010. Others, like 12-year-old Burke Ramsey and family friends Bill and Janet McReynolds, have been the targets of fevered public speculation. believes she knows who killed her daughter, JonBenet. McReynolds's own daughter had been kidnapped 22 years before. We know of one person that would tie a lot of the loose ends and coincidences together. We're going to go up behind the cabin here and have it blow away in the wind." ._3-SW6hQX6gXK9G4FM74obr{display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px;height:16px;font-size:16px;line-height:16px} JonBent Ramsey was 6 years old when she was murdered in her Boulder, CO home on Christmas night 1996. The three-page letter purporting to be from a small foreign faction was written on a legal pad found in the house with a pen that Patsy favored. "This was her speculation based on what she claimed she went through as a child. (It's also speculated that Patsy lashed out after finding that JonBenet had wet the bed.) Another mother also stated to BPD investigators that JonBent had told a playmate about a Secret Santa. How much of a coincidence is it, though, that Janet wrote that story? Once police were happyhis story checked out, they acknowledged his frail health and ruled him out of the case. McReynolds was named by the Ramseys as one of five people worthy of further investigation. Please, for everyone studying this case for the first time, LET THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY REST. William "Bill" McReynolds, a retired University of Colorado journalism professor who gained unwanted notoriety as the man who played St. Nick for the family of JonBenet Ramsey, died early this week at his home in Mashpee, Mass. He enjoyed connecting with his audience, whether it was through replying to fan mail or interacting with people as an emcee, guest speaker or beauty pageant judge at county fairs and agricultural associations. ._3K2ydhts9_ES4s9UpcXqBi{display:block;padding:0 16px;width:100%} We are here to discuss all aspects of the case and remember JonBent Patricia Ramsey. ._2a172ppKObqWfRHr8eWBKV{-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;margin-right:8px}._39-woRduNuowN7G4JTW4I8{margin-top:12px}._136QdRzXkGKNtSQ-h1fUru{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin:8px 0;width:100%}.r51dfG6q3N-4exmkjHQg_{font-size:10px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.5px;line-height:12px;text-transform:uppercase;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center}.r51dfG6q3N-4exmkjHQg_,._2BnLYNBALzjH6p_ollJ-RF{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._2BnLYNBALzjH6p_ollJ-RF{margin-left:auto}._1-25VxiIsZFVU88qFh-T8p{padding:0}._2nxyf8XcTi2UZsUInEAcPs._2nxyf8XcTi2UZsUInEAcPs{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-widgetColors-sidebarWidgetTextColor)} Its ridiculous. It's sad for his family. LEGAL pundits say the JonBenet Ramsey case is dead in the water but for those who have fallen under the infamous umbrella of suspicion, the saga wont be over until the killer is brought to justice. His ashes will be scattered at one of McReynolds' favorite Colorado hiking trails. Follow the evidence and youll see it doesnt lead to him. Maybe reporters and podcasters avoid the topic because its so unlikely and it harms the memory of an innocent man and upsets his family. He played Santa at the Ramsey's in 94, 95 and 96. The second girl was molested. As far as Bill goes, RIP. "The children loved him. There's no doubt about it. McReynolds "had written a card to JonBenet that was found in her trash can after the murder. But currently, he's not a suspect.". ", Another popular suspect in the case was Michael Helgoth, whose family owned a junkyard on the outskirts of Boulder (the Ramsey family's then-hometown). 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