The world has heard so many false rumours. Investigators found 38 registered sex offenders living within a three-kilometre radius of the Ramseys home. ", Another, this time Mrs Ramsey, replies: "What did you do? The unsolved JonBenet Ramsey case is not even a blip on most of today's readers' radar screens. Excellent interview and all of the oddities associated with Bill McReynolds get explained/squashed by his daughter on the episode. The people of the community need to know the truth so they can put pressure on the district attorney. Gosage took it back down the hill to the gas station and handed it to the technician from the CBI. I'm Gina, the night editor here at Cosmopolitan.com! 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Regardless, the dude is creepy! And it's sad that he and his family to this day get smeared by sensationalist media and internet posters. He was found with a photo of JonBenet in his backpack in December 2000 along with a stun gun, which he said had been given to him by a friend. 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Bill and Janet McReynolds left Colorado in 1998 and settled on Cape Cod. That afternoon, JonBenets father John found his childs small, strangled body bound and gagged in the family basement, by which time friends and family had trampled through the house, destroying forensic evidence forever. 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He's mentioned absolutely everywhere, nearly every documentary and podcast brings him up. "They felt they couldn't live here anymore.". Services: Memorial service, 2 p.m. Dec. 29, Wayside Chapel Evangelical Free Church, 1705 NW Loop 410. But currently, he's not a suspect.". Bill and Janet McReynolds say the only significance of their daughter's abduction to the Ramsey case, regardless of the dates, is that it underscores the compassion they feel for John and Patsy Ramsey. Bill McReynolds, a retired journalism professor, had been at the Ramsey home two nights before the murder, playing Santa Claus at a Christmas party. We all came to one complete theory that explains everything that happened, Mr Clemente told news.com.au. As long as theres an open investigation and it will stay open these people will have this cloud hanging over their heads, notes Denver lawyer Andrew Cohen. What is central to this confusing case is JonBenets visible profile as winner of titles including Little Miss Colorado, Americas Royale Miss, National Tiny Miss Beauty and Colorado State All-Star Kids Cover Girl. He was totally broken-hearted. ", 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. JonBenet's death, in some respects, paralleled the plot of a play McReynolds' wife had written before the killing. Bill McReynolds played Santa at several Ramsey holiday parties and knew the family well. He considered the Ramsey's as friends, he loved children and didn't mean any harm to them, he may have been a little weird but he was already old in 1996 by the time JonBenet was killed, and in poor health. If the BPD had evidence that the Ramseys killed their daughter, why have they looked at other people as serious suspects?? @keyframes ibDwUVR1CAykturOgqOS5{0%{transform:rotate(0deg)}to{transform:rotate(1turn)}}._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq{--sizePx:0;font-size:4px;position:relative;text-indent:-9999em;border-radius:50%;border:4px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-bodyTextAlpha20);border-left-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-body);transform:translateZ(0);animation:ibDwUVR1CAykturOgqOS5 1.1s linear infinite}._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq,._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq:after{width:var(--sizePx);height:var(--sizePx)}._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq:after{border-radius:50%}._3LwT7hgGcSjmJ7ng7drAuq._2qr28EeyPvBWAsPKl-KuWN{margin:0 auto} I'm sure there are some exceptions, but from what I've seen most IDI people actually started out RDI. Detectives probing the intruder theory have investigated sex offenders as far away as California and looked into the surreal world of kiddie pageants but a credible suspect has yet to emerge. In early 1990s the Ramseys spent $700,000 just to build the third story master suite onto their mansion! He then ripped the duct tape off her mouth and carried her upstairs, contaminating the crime scene. Former Boulder detective Steve Thomas wrote in his book about the case, "Analysis proved that Santa Bill didn't write the ransom note, (which Patsy Ramsey said she found the morning her child was discovered to be missing), and he was much too frail to have made a midnight run from (the McReynolds' mountain retreat in) Rollinsville, done a Spiderman entry of the Ramsey home," and carried out the crime. An astonishing six-second call snippet in which a voice can be heard to say 'What did you do?' 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. Investigators have proposed a theory that JonBenet Ramsey was killed after being struck with a torch. 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. People that arent suspects wont be mentioned. The new Discovery Channel programme'JonBenet: An American Murder Mystery' examines the evidence that suggests bearded Bill may have been behind her death. McReynolds, a former University of Colorado journalism professor, portrayed Santa. The woman said that on Christmas Eve day in 1996, JonBent said Santa had told her he was going to make a secret visit to her after Christmas. In the few years before heart surgery in August 1996 ended McReynolds's teaching career for good, Jones said, "He got the best course evaluations that he'd got in his whole career. 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