Officers could not find any sign of a break-in and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said there were indications Patsy had written the ransom note, although they reached no definitive conclusion. Why? Maybe an ex-student? His ashes will be scattered at one of McReynolds' favorite Colorado hiking trails. Was this an attempt to FRAME John Andrew in the murder? JonBent had led McReynolds by the hand on a tour of the house during the 1995 Christmas party, including her bedroom and the basement to see where the Christmas trees were kept, and had given him a vial of glittery stardust to sprinkle in his beard. Was their DNA tested? Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. JonBent was born on August 6, 1990, in Atlanta, Georgia. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Archives Cord Photos When the couple moved to the small town on Cape Cod in 1998, McReynolds left his role of Santa Claus, his wife said. Another was Michael Helgoth, an electrician who worked at a nearby auto salvage yard. . Serving as the crew chief in the Winston Cup until 2000, McReynolds . Instead, they were puzzled by two bizarre parallels between the McReynolds lives and the grisly death of Little Miss Colorado. Palm prints left on the ransom note and a basement door, and an imprint from a hiking shoe found near her body, could not be matched to the Ramseys or their pals. 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. Not only was Helgoth seen wearing shoes similar to those ina footprint found in the Ramseys'basement, but one of Helgoth's former coworkers also claimed that he'd been acting incredibly suspiciously around the time of the murder. This story has been shared 137,743 times. A book by Kate Millett, The Basement, details the murder. Why would the other parent help cover up the crime? In the three years since the 6-year-old beauty queen was found beaten, strangled and possibly sexually abused in the basement of her Colorado home, cops have investigated a parade of relatives and acquaintances. Hired by Marilyn Haus to play Santa at the mall. Instead of working together, they were at loggerheads. And apparently it starts out nice and then it gets up into this you left Santa Claus and, you know, went to all those fancy things and you came back to Santa Claus. If the BPD had evidence that the Ramseys killed their daughter, why have they looked at other people as serious suspects?? MYSTERY INTRUDERFROM the get-go, the Ramseys pointed the finger at a deranged child murderer. In early 1990s the Ramseys spent $700,000 just to build the third story master suite onto their mansion! No suspects were ever found in the case, but both children were found. It's not easy to unpack all of that garbage and approach the case with fresh eyes. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. He's also said gave her a note that said the. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/TopicLinksContainer.3b33fc17a17cec1345d4_.css.map*/Let me know when you have your answer. He was extremely cooperative, gave handwriting, hair fingerprints writing samples and ruled out very early on. A memorial service is scheduled for Friday in Massachusetts. They parked at a gas station down the road and sent my old partner, Detective Ron Gosage, up to talk because he was the only one with whom McReynolds would speak. His wife had joined him there. BURKE RAMSEYFOR some of the armchair detectives convinced the murder was an inside job, the united front presented by John and Patsy Ramsey meant only one thing they were covering up for their son. I was in my early twenties when this all unfolded. 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Bill McReynolds played Santa at several Ramsey holiday parties and knew the family well. "He has not been on our radar screen for a while," Beckner said. He wrote me a letter saying that he carved JonBenet's name in a harp, it had the name of three other little girls that died early. View our online Press Pack. Among his many accolades, McReynolds was inducted into the National Farm Broadcasters Hall of Fame. A little boy who was a special friend had been murdered several years previously (Thomas). His final stint there came Dec. 23, 1996, two nights before JonBenet was murdered in her home. The Christmas note which investigators found in the bin of the family's Boulder, Colorado home is alleged to have been penned by McReynolds. Lengthy interview? Excellent interview and all of the oddities associated with Bill McReynolds get explained/squashed by his daughter on the episode. Janet is a movie critic. 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Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. I don't recall even seeing a photo of one that was actually put up in public in Colorado. Would love to hear others thoughts.. Bill McReynolds: Retired CU Journalism Professor 1968-1992. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. For one, it was discovered that a daughter of McReynolds, plus another young girl, had once been abducted in Longmont by an unknown assailant. The week before the murder, McReynolds had dressed up as the local Santa and entertained children at a Christmas gathering. Well that's not surprising since anyone around back then would have been exposed to a massive amount "RDI" media spin. McReynolds' death was sudden, his wife said, although he had undergone a bypass operation and replacement of aorta valve in 1996. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/IdCard.ea0ac1df4e6491a16d39_.css.map*/._2JU2WQDzn5pAlpxqChbxr7{height:16px;margin-right:8px;width:16px}._3E45je-29yDjfFqFcLCXyH{margin-top:16px}._13YtS_rCnVZG1ns2xaCalg{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._1m5fPZN4q3vKVg9SgU43u2{margin-top:12px}._17A-IdW3j1_fI_pN-8tMV-{display:inline-block;margin-bottom:8px;margin-right:5px}._5MIPBF8A9vXwwXFumpGqY{border-radius:20px;font-size:12px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0;line-height:16px;padding:3px 10px;text-transform:none}._5MIPBF8A9vXwwXFumpGqY:focus{outline:unset} What are you going for, National Enquirer headline of the year? He was a very personable kind of guy. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. BARB COOPER Boulder. ._1x9diBHPBP-hL1JiwUwJ5J{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:#ff585b;padding-left:3px;padding-right:24px}._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4{height:16px;padding-right:4px;vertical-align:top}.icon._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5{height:20px;vertical-align:middle;padding-right:8px}.QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{height:18px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:top}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 .QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)} Police initially investigated the case as a kidnapping, after pageant mum Patsy called 911 on Boxing Day morning 1996 to say she had found a ransom note demanding $157,000 and that her daughter was missing from their home in Boulder, Colorado. A NEW documentary aims to shed fresh light on the murder of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsay by investigating some long-forgotten suspects -- including the mysterious figure dubbed 'Santa Claus'. Some speculated that Patsy, demanding perfection from the pint-sized pageant winner, flew into a rage when JonBenet wet her bed one time too many. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. looks at housekeeper Linda Hoffman Pugh. And another creepy coincidence that raised investigators'. McReynolds had heart surgery in August 1996. In fact, McReynolds' wife of 40 years (who herself was, I believe, a respected member of your staff for several years) even comments that this portion of his life was devastating to him, so why would you perpetuate it in an article about his death? Healso revealed that Burkehad scarred his sibling just one year earlier after whacking her with a golf club. Forensic expert Cyril Wecht, who wrote a book on the case, believes John probably killed his daughter by accident during a sex game and Patsy helped him make it look like an intruder was the culprit. In 2018-19, her daughter Kim and son-in-law Dennis Gonzalez, also moved to Longmont. According to PMPT "McReynolds and Barnhill's DNA could not be excluded" p182. But currently, he's not a suspect.". I think a lot of us that lived through it were once upon a time RDI. OK. McReynolds was named by the Ramseys as one of five people worthy of further investigation. Links Terms of Service Animosity between the Boulder DA and the local police force over the high-profile case also muddied the waters. He got it wrong. John Ramsey found his dead daughter in a rarely used basement room that police had overlooked. 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. That doesnt mean they are guilty, but the world was misled.. He was totally broken-hearted. The IDI ppl constantly say those who think any Ramsey family member are persecuting the Ramseys, yet they routinely persecute anybody else the Ramseys threw under the bus. ._1QwShihKKlyRXyQSlqYaWW{height:16px;width:16px;vertical-align:bottom}._2X6EB3ZhEeXCh1eIVA64XM{margin-left:3px}._1jNPl3YUk6zbpLWdjaJT1r{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;display:inline-block;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;padding:0 4px}._1jNPl3YUk6zbpLWdjaJT1r._39BEcWjOlYi1QGcJil6-yl{padding:0}._2hSecp_zkPm_s5ddV2htoj{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;display:inline-block;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;margin-left:0;padding:0 4px}._2hSecp_zkPm_s5ddV2htoj._39BEcWjOlYi1QGcJil6-yl{padding:0}._1wzhGvvafQFOWAyA157okr{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:14px;padding:0 4px}._3BPVpMSn5b1vb1yTQuqCRH,._1wzhGvvafQFOWAyA157okr{display:inline-block;height:16px}._3BPVpMSn5b1vb1yTQuqCRH{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-body);border-radius:50%;margin-left:5px;text-align:center;width:16px}._2cvySYWkqJfynvXFOpNc5L{height:10px;width:10px}.aJrgrewN9C8x1Fusdx4hh{padding:2px 8px}._1wj6zoMi6hRP5YhJ8nXWXE{font-size:14px;padding:7px 12px}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y{border-radius:20px}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y:hover{opacity:.85}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y:active{transform:scale(.95)} In a chilling twist, they also discovered that the couple's daughter had been abducted on Dec. 26, 1974 along with a young friend . He was totally innocent.". In addition to Janet McReynolds, he is survived by three children, four grandsons, two granddaughters and one great-granddaughter. In the words of Larry Pozner, president of the National Association of Defense Lawyers, they have visited one of the levels of hell.. 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. "He really took the role as his life goal," Janet McReynolds said. I felt very close to that little girl. Bill McReynolds dressed as Father Christmas to attend a party just days before the little girl was found murdered on Boxing Day 1996. ._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa{margin-top:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._3EpRuHW1VpLFcj-lugsvP_{color:inherit}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa svg._31U86fGhtxsxdGmOUf3KOM{color:inherit;fill:inherit;padding-right:8px}._3Z6MIaeww5ZxzFqWHAEUxa ._2mk9m3mkUAeEGtGQLNCVsJ{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;color:inherit} According to The Daily Camera, the McReynolds' middle daughter, 9-years-old at the time, was abducted on December 26, 1974, and witnessed the sexual molestation of her friend. (Bill McReynolds), He visited adult book stores and admitted to having a long-withstanding admiration for porn. The date of the incident was Dec. 26, 1974 - 22 years to the day before JonBenet's murder was discovered. So you think McReynolds is the gatekeeper? I don't know anyone who did who believes the "Intruder" theory. In a March 2, 1997, story in the Rocky Mountain News, Bill and Janet McReynolds denied any responsibility for JonBenet's murder. They thought his standing up to DeMuth proved that the elderly man was not weak and frail after all, just as John Ramsey had said. It was obvious that JonBenet and Burke loved him a lot", she said. So he gathered a crack team of world-leading experts to analyse the evidence, and they have agreed upon the identity of the person they believe is the murderer. web pages Like you won't find any evidence, because I didn't do it.. I'm Gina, the night editor here at Cosmopolitan.com! Bill McReynolds is on Facebook. Give the man and his family some dignity! He earned his doctorate in American Studies and was hired by CU's journalism department in 1968. The unsolved JonBenet Ramsey case is not even a blip on most of today's readers' radar screens. * Bill McReynolds daughter Jill, was kidnapped on December 26, 1974 with a friend. 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.
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