Search the history of over 797 billion We've received your submission. It's sad for his family. 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. I envision them in their cars going to work, or on their tractors, and I just talk. ._12xlue8dQ1odPw1J81FIGQ{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle} ._1sDtEhccxFpHDn2RUhxmSq{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-flow:row nowrap;flex-flow:row nowrap}._1d4NeAxWOiy0JPz7aXRI64{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText)}.icon._3tMM22A0evCEmrIk-8z4zO{margin:-2px 8px 0 0} On the very same day in 1974 - Boxing Day - McReynolds's nine-year-old daughter had been abducted with a friend, and had witnessed the sexual molestation of her friend. "Then she got JonBenet up to make sure she used the toilet, so she didn't wet the bed that night.". September 5, 2002. 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. Bill McReynolds AKA "Santa Bill". Ollie Gray, a private investigator hired by the family, claimed in April that the killer was Michael Helgoth, a then 26-year-old whose family owned a junkyard in the city. It was 1993 when, during a stop at the New York Deli, McReynolds met Patsy Ramsey, and her two young children, Burke and JonBenet, who was then just 3 years old. I was in my early twenties when this all unfolded. Though they have never been publicly cleared, they do have an alibi. "Barnhill's hands were crippled bad with palsy that he couldn't give police handwriting sample." ._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} Chat Forum 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. I'm wondering if those fragments could be the same glitter that Crying Santa Bill wanted mixed with his ashes upon his death. He kept saying it was only a matter of time before they are arrested. DNA material found in JonBenets underwear, believed to be a trace of semen, reportedly did not match samples provided by any family members or friends. Being there tells a million words.. "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. An Associated Press report from March 1997 stated that McReynolds and his wife, Janet, were initially questioned less than six weeks after the murder. 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. Instead, they were puzzled by two bizarre parallels between the McReynolds lives and the grisly death of Little Miss Colorado. When the Ramseys went on TV and held up the small poster it was a bizarre performance. 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. Gosage took the good news back to the house, but Janet McReynolds told him, Stay out of our lives. The embarrassed cops got into their cars, and the official convoy slunk back down the mountain. Where is this info coming from? jameson's She was exposed to more people in the world, said Mr Clemente. 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. 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. He played Santa at the Ramseys in 94, 95 and 96. His wife, Janet McReynolds, eventually gave Gosage the cord, and Ron knew instantly that it wasnt the same type used by the killer of JonBent. ), Janet McReynolds- wife, mother: Known to be a film critic and movie reviewer for many years and wrote plays as well. the experts claim. We all came to one complete theory that explains everything that happened, Mr Clemente told news.com.au. When the couple moved to the small town on Cape Cod in 1998, McReynolds left his role of Santa Claus, his wife said. Thank you for your common sense. McReynolds gave an alibi to police forthe night of the murder, saying he was having dinner with his family several miles away. Even more suspicious, McReynolds's middle daughter and her friend had been abducted 22 years prior to JonBent's death to the day. It bothers me. It's a relief to know the Ramsey's were not found to be their daughter's killer, but there were still many other suspects on the list. Agree. 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. Former FBI special agent Jim Clemente says the killing preyed on his mind more than all the other violent crimes and sex attacks he came across in his career. Help me, Jesus.". "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. has been uncovered, experts have revealed. ._9ZuQyDXhFth1qKJF4KNm8{padding:12px 12px 40px}._2iNJX36LR2tMHx_unzEkVM,._1JmnMJclrTwTPpAip5U_Hm{font-size:16px;font-weight:500;line-height:20px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-bodyText);margin-bottom:40px;padding-top:4px;text-align:left;margin-right:28px}._2iNJX36LR2tMHx_unzEkVM{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._2iNJX36LR2tMHx_unzEkVM ._24r4TaTKqNLBGA3VgswFrN{margin-left:6px}._306gA2lxjCHX44ssikUp3O{margin-bottom:32px}._1Omf6afKRpv3RKNCWjIyJ4{font-size:18px;font-weight:500;line-height:22px;border-bottom:2px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-line);color:var(--newCommunityTheme-bodyText);margin-bottom:8px;padding-bottom:8px}._2Ss7VGMX-UPKt9NhFRtgTz{margin-bottom:24px}._3vWu4F9B4X4Yc-Gm86-FMP{border-bottom:1px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-line);margin-bottom:8px;padding-bottom:2px}._3vWu4F9B4X4Yc-Gm86-FMP:last-of-type{border-bottom-width:0}._2qAEe8HGjtHsuKsHqNCa9u{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-bodyText);padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px}.c5RWd-O3CYE-XSLdTyjtI{padding:8px 0}._3whORKuQps-WQpSceAyHuF{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;line-height:16px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon);margin-bottom:8px}._1Qk-ka6_CJz1fU3OUfeznu{margin-bottom:8px}._3ds8Wk2l32hr3hLddQshhG{font-weight:500}._1h0r6vtgOzgWtu-GNBO6Yb,._3ds8Wk2l32hr3hLddQshhG{font-size:12px;line-height:16px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._1h0r6vtgOzgWtu-GNBO6Yb{font-weight:400}.horIoLCod23xkzt7MmTpC{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;line-height:16px;color:#ea0027}._33Iw1wpNZ-uhC05tWsB9xi{margin-top:24px}._2M7LQbQxH40ingJ9h9RslL{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;line-height:16px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon);margin-bottom:8px} By Christine Reid, Camera Staff Writer. Another eerie-sounding connection. Helgoth was found dead shortly after JonBent's murder, and his death was ruled a suicide. There's no doubt about it.". ), Janets daughter and a friend were taken to an unknown location, where Janets daughter was forced to watch her friend being sexually molested. McReynolds, a former University of Colorado journalism professor, portrayed Santa. She caught his attention and he just had to have her. (Thomas), McReynolds said what was truly terrible was that this wasnt the first child to die during his Santa years. In 2018-19, her daughter Kim and son-in-law Dennis Gonzalez, also moved to Longmont. A torch was found on the kitchen side at the family home during the initial investigation. ", In 2000, a California woman told police that she believed the same child sex ring that she'd been a victim of as a child was responsible for JonBent's death due to similarities in how they'd been tied up. JonBent Patricia Ramsey was a six-year-old beauty pageant contestant who was brutally murdered (and possibly raped) in her home, on the night of 25 to 26 December 1996. Was it her parents? "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. She was abused, tortured, andfinally killed. Supposedly Bill was but Im a little more curious if Jesse ever was. In A Mother Gone Bad: The Hidden Confession of JonBent's Killer, psychologist Andrew G. Hodgesargues that one possibility in the murder is that Patsy Ramsey caught her husband molesting JonBenet, and hit her in a fit of rage. Here are just a few of the stranger ones. 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. The tension was exacerbated because there was so much outside media scrutiny, said Mr Clemente. And another creepy coincidence that raised investigators' suspicions was a play written by McReynolds's wife Janet about a girl who was sexually assaulted, then murdered in her basement. 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. Beyond the physical evidence, the couples behavior in the early hours and days of the investigation was disturbing to some observers. 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. He got it wrong. Was this an attempt to FRAME John Andrew in the murder? He was just so devastated by the mere idea anyone would suspect him of a crime," she said. This story has been shared 107,268 times. For one, it was discovered that a daughter of McReynolds, plus another young girl, had once been abducted in Longmont by an unknown assailant. Hes been vetted numerous times by police. 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. Why wouldnt he hand it over at the storage unit versus going back to the house? Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. The unsolved JonBenet Ramsey case is not even a blip on most of today's readers' radar screens. A journalism professor, a Boulder resident for 30 years, a gentleman who with his wife raised three children and enjoyed the role of Santa Claus, dies at the age of 72, and the best the Daily Camera writers can do is the headline "Ramsey's Santa Dies" and on the inside front page, "Ramsey case Santa Claus figure dead at 72" (Sept. 5)? Someone is out there!". Ground-floor windows and at least one door were not locked the night of the killing; a blue suitcase propped up below a basement window could have been used by someone climbing out; and a mysterious pry mark was found on the doorjamb of the kitchen door. Jones gladly welcomed McReynolds back. McReynolds joined the University of Colorado journalism department in 1968, where he taught reporting and mass communications history until retiring in 1992. .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} "Some of his students kept relationships with him their entire lives," Cosper said. And it's sad that he and his family to this day get smeared by sensationalist media and internet posters. McReynolds' death was sudden, his wife said, although he had undergone a bypass operation and replacement of aorta valve in 1996. I was amazed. Maybe reporters and podcasters avoid the topic because its so unlikely and it harms the memory of an innocent man and upsets his family. Edit: typo. And elderly man of lower income was a pedophile who committed one of the most infamous crimes of the 20th century and got away with it. I know the BPD claims the family gave them blood samples but, were they tested? 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. Larry McReynolds began his NASCAR career way back in 1975 and mustered his first crew chief job a decade later, in 1985. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Can this be proven? Bill McReynolds was found dead in his Mashpee, Mass., home Monday by his wife, Janet, when she returned from a weekend trip. DeMuth confronted Santa Bill, convinced that the cord being used to lash down a tarpaulin was like the cord used in the murder garrote. 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