>>>He got that from a report (former Det.) Steve Thomas told about JonBenet the night of the 12/23/96 party sitting by herself on the step of the butler pantry (behind the kitchen) and telling one of her mother's friends, who was unnamed in Thomas's account of it, that she "didn't feel pretty." >>>
If this is true, I am soooo saddened that the Ramsey's placed so much emphasis on this little girl's looks. My six year old daughter likes looking and feeling pretty, but believe me, she wouldn't brood over it. She is much more interested in how pretty her Barbie is, or the current video game she is playing, or her favorite book. How sad.
It really struck Steve Thomas the same way. It was something that just came out in questioning of the party attendees, trying to get a feel for JonBenet's demeanor in the previous few days.
There had been a 911 call which was a hang-up, made from the house that night during the party and he was trying to see if something had happened to JonBenet that wasn't being divulged.
As it turned out, it was just Fleet White (Jr., the father of the little boy Fleet III) trying to make a long distance call and the Ramseys' phone was an office-type system that you had to dial 9 to get a line out. It was a mistake, so he hung up.
One of the friends told about finding JonBenet sitting alone and asking her how she was when she answered that. Det. Thomas felt it was indicative of a sadness of some type, obviously.
If they dig out the photos from the party, you'll see she had on a darling little black (possibly dark, dark green) velvet party dress with a white lace collar and she looked precious. All her friends were there and they had gingerbread houses and the home was decorated to the nines for Christmas. Seemed like a child's paradise, but she was feeling down.
The only pic I have saved on this puter is a bad copy or I would put it up on a server and post it. I have two better ones somewhere on a disk, but too many to go through to find it. I looked briefly for it online the other night and couldn't find it quickly.