[Conservative Texan Mom]

"The photographer was busted for exposing himself in public and when he was arrested when he burst out and proclaimed "I did not kill JonBenet". He was later put in a mental hospital"

Really!

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Randy Simons

Photographer who took many of JonBenet's photos and sold the portfolio for $7,500. He is responsible for many of the images of JonBenet that have become so familiar. Simons was arrested October 16, 1998 in Genoa, Colorado, on suspicion of indecent exposure. He was arrested while walking down a residential street nude. He reportedly blurted out to the arresting deputy, "I didn't kill Jonbenet," and was sent to Denver University Hospital for a mental evaluation.

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/6502/primer/primer1_fam.html


I got some of the details wrong...

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Man found walking nude told deputy, 'I didn't kill JonBenet'
http://www.denver-rmn.com/extra/ramsey/1021simon.shtml

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Simons, 46, is a veteran of the child pageant circuit, and had taken some of what are now the best known pictures of JonBenet.

Yowell said Simons was transferred late Friday to Denver's University Hospital for a mental health evaluation. The sheriff said there are no charges pending against Simons.

http://www.denver-rmn.com/extra/ramsey/1021simon.shtml