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Ramsey arrest: Real evidence
yourhub ^ | Aug 21 06 | Travis Henry

Posted on 08/21/2006 1:43:20 PM PDT by churchillbuff

Since the JonBenet Ramsey case burst back into the spotlight, much of the misinformation fed to the public has emerged again.

Here's a little refresher course on what we know is real:

The 93-page ruling by a U.S. district judge in a 2003 civil suit was the first real judicial analysis of evidence found at the scene.

Judge Julie Carnes examined evidence gathered by police, pointed out shortcomings in the investigation and came to the conclusion that it was more likely that an intruder killed JonBenet than Patsy Ramsey.

Here's the evidence we know:

- An autopsy report noted injury to JonBenet's genitalia, suggesting she was sexually assaulted shortly before her death. Unknown male DNA was found under JonBenet's fingernails and in her underwear.

- A Caucasian 'pubic or auxiliary' hair was found on the blanket covering JonBenet's body. The hair did not match any Ramsey family member.

- JonBenet was discovered in the wine-cellar in the basement of the family's home with duct tape covering her mouth. A cord was around her neck, attached to a wooden garrote, and her hands were bound over her head.

- The slipknots and garrote were both sophisticated bondage devices designed to give control to the user. Carnes wrote, "these devices suggest they were made by someone with expertise using rope and cords."

- The black duct tape also could not be "sourced" to the Ramseys' home. Animal hair, thought to be from a beaver, was found on the duct tape. No similar hair was found in the home. Similar hair was found in JonBenet's hands.

- Injuries to the right side of JonBenet Ramsey's face were consistent with injuries sustained from a stun gun.

-A shoeprint of a "HI-TEC" boot was found imprinted in mold on the basement floor and a palm print was found in the wine cellar. Neither was sourced to the Ramseys.

- A baseball bat not belonging to the Ramseys was found on the north side of the house. Fibers found on the bat on it were consistent with fibers in the carpet in the basement near JonBenet's body.

In her ruling, Carnes also addressed misinformation fed by the media.

"Moreover, contrary to media reports that had discredited an intruder theory, based on the lack of 'footprints in the snow,' there was no snow covering the sidewalks and walkways to the defendants' home on the morning of December 26, 1996," Carnes wrote. "Hence, a person walking along these paths would have left no footprints."


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: classenvy; jonbenet; karr; ramsey
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1 posted on 08/21/2006 1:43:21 PM PDT by churchillbuff
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To: churchillbuff
"The slipknots and garrote were both sophisticated bondage devices designed to give control to the user."

But he "Loved her".

The Media is so immoral - makes me sick.

2 posted on 08/21/2006 1:46:48 PM PDT by tamed
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Tell that to all the nutjobs here that claimed Mrs. Ramsey died of cancer because she was so eaten-up by the guilt of her crime.

People are quick to judge: (1) because the Ramseys were rich; (2) Ramseys were smart enough to realize that the police were not their friends --- out for a conviction of anyone -- and so lawyered up; and (3) the admittedly disgusting over-sexualization of the girl in the pagents.


3 posted on 08/21/2006 1:50:05 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
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To: tamed

The way I see it, between the handwriting on the ransom note and the DNA under the little girl's fingernails, they should be able to put this pervert story to rest and soon.

Personally, this 24/7 coverage is way over top. I can't even channel surf on the stations I'd normally spend 20 seconds on.

Click...JonBenet
Click...JonBenet
Click...JonBenet
Click...JonBenet.......ack!


4 posted on 08/21/2006 1:54:07 PM PDT by yobid (Islam - the death cult disguised as a religion)
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To: MeanWestTexan

the admittedly disgusting over-sexualization of the girl in the pagents.


I've seen only one picture of her where she wasn't painted up like a whore. Of course the media never uses that one.


5 posted on 08/21/2006 1:58:28 PM PDT by wolfcreek (You can spit in our tacos and you can rape our dogs but, you can't take away our freedom!)
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To: wolfcreek

Yeah, it was gross.

And no doubt what attracted (whatever) pervert that did this.


6 posted on 08/21/2006 2:02:51 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
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To: Rte66; onyx; Sacajaweau; sandbar; dcam; Conservative Texan Mom; Republic; stlnative

FYI


7 posted on 08/21/2006 2:04:31 PM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: yobid
They, the media, are going on and on about this because they don't want to talk about Islamic terrorists or the Dems/Judge Taylor's assault on the USA.

If it's not the Ramsey story it would be a story about some hapless Whale (deserving of death, imo) beached or trapped in some channel.

8 posted on 08/21/2006 2:06:47 PM PDT by tamed
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To: tamed

No doubt there.


9 posted on 08/21/2006 2:10:31 PM PDT by yobid (Islam - the death cult disguised as a religion)
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To: churchillbuff
Given the examples of incompetence previously displayed by the Boulder Police in protecting the Crime Scene or Collecting Crime Scene Evidence -- the Judge may be placing too much credence in "evidence" taken at the scene..

Much of the referenced evidence could have been "left" by the army of yahoos tramping through the crime scene, or contaminated at the lab.

If the bozo in custody doesn't provide a handwriting sample that DOESN'T match the "ransom note" -- the focus goes back to an "insider"..

Semper Fi
10 posted on 08/21/2006 2:14:08 PM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: river rat

Double negative --- scratch one "DOESN'T".

Semper Fi


11 posted on 08/21/2006 2:15:37 PM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: wolfcreek
I've seen only one picture of her where she wasn't painted up like a whore.

I don't know how common..or popular...these competitions are but you can be sure that any little-girl-perv that *is* able to follow them experiences many "pleasurable" dreams and daytime fantasies.And also experiences a strong desire to "meet" the girl(s) of his dreams.

12 posted on 08/21/2006 2:19:18 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid."- Dwight Eisenhower)
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To: Halls

Good article here.


13 posted on 08/21/2006 2:19:33 PM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: river rat

FYI RE: handwriting
http://www.jacksonvilleprogress.com/homepage/local_story_231172845.html?keyword=leadpicturestory


14 posted on 08/21/2006 2:21:01 PM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: hoosiermama

Thanks for the ping!


15 posted on 08/21/2006 2:22:43 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: hoosiermama

thanks!


16 posted on 08/21/2006 2:23:12 PM PDT by Halls (I'm a Texan, Christian, Wife, Mother, Singer, Conservative GAL!!)
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To: Gay State Conservative
In the segment I saw, there was a reference to the photographers, the crew and judges as being suspected sexual predators. Not to mention the groupies.
17 posted on 08/21/2006 2:33:30 PM PDT by wolfcreek (You can spit in our tacos and you can rape our dogs but, you can't take away our freedom!)
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To: hoosiermama

Thanks for the link, but I'll wait for a credible Handwriting Evaluation - if such is possible..


Semper Fi


18 posted on 08/21/2006 2:34:59 PM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: churchillbuff

Judge Carnes did not have access to the 60,000 documents of the whole case file, because the BDA's office said it was too costly to reproduce them.

What she had was Lou Smit's PowerPoint presentation, which he has given on TV and in documentaries. He is a proponent and supporter of the Ramseys and makes no bones about it. The actual investigators on the case (he left long ago) held no such bias.

Most are gone now and the BDA's office is nearly all made up of intruder theorists.

This was a civil case with lower standards than a criminal prosecution. The judge used a "preponderance of evidence" and it was wieghted heavily in favor of the intruder theory because that is all the documentation she was given and little of it is actually proven. In fact, much of it has been disproven.

People will just have to do their own research, because this process has taken nearly 10 years to come to this point, so there isn't a "link" or URL to give that sums it all up.


19 posted on 08/21/2006 2:56:32 PM PDT by Rte66
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20 posted on 08/21/2006 2:57:04 PM PDT by Rte66
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