then why wouldn't John Ramsey have told the police that? he could simply have shown them he had a letter or tax form on his desk, that showed the amount of the bonus - eliminating one of the strange issues surrounding this case regarding how the killer knew how much to ask for in the ransom note.
Maybe John did tell the inept polica in Boulder and they chose not to believe him.
We don't know he didn't -- a lot of things the police ignored.