[Tall_Texan]

The article almost looks like the background or a summary of the ransom note.

Huh? What do you mean by that?

[Sacajaweau]

I don't want to quote from the article and get zapped but the first line is:

"A billion bucks. That's enough to make anybody celebrate."

There is a picture of John Ramsey leaning on a windowsill.

Then it mentions the dixieland band (Southern connection) and several connections and computer companies including Sun Microsystems in Calif..

There's just a lot in the article that tells a lot about John Ramsey......enough to write a note that says "I know a lot about you".