He was more than just an odd fellow, to me. He was found with a photo of JonBenet in his backpack in December 2000 along with a stun gun, which he said had been given to him by a friend. For other inquiries, Contact Us. When I'm not writing, reading, or lost in the vortex that is the Internet, I can usually be found stuffing my face with food and obsessing over the nearest dog. His ashes will be scattered at one of McReynolds' favorite Colorado hiking trails. Other evidence also has links to Patsy: the paintbrush handle used in the garrote that killed JonBenet came from her art kit, and fibers found on the duct tape over the little girls mouth could be from her clothing. Other suspects included neighbor Bill McReynolds, a local Santa Claus who visited the Ramseys a few days before the girl's death. Joe Barnhill had easy access to the home and says he watched TV and went to bed. "I remember him as a great colleague, a very polite and very fun-loving kind of individual. Helgoth was found dead shortly after JonBent's murder, and his death was ruled a suicide. He didnt remember, it was so long ago, about twenty-five years. (Steve Thomas in reference to Bill), Jessie McReynolds (the son): He had done two and a half years in an Arizona prison for conspiracy, aggravated robbery and kidnapping and had no corroborated alibi for Christmas night 1996. Over the years, we gained knowledge of how the case was mishandled and the false stories that were leaked to the public etc so we changed our minds. W&P Porter bowl review: A container that makes office You can still overpack the smaller Monos check-in suitcase, If travel planning gives you a headache, try these apps, HOKA dropped a brand new version of their most popular shoe. Would love to hear others thoughts.. Bill McReynolds: Retired CU Journalism Professor 1968-1992. ", While at first, Singular's theory might seem a little far-fetched, it's not completely out of the realm of possibility: One of the former suspects in the case, Gary Howard Oliva, was arrested last June after he uploaded several sexually explicit photographs of children to his email account. There's been people who have said that's not even physically possible for a nine-year-old to do that. The McReynolds supposedly refused a search of their house and the police never pursued a search warrant. He was just so devastated by the mere idea anyone would suspect him of a crime," she said. I don't recall even seeing a photo of one that was actually put up in public in Colorado. Even if they weren't paying it full attention it was always in the background influencing what they thought. Bill is related to Mariah E McReynolds and William David McReynolds as well as 3 additional people. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. And elderly man of lower income was a pedophile who committed one of the most infamous crimes of the 20th century and got away with it. on July 8, 2020, Longmont Police Department records on the December 26, 1974 kidnapping of Jill McReynolds (daughter of JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect "Santa" Bill McReynolds) and her friend by an unidentified pedophile, There are no reviews yet. The only play the public has been made aware of was Hey Rube which was based on the true story ofSylvia Likens, a young girl who was held captive in an Indiana basement in 1965. It bothers me. Lacy was very suspicious of him and as far as I know he was eliminated to her satisfaction by DNA testing. . 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Was Jesse ever looked at as a serious suspect? McReynolds was discovered Monday by his wife, Janet. How much of a coincidence is it, though, that Janet wrote that story? "She [the California woman] had no direct knowledge of anything that may have occurred the night JonBent died," Police Chief Mark Beckner told the Denver Post. I feel very close to my listeners this will be what I miss, McReynolds said in a 1997 article in Southern Livestock, written on his impending retirement. BURKE RAMSEYFOR some of the armchair detectives convinced the murder was an inside job, the united front presented by John and Patsy Ramsey meant only one thing they were covering up for their son. No suspects were ever found in the case, but both children were found. spoke with the mother of the murdered child beauty queen, Patsy has been. He was totally innocent.". This story has been shared 137,743 times. 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Former Boulder detective Steve Thomas wrote in his book about the case, "Analysis proved that Santa Bill didn't write the ransom note, (which Patsy Ramsey said she found the morning her child was discovered to be missing), and he was much too frail to have made a midnight run from (the McReynolds' mountain retreat in) Rollinsville, done a Spiderman entry of the Ramsey home," and carried out the crime. Please, for everyone studying this case for the first time, LET THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY REST. Heres how the case stacks up against some of the would-be suspects: JOHN AND PATSY RAMSEYMUCH of the mountain of evidence collected in the JonBenet Ramsey case leads nowhere but several key pieces point toward the millionaire entrepreneur and the former Miss West Virginia. In a chilling twist, they also discovered that the couple's daughter had been abducted on Dec. 26, 1974 along with a young friend . His team included former New Scotland Yard criminal behavioural analyst Laura Richards, forensic scientist Henry Lee, Boulder DAs former chief investigator Kolar, forensic pathologist Werner Spitz and former FBI agent and forensic linguistic profiler James Fitzgerald. Investigators have proposed a theory that JonBenet Ramsey was killed after being struck with a torch. Can I ask you Ivy, did you live through the whole JonBenet murder saga as an adult while it was unfolding? Joe Barnhill claimed he saw John Andrew Ramsey outside the home. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Well that's not surprising since anyone around back then would have been exposed to a massive amount "RDI" media spin. . "And because I'd been told by cyber-crime specialists that JonBent was precisely the kind of child, because of her beauty pageant experience, who could be sucked into the world of child porn. Both were released within hours. Cutting-edge technology has been used to record a conversation after Mrs Ramsey had called to report her daughter's disappearance. We could walk through the rooms, see the spatial relationships, test egress and ingress who came in and who went out, and what could be seen and heard, said Mr Clemente. ._2cHgYGbfV9EZMSThqLt2tx{margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{width:75%;height:24px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-,._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{background:var(--newCommunityTheme-field);background-size:200%;margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-{width:100%;height:46px} No suspects were. Survived by: sons, Michael McReynolds and daughter-in-law Phyllis, Mark McReynolds and Don McReynolds and daughter-in-law Sharon; 12 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren. Plus,he is too fat to fit thru the basement window. ", Janet McReynolds said Wednesday that her husband's involvement in the infamous case was "the greatest trial of his life.". Animosity between the Boulder DA and the local police force over the high-profile case also muddied the waters. "Of course, he would never get over what happened to him. But that wasnt what piqued police interest. Please, for everyone studying this case for the first time, LET THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY REST. The second best result is Bill McReynolds age 60s in Fall Creek, OR. Kolar continued: "JonBenet was up, she may or may not have brushed her teeth, that stuff was out on the counter, then I think she was up and awake enough that she was maybe still hungry and she went downstairs. OK. A student that had kept in contact with Santa Billand knew some details of his life. Lezette McReynolds died in 2010. If he did do it, I don't believe they will be seeing each other -- if you know what I mean. He was extremely cooperative, gave handwriting, hair fingerprints writing samples and ruled out very early on. Others, like 12-year-old Burke Ramsey and family friends Bill and Janet McReynolds, have been the targets of fevered public speculation. Arndt said the moment sparked fear in her that JonBent's father might have killed their daughter, and so she braced herself for a possible confrontation. 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