I think clearing up any problematic DNA should be # 1. I also think surveying the community near where JonBenet was killed and everyone known to be in the neighborhood at that time should also be # 1, even though this would yield only way old accounts. Evidently, BPD did not go door-to-door to do good police-work after JonBenet was killed. But they should try, even these many years after the BPD failed for JonBenet.

What else shoule DA Keenan be doing to find the killer of JonBenet?

Hopefully, they've gone over all the tips that were turned in earlyon...the ones that the BPD didn't deem worthy of pursuing. Not unlike the Bundy case, the right tip may be sitting somewhere in a box.

Send the DNA to the lab in Florida to see if they can determine the race of the perp (I bet they've done that).

Compare DNA with that found at other violent crime scenes in the area.

Review the registration of all the air tasers.

Go back through the evidence collected to see if there is more forensic evidence that was missed.

File an arrest warrant for "John Doe" based on the DNA. That way, if there is a match somewhere, the local law enforcement agency can arrest the perp.

There was an article on Findlaw today about Mary Keenan, and the rape victims at CU parties. She testified that at least one of the coaches said they couldn't afford to lose the team player that did the rape, because it would hurt the team. This lady is not going to let anyone intimidate her-----and I think she is driven to do the right thing in the Ramsey case.

I would question the 'return on investment' of the manpower and time allocated to tracking down keys when there is such evidence of entry and exit via the window.

On-edit: In comparison, I would say the neighborhood canvass would be likely to be ore of a higher grade: it could turn up someone in the area. Such crimes are actually likely to be committed by people who are close by and familiar with the area, able to view the house without arousing suspicion, etc.

DA-Keenan undoubtedly knows the value of dna evidence but also realizes that without a suspect it is not worth much. Thats why they are probably going all through the ignored leads first. There is no use replowing an already well-plowed field. The "obvious suspects" such as LHP, Fleet White, The Groundskeeper, Jeff Merrick, McSanta are not likely to show up any differently the second time around. Someone who was overlooked the first time is more likely.

Now it is true that the Ramseys would have been unlikely to have ever given the laborers cause to be offended, but I doubt that any such offense that was taken had to have been justified. Sometimes a contractor claims he hasn't been paid by the owner when in fact he has. And sometimes its just a demented soul who sees insults directed at him wherever he goes.

Ask the public for help? She is liable to have several hand-knitted nooses sent to her.

I hadn't thought about that. Of course, LE asks the public for help often, and they get the help they were looking for. Perhaps, they have no questions? Mary Keenan consulted with John Douglas who would have given her ideas on proactive techniques to use if he thought it would do any good.

My guess is the name has been in the file since the early stages, though. Probably from a tipster or someone interviewed. I do wish Boulder would hire more people, if nothing else, to run down all the tips that came in that were buried in a file.

Check for prison snitches; anyone who might have shared a cell with someone who told some stories about killing a little girl, Christmas night.

(Memories of Shawshank Redemption, though. I hope there is no one NEEDING to conceal Ramsey information.)

Is it really true that many homeowners invest in home alarms and don't bother to alarm the basement windows? If so, I don't believe that would be common knowledge.

You're just a wealth of knowledge, today. I think the Ramseys just left the existing alarm system how they found it. So, even someone who had little to no previous criminal behavior could have easily speculated that some of the windows would not be alarmed.

What's the use of an alarm system that can be gotten around so easily?

About my being a wealth of knowledge, today, I'm just taking some free time before going out to buy a carpet cleaner,,,a necessity for Yorkie owners, LOL.

The only reason I know about the alarm companies is from my personal experience when we recently bought our new home. The reps came to our home by the dozens. I kept offering them "my deal" and didn't "buy" until I found one who would accept it. My deal was, arm all doors and all windows "free" and I will prepay the service charge for three years. Finally found one that did it. They make their money on the monthly service charges, not on the equipment.

We're on the same wavelength, today. I have to carpet clean today, too. My problem is an elderly cat, though.

>The only reason I know about the alarm companies is from my
>personal experience when we recently bought our new home.
>The reps came to our home by the dozens. I kept offering
>them "my deal" and didn't "buy" until I found one who would
>accept it. My deal was, arm all doors and all windows
>"free" and I will prepay the service charge for three years.
> Finally found one that did it. They make their money on
>the monthly service charges, not on the equipment.

Now, that is the way to go. No sense having a partial alarm system. It's almost as bad as having none at all. So, I guess it doesn't narrow anything down as to prior criminal experience on the part of the offender. The information about the security packages is easily available. By the indications in the note, the offender was interested in security measures.

So, perhaps the night of the party, the killer inspected the doors and windows with the intention of entering by breaking a window but found there was one already broken,,,less risk for the perp.

What should Keenan and her team be doing?

Evening,
Are you assuming that Keenan and Company have not yet compared McReynolds' genotypes or all of his family's genotypes to the perp's genotypes that were sent in to CODSIS?

Or that if they have made such comparisons, that even if they may have a match, that they are not revealing it for some reason?

Or are you assuming that the DNA/genotyping is not relevant?

The DNA in THIS case comes from JonBenét's fingernails and the panties. I REALLY do doubt someone planted blood in those tiny blood spots on her panties or dipped her fingers in something to misdirect the DNA. Planted DNA would be more believable if it came from relatively fresh blood spots (or semen) on the blanket or nightgown or her clothing or on the carpet or ... - but not mixed with her own DNA in her panties and under her fingernails.

Now, which one is more hard to believe??? That DNA was planted by a well planning, clever, coniving perp? ,,, or by some unknown person who has been and will continue to be off the radar screen?

How would there be epithelial cells under the nails and blood in the panties if each had been planted?

If it took them until 1999 to test that second spot would you want to be the person who was waiting for the dna to exonerate him?

My guess, the donor DNA was from a previous victim of the killer,,,maybe from that other little special friend of Bill McReynolds.

You're kidding, right. How could that possibly happen? The dna was under her fingernails and mixed with HER blood.

"We cannot assume that the DNA was not planted, and, if it was, we cannot assume the donor was alive at the time of this crime. The DNA could first have been planted in JBR's panties after which time she probably touched that area which might be why one of her wrists was no longer bound."

DNA may have been planted by LE in the oj case with the EDTA on it - material that was entered into evidence.

But not under JonBenet's fingernails.

So, then, how was it planted in her underpants? What is the scenario?

>>>>>>>>>>>>>yes, it is for me! In fact, I'm laughing my ass off. Sorry, I don't mean to be rude. Don't get mad. I really like you.

It's not impossible, I will give you that. I honestly can't think of a better way ;)

Can we come up with other leads and aspects - what we think Kennan and her team should work on? This is not to say they are not working hard. It is so that that the DA's office will never run out of significant leads or things they should follow up on. And also to give them our input as to what is important to follow up on.

In particular, could we we discuss further some of the many suggestions that have already been made here? To place some emphasis on the most important ones, please.

I think one area that not fully explored was the tack the police took originally when they were asking John Ramsey questions about who do you owe money too, who has a beef with you, etc. The cops were on the right track: they were looking for someone with a motive. I think if the BPD can go back and interview the fourth grade teacher of Patsy Ramsey they should go that far back looking for persons holding a grudge and having a very slow burning fuse. I don't think 'recent events' played a role in this at all.

I know there is a difference between a small, rather insular English village and a major city such as Boulder, Colorado but I wonder if massive screening might be useful. Get more data on the dna and find out what other, less often tested, markers there are. Not just the standard loci but try to see what information is available from all the dna they have.

"Nash was looking for emotional partners who were more interested in giving than receiving, and Eleanor, was very much that sort."

"John Nash and Alicia Larde married in February 1957. Their son, John Charles Martin Nash, born May 20, 1959, remained nameless for a year. On the day after Christmas in 1962, Alicia filed for divorce."

Note: This is the second son fathered by John Nash who was named "John". He also had an illegitimate son by Eleanor. The son born to the marriage of John Nash and Alicia Larde also developed Schizophrenia.

Maybe he was the same William McReynolds that died in the Titanic?
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/detail.php/1585.html

Someone told me that when Joe DiMaggio died, he actually didn't. His son looked a lot like him and was an alcoholic who looked older than his age. Also Joe DiMaggio looked younger than his age. So when the young Joe died, the old Joe pretended to be the son and is still alive today. I don't know if there is any truth to it, but stranger things have happened.

I think Mary Keenan and Tom Bennett should look into this book of poems as well as looking into the "death" of Bill McReynolds.

Edited to add: Think about it. What's the ONLY way to commit the perfect crime and be certain that you would never, ever, be caught? Well, IMO, the answer is for the killer to "die" himself, and yet be able to sit back and still wallow in the limelight of the crime. And that's what I think Bill McReynold's is doing right now!

I don't think it is strange at all that his account would remain active. Easier to keep it than to change it - especially if it was the master account.

This particular email addy (william.mcreynolds@verizon.net) takes you to R R Bowker LLC.

http://www.bowkerlink.com/corrections/common/home.asp

http://www.bowker.com/bowkerweb/products/products.asp

Do you think Bowker and the other employees know about Bill McReynolds?

If JonBenet's fingers had been rubbed against the spots of blood, she would have had blood on her fingers. She did not or it would have been noted in the autopsy report.

I did a search for 'perpetrator planted DNA' and came up empty. It's a wonderful device for a novelist, but killers are not going to take the time to concoct such a scheme. They're too damned busy planning the murder.

Rainsong

This statement is made twice in this thread and should be cleared up, IMO. When John found JonBenét, both hands were tied.

JBTPF - p 306
LS: What else you remember right at that time?
JR: I just remember talking and, "Come on baby." And I tried to untie her arms. They were tied up behind her head ....
LS: Were they tied tight?
JR: Yeah, very tight ....

DOI pb - p 22

I can't stand the sight of her hands tied and have to do something to get them loose. I start untying her, but I can't get the tight knot undone. Everything begins to blur and I'm slipping out of my mind and losing control. ~snip~