We are not entirely agreed on the various possible crimes: kidnapping, molestation, murder for enjoyment, murder for witness disposal.

We are not entirely agreed on the precipitating chronology: long simmering grudge versus hyper-emotional reaction to the very recent newspaper article. Or all the myriad intermediary possibilities.

We are not agreed on the geography: Immediate neighborhood, general neighborhood, Boulder, Denver, Michigan, Timbuktu.

We are not agreed on the target: Parents as primary, secondary or not really targets at all.

We don't agree on the duration of the strangulation or its manner.

We don't agree on the duration and enjoyment of the "other activities" in which he engaged.

Ofcourse there is also such matters as: dna sampling and testing, evidence assessment (such as ignoring the rogue dna and duct tape manufacture).

Sure, there is indeed progress. Its no longer an official witchhunt. Its an investigation instead of a media campaign of police intimidation by innuendo.

But why can't we find this guy?

Even those brave and adventursome posters who have been taking an active, and at times risky, role in some peripheral investigative matters have been coming up empty.

One poster spend countless hours visiting websites not normally viewed by well brought up young mothers living in suburbia and caring for young children but turned up nothing but her stomach.

One poster tracked down esoteric leads involving an international business of a somewhat murky nature and used up alot of favors that various officals owed her, but came up totally empty.

One poster entered the cyberworld's nether regions and learned a great deal more than she ever wanted to know about 'alternative practices' but made no progress on the case.

Why is nothing making sense?

But the evidence is there - the killer can be identified - - and then we can only hope he will tell us the whole truth - - we have so many questions.

It's frustrating there hasn't been a hit in the DNA databases, as of yet. Does this mean the offender hasn't committed any other violent crimes or that his DNA is sitting on a shelf somewhere waiting to be tested?

We're doing the best we can do by keeping the discussion alive and doing our own independant research. Because information only flows one way between concerned citizens and LE, we can't follow up on anything more than what has been made public.

I would not be at all surprised to know the offender's name is in the file, and it is only a matter of time before it is his turn to be investigated. This is one of the reasons I do wish Boulder would hire more investigators. It is going to take a very long time for just one or two investigators to run down all the leads and tips that came in over the last seven years.

>It's frustrating there hasn't been a hit in the DNA databases
Yes, particularly since so many good suspects would have been in those databases.

>and doing our own independant research.
Again, hats off to the courageous ones whose 'independent research' has involved not just time and effort but also involved exposing themselves to no small measure of danger.

>I would not be at all surprised to know the offender's name is in the file
Quite possibly, but I tend to think not.

>It is going to take a very long time for just one or two
>investigators to run down all the leads and tips
They probably have not located much less categorized them yet.

In some states, DNA from an offender only hits the database if it's a sexual offense. This crime had sexual overtones that may have been part of an elaborate smoke screen.

Bottom line, if this guy wasn't a true sex offender, then a DNA match might not happen regardless.

Note: I would tend to agree that it is a bit unlikely that the perpetrator is a sex offender any more than he is associated with a small foreign faction. Most likely he is a heterosexual male.

Oh gosh. I hope not. Then again, DNA under the fingernails of JonBenét in combination with the gouge marks on her neck doesn't seem contrived, and there wasn't much DNA left behind.

>and doing our own independant research.
"Again, hats off to the courageous ones whose 'independent research' has involved not just time and effort but also involved exposing themselves to no small measure of danger."

I couldn't agree more.

>I would not be at all surprised to know the offender's name is in the file
"Quite possibly, but I tend to think not."

Something like 75% of investigations have the name of the killer in their file within the first week.

>It is going to take a very long time for just one or two
>investigators to run down all the leads and tips
"They probably have not located much less categorized them yet."

It is a huge file. It is going to take time to go through it. Nothing stops them from following up on names, though.

Actually, most of the progress on this case seems to indeed have come from women. Trip DeMuth and Lou Smit made initial contributions that are much valued. So have some of the others on the case. However humorous the comment is, Winston Churchill's statement should be recalled: They also serve who only stand and wait.

Most likely this same heterosexual male knew the lay out of the house, imho. (I guess he could have got there early on and studied up on it.)

There was sufficient ambient lighting, particularly with the aid of the Christmas tree lights and all those oft-repeated stories about a 'virtually secret room' that was 'hard to find' and the like have absolutely no basis in fact. Even those utter clods at the BPD found the room, they didn't open the door and look inside, but they found the room! And lets face it, them BPD-types ain't quite stellar in their abilities.