Questions for the Ramseys
Crime Magazine has authorized reporter Ryan
Ross to inform Ramsey attorney L. Lin Wood that it will post verbatim and in
their entirety answers he and/or his clients may provide to 13 questions about
the Ramsey case. The offer was extended to Wood by voice-mail and in a fax on
April 4, and again in letters dated April 7 and April 10. To date, Wood has not
responded. But the offer is open-ended. We will publish his answers anytime he
provides them. Our questions follow.
- Pat O'Connor, Editor
QUESTIONS
1). Prosecutors disclosed in the interrogations you
submitted to in 2000 that Burke told the grand jury he owned a Hi-Tec boot at
the time his sister was killed. Did Burke testify accurately? If so, what is
your explanation for the print from that type of boot that was found on the
floor of the basement room in your Boulder home in which you found your
daughter's body?
2). (For John) Did you wear the same black wool shirt made
in Israel the day after Christmas in 1996 that photographs show you wore
Christmas Day that year? If so, why?
3). What is your comment on or explanation for the claim
by prosecutors that tests indicate fibers consistent with fibers in the red
sweater-jacket Patsy was wearing the day you discovered your daughter's body are
consistent with fibers found in the paint tray?
4). What is your comment on or explanation for prosecutor
claims that tests show similar fibers on the brush used to make the ligature,
and "tied into" the ligature?
5). What is your comment on or explanation for prosecutor
claims that tests show fibers similar to those in the black shirt John was
wearing Christmas Day were found in JonBenet's underpants and in her "crotch
area."
6). In 1998 Patsy told investigators you had no
explanation for the discovery of your and your son Burke's
fingerprints on a bowl in your
kitchen or pantry from which she apparently ate pineapple in the hours before
her death. Have either of you since then developed an explanation or theory for
those fingerprints and the pineapple in her system? If so, what is the
explanation or theory?
7). Please comment on statements by Det. Thomas and author
Lawrence Schiller that enhancements of the tape of the call Patsy made to 911 on
the morning you discovered your daughter missing reflect John speaking to Burke.
Your have had that tape for some time now. Are John's and Burke's voices on the
tape?
8). (For Patsy) What did you say to your father that
prompted him to give you the book Why Johnny Can't Tell Right From Wrong?
If you didn't say anything that you know of, what do you know of or surmise
about what prompted him to give you the book?
9). Since the time you learned in 1998 that police say
medical examination of your daughter's body indicates she had been sexually
abused well prior to the night she was killed, have you developed a theory or
explanation accounting for that?
10). Did you have any indication, from personal
observation or the accounts of others, that your son was inappropriately
"playing doctor" with his sister? Had you ever discussed with him when, where
and how it was inappropriate for him to touch his sister?
11). Det. Thomas says in his book that a police photograph
taken the morning you called 911 shows a dictionary in your home turned to the
page that defined the word "incest," and that the page was creased to point to
that word. Did either of you consult the dictionary for that definition? If so,
when did you do so and why? If not, did anyone indicate to you that they had
done so? If so, who, and what did they tell you about why they had done so?
12). Prosecutor Michael Kane is among those who have
concluded that JonBenet was not murdered, but died as a result of an accident.
He has been quoted as saying, "I think it (JonBenet's death) was something (that
came about) through an accident, and then everything else was staged – and the
staging was overdone. Patsy is a very theatrical person and it was a very
theatrical production." What is your response?
13). Given that Boulder DA Mary Keenan has only two
investigators on her staff, neither of whom (according to the Rocky Mountain
News, quoting former Boulder assistant DA Bill Wise) is trained in homicide
investigations, wouldn't you have more confidence in the investigation in
Colorado if it were led by a prosecutor with the staff resources and expertise
necessary to pursue an investigation into your daughter's death?
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Solving the
JonBenet Case by Ryan Ross.
