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The Ramsey Case
Updated: May 20, 2000
The facts show that the death of JonBenet Ramsey was not the result of an accident. It was not the
result of a kidnapping gone bad. The evidence points to a carefully planned premeditated murder heavily
staged to mimic two other notorious crimes, the Clutter family murders in 1959 and the killing of Robert Franks
by Leopold and Loeb in 1924. A motive for this staging, beyond that of confusing investigators and implicating
the parents and several others, is not apparent.
Just after midnight on November 15, 1959, two ex-cons entered the home of Herbert Clutter, a hard working,
successfull, and respected farmer in rural western Kansas, and brutally killed him, his wife and two teenaged
children. The crime received national attention and a few years later was detailed in Truman Capote's book, "In
Cold Blood". A movie was made in 1966 based on the book and this was shown on national tv November 24
and 26, 1996 on the 37th. anniversary of the crime. Richard Hickock, one of the two murderers, had planned
the murders for several months. Although he had never been to the town of Holcomb or to the Clutter
home Dick knew all about the layout of the house and how to find it, by talking to his prison cellmate
who had worked for Mr. Clutter 9 years previously. Perry Smith, the second murderer, had been beaten as a
child with a flashlight in the middle of the night on multiple occaisons for wetting the bed. As an adult
he had served 15 months with the army in Korea. At the Clutter home the two men moved through the house
using only a flashlight after they had tied up their victims. The girl and her mother had been "tucked-in"
(wrapped in their blankets) in their beds, the boy placed on a couch in the basement with his head
propped up on a pillow. Mr. Clutter was laid out on a mattress box in the basement furnace room instead of
on the dirty bare concrete floor as if the killers wanted the family to be comfortable when they pointed the
shotgun at their heads and pulled the trigger. Special knots, taped mouths, a teddy bear, a purse with
silver coin, and a half-sole footprints in the furnace room all were features of the crime scene.
Parallels with "IN COLD BLOOD"
On May 21, 1924, two brilliant but amoral teenagers, Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, picked up a
14 year old neighbor of theirs in the wealthy Hyde Park area of Chicago, and murdered him just for the thrill of
planning and executing the "perfect crime". Bobby Franks was one of three possible victims the two boys had
targeted. He simply was the first to cross their path that afternoon. Leopold and Loeb had planned the
killing for months, setting up false identification and bank accounts. They wrote a one page typewritten
(about 2 pages handwritten) ransom note a month in advance of the crime knowing all the while that
they would kill their victim, simply to see if they could get away with it. The plan involved leasing a car to
offer the victim a ride. Since Bobby had known the two older boys and had played tennis with them on
several previous occaisions he had no fear of getting in the car with them. Once inside Loeb knocked him
unconscious with a chisel wrapped in tape. A rag was then stuffed down the boy's throat to suffocate
him. He was wrapped in a blanket and thrown into a culvert near Wolf Lake (at what would have been
118th. St.). The kidnapping ploy was thwarted when Franks' body was discovered the next day. One of
the murderers had a thing about sleeping with his teddy bear. The ransom note was found to be
modeled after another published in a crime magazine. One of the boys was a crime story fan.
(Jameson was the first to notice the "copy cat" relationship with these two crimes and the JonBenet murder,
http://www.jameson245.com ). There are elements of several other murder/kidnapping books/movies, all of
which had been shown on TV in the month prior to the murder. And in some ways the murder follows the
pattern of ancient Druid sacrifice (Milkie), perhaps indicating that the murderer is familiar with occult ritual
sacrifice or satanism.
The Bobby Franks Murder (Leopold & Loeb)
Seeing how detailed and specific these parallels are it ought to be perfectly clear that the murder
had been planned well in advance, at least a month-maybe several months, and great care had
been taken to perform it in a specific way by a person, or persons, quite unlike the Ramseys.
I believe the crime was committed by more than one person. Perhaps it was conceived of by a "mastermind"
who, nursing a deep and profound resentment against John Ramsey, planned the crime and had another
man, the "intruder", carry it out. In this way the "mastermind", knowing that he would be a suspect, left no
physical evidence linking him directly to the killing. The investigators were then left with the difficult task of]
matching the DNA evidence to an unknown "intruder" who may have left the area after the 26th. This person
would remain unidentified by virtue of the fact that he has no obvious ties to the Ramsey case. The master-
mind" may even have given DNA samples to police, knowing there would be no risk of detection and, of
course, has an alibi for the night in question. He may have been investigated and ruled out already as a
suspect as a result. What might have been of real significance as evidence was removed from the crime scene.
The perpetrator undoubtedly wore gloves. What was left at the scene mirrors the Clutter and Franks murders
and obviously is part of an elaborate "staging", the purpose of which was to misdirect the focus of the
investigation away from the killer(s), and toward several other persons, especially the Ramseys. I believe that
the participant(s) in this horrible crime will be caught. The men and women working on this case have spent
an enormous amount of effort, time and money into solving it. I believe that when the focus shifts from the
contrived aspects of the crime scene the perpetrator(s) will be found. I would like to be a small part of that
effort by pointing out different (and logical) ways of looking at the evidence that seemed to have been
overlooked. I am including some links to other pages that have ideas and theories that make the most sense
and seem to be consistent and true to the facts. I discuss some of these ideas or theories on the next several
pages.
Elements Taken from Movies/Books
Yes, but what about..the tablet, the ransom note.., etc.?
Questions I have about what happened
A review of the the Steve Thomas book by Jameson
( Or why this case has gone no where )
