Foreign Faction: Who Really Kidnapped JonBenet? by A. James Kolar Page A
Authors: A. James Kolar
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Ramsey family took refuge in the home of their steadfast friends.
Heeding the FBI’s advice, he wanted to know what the family was saying and doing in the aftermath of the discovery of JonBenét’s body.
In the interim, following the autopsy of JonBenét, Sergeant Mason was tasked with attempting to arrange an interview with family members. There were a number of questions that investigators had not been able to ask of John and Patsy Ramsey during their wait for the ransom call. He and Detective Arndt visited the Fernie home, temporary quarters for the Ramsey family, on the evening of Friday, December 27 th in an effort to schedule more detailed interviews.
Family friend Mike Bynum, a former Boulder County prosecutor, was present and apparently providing legal advice to John Ramsey. JonBenét’s pediatrician, Dr. Francesco Beuf, was also present. He refused to let Patsy be interviewed. She was under the influence of medication and described as being too distraught to even consider responding to the police department to answer questions about the murder of her daughter.
Mason and Arndt left the Fernie home that night empty handed, unable to secure a firm date and time for a follow up interview.
The following morning, Saturday, December 28, 1996, investigators were notified by Boulder County Assistant District Attorney Pete Hoffstrom that the Ramsey family was now being represented by attorneys.† Any questions of the family regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of their daughter would have to be put to writing and presented by Hoffstrom to their legal counsel.
No face-to-face interview between Boulder Police investigators and Ramsey family members would be scheduled for months.
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Chapter Five
Cause and Manner of Death
D etectives Tom Trujillo and Linda Arndt were tasked with attending JonBenét’s autopsy which began early on Friday morning, December 27, 1996. A handful of people stared down at the small body bag on the examining table that contained the remains of the 6-year-old girl. Present within the cramped spaces of the morgue’s autopsy theater were representatives from the Boulder Police Department and the Boulder County Coroner’s and District Attorney’s offices.
Each of the men and women present attempted to mentally prepare themselves for what was about to come. The cold act of dissecting the lifeless body of a child was something you never become accustomed to, and child homicides in Boulder were a rarity. It is difficult to put aside the thoughts that the child lying on that examination table could be one of your own.
The stench of death never seems to leave these particular environs, invading every pore of your body and having been there before, you sadly realize that it may take days for the distinctive odor of the morgue to fade away from memory. The visual aspects of this type of work, however, rarely leave your consciousness.
Eventually the coroner’s office began the process and removed the custody seal that had secured the body bag the previous evening.
The small bag containing JonBenét was unzipped, pulled away, and she was gently placed on the examining table. She was observed to be wearing several pieces of clothing that included a white, long-sleeved knit shirt bearing a star of sequins on the chest, a pair of size 12 Bloomies brand underwear, and a pair of long underwear type pants.
They all watched as Dr. Meyer removed the loosely tied piece of white nylon cord that remained attached to JonBenét’s right wrist. Her father had already removed the loop that had encircled the left wrist when he had discovered her body. Dr. Meyer noted that the loop was loose enough that he could place his fingers between the cord and JonBenét’s wrist.
The length of the cord between the loops that had been placed around her wrists was determined to be approximately fifteen and a half (15 ½”) inches and both ends of this cord were frayed. The loops of the cord had been tied
Heeding the FBI’s advice, he wanted to know what the family was saying and doing in the aftermath of the discovery of JonBenét’s body.
In the interim, following the autopsy of JonBenét, Sergeant Mason was tasked with attempting to arrange an interview with family members. There were a number of questions that investigators had not been able to ask of John and Patsy Ramsey during their wait for the ransom call. He and Detective Arndt visited the Fernie home, temporary quarters for the Ramsey family, on the evening of Friday, December 27 th in an effort to schedule more detailed interviews.
Family friend Mike Bynum, a former Boulder County prosecutor, was present and apparently providing legal advice to John Ramsey. JonBenét’s pediatrician, Dr. Francesco Beuf, was also present. He refused to let Patsy be interviewed. She was under the influence of medication and described as being too distraught to even consider responding to the police department to answer questions about the murder of her daughter.
Mason and Arndt left the Fernie home that night empty handed, unable to secure a firm date and time for a follow up interview.
The following morning, Saturday, December 28, 1996, investigators were notified by Boulder County Assistant District Attorney Pete Hoffstrom that the Ramsey family was now being represented by attorneys.† Any questions of the family regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of their daughter would have to be put to writing and presented by Hoffstrom to their legal counsel.
No face-to-face interview between Boulder Police investigators and Ramsey family members would be scheduled for months.
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Chapter Five
Cause and Manner of Death
D etectives Tom Trujillo and Linda Arndt were tasked with attending JonBenét’s autopsy which began early on Friday morning, December 27, 1996. A handful of people stared down at the small body bag on the examining table that contained the remains of the 6-year-old girl. Present within the cramped spaces of the morgue’s autopsy theater were representatives from the Boulder Police Department and the Boulder County Coroner’s and District Attorney’s offices.
Each of the men and women present attempted to mentally prepare themselves for what was about to come. The cold act of dissecting the lifeless body of a child was something you never become accustomed to, and child homicides in Boulder were a rarity. It is difficult to put aside the thoughts that the child lying on that examination table could be one of your own.
The stench of death never seems to leave these particular environs, invading every pore of your body and having been there before, you sadly realize that it may take days for the distinctive odor of the morgue to fade away from memory. The visual aspects of this type of work, however, rarely leave your consciousness.
Eventually the coroner’s office began the process and removed the custody seal that had secured the body bag the previous evening.
The small bag containing JonBenét was unzipped, pulled away, and she was gently placed on the examining table. She was observed to be wearing several pieces of clothing that included a white, long-sleeved knit shirt bearing a star of sequins on the chest, a pair of size 12 Bloomies brand underwear, and a pair of long underwear type pants.
They all watched as Dr. Meyer removed the loosely tied piece of white nylon cord that remained attached to JonBenét’s right wrist. Her father had already removed the loop that had encircled the left wrist when he had discovered her body. Dr. Meyer noted that the loop was loose enough that he could place his fingers between the cord and JonBenét’s wrist.
The length of the cord between the loops that had been placed around her wrists was determined to be approximately fifteen and a half (15 ½”) inches and both ends of this cord were frayed. The loops of the cord had been tied
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