This web page is part of a series covering found materials regarding individuals, items or events that apparently became part of what is commonly known as the vortex of the JonBenet Ramsey murder case Christmas night 1996. The webmaster of this site claims no inside official Boulder police information as to who has been interviewed, investigated, the outcome or what information is actually considered official evidence. These pages outline found material which can include but not limited to materials found in books, articles, the Internet, transcripts, depositions, legal documents, Internet discussion forums, graphics or photos, media reports, TV/Radio shows about the JonBenet Ramsey murder case. Found materials are here for historical archive purposes. (www.acandyrose.com - acandyrose@aol.com)

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December 25, 1996 Pancakes NOTE: Photo of pancakes is not actual crime scene photo

Christmas Morning Breakfast included Pancakes "While the kids played with their gifts, Patsy and I went to the kitchen to prepare our traditional Christmas morning breakfast of pancakes, bacon, corn beef hash, and hash browns. I usually made the pancakes, so I got all the ingredients together while Patsy set the table and cooked the rest of the breakfast. JonBenet always loved to get into the act and was right under my elbows, standing on a stool by the stove, to help pour the pancake batter." [DOIpg5] (0472-25) TOM HANEY: When was the last time you recall that table being cleaned off? PATSY RAMSEY: After -- well, we would have eaten pancakes together at that table on Christmas morning. And then I would have cleaned the table up. TOM HANEY: Okay. In the course of having the pancake breakfast, would a glass or a bowl like that (inaudible). PATSY RAMSEY: No. I can't tell what that is. [BPD June98 Patsy Ramsey Interview] ALTERNATE: Home-made Pancakes http://southernfood.about.com/ Basic Pancakes From Diana Rattray, Your Guide to Southern U.S. Cuisine. Serve these pancakes with butter and syrup. INGREDIENTS: 2 cups all-purpose flour, stirred or sifted before measuring 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 egg, slightly beaten 1 1/2 cups milk 2 tablespoons melted butter PREPARATION: Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, combine egg and milk; add to flour mixture, stirring only until smooth. Blend in melted butter. Cook on a hot, greased griddle, using about 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake. Cook until brown on one side and around edge; turn and brown the other side. Recipe for pancakes serves 4.

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December 25, 1996 Bacon NOTE: Photo of bacon is not actual crime scene photo

Christmas Morning Breakfast included Bacon "While the kids played with their gifts, Patsy and I went to the kitchen to prepare our traditional Christmas morning breakfast of pancakes, bacon, corn beef hash, and hash browns. I usually made the pancakes, so I got all the ingredients together while Patsy set the table and cooked the rest of the breakfast. JonBenet always loved to get into the act and was right under my elbows, standing on a stool by the stove, to help pour the pancake batter." [DOIpg5]

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December 25, 1996 Corn Beef Hash NOTE: Photos of corn beef hash is not actual crime scene photo

Christmas Morning Breakfast included Corn Beef Hash "While the kids played with their gifts, Patsy and I went to the kitchen to prepare our traditional Christmas morning breakfast of pancakes, bacon, corn beef hash, and hash browns. I usually made the pancakes, so I got all the ingredients together while Patsy set the table and cooked the rest of the breakfast. JonBenet always loved to get into the act and was right under my elbows, standing on a stool by the stove, to help pour the pancake batter." [DOIpg5] ALTERNATE: Home-made Corn Beef Hash http://foodgeeks.com/recipes/recipe.phtml?recipe_id=259 Corn Beef Hash: Foodgeek: Karla Guice Rating: Servings: 8 servings Prep. Time: Total Time: Ingredients: 4 cups potatoes, diced and cooked 1 can corned beef 1 cup onions, diced 1/3 tsp. garlic powder 1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. pepper Directions: I take all the ingredients and mix-up with my hands and then put small amounts in the food processor and mix with short bursts. You can also use your hands and squeeze the mixture until it is mixed or use a potato masher. This freezes beautifully. Just put in serving size containers of form into patties.

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December 25, 1996 Hash Browns NOTE: Photos of hash browns is not actual crime scene photo

Christmas Morning Breakfast included Hash Browns "While the kids played with their gifts, Patsy and I went to the kitchen to prepare our traditional Christmas morning breakfast of pancakes, bacon, corn beef hash, and hash browns. I usually made the pancakes, so I got all the ingredients together while Patsy set the table and cooked the rest of the breakfast. JonBenet always loved to get into the act and was right under my elbows, standing on a stool by the stove, to help pour the pancake batter." [DOIpg5] ALTERNATE: Home-made Hash Browns http://www.elise.com/recipes/ Ingredients: 1 lb Russet baking potatoes, peeled and grated 3 Tbsp olive oil Salt and pepper Equipment needed: Large stick-free frying pan (at least a 9" diameter bottom) Potato ricer Heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large stick-free frying pan on medium high heat. While the pan is heating, use a potato ricer much like you would a garlic press, and press out as much moisture as you can from the grated potatoes. If you don't have a ricer, you can use paper towels to absorb some of the moisture from the grated potatoes, but it doesn't work nearly as well. When the oil heats up to the point of shimmering, but not smoking, add the grated potatoes. Spread the potatoes out along the bottom of the pan. They should not be too thick in any one place, no more than 1/2 inch thick. Sprinkle some salt and pepper on the poatoes. After a few minutes, lift up one edge of the potatoes and see how done they are. When they have fried to a golden brown they are ready to flip. Use a large spatula to flip the potatoes over all at once, or divide the large potato cake into halves or quarters and flip. Again, when golden brown, they are ready to serve. Serves 4.

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December 25, 1996 Orange Juice, Coffee

Orange Juice and Coffee ?? 1998-06-23: John Ramsey Interrogation by Lou Smit and Mike Kane(Screen Capture from "CBS 48 Hours Investigates - Searching for a Killer" 10/04/2002) John Ramsey Interrogation by Lou Smit and Mike Kane Present also were Bryan Morgan, PI David Williams June 23, 24, 25, 1998 - Boulder, Colorado http://www.jonbenetindexguide.com/1998BPD-John-Interview-Complete.htm 0085 10 LOU SMIT: What did you have for breakfast? 11 JOHN RAMSEY: It might have been pancakes. 12 Which is usually what we would eat. We would have 13 a special breakfast, but I don't remember exactly. 14 But we usually had a big breakfast. 15 LOU SMIT: Anything else that goes along 16 with the pancakes, or anything that you can think 17 of? I know I'm trying to get specific. 18 JOHN RAMSEY: Yeah. I don't remember. I mean, 19 it probably been like bacon and probably hash and 20 that kind of things. But I don't remember for 21 sure. But that's typically what we would have had 22 for breakfast. Coffee, juice, orange juice. But 23 that took up most of the morning, I guess. By the 24 time we finished --

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December 25, 1996 NO LUNCH

No Lunch Served 1998-06-23: Patsy Ramsey Interview (Thomas Haney, Trip DeMuth) (Screen Capture from "CBS 48 Hours - Searching for a Killer" 10/04/2002) Patsy Ramsey Interrogation by Thomas Haney and Trip DeMuth - Present also were Patrick Burke and Ellis Armistead June 23, 24, 25, 1998 - Boulder, Colorado http://www.jonbenetindexguide.com/1998BPD-Patsy-Interview-Complete.htm 0473 10 TOM HANEY: We talked earlier this week about 11 lunch, could you recall what would have been on the 12 menu for lunch? 13 PATSY RAMSEY: No. 14 TOM HANEY: Would it have been a bowl or a 15 glass? 16 PATSY RAMSEY: No. 17 TOM HANEY: Would you have eaten there for 18 lunch? 19 PATSY RAMSEY: No, because I think we ate a 20 late breakfast, because of -- I'm not sure we had lunch 21 that day because we probably, you know, do Christmas, 22 and then we had a big pancake breakfast, and then we 23 were going, you know, 4:00 or 5:00 to the White's for 24 dinner, so we probably didn't even have lunch. 25 TOM HANEY: Maybe, is that maybe why you 0474 1 didn't recall? 2 PATSY RAMSEY: That is very likely why I 3 don't recall.

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Turkey Little Hot Dogs with Barbecue Sauce Carrots and Celery ????? Peanuts ????? Snacks and Hors d'oeuvres Wine

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December 25, 1996 Cracked Crab NOTE: Photo of cracked crab is not actual crime scene photo

White's Christmas Party served "left over" Cracked Crab "With a gift basket of different coffees in hand, we arrived at the Whites'" (snip) "Several family members were visiting from out of town, Priscilla's sisters, companions, and parents." (snip) "Most of us helped ourselves to the snacks and hors d'oeuvres that Priscilla had prepared, including leftover cracked crab, which they enjoyed as a family tradition on Christmas Eve." [DOIpg7] 1998-06-23: Patsy Ramsey Interview (Thomas Haney, Trip DeMuth) (Screen Capture from "CBS 48 Hours - Searching for a Killer" 10/04/2002) Patsy Ramsey Interrogation by Thomas Haney and Trip DeMuth - Present also were Patrick Burke and Ellis Armistead June 23, 24, 25, 1998 - Boulder, Colorado http://www.jonbenetindexguide.com/1998BPD-Patsy-Interview-Complete.htm 0491 18 TRIP DEMUTH: Was JonBenet hungry at the 19 time? Did she eat the cracked crab? 20 PATSY RAMSEY: I can't tell you. You know, 21 we got to the house, the kids start running around and 22 we kind of don't -- 23 TRIP DEMUTH: Okay. But you do remember the 24 cracked crab. 25 PATSY RAMSEY: I just remember Priscilla had 0492 1 dip and she said, I know your kids like seafood. I 2 will hold this little plate out for JonBenet to make 3 sure she gets some. 4 TRIP DEMUTH: You remember that. 5 PATSY RAMSEY: I remember that. Well, I 6 thought that is nice to make sure that we don't devour 7 it before the kids get some, but she specifically 8 mentioned JonBenet's name. And at that time it kind 9 of, you know, flew over. But then when you are trying 10 to remember things later, it seems, you know, a little 11 strange. 1998-06-23: John Ramsey Interrogation by Lou Smit and Mike Kane(Screen Capture from "CBS 48 Hours Investigates - Searching for a Killer" 10/04/2002) John Ramsey Interrogation by Lou Smit and Mike Kane Present also were Bryan Morgan, PI David Williams June 23, 24, 25, 1998 - Boulder, Colorado http://www.jonbenetindexguide.com/1998BPD-John-Interview-Complete.htm 0100 4 They had hors d'oeuvres and they made a special 5 thing about cracked crab, that's some kind of 6 family tradition that they always had cracked crab 7 at their Christmas day dinner as an appetizer. 16 But 17 then they had a typical, you know, in the kitchen 18 cooking the dinner, snacking on hors d'oeuvres 19 kind of evening. And then they had dinner. They 20 had the table set up in the dining room and they 21 had two tables down in the living room and 22 everybody kind of sat down to eat. 0101 6 JOHN RAMSEY: Well, all I can specifically 7 remember was the cracked crab. I think they had a 8 turkey dinner. But I think she made, she always 9 makes these little hot dogs with barbecue sauce 10 that the kids love. I remember her specifically, 11 Priscilla coming over this big plate of cracked 12 plate making little plates, and I wanted to save 13 these out for JonBenet and she took them out and 14 put them in the plate. 15 LOU SMIT: What were they? 16 JOHN RAMSEY: I think it was the cracked 17 crab. 18 MIKE KANE: What is cracked crab? I'm from 19 the east. I don't know -- 20 JOHN RAMSEY: She doesn't take all of it. 21 It's like pieces of crab that are cut up. They're 22 cold. 23 MIKE KANE: They're real crab? 24 JOHN RAMSEY: Yeah. They're boiled like. 25 They're already broken. They're like just chunks 0102 1 of, like somebody has already broken up the legs 2 and I guess it was like king crab that was 3 partially open. 4 MIKE KANE: Okay. 5 JOHN RAMSEY: But she specifically, I 6 just remember her making little plates going down 7 the line. Which, in retrospect, seems a little 8 strange. 9 LOU SMIT: Did JonBenet like that? 10 JOHN RAMSEY: I don't remember if she ate it, 11 but, yeah, she would have liked it. 12 LOU SMIT: Do you remember any fruit like 13 apples, oranges or anything like tat? 14 JOHN RAMSEY: Not specifically. 21 But I can tell you there was some finger 22 foods. There were probably carrots and celery and 23 stuff like that. 24 LOU SMIT: Okay. 25 JOHN RAMSEY: They usually had peanuts around. 0103 1 I don't remember specifically having peanuts, but 2 that would have been very normal. 0104 6 JOHN RAMSEY: Oh, I don't remember, but 7 certainly not more than two glasses, and only if 8 like the glass is not very full. I like to sip on 9 it. I might have two glasses.

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December 26, 1996 Fresh Pineapple in bowl NOTE: Photo on left is obviously a crime scene photo but is a screen capture from Court TV "Anatomy of an Investigation" 7/7/07 CLICK for larger view Two Fingerprints found on bowl belonged to Patsy Ramsey and Burke Ramsey

"Meyer noted in his report that the pineapple in JonBenét's small intestine was in near-perfect condition -- it had sharp edges and looked as if it had been recently eaten and poorly chewed." [PMPTpage433] "She confirmed that the last thing JonBenet had to eat was some cracked crab at the Whites' dinner party on December 25. I knew the Whites served no pineapple that night, but pineapple was found in the victim's stomach, and a bowl of pineapple bearing Patsy's fingerprints was on her kitchen table." [Steve Thomas Page165] "Our experts studied the pineapple in the stomach and reported that it was fresh-cut pineapple, consistent down to the rind with what had been found in the bowl. It was solid proof that it wasn't canned pineapple, and what were the chances that an intruder would have brought in a fresh pineapple to cut up for his victim?" [Steve Thomas Page192] 1999-02-18: "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, JonBenet and the City of Boulder" written by Lawrence Schiller PMPT Page 239 "The CBI had been able to identify two fingerprints found on a white bowl on the dining room table that contained uneaten pineapple. One print belonged to Burke and the other to Patsy" PMPT Page 433 "The police had to piece together the findings of the various pathologists, who had explained to them that when food is swallowed, it goes first to the stomach, then passes to the duodenum, and from there to the lower small intestine. Eventually, the digested food passes into the large bowel, from which it exits. Food found in the stomach and intestines can sometimes be used to estimate the time of ingestion and to narrow the time of death. In the Ramseys' dining room, just steps away from the kitchen, the police had found a bowl with fresh pineapple in it. Meyer noted in his report that the pineapple in JonBenét's small intestine was in near-perfect condition -- it had sharp edges and looked as if it had been recently eaten and poorly chewed. Based on the condition of the pineapple in her intestine, the experts estimated that JonBenét had eaten it an hour and a half or two hours before she died, most likely after the family returned home that night. If she had eaten the pineapple after 10:30 P.M., that made the approximate time of death not earlier than midnight."

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December 26, 1996 Bowl on table NOTE: Photo on left is obviously a crime scene photo but is a screen capture from Court TV "Anatomy of an Investigation" 7/7/07 CLICK for larger view Two Fingerprints found on bowl belonged to Patsy Ramsey and Burke Ramsey

White bowl and spoon found on breakfast table "With his legs pulled up and his chin on his knees, Burke said he played some Nintendo on the afternoon of December 25. When showed a photograph of the pineapple and bowl, he recognized the bowl. That showed it belonged in the house and was not brought in by an intruder. He recalled nothing unusual at the Whites' party other than getting a mild shock from the electric deer fence outside." [Steve Thomas Page317] 2000-04-11: “JonBenet, Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation” by Steve Thomas and Don Davis ST Page 322 "Returning to more serious subjects, Ramsey stumbled when Lou Smit questioned him about the pineapple. He insisted that he didn't remember JonBenet eating it at the Whites' Christmas party and knew she didn't eat it at home before going to sleep. In retrospect, he thought it "strange" that Priscilla White fixed her a plate of cracked crab. He would "guarantee" JonBenet did not eat the pineapple at home, so it had to be before they went to the Whites' or while they were there. "I don't buy that an intruder fed her pineapple," he declared, adding that he recognized neither the bowl containing the fruit nor the spoon that were on the table. The very next day he retracted that firm statement, saying his lawyer chastised him for making it. Neither he nor Patsy fed her pineapple, he said, but then he asked, "What if she knew the intruder?" After thinking about it, he said, "It hit me like a ton of bricks." JonBenet "adored" Santa Bill McReynolds, and if he had come into her room, she would have gotten out of bed and gone downstairs with him without a problem. "She may have had a secretly prearranged meeting," he said. "Maybe he fed her pineapple." The detectives stopped the tape and watched that section repeatedly. Only the day before, Ramsey had said such a thing was impossible. Now he laid it on Santa Bill."

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December 26, 1996 Glass with tea bag NOTE: Photo on left is obviously a crime scene photo but is a screen capture from Court TV "Anatomy of an Investigation" 7/7/07 CLICK for larger view

Glass with tea bag found on breakfast table "Kept from the public until now is the fact that a glass containing a tea bag was photographed next to the bowl of pineapple. How did it get there? And was the tea and the pineapple consummed at the same time?" Patsy: But I did not do this. If she ate that, somebody put that there. Patsy: I can never recall putting a tea bag like that, in a cup. Okay. Patsy: So I don't know, what the answer is. VOICE OVER: "According to police files none of the Ramseys friends or any member of the Ramsey family had any idea who prepared or served the tea. During the investigation, the crime lab found Patsy and her ten year old son, Burke's fingerprints on the bowl and Burke's on the glass of tea, adding to the mystery." [Schiller's "JonBenet: Anatomy of a Cold Case" 7/7/2006] 1998-06-23: Patsy Ramsey Interview (Thomas Haney, Trip DeMuth) (Screen Capture from "CBS 48 Hours - Searching for a Killer" 10/04/2002) Patsy Ramsey Interrogation by Thomas Haney and Trip DeMuth - Present also were Patrick Burke and Ellis Armistead June 23, 24, 25, 1998 - Boulder, Colorado http://www.jonbenetindexguide.com/1998BPD-Patsy-Interview-Complete.htm 0483 14 TOM HANEY: Take a little breather from the 15 pineapple and let's talk about the glass, do you drink 16 hot tea? 17 PATSY RAMSEY: No. 18 TOM HANEY: Iced tea? 19 PATSY RAMSEY: Iced tea. 20 TOM HANEY: There is December 25, iced tea 21 year round. 22 PATSY RAMSEY: Mostly in the summer. 23 (inaudible). 24 TOM HANEY: Anybody else in the house drink 25 any tea? 0484 1 PATSY RAMSEY: Burke drinks iced tea in the 2 summer time. (inaudible). 3 TOM HANEY: You can tell me about the glass 4 and the tea bag, how those got to be there? 5 PATSY RAMSEY: I don't know. I don't. I 6 mean, I make iced tea. I usually boil it in a pan, put 7 the tea bag in and let them steep, and then transfer it 8 to a pitcher and add the sugar. (Inaudible). 9 TOM HANEY: How about that particular glass? 10 PATSY RAMSEY: That is a water glass. 22 PATSY RAMSEY: No. And JonBenet didn't like 23 iced tea or tea at all. I mean, did somebody -- do we 24 know what all of those people in the house that morning 25 did? Because you know there was a bowl of something in 0485 1 that Lennox China bowl, you know, with stuff in it that 2 somebody had out. Did somebody put all of this out 3 then? Was that there since that morning? Did you ask 4 them, somebody asked all those people, the two social 5 workers?

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