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Ransom Amount
vs
John Ramsey's Bonus

CHAIN OF EVENTS 1996

1996-12-28: Coroner reports Boulder girl was strangled

http://www.boulderdailycamera.com/extra/ramsey/1996/12/28-1.html
No suspects in slaying
Coroner reports Boulder girl was strangled
By ELLIOT ZARET
Camera Staff Writer
December 28, 1996

Police said Friday they had no suspects in the strangling death of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, whose body was found Thursday morning in the basement of her parents' University Hill home after a ransom note was left in the kitchen.

The Boulder County coroner, who reported the cause of death Friday, refused to say what time the daughter of Access Graphics president John Ramsey and former Miss West Virginia Patsy Ramsey died or how she was strangled. Police had not ruled out anyone as a suspect in the slaying - including family members. "It's still a very delicate and sensitive issue," said John Eller, the commander in charge of the Boulder police detective division.

Kidnapping wasn't ruled out by police, but they wouldn't confirm a kidnapping occurred, either.

Police worked through the night Thursday and Friday searching for evidence at the Ramsey house at 755 15th St. They shared few new details about the murder at a Friday morning news conference. Shortly before dawn Thursday, a woman identifying herself as Patsy Ramsey called police, reporting that JonBenet had been kidnapped. The kidnapper, she said, left a ransom note.

Police, along with the FBI, arrived in the upper-class neighborhood near the University of Colorado early Thursday morning. They entered the Ramsey house, a three-story brick mansion, the yard decorated with giant candy canes and a stuffed Santa, to investigate.

They did not immediately search the house because "we had no reason to believe the child was there at the time," Eller said.

Investigators examined the ransom note and began to help the Ramseys comply with its conditions. "The ransom note was a typical - if there is such a thing - kidnapping ransom note, the kind you'd find in any movie," Eller said.

It demanded an undisclosed amount of money in exchange for JonBenet, Eller said. He would not comment further on the note's content, but Denver broadcast media reported that the ransom amount was $118,000.

Between 1:30 and 2 p.m., the girl's body was discovered in the basement by a family member whom police refused to name.

Eller would not say what JonBenet was wearing, whether her body had been hidden or left in the open, or in what condition the body was found.

However, it was clear JonBenet, the 1995 Little Miss Colorado, had been murdered. "The death was obviously the result of a criminal act," Eller said.

Late Thursday, police secured a warrant to search the family home and grounds.

Throughout the day Friday, investigators continued to photograph items at the scene - including footprints in the yard - and gather evidence.

Police officers entered and exited the house, discussed evidence with lead investigators or disappeared into the silver crime scene van parked by the mailbox. Yellow police tape circled the house and a wall of police cars stood in front of the home.

Family members had not been questioned in depth as of midday Friday. By late Friday night, police officials said they still had not narrowed the field of potential suspects.

The family was staying at the house of a friend under police supervision - "for security reasons," Eller said. He declined to reveal the address or names of the friends.

Neighbors said the Ramseys entertained often - they had three separate Christmas parties in December. People were often seen coming and going from their house.

Many people may have had keys to the house, including caterers, a house cleaner, gardeners and landscapers, said Joe Barnhill, who lives across the street and takes care of JonBenet's dog, Jacque.

Barnhill, like other neighbors, didn't remember seeing anything suspicious at the Ramsey house Christmas Day - the day before JonBenet was murdered.

"I didn't see a lot of people over there Christmas Day," said Barnhill, who had hidden until Christmas Eve the bicycle JonBenet's father had bought his daughter. "I didn't see JonBenet with her bike, but I did see (her 10-year-old brother) Burke ride his bike down the lawn there."

Barnhill also said he saw John Ramsey's son from a previous marriage, a student at CU, come to the house.

Police investigators, many called in from vacations, will pursue the case without pause through the weekend, said Detective Sgt. Larry Mason.

"This was a beautiful little girl, as you can see - very vibrant, and from what we can tell, very precocious," Eller said.

CHAIN OF EVENTS 1997

1997-02-01: Boulder News Forum thread, "RAMSEY-SATURDAY-#1"

FROM: Jay D. EMAIL: jcfdillon@hotmail.com
LOCATION: Boulder
DATE: Saturday February 01, 1997

People seem to have come to the conclusion that this was a murder disguised as a kidnapping for ransom. But it could be a bungled extortion disguised as a revenge murder. Then you look at the $118,000 and SBTC (inside info) as part of the pre-planned disguise of the whole operation as a revenge murder. Reasonable to think the murderer was associated or had connections (possibly drug connections) through Access Graphics. The person is intelligent but not good with numbers. Thought he/she was writing $11,800,000 or even $18,000,000. If the dollar sign has two vertical bars and one is misplaced outside the "S" to the right, you get $118,000 instead of $18,000 and the murderer or co-conspirator who wrote the note may have intended to write $18,000,000. This would be $18 million, the amount demanded in 1992 Exxon extortion which was described in some detail in leaflets posted in Boulder December 1996. If interested in this line of reasoning see my web page in MediaFilter/GloboCopWatch/"Honest Witnesses Sought..." This page (actually the second of two entries there) is the identical page that was laser printed and posted in Boulder during December 1996, not more than about 5 blocks north of the Ramseys' house. Bizarre indeed.

People Magazine, March 24, 1997, ''What's taking So Long?' 'Stalemate' '
(by Bill Hewitt, Vicki Bane and Michael Haederle in Boulder, Barbara Sandler in Indianapolis)

(Page 110): "Police had been summoned to the Ramsey home at 5:52 a.m. on Dec. 26 by Patsy's frantic 911 call reporting that her daughter had been abducted. At the scene officers were shown a handprinted ransome note demanding $118,000--a sum that turned out to match John Ramey's recent bonus from the computer company of which he was president--but over the next several hours they apprently did little to secure the house and preserve evidence."

1997-04-30: John Ramsey Interrogation by Steve Thomas, Tom Trujillo

John Ramsey Interrogation by Steve Thomas, Tom Trujillo
Also present, Pat Burke, Bryan Morgan, Pete Hoffstrom, Jon Foster
April 30, 1997 - Boulder, Colorado
http://www.jonbenetindexguide.com/1997BPD-John-Interview-Complete.htm

ST: John, this $118,000, is that a, do you believe that to be tied to your 95 bonus paid in 96?
JR: Well, that�s, I mean that occurred to me later as I started to think about what that number meant, and I thought, gee that might have been the net amount of my bonus. I didn�t even know that until we had, we went back and looked. And that was paid in February of 96, and was $118,223 or something like that. And I think that�s a plausible place where that number could have come from, and it certainly showed up in every pay stub of mine from then on, through the rest of the year. It was deferred compensation, so separate out of your gross pay. The only other logical theory that I�ve heard is this one that apparently you found a small book or a bible with some verses circled. And Father Rol also said I heard that 18th Palms was a very vengeful Psalms. And those are the two logical theories I�ve heard for that number.

1997-04-30: Patsy Ramsey Interrogation by Steve Thomas, Tom Trujillo

Patsy Ramsey Interrogation by Steve Thomas, Tom Trujillo
Also present, Pat Burke, Bryan Morgan, Pete Hoffstrom, Jon Foster
April 30, 1997 - Boulder, Colorado
http://www.jonbenetindexguide.com/1997BPD-Patsy-Interview-Complete.htm

ST: Patsy, I�m going to jump back just a little bit and then we�ll come back to the 25th, but uh, for the record we�re back on the tape at about 10:17 a.m., uh, Patsy, one of the things certainly that we�ve taken a great deal of interest in and looked at is uh, John�s bonus and I familiar with uh, a lot of that a gross amount minus some FICA and taxes and so forth, roughed out to equally the $118,000. To the best of your knowledge, anywhere in the home, was that information available or displayed?
PR: I, I do not know.
ST: Okay. How immediate did it come to your mind or John�s mind uh, that that uh, amount of money asked for in the ransom note roughly equaled John�s bonus? Were you aware of that on the morning of the 26th?
PR: Was I, was I aware of what now?
ST: The bonus amount equaling. . .
PR: I was not aware that, I, I didn�t know that he had gotten a bonus.
ST: Okay.
PR: Or that that, he takes care of all that stuff and I didn�t know, I think at some time that morning he, I remember him saying that that might be close to a figure that was a bonus that he had gotten, but. . .
ST: Okay. I�m assuming his salary, and I don�t know if you know this, was to $118,000. Do you know what John�s salary was in relation to a bonus being $118,000?
PR: I don�t know any of that.
ST: Are you not privy to any of the financial information in the household.
PR: Well, I�m sure I�m privy. I can see it if want to, but . . .
ST: Okay.
PR: . . .I just. . .
ST: Okay. That�s not your day to day affair?
PR: That�s not my day. . . no.

CHAIN OF EVENTS 1998

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

June 1998 John Ramsey Interrogation by Lou Smit and Mike Kane (Ransom Amount)

0337
6 MIKE KANE: It said, "You will withdraw
7 $118,000 dollars from your account." What did you
8 think about when you saw this?
9 JOHN RAMSEY: It was just a strange amount.
10 And I was thankful I could do it. Because it
11 wasn't a hundred million. So I could deal with
12 that.
13 MIKE KANE: Um hmm.
14 JOHN RAMSEY: I thought it was obviously
15 strange. I thought it was strange that they wanted
16 $20 bills and $100 bills. $100 bills. Because
17 those were -- I don't even like to carry $100
18 bills. (INAUDIBLE). So that's all I can say, that
19 that was odd. It seemed amateurish, you know, the
20 whole thing.

(SNIP)

0339
23 JOHN RAMSEY: No, I think that was just
24 a bit coincidence. That was my net bonus after
25 tax. And it wasn't exactly 118; it was 118 and

June 1998 John Ramsey Interrogation by Lou Smit and Mike Kane (Ransom Amount)

0340
1 something.
2 MIKE KANE: Do you think this was a random
3 figure as opposed to a purposeful figure?
4 JOHN RAMSEY: A purposeful. I think there
5 were a lot of things left around that were
6 purposeful.
7 MIKE KANE: But you haven't been able to --
8 JOHN RAMSEY: I mean, the closest that
9 I've come to have some believability is this
10 theory that Father Rol came up with. There were
11 psalms, which were circled in the Bible, which
12 apparently were fairly vengeful psalms. 118 Psalms
13 was a vengeful psalm in the King James Bible. It
14 talked about victory (INAUDIBLE). I think I've
15 read it a hundred times, I guess, (INAUDIBLE).
16 I guess I would accept that kind of a tie more
17 than I would the bonus amount.
18 MIKE KANE: Would that figure that you
19 said you had, was it assets?
20 JOHN RAMSEY: (INAUDIBLE), for lack of
21 a better word.
22 MIKE KANE: So it wasn't something that
23 you were trying to approximate what they thought
24 would hurt?
25 JOHN RAMSEY: No

CHAIN OF EVENTS 1999

2004-01-14: The Bonita Papers-1999 (Section regarding --------)
From a poster known as "Spade" on the www.forumsforjustice.org forum posted information regarding a person known as "Bonita." Spade wrote: "These are the unedited "notes" of Bonita Sauer, secretary/para-legal to Dan Hoffman. Bonita intended to write a book from the case documents provided to her boss. But Bonita's notes were sold to the tabs by her nephew. Larry Pozner is a partner in the same law firm. I hope he reads his secretary's notes about this case before he runs his mouth about the Ramsey's. (Again) This is a long file, so I suggest copying to your own computer and printing it out. I have checked the important case info and find it accurate, however there is some BS. Please post your questions." On another postings, Spade wrote, "Bonita is the 1st name of the legal secretary who wrote up the Boulder Police reports, mailed them to her nephew in Oregon who in turn double-dealt them to two tabs for $70,000. Bonita had access to all the BPD reports. Keep in mind that Bonita wrote-up her info in 1999"

"Outside of Burke's bedroom was the spiral staircase that lead up to the third floor where the master bedroom and home office are located, and down to the main floor front entry area. Weiss and Arndt did a visual inspection of them master bedroom and adjoining office. Arndt noticed that John had hastily dropped his navy blue bathrobe on the floor next to his desk. She also noticed on John's nightstand next to his bed was the book Mindhunter by John Douglas, a former FBI agent. Douglas' book depicts his background and work in the field of murders, murderers and criminal research. Arndt thought this book was rather gruesome late night reading material. "

1999-02-18: "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, JonBenet and the City of Boulder"
Written by Lawrence Schiller, February 18, 1999

PMPT Page 130

"Richart told the detectives that John Ramsey�s previous yearly net bonus, after taxes, was within a half dollar of $118,000. To her knowledge, the only other people who knew the exact amount were Lockheed Martin�s evaluators, Ramsey�s boss, Gary Mann; and Ramsey himself. She did not mention Gary Merriman. When asked if she had an alibi for the night of the murder, Richart said that she had been with her perents. Within four days of Richart�s interview with the police, CNN reported a possible link between Ramsey�s bonus and the amount of the ransom demanded."

CHAIN OF EVENTS 2000

2000-03-18: �Death of Innocence� written by John and Patsy Ramsey

DOI Page 119

"On January 22 both the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News announced that the 18,000-dollar ransom note demand was close to the amount of my bonus at Access Graphics for the calendar year 1995. We had given this information to the police in confidence. Once again the papers raised the suspicion that only Patsy and I could have know about this figure. More evidence that we were guilty they implied.

To this day, more than three years later, we still don't know why the killer chose this odd figure. It is one of the strangest components in this mystery.

DOI Page 120

"Patsy knew nothing about the amount of the bonus because I took care of the finances and we rarely talked about money. The 118,117.50 dollars I earned that year was deferred compensation, so there was no point discussing the matter with her.

Actually, a number of people had access to this figure. Since I was awarded the bonus in January 1996, the amount was printed on every pay stub I had received during 1996. Someone nosing through our house could have found a pay stub. Numerous workers at Access Graphics could have accessed the information as well. And I might have discussed the figure with anyone working with our taxes or investments."

2000-04-11: �JonBenet, Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation�
by Steve Thomas and Don Davis, April 11, 2000

ST Page 44

"A New International Version Study Bible was photographed on the desk of John Ramsey, open to the pages of Psalms 35 and 36. There was no way to know it at the time, but those verses were to play a critical role in the unfolding case. Beside the Bible was a greeting card JonBenet had made for her father, on which she had printed, "The best gift I can give is me."

(SNIP)

ST Page 63

"Father Rol Hoverstock came by the police department to give hair and handwriting samples-we were even checking out the family minister--and we asked his opinion about Psalms 35 and 36, without revealing why. That started him thinking about that book of the Bible, and when Detective Gosage and I met him later in the day at his home, Father Rol suggested that we take a look at Psalm 118. He thought it might be the origin of the $118,000 ransom figure. And in his sonorous voice, he read aloud one of the verses, which contained the phrase "bind the sacrifice with cords."

Before long, the media, fed by the Ramsey forces, were promoting Psalm 118 as a key to the case. As incredible as it was, the verse was only an odd coincidence, for the Bible on John Ramsey's desk was both a different edition, with different wording of even that verse, and open to a different place.

(SNIP)

ST Page 66

"Although some of the house was a frilly showplace, the alcove containing John Ramsey's study was strictly masculine. Dark walls, dark patterned drapes, furniture of heavy wood. Arched bay windows framed a classic view of the Flatiron Mountains. I sat at his big L-shaped desk, which stood solid on emerald carpet and bespoke power and control.

In here he kicked off shoes and worked in private. A model airplane rose from one corner, and a multi-button black telephone connected him with his business world. A brass-hinged cigar humidor sat near the small sculpture of a sturdy lion. A drawer was filled with family photographs.

A handwritten ledger reflected his increasing wealth over the years. Later I would find records showing that as of May 1, 1996, Ramsey had assets of $7,348,628, and a total net worth of $6,230,628. Total liabilities were an even $1,118,000, and the similarity of that figure to the ransom demand of $118,000 jumped out at me. I noted it as a possible source."

(SNIP)

ST Page 116

"On our second day, Denise Wolf, the fiercely loyal assistant to President and CEO John Ramsey, handed me a slip of paper containing the 1995 bonus her boss was paid in 1996 under a deferred compensation plan. I did a double take as I read the numbers. John Ramsey received a net bonus of $118,117.50, almost the exact amount asked for in the ransom note. To me, that was too precise to be a coincidence, and it was known to very few people."

CHAIN OF EVENTS 2001

2001-05-05: Rocky Mountain News "Clues in the Case"

Familiar references: The letter incorporates references some interpret as information only the Ramseys should know. One is the ransom amount -- $118,000 -- which was the net amount of John Ramsey's most recent bonus. Smit agrees the $118,000 may have meaning, but not only for the Ramseys. For example, earlier that year a disgruntled former employee of Ramsey's company claimed it owed him close to $118,000. Three other employees of Ramsey's company knew the amount of Ramsey's bonus. And two employees owed the firm $18,000. Smit also believes it's significant the writer asked for $100,000 in $100 bills and the remaining $18,000 in $20 bills. Maybe this person wanted to bank $100,000 and spend $18,000, he said. Also, just as it's questionable why an intruder would use the $118,000 figure, it's equally questionable why Patsy Ramsey, if trying to stage a murder, would use it. Why not a round figure? Smit asks. The letter is signed using the acronym SBTC. Police wondered if that was a reference to Subic Bay, a training center where John Ramsey spent time during his naval career, though no one in the Navy apparently used that acronym to describe the place. Smit doesn't know what the acronym means but is aware of other places where its use has appeared, including a sign at a protest demonstration with SBTC spelled out vertically. Horizontally, it reads: Stop/Bombing/Third world/Countries.

References to popular movies: Language in the ransom note reflects that in several popular movies. The movie Ransom was playing in Boulder during December 1996, the month of JonBenet's death. It is the story of a child taken hostage for money. In addition, Smit said, there are references in the ransom note that echo lines in similar movies, such as Dirty Harry, Speed, Nick of Time and Ruthless People. The Ramseys didn't have such movies in their home, and hadn't seen those movies, Smit said.

Response: Police and a police-hired expert in use of language, Don Foster, said the $118,000 has two other possible connections to the Ramseys. The Ramseys' home computer showed a net liabilities figure of $1,118,000 and Patsy referred to Psalm 118 in some of her writings. They point out that the ransom note and a Ramsey Christmas letter both used the phrase "and hence," and that SBTC could be the first four letters of four verses in the Bible, if the verses were read in reverse order. Police said John Ramsey's Bible was found opened at Psalms 35 and 36, which contain the verses.

CHAIN OF EVENTS 2002

2002-02-02: Webbsleuths Forum (http://www.webbsleuths.org)
"$118,000"

Maikai
Charter Member
657 posts Feb-02-02, 11:34 PM (EST)

"$118,000"

This has been talked about ad nauseum, but I've come to the conclusion that the amount was found in the house...on a check stub...on papers. Perhaps the original idea was $100,000---or something in that ballpark. He saw $118,000 and decided to use that, knowing it was in an account. This is the NET amount of the bonus. If it were someone really in the know, wouldn't they have used the actual bonus amount? (ie: say, $150,000?) Bonus amounts usually get out....but the NET...after deductions would not be known, unless it was seen somewhere.

5 . "Wynona"
Posted by LovelyPigeon on Feb-02-02 at 04:25 PM (EST)

I agree with you about scrutinized lives coming up with coincidental "matches".

I don't think the $118,000 was the bonus amount, but it's possible since the check stubs were in the house and could have been seen by a nosey intruder. Even that doesn't match the exact amount shown on the check stubs, though.

The article in the Dec 21st paper about Access Graphics and John Ramsey mentions one billion and 800 million. I think it's just as likely the ones and eights from that article impressed the ransom note writer to write down 118,000.

7 . "Yearly bonus"
Posted by jameson on Feb-02-02 at 04:44 PM (EST)

He earned it in 1995, was paid it early in 1996 and the amount, $118,something, something, something, was on every pay stub that year.

Someone in that house who was snooping around could have seen that figure and been a bit upset. I mean most of us don't make that in a year, or 2, maybe not in 3 or 4 and here it was his BONUS!!!!!

Once you know that, you ask for a million if you are really going for the money. You use that figure if you want to insult him. I could have gotten that much from you but killed her instead - HA!

CHAIN OF EVENTS 2006

2006-08-23: Check stub adds to Ramsey mystery - Suspect reportedly claimed to have seen it on desk

Check stub adds to Ramsey mystery
Suspect reportedly claimed to have seen it on desk
By Todd Hartman And Lou Kilzer, Rocky Mountain News
August 23, 2006

John Mark Karr reportedly wrote in a 2005 e-mail to University of Colorado professor Michael Tracey that a check stub on John Ramsey's desk included the figure of $118,000 - the amount included in the mysterious ransom note found at the Ramsey home.

If true, the development - reported in recent days by CBS News - could be significant. The check stub and its location, Ramsey's desk, appear to be specific references not commonly discussed in news coverage of the JonBenet Ramsey murder.

On the other hand, there has been frequent mention of the $118,000 figure in media stories, mainly the fact that it was a bonus John Ramsey received from his company, Access Graphics.

And in a 2000 book authored by the Ramseys titled The Death of Innocence, about the investigation and its impact on their family, John Ramsey said that someone "nosing through our house could have found a pay stub."

Without a comprehensive review of a decade of news coverage and Internet speculation, however, it's difficult to know if there has ever been a specific mention of check stubs on Ramsey's desk. Even some investigators say they can't be sure the information hasn't already been in the public domain.

The upshot: So much information about the case is out there that it's hard to determine if this was a fact only the killer could know.

It does appear clear, however, that such a pay stub could have been discovered by someone inside the house.

That's because, according to John Ramsey in his book, the $118,117.50 was deferred compensation awarded in January 1996.

That means, Ramsey wrote, that the figure was printed on every pay stub issued him in 1996. Therefore, a December pay stub laying around the house would have contained the figure, even though it was awarded to him at the beginning of the year.

hartmant@RockyMountainNews.com or 303-892-5048

2006-08-23: Webbsleuths Forum (http://www.webbsleuths.org)
"What did Karr know??"

jameson
Member since 5-8-02
08-23-06, 02:35 PM (EST)

"What did Karr know??"

Just got this in an email

"NO ONE, amateur or professional, posted anything (google-wise) connecting the checkstub TO John Ramsey's desk prior to karr's identification/apprehension in thailand."

Interesting if true - but what does it prove? We all knew right from the start that John had a desk in his house, we all figured he had an office in the house.

So Karr says he saw the paystub (one of many recalling the bonus) on John's desk. That could be common sense or a good guess.

I needa lot more by way of evidence.

2006-08-23: Webbsleuths Forum (http://www.webbsleuths.org)
"source of check in desk - probably"

jameson
Member since 5-8-02
08-25-06, 02:54 PM (EST)

"source of check in desk - probably"

A CBS/AP report dated August 18th <1> followed by a Rocky Mountain News article on August 23rd <2> reported John Karr may have attracted law enforcement attention based on certain "details" concerning the Ramsey case that Karr conveyed to Michael Tracey via email last December. Thesedetails included the location of a check stub, a staircase and the basement where JonBenet was found.

For example, Karr, according to the CBS/AP account, reportedly "wrote about a check stub on John Ramsey's desk in the amount of $118,000." The News noted the development could be significant because "the check stub and its location, Ramsey's desk, appear to be specific references not commonly discussed in news coverage of the JonBenet Ramsey murder."

We initially thought the same after unsuccessfully Googling for any references that connected desk or desks to the Ramsey case, to the amounts involved ($118,000 ransom, $118.117.50 on paycheck stub), to John Ramsey specifically, *prior* to August 2006.

However, after reading a chapter on The JonBenet Ramsey Murder in "The Cases That Haunt Us" (2000; Simon & Schuster) by former FBI profiler John Douglas and Mark Olshaker, we came upon the following passage:

Douglas, p.305 - "I thought the $118,000 figure demanded in the note had to be significant, as that was virtually the exact net amount of his bonus from the company ($118,117.50), deposited electronically into his retirement plan account. His paycheck stubs for the entire year <1996> would have reflected that amount. Though I couldn't be sure, I didn't sense that they knew that.

I told them it was my opinion that the writer of the note was a white male in this thirties or forties with some business background. (Once I had the opportunity to study the note in more detail, I revised my age prediction somewhat downward. Age is one of the most difficult factors in criminal investigative analyses because chronological age and behavioral age do not always match.)

I said the letter was written in a businesslike fashion and at some points the extortionist could not fully disguise himself. They wanted to know if I thought the crime was perpetrated by one individual. I said I thought so, and it had to be someone who was either intentionally or inadvertently given the information on the bonus amount. If it was inadvertent, the UNSUB could have seen a pay stub or retirement plan printout on John Ramsey's desk in his office or a desk, counter, or dresser top at home.

Douglas also offers pertinent details about the Ramsey home -- including staircases and basement; and, beginning with the subsection "Postmortem" (p.284), succinct though graphic assessments of the body's condition.

As a result, it's highly conceivable a case-obsessor like Karr may have acquired what some may regard as ostensibly "uncommon" case-knowledge through any number of published books & references offering varying degrees of case "detail," ibid. "The Cases That Haunt Us."

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