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Fleet and Priscilla White
April 16, 1997 Boulder Press Release #40
“Mr. and Mrs. Fleet White, Jr. are not suspects
in the JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation.
They are considered key witnesses


JonBenet Ramsey Murder Case
Fleet and Priscilla White
Individual Date Reference Key ? Gave Prints Gave Blood Gave Hair Handwriting Got DNA Cleared or Alibi
Fleet White
(Boulder, Colorado)
(Ramsey Friend)
12-23-1996 Xmas Party, Fleet dialed 911 by accident, police arrived, Susan Stine spoke through door speaker that call was mistake.

12-26-1996, Fleet White, and John Ramsey to basement at 1:00PM, first train room, broken window, then wine cellar, found JonBenet.

Fleet, John Ramsey drove to Denver Airport to pick up Jeff Ramsey, Rod Westmoreland, back to Fernie's 11pm.

12-29-1996: Fleet White called Linda Arndt, asked her to get JonBenet's favorite toy from her bedroom so the family could bury her with her Kitty.

Fleet White had sometimes changed JonBenet's panties. (PMPT Pg240sb)
Pastsy said they called Fleet "Mr.Mom"

12-26-1996
7:00 AM
Fleet White
John Fernie
Took Burke
and Fleet's kids to White's House
45 Minutes later White & Fernie returned when Linda Arndt,
Fred Patterson arrived

About 3:00pm Fleet called Ramsey pilot to cancel Ramsey flight to Atlanta

Was there a confrontation between John and Fleet after the funeral?

Jeff Shapiro concocted a foreign faction theory called "Guardians of the Revolution", gave it to Fleet
Interviews
Patsy Ramsey
April 30, 1997
John Ramsey
June 1998
John Ramsey
10-20-1998

PMPT Pg45sb
PMPT Pg46sb
PMPT Pg73sb
PMPT Pg76sb
PMPT Pg78sb
PMPT Pg85sb
PMPT Pg240sb
PMPT Pg257sb
PMPT Pg331sb
Fleet White
Letter To Editor
02-26-1999

DOI Pg43,44
DOI Pg97
DOI Pg294,295
DOI Pg296,297

ST Pg84,90
ST Pg69

Patsy Ramsey
John Ramsey
Atlanta 2000
Interviews
ST Depo
09-21-2001
--- --- YES 01-04-1997
PMPT
Page 102sb
YES 01-04-1997
PMPT
Page 102sb
YES 01-04-1997
PMPT
Page 102sb
YES

Jan
4th
1997
12-26-1996 4pm
Fleet to Mike Bynum's Office
PMPT Pg51sb

Investigated by
Fred Patterson
Greg Idler
12-27-1996

Investigated by
Linda Arndt
Jane Harmer
12-30-1996
01-04-1997
+18 more times

Investigated by
Jane Harmer
Tom Trujillo
01-02-1997
Atlanta
Hotel Room
Then Whites
Return Boulder

Alibi:
Home Sleeping

BPD PR#40
04-16-1997
Not Suspects
Considered
Witnesses
Priscilla White
(Boulder, Colorado)
(Ramsey Friend)
Ramseys visited the Whites on 12-24-1996. Polly Davis said Pricilla was copying Patsy's Daytimer calendar
6:45am Priscilla called her niece Heather, Said JonBenet kidnapped
PMPT Pg44sb

1:30pm Priscilla called her niece Heather, Said JonBenet dead
PMPT Pg46sb

PMPT Pg44sb
PMPT Pg46sb
PMPT Pg240sb
PMPT Pg257sb
ST Pg69
ST Pg138
+ Atlanta 2000 Ramsey 50pg Suspect List
BPD PR#40
04-16-1997
Not Suspects
Considered
Witnesses
YES --- YES 01-04-1997
PMPT
Page 102sb
YES 01-04-1997
PMPT
Page 102sb
YES 01-04-1997
PMPT
Page 102sb
YES

Jan
4th
1997
Investigated by
Fred Patterson
Greg Idler
12-27-1996

Investigated by
Linda Arndt
Jane Harmer
12-30-1996
01-04-1997
+18 more times

Investigated by
Jane Harmer
Tom Trujillo
01-02-1997
Atlanta
Hotel Room
Then Whites
Return Boulder

Alibi:
Home Sleeping
Daphne White
(Boulder, Colorado)
(Fleet White's Daughter)
Age Six at the time of JonBenet's murder.
Daphne said she and JonBenet sometimes wore each other's clothes
PMPT pg240sb
PMPT Pg103sb
PMPT Pg240sb
--- --- --- --- --- --- Investigated by
Linda Arndt
Jane Harmer
Jan 1997
Fleet White Jr
(Boulder, Colorado)
(Fleet White's Son)
Age Seven at the time of JonBenet's murder.
--- PMPT Pg103sb --- --- --- --- --- --- Investigated by
Linda Arndt
Jane Harmer
Jan 1997


CHAIN OF EVENTS 1997


1997-04-16: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - RAMSEY UPDATE APRIL 16 (#40)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 16, 1997
Contact: Leslie Aaholm, Media Relations, 441-3090

RAMSEY UPDATE APRIL 16 (#40)

Expenses incurred by the Boulder Police Department through March 30, 1997 are $119,141. This includes $21,377 expended in December, 1996 and an additional $97,763 through 3/30/97. The 1997 expenditures include: $69,406 for overtime; $18,506 for travel and $9,851 for investigative expenses.

In response to media inquiries and to clarify inaccurate statements, Boulder Police Chief Tom Koby has the following statement:


“Mr. and Mrs. Fleet White, Jr. are not suspects in the JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation. They are considered key witnesses. The Boulder Police Department appreciates the full cooperation they have received from the Whites since the beginning of their investigation. I feel this response is necessary due to the inaccurate portrayal of Mr. and Mrs. White in certain media publications.”

The request by the Boulder District Attorney’s Office and Boulder Police Department for a fifth handwriting sample from Patsy Ramsey is still being considered by lawyers for the Ramsey family. Colorado Bureau of Investigation continues to analyze samples previously submitted.

All Police investigators have returned to Boulder following out-of-state trips to conduct interviews and gather additional information.

The DNA testing continues at Cellmark. Testing began the week of March 31 and is expected to take four to six weeks to complete.
-CITY-


1997-04-18: Ramseys glad friends no longer suspects

http://web.archive.org/web/19980131023732/www.bouldernews.com/BoulderNews/Ramsey/X_9704180061.htm
Updated at 07:57:04 AM MDT Friday, April 18, 1997
Ramseys glad friends no longer suspects
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Camera staff

The decision to eliminate a local oil executive and his wife as suspects in the JonBenet Ramsey homicide pleases the slain beauty queen's parents, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

"Fleet and Priscilla White have been good friends to us," said family spokeswoman Rachelle Zimmer, reading a statement from the Ramsey family attorneys.
"We are gratified to know that the Boulder Police Department has officially cleared them as suspects in the murder of our daughter. We hope that this announcement will give them some relief from the terrible stress of this situation.

"It is also our hope that the Boulder Police Department will continue to clear the names of all those who have been unfairly tainted by suspicion."

The Whites arrived at the Ramseys' home on Dec. 26 shortly after Patsy Ramsey, JonBenet's mother, found a ransom note demanding $118,000 and called police, family friends said. About eight hours later, John Ramsey, JonBenet's father, and Fleet White discovered the 6-year-old strangled in the basement of the Ramseys' house, family friends said.

Police have not made any arrests or named any suspects in the case.

Also Thursday, the Boulder County District Attorney's office requested an additional $19,000 from the Boulder County commissioners Thursday to cover costs associated with the murder case, officials said.


[People Magazine, October 6, 1997]People Magazine, October 6, 1997, 'Mom and Dad Under Suspicion'
(by Richard Jerome, Vickie Bane in Boulder, Sara Gay Dammann in Charlevoix, Fannie Weinstein and Gail Wescott in Atlanta, Jennifer Mendelsohn in Parkersburg, Margie Bonnett Sellinger in Washington and Sue Miller in New York City)

(Page 108): "Officially police have said that only four people are definately not suspects in the child's death: John's children Melinda, 25, a nurse, and John Andrew, 21, a junior at the University of Colorado -- and Fleet White and his wife, Priscilla."

CHAIN OF EVENTS 1998


[Boulder News Forum]1998-12-31: Boulder News Forum thread, "Lance Does Pammy!!"

bayou - 01:35pm Dec 31, 1998 MST (#7 of 23)

So it appears that Pam Paugh does not suspect Fleet and Priscilla White. That would have been a lost cause anyway, since the police have publicly and formally eliminated Fleet and Priscilla. Can you imagine being a lawyer trying to pin a murder on two people who have been categorically eliminated as suspects by the police department? The police would not have done that if they thought there was even the meagerest chance that one of the Whites was involved.



texas1 - 02:17pm Dec 31, 1998 MST (#9 of 23)
misses her generic straw hat

Cecie...This was in TIME in Sept...
Snippet.... By the time JonBenet was buried, the Whites and Ramseys were estranged and, until the Whites wrote an angry open letter two weeks ago to "the people of Colorado" about what they saw as the mishandling of the JonBenet murder investigation, the couple had kept silent for months. Last week, in a rare interview, Fleet White, an oil and gas entrepreneur, described the alienation from the Ramseys to TIME: "Justice hasn't had a chance so far. Anyone who doesn't have this as their prime goal, we'll have a falling out with."

White, however, finds it mystifying that members of the D.A.'s staff--unlike the police--have done little in terms of questioning him and his wife, yet refuse to say he is fully cleared of involvement in the murder. "If we're important witnesses, it's just common sense that the prosecutor would want to keep in touch with you. But we have no relationship with them." He adds, "We only want to see justice done for JonBenet. Nobody is really working for her." And just what is an oil and gas entrepreneur?


cecie - 02:54pm Dec 31, 1998 MST (#13 of 23)

Eureka I found it in the Denver Post! Dec. 14, 1997
The reason I think it is important, is that it goes along with what Pam said about Fleet not wanting the Ramseys to hire private detectives and hence take the case away from the BPD, who I think he has an allegiance to. He is thinking of Boulder and the impact this all had on "his" town and it concerns him and hence the reason for the disagreement with JR at the funeral. He did not want it made into a media spectacle. Here is the URl for the rest of the article:

http://www.denverpost.com/news/green137.htm
In a letter to The New York Times last week, White made his plea to the international media:
"We request that Boulder be given the opportunity to enjoy this sacred season in peace without interruption from anyone who intends to erode our community's privacy and exploit our misfortunes for the purpose of profit or personal gain.''

In a gross understatement, The Times' wrote that "the appeal will probably not be heeded.'' The letter was sent the day The Times itself published a nearly full-page review of the Ramsey case. The most remarkable gauge of public interest in the case was revealed last week, and it astounded even veteran journalists working on the case.

NOW I HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE LETTER ITSELF! CAN ANYONE HELP!



cecie - 04:52pm Dec 31, 1998 MST (#16 of 23)

Not influenced space and not part of a conspiracy, the PD is peripheral to his concerns about Boulder. I just heard Pam and the reasons she told as to why John and Fleet had an argument and it jelled together in my mind when Pam said Fleet said no one would visit Boulder. I could be wrong, but was he a member of the Chamber of Commerce or friends with those that were? Why was he so concerned last Christmas about media in Boulder? What were his ties? It was a topic of discussion when the letter came out Christmas of 97.

Here is what Jams summarized on WS and that is how I remember it too. I wish there was a transcript. Pam) She talked about the Whites - said Fleet and John fellout because of the investigators John hired. Pam heard Fleet complain that 1. peoplewould be investigatesd and secrets uncovered. 2. no one would visit Boulder 3. The lawyers would spend all of John's money

CHAIN OF EVENTS 1999


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


PMPT Page 592

"Tom Koby called Alex Hunter on January 6 and asked to meet. At the Foundry coffee house, after some small talk about how Koby thought Beckner was getting along with Hofstrom, the chief got down to business.

PMPT Page 593

"Fleet White came in to talk to me and Beckner," Koby told Hunter. "White wants you off the case. He says you leaked stuff to one of the tabloids after you met with him last year." Hunter remained silent. "He's on the warpath, and he's threatening to see the attorney general." Koby said that White refused to cooperate with the police as long as Hunter was still on the case. In one conversation with detectives, White had even teased the officers: "What would you say if I told you the Ramseys owned Hi-Tec shoes?"

Hunter had known for some time that the Whites were angry with him. Bob Grant, a member of his task force, had advised Hunter to mend his fences, but the Whites wanted access to their police statements, and Hunter and Mark Beckner had declined because they felt it would taint White's usefulness as a witness. The police believed that White might have critical evidence in the case-he had been with John Ramsey when JonBenet's body was found-but they did not want to make the same trade they'd granted the Ramseys the previous April. Some of the detectives were doubtful that White had even opened the wine cellar door when he made his first trip to the basement early that morn- ing. For his part, White couldn't understand why Hunter had fought for the Ramseys' right to see their police statements while now Hunter was denying him the same privilege. He was also upset that in April, Hunter had softened the word- ing of Koby's statement intended to exonerate him of involvement in JonBenet's murder. The Whites felt they were being slighted by Hunter."

CHAIN OF EVENTS 2000


[http://abcnews.go.com/]2000-03-20: John and Patsy Ramsey ABCNEWS Online Chat

ABCNEWS.com's Buck Wolf:
Several readers ask Mr. Ramsey if it is true that he is no longer friendly with the person who was with him when his daughter's body was found. Why?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Ramsey:
"We certainly still consider the Whites friends. I think it was a very traumatic experience for them, and I frankly believe that the police biased them against us by telling them that we suspected them in the murder of our daughter. That is sad, but we believe that's what happened."


[http://today.msnbc.com/]2000-03-23: John and Patsy Ramsey on the Today Show (Part 4)


(SNIP)


COURIC: And yet the Ramseys' relationship with one of their closest friends came to an odd and troubling end. Let me ask you about your close friend Fleet White, because that's one of these strange sort of areas in this case. You spent Christmas day together. He was with you when you found JonBenet's body. And yet, just a week later, it was reported that he got angry at you for hiring lawyers and not cooperating more with the police, and you haven't spoken since. And, in fact, he's twice asked the governor's office to appoint a--a special prosecutor to further investigate you. So a man who used to be your best friend is behaving this way. What gives?

Mr. RAMSEY: The best that I can figure, and we know this has happened to other people who've told us this, the police will go to our friends and say, 'Katie, the Ramseys think you had something to do with the death of their daughter. Would you talk to us?' I believe that they did that to Fleet White.

COURIC: It sounds at face value that he thinks you were involved.

Ms. RAMSEY: I don't know--we...

Mr. RAMSEY: I can't...

Ms. RAMSEY: We can't explain it.

Mr. RAMSEY: I can't accept that.

COURIC: Do you think he could have been involved in this at all?

Mr. RAMSEY: No, I don't.

Ms. RAMSEY: I don't believe that.

Mr. RAMSEY: They had a nice family. We spent lots of time together, our families did.


(SNIP)



[John Ramsey LKL March 27, 2000]2000-03-27: John and Patsy Ramsey guests on LKL Live Show

KING: Is it also true that a friend of yours, Fleet White is no longer a friend, that he believes something was wrong and he suspects you? Is that true?

J. RAMSEY: I don't know.

KING: That story has been printed.

J. RAMSEY: Yes, there is been a lot of stories that have been printed. Fleet White was a friend and I still consider him a friend. This was a very traumatic experience for him. We know for a fact that the police went to our friends selectively and said, the Ramseys think you had something to do with the death of their daughter. Would you like to talk with us? That's the...

KING: They said that to other people?

P. RAMSEY: Yes, they did.

J. RAMSEY: Absolutely. And that's the only thing that I can think perhaps they said to Fleet and that upset him.

CHAIN OF EVENTS 2004


[Forums For Justice]2004-01-14: The Bonita Papers-1999 (Fleet/Priscilla White)
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"



"The next day, Tuesday, December 24, JonBenet performed at a recital in the afternoon, and the family attended church services at St. John's. The Ramseys had dinner at a local restaurant, Pasta Jay's, owned by a close friend, Jay Elowsky. The remainder of Christmas eve was spent driving around town looking at Christmas lights. Every year during the Christmas Season the city erects the outline of a star with white lights on a nearby hill overlooking Boulder. The family stopped to gaze at this illuminated symbolism of the Christmas season which looked down upon then from the far away hillside. JonBenet insisted they let her out of the car so that she could walk through the star – her child wonderment wanting to experience the feeling of catching a rainbow.

The evening travels concluded with a brief visit at the home of Fleet and Priscilla White. Fleet owned an oil exploration business and had moved to Boulder two years ago from California. The families had met when the Whites rented a home two houses away from the Ramseys before purchasing their current residence. The Whites also had children, Fleet, Jr. and Daphne, closely matching the ages of Burke and JonBenet, and the children had become playmates when they were close neighbors."



That evening would bring another holiday gathering dinner with Fleet and Priscilla White and their family and guests. While getting ready to attend the dinner party, Patsy tried to persuade JonBenet to wear a red sweater and black velvet pants that would match the outfit that Patsy was wearing. Like most independently thinking six-year-olds, JonBenet had other ideas about her evening attire. She insisted on wearing her black velvet jeans and matching black velvet best with a whit crew-neck sweater with a sequin star on the front – an outfit she had helped pick out at a local Gap store. To complete her outfit, she wore a small gold ring on the middle finger of her right hand, a gift from her maternal grandmother, Nedra Paugh, a bracelet on her right wrist – a Christmas gift from her mother, and a gold cross necklace given to her by her aunt Pam.

The Ramsey family arrived at the White residence at approximately 4:30 p.m. With a houseful of relatives and guests, tables were set up in both the living room and dining room in order to provide everyone with a seat. Seafood, including crab, a favorite of the Ramsey children according to Patsy, was one of the main courses served for the holiday meal. After dinner, John and Fleet planted themselves on the living room floor and helped their daughters construct paper jewelry from kits given out by the Whites as gifts to the children attending the dinner party. The evening ended soon after some local carolers, entertaining in the neighborhood, came to the Whites' house, and Fleet and his son went outside and joined in the singing. The Ramseys John, Patsy, Burke and JonBenet, bid goodnight to the Whites at approximately 8:30 p.m."



"Arriving almost immediately after the first officers on scene were John and Barbara Fernie, close friends of both John and Patsy. They were soon joined by Fleet and Priscilla White, with whom the Ramsey family had spent the evening of Christmas day just hours before the disappearance of their daughter. Patsy confirmed that she had called both the Whites and the Ferniest after notifying the police. Bill and Heather Cox, guests staying at the Whites’ home, also appeared. Barbara Fernie called the Ramsey’s pastor, Rev. Rol Haberstock from St. John’s Presbyterian Church, and asked him to come.

According to the family friends, the hysterical Patsy was alternating between noncoherent praying to God and Jesus and screaming, " They have my baby.” At one point Patsy screamed at John, “You have to give them the money and get out baby back.” John, attempting to comfort his wife, responded, “We’ll get her back. She'll be okay.''

Within minutes of arriving at the Ramsey home, Fleet decided to look around the house. His own daughter had been missing a few months ago, and after the police were called they found her hiding under her bed. Fleet was hoping that JonBenet too was just hiding somewhere in the house. Since everyone had been told by the police officers not to go upstairs, Fleet went town to the basement. He noticed that the lights were on. He found a small piece of glass from a broken window in a room used for model trains. In checking the latch for the window he discovered that it was unlocked, but closed. Fleet also noticed a blue suitcase was sitting underneath the window. He continued with his search by opening every cupboard and door. He opened the door to the wine cellar, reached inside, but could not find the light switch and could not see inside the room. The wind cellar is completely formed by cement and has no windows. Finding no evidence of anyone entering or leaving from the basement area and no trace of JonBenet, Fleet went back upstairs."



"According to John and Patsy, Burke had remained asleep during Patsy's morning screams and commotion of people coming and going from the residence. At approximately 7:0 a.m., John decided it was time to wake Burke. It had already been decided that Burke would be taken to the White's residence where relatives were still staying for the holidays. John, accompanied by Fleet, went up to Burke's room. John woke his sleeping son, “Why don't you get up, buddy. You're going over to White's house to see Fleet, Jr." Burke's only reaction to the disturbance of his sleep was, "Okay." Burke put his clothes on, grabbed his Nintendo and a couple of Christmas toys to take on his visit to his friend's house, and followed his father and Fleet downstairs. Fleet immediately took Burke outside to his vehicle and drove way. Never once did Burke ask why policemen were at his house. The only conversation that passed between the two during the ride was occasional mention of Burke’s Nintendo he got for Christmas which he had brought with him."



FINDING BODY

"It was approaching 1:00 p.m. and still no word had come in from the kidnappers. In order to give John something to do to keep him from pacing the floor, Det. Arndt told Fleet, “I need your help in keeping John’s mind occupied. Could you ask him to recheck the house top to bottom to see if anything belonging to JonBenet had been taken or left behind?" Fleet, hesitating, responded, “I think it would be better coming from you.” Arndt located John and asked him to assist Fleet on this search.

John went to the basement door with Fleet following. Fleet first took John to the train room to show him the unlatched broken window that he had discovered on his first excursion into the basement. John explained to Fleet, "I broke that window last summer when I misplaced my house key and had to break in." They searched for broken glass on the floor and found one small splinter. John and Fleet then looked in a broom closet and another small room. While Fleet was still checking other closets, John walked to the wine cellar and tried to pull open the door. Because the top latch was secured, the door would not open. John reached up, undid the latch, and opened the door. Fleet, who was about 20 feet away, heard John exclaim, "Oh my God, oh my God," and went running to the room where John was standing. As Fleet approached the door, John flipped on the wine cellar light switch. Fleet saw the body of JonBenet laying on the floor.

John said he saw the white blanket on the floor as soon as he opened the door, and when the lights came on he saw his daughter laying on the blanket. The sides of the blanket were wrapped over her legs, her head was pointing toward the inside of the room and her feet pointing towards the doorway. Her hands were tied together and laying above her head, and tape covered her mouth. John knelt beside JonBenet and felt her pale white cheeks. He ripped the tape from his daughter's mouth and flung it aside. John then tried to untie the rope binding her hands and discovered that her arms were stiff. 'Fearing that she was dead, John let out a scream of despair. Fleet ran up the basement stairs to the main floor. Appearing extremely distraught, he grabbed a phone, dialed two or three numbers, but then hung up. He turned to go back to the basement door, but then stopped and yelled for someone to call for an ambulance. All eyes were riveted on the basement stairwell door as John's scream was heard by everyone else still in the house."



"Patsy was coming towards the body Of JonBenet, walking with the Assistance of Rev. Hoverstock, and her friends, the Whites and the Fernies. When she entered the hallway where JonBenet lay, she rushed to her and laid down on top of her dead child. Barbara picked up a gray sweatshirt lying on a chair and placed it over the child’s exposed bare feet. Arndt told the family and friends to gather in a circle around JonBenet while Rev. Hoverstock lead them in a prayer. In spite of the numbing shock and grief felt by everyone in the room, they joined Rev. Haberstock in reciting "The Lord's Prayer" as Patsy lay on top of JonBenet crying and moaning. Suddenly, Patsy raised herself onto her knees, lifted her arms into the air and prayed, "Jesus you raised Lazarus from the dead, raise my baby from the dead''



At 8:30 a.m. on the morning of December 26, unaware of the tragedy in Boulder, Melinda, John Andrew and Stewart Long had taken a private jet from Atlanta to Minneapolis in anticipation of meeting the rest of the Ramsey family to continue on to Charlevoix for the family holiday. Once in Minneapolis, they were contacted and told of the apparent kidnapping. Arrangements were made to fly them immediately to Denver. They took a cab from the Denver airport to the Ramsey residence in Boulder and arrived shortly after 2:00 P.M. When the cab pulled up in front of the house, Patsy was standing in the street crying. The family and friends were shuffled into the Whites' and Fernies' vehicles that were parked in front of the house. John, Stewart and John Andrew got in the van driven by Fernie, and Patsy, Melinda, Barbara and Priscilla got in Fleet’s Suburban. As Fleet drove the women to his house, there was no conversation among the passengers – only Patsy’s incessant chanting of “dear God Jesus, dear God Jesus.” After getting in Fernie's van, John Andrew immediately asked his father what had happened, and John simply stated, “She's with Beth now" As the vehicles proceeded on the drive to the Fernie residence, John related the morning’s events to his son, and stated that he had found JonBenet’s body around 11:00 a.m. that day."

After arriving at the Fernies, the weary and distraught parents tried resting, but to no avail. At one point, Boulder detectives, who were providing 24 hour security at the Fernie residence to insure the safety of the Ramsey family observed John pacing outside the house with John Fernie and Dr. Beuff, family physician. John was overheard by the detectives to say, “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.” Patsy also was unable to sleep even though heavily medicated. She constantly would get up, pace the floor and sob, “Why did they do this, why did they do this.” She also repeatedly asked where Burke was and if someone was with him. Priscilla had previously retrieved Burke from the White’s residence, but he had been shuffled off upstairs with the other children. Burke, always a quiet child now appeared sad and more reserved than usual. He spent most of his time deeply intent on Nintendo games and shutting out the rest of the world. When he did venture to a room where he parents were, Patsy would rally momentarily and emerge from her deep depression just long enough for everyone to catch a glimpse of a caring, concerned mother.

Before being transported to the Fernie residence, Det. Patterson located Burke at the White’s home to get a brief statement, but Burke had little to add to the story already told by his parents. Burke told the officer that there had not been any family quarrels before or on Christmas Day, and that if there was any discipline from his parents it merely consisted of "talking" to them. One thing Burke did remember which he felt was important to tell the detective was that they had crab for dinner at the Whites' party. Det. Patterson smiled at the child’s observation one of the few smiles he would remember during the preceding hours. Indeed, as Patsy had said, it must have been one of Burke's favorite foods.



"While the Medical Examiner was inspecting the body, the investigation team was continuing to process the residence for evidence. Color photographs and videotape of the interior of the residence had already been taken. The team now concentrated on the wine cellar. Two light switches were located for this room one on the inside east wall 5 feet above the floor level, and the other on the west wall 2 feet above the floor level and 2 feet inside the doorway. Polaroid photos were taken before any of the investigators entered the room. Unfortunately, other officers had tromped through the room immediately after discovery of the body in making their own inspection of the crime scene. Even Fleet admitted that he had returned to the room twice. These actions would hamper the gathering of reliable evidence as the investigation progressed."

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