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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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JonBenet Ramsey Photo Timeline
Pageants, Photo Shoots, Events, Activities or Public Exposure



NOTE FROM THE WEBMASTER: This "JonBenet Photo Timeline" has been put together by this webmaster accessing information obtained from various found materials. This timeline is for education purposes and is not intended as a critical view of JonBenet, her parents, family or beauty pageants. The found materials may be both negative or positive in some opinions but either way they are part of the history so both are included. Regardless of which theory one is following when investigating this case, a timeline is needed of where or whom JonBenet was associated with during her short six years of life. This is a work in progress.

I am not 100% sure that the chain of events is in the exact order on this timeline as I have attempted to place events based on found materials. Same with photo shoots and photographers. I want to give credit where credit due so if anybody can provide or correct information to confirm dates, events or people included on the timeline, please contact this webmaster at acandyrose@aol.com and I will be happy to update or correct information. Thank you


1990
[IMAGE] . Atlanta, Georgia
August 6, 1990

JonBenet born
1:36 A.M.		 JonBenet Ramsey born at Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia

"John had a big Mercedes 500 SEL sedan at the time" (snip) "We left home, knowing Mom and Dad were on their way so we didn't have to worry about Burke. My sister Pam was only two miles away, and she would be coming too, so the only issue was getting to Northside Hospital as quickly" (snip) "I glanced at the clock and realized that JonBenet had come into this world at 1:36 A.M., about thirty minutes after we had started down the highway!" [DOIpg149]
[IMAGE] . Atlanta, Georgia
Fall 1990

Ramsey Atlanta Housekeeper and Nanny		 Shirley Brady was Ramsey nanny in Atlanta, Georgia

"I was the housekeeper and nanny to their little son who was born while I was there." (snip) "Burke adored his little sister. When I babysat, I watched him playing with her when she woke up. He would tell me she woke up so I could change her. He always was a highly motivated, intelligent child." [BDC Shirley Brady letter 1/10/97]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Fall 1990

Move to Boulder, Colorado		 Ramsey Move to Boulder Colorado

"In the fall of 1990, driving toward the majestic mountains looming in the distance" [DOIpg61] "He had already rented an upstairs apartment at the corner of Nineteenth and Pearl Streets" (snip) "The kids and I moved in along with my dad, who now was also working for Access. Every day, while John went to the office (snip), I would go out with Joel Ripmaster, our realtor. [DOIpg63]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Christmas 1990		 Ramsey Christmas 1990

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1991
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
March 1991

Susanna Savage
New Nanny Hired		 Susanna Savage began working as Nanny for the Ramseys

"I first met the Ramseys in 1991, when Take a Break, a professional sitting service, called me. JonBenet was seven months old. Two years later, in 1993, Patsy was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and I went to work full-time for the Ramseys" (snip) "I traveled with the family to Atlanta to take care of JonBenet and Burke" [Susanna Savage PMPTpg146]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
November 1991

Moving Day
From Atlanta to Boulder		 Ramsey Thanksgiving 1991 (Moved to 755 15th Street)

"On Thanksgiving Day 1991, I stood in the driveway of our Atlanta home, watching as all our worldly possessions were loaded into a big moving van headed west." (snip) "The little "fixer-upper" on fifteenth Street turned out to be a very costly 6,500 square foot sinkhole." (snip) "We quickly hooked up with architect Thomas Hand, who began to help us with the remodeling plans." [DOIpg66]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 1991

Eldora Mountain Resort
Nederland, Colorado		 Ramsey Christmas 1991

"We spent the first Christmas at 755 Fifteenth Street with all five of our children. Beth, Melinda, and John Andrew flew out to be with us, and we went up to Eldora, the local ski area, because the kids loved to ski. I remember working with my cleaning lady, Regina for an entire day trying to make a little area of the living room presentable enough to celebrate Christmas morning there." [DOIpg66]
1992
[IMAGE] . Chicago, Illinois
January 8, 1992		 Elizabeth Ramsey killed in Automobile Accident

"At twenty-two, my daughter Beth [Flight Attendant] died in an automobile crash. She and the young man [Matt Darrington] who had become dear to her were in their way to one of Chicago's art museums in the middle of the day on Friday, January 8, 1992. They pulled into the freeway and a truck sideswiped them. As horrible as Beth's death was, it was an accident." [DOIpg26]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Winter 1992		 Judith Phillips, Photographer Home Photos

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[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 1992		 A Better Light Photography Photo Shoot (?)

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[IMAGE] . Charlovoix, Michigan
December 23, 1992

Purchased House
in Michigan		 Ramsey Purchase House in Michigan

"we were sitting on the balcony of our small room at the Edgewater Hotel" [DOIpg182] "We had found the house in Charlevoix in the summer of 1992" [DOIpg181] "Originally build in 1887" [DOIpg182] "Chip and Vicki Emery lived up the street from us" [DOIpg183] "Patsy named the house Summer Hill" [DOIpg7]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 1992		 Ramsey Christmas 1992

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1993
[IMAGE] . 1993 Unknown Photo Shoot

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[IMAGE] . West Virginia and
Hyannis Port Massachusetts
June 1993		 Forty-Ninth Miss West Virginia Scholarship Pageant & Hyannis Port Mass

"In June 1993 I served as one of the judges for the Forty-Ninth Miss West Virginia Scholarship Pageant." (snip) "After the conclusion of the week long pageant, we left Clarksburg, West Virginia, and flew to Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, to visit with some Boulder friends who were vacationing nearby." (snip) "we flew on to Charlevoix to spend a few days at our summer cottage." [DOIpg74]
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
Atlanta, Georgia
Fourth July 1993		 Fourth of July 1993 (Patsy discovered she had Ovarian Cancer)

"On Friday, July 2, I went back to the Charlevoix Community Hospital emergency room." (snip) "We told John to go ahead and take Burke and JonBenet to the fireworks display at the Capital City Country Club; we would meet him there after Mom and Dad and I stopped by the hospital. My sister Polly, who was seven months pregnant at the time, also came with us." [DOIpg76]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Summer 1993

Linda Wilcox
New Housekeeper		 Linda Wilcox began helping as Ramsey Housekeeper

"I got to know Suzanne Savage from church. When she was totally overwhelmed by her workload at the Ramseys', I helped out. Ended up staying for almost three years" (snip) "I was working for them when Patsy got sick with cancer and after she recovered. During that time, Nedra moved in and was caring for the children." [Linda Wilcox PMPTpg258]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
September 14, 1993

Patsy's Cancer
Healing Service		 Father Rol Hoverstock Healing Service

"As best I can remember, Father Rol and a few of my friends came to visit on September 14, 1993. My mother and John were there, as well as Patty Novack, Roxy Walker, Lori Smith, and my friend and her husband. We gathered in a little sitting area in our master bedroom. Father Rol and Roxy sat on the sofa. Father Rol began reading from Isaiah 53." [DOIpg86]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
1993

Boulder High
School theater		 Dance recital Boulder High School Theatre (Age 3)

"John and I first discovered JonBenet's penchant for performing when she was three years old and participated in her first dance recital, held at the Boulder High School theater. Five little munchkins tap-danced as they sang, "I Want to Hold your Hand" by the Beatles." (snip) "But JonBenet just beamed." [DOIpg53]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
October 21, 1993

Better Light and Photography Photo Shoot		 [IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
1993		 Lights of December Parade 1993

"Burke's Boy Scout troop wanted to participate, so Patsy came up with a design for a float. Her father, Don Paugh, and Adam Schneider went out to our airplane hangar and went about building the float." (snip) "Don wired the float so that music played as the kids marched down the street. JonBenet begged to ride with them on the float but wasn't old enough yet." [DOIpg98]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 1993

Christmas
Ramsey Family		 [IMAGE]Ramsey Christmas 1993

"I was now ready for the final step, which unfortunately was a big one; a laparoscopy" (snip) "I begged to have the operation postponed. "I want to be home with my children for the holidays." (snip) "Then, on December 26, I returned to NIH for this final surgery." [DOIpg89]
1994
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Spring 1994		 JonBenet's hair was cut short, Judith Phillips remembers

"JP: I said to Patsy, What happened to her hair? And she goes OH I just got so sick of fighting with JonBenét about combing her hair. We would fight all the time, so I just got sick of it and I took the scissors and cut her hair." (snip) "JP: yeah, she was about 3 and shortly afterward I did the photo shoot for the Colorado women's news article and spent some time in the home and JonBenét still had that short bob of a hair cut." [Afternoon with Judith Phillips 2/2000]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Spring 1994		 "Patsy and JonBenet" by Judith Phillips, Photographer

"During my struggle with cancer and losing my hair, Judith frequently asked to take my picture. I had tried to tell her that I was in a fight for my life and having my bald head snapped by her camera wasn't high on my list of priorities. However, Judith persisted, so shortly after I finished my chemotherapy, I acquiesced to doing a few pictures in the spring of 1994." [DOIpg160]
[IMAGE] . Denver, Colorado
May 1, 1994		 Better Light and Photography Photo Shoot (?)

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[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
May 1994

Mother's Day		 Mother's Day

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[IMAGE] . West Virginia
June 1994		 Miss West Virginia Pageant's Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration

"The following June, I returned to the pageant's Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration and reunited of former Miss West Virginias. I was bald from the chemo treatments, so I wore a wig, I was emaciated from losing so much weight, but I found a bright red beaded gown that only someone really skinny would wear, one side benefit to the chemo therapy. My sister Pam, who had been in the 1980 Miss West Virginia, and I sang " A Gershwin Melody" under the spotlight." [DOIpg54]
[IMAGE] . West Virginia
June 1994		 JonBenet at the Miss West Virginia Pageant's Fiftieth Anniversary

"My little girl, who was only three-and-a-half at the time, was in the audience that night," (snip) "As part of the show that evening, the president of the Miss American Pageant, Albert Marks, presented my parents with a special plaque of commendation for having sent two daughters to the national Miss American pageant." (snip) "In his remarks Mr. Marks said that he had met a little blond angel in a pretty pink dress who looked to him like a future Miss America. He was talking about JonBenet." [DOIpg54]
[IMAGE] . West Virginia
June 1994		 JonBenet began playing her game called "Presenting"

"When we returned home to Colorado, she began begging to be in a pageant. I would hear JonBenet playing a new game she called "Presenting" with her friends." (skip) "She would stand beside the door to the living room and give the okay. Then I would say, "Preeeesenting Miss JonBenet Ramsey." And she would jump out into the doorway. "Presenting" became JonBenet's favorite game." [DOIpg54]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Summer 1994

JonBenet's new
dog Jacques		 JonBenet's New Dog Jacques

"Patsy didn't want a dog. And, she didn't want JonBenet to have a dog. This particular dog didn't get the potty training thing down very well, he tended to leave puddles. He was pretty much relegated to the wood floor at the bottom of the spiral staircase and out the side door off the patio. John told Patsy to get JonBenet a dog." (snip) "Patsy chose a Bichon" (Linda Wilcox 7/98]
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
July 1994

Family Reunion		 Aartvark Studios (?) Photo Shoot Paugh Family Reunion

"In the summer of 1994 the Paughs held their family reunion in Charlevoix, a part of which was our annual family talent show." (snip) "I sang my rendition of "Crazy" by Patsy Cline" (snip) "My cousin Debbie recited "Itsy, Bitsy Spider." Finally JonBenet and her cousin Jenny sang a duet, "I Was Raised on Country Sunshine." "That summer we bought her a karaoke machine." [DOIpg54]
[IMAGE] . Denver, Colorado
October 21, 1994

Better Light & Photography Photo (?)		 [IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
October 31, 1994		 Halloween 1994 (JonBenet dressed as a good witch)

"Yeah, the Halloween of '94. And she had this, it was actually kind of cute, it was this little witches costume but it wasn't your standard, you know, black dress, pointy hat, it had orange criss-cross striping and it had a little cape." (snip) "she said I'm gonna be a witch for halloween but I'm not going to be a bad witch. I'm going to be a good, sexy witch." [Linda Wilcox on Peter Boyles 7/98]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
October 31, 1994

School Halloween Party		 Halloween Party at School 1994

"I told Patsy of a place I knew of where they sold costume items" (snip) "and she went there and bought this witch outfit. It is my understanding that there were several comments made by a very bitter woman in Boulder about this costume when JonBenet wore it to her school Halloween party." [Pam Paugh Q&A www.webbsleuths.com 11/04/99]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Fall 1994

Basement Painted
New Carpet		 Basement Painted and new carpet in basement 755 15th Street

"TRIP DEMUTH: Was there some time that you had the basement painted? PATSY RAMSEY: Yeah. TRIP DEMUTH: When was that? PATSY RAMSEY: That was before the home tour. That would have been like the fall of '94, we had it painted and the carpet laid down there." [0353-19 Patsy BPD Interview 6/98]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 3, 1994

House Tour
1,500-2,000 Guests		 Historic Homes for the Holidays Tour and "A Colorado Christmas" Video

"Visitors recall her greeting them at the door with JonBenet and Burke by her side, all of them in matching sweaters. Featured in JonBenet's room were her trophies, sashes, and medals." [9/16/97 Vanity Fair] - "The basement was converted into a bustling headquarters for the guides and servers as some two thousand people visited. Ten volunteers manned the house every hour" [STpg83]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 1994

Gingerbread House
A Gilberto Rubio		 Gingerbread House duplicate of 755 15th Street

"He was a friend of Bob Wallace's" (snip) "Gilberto Rubio was a pastry chef in Denver, so they told me. A friend of Bob's. And he photographed the house and then built a gingerbread house to look like our house." (snip) "I think just one occasion he came in, delivered the house, and you know, touched it up, the frosting and...." [Patsy 6/98]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 1994

Christmas Party		 Ramsey Christmas Party 1994 (Bill McReynolds played Santa)

"With his long white beard and hair, McReynolds was a natural to play the town Santa Claus, and we had met him several years ago in a cafe on the Pearl Street Mall. We'd been having breakfast when this Santa Claus came in" (snip) "As McReynolds left, I ran out to get his name and address to invite him to come to a Christmas party I was planning. [DOIpg36]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 25, 1994		 Ramsey Christmas 1994

"Burke's tree had an airplane theme, with Santa flying through the air, as well as lots of other little airplanes diving down through the branches. John Andrew's tree reflected a western theme with cowboy hats, saddles, bandanna bows, and ornaments to mirror his life as a "cowboy" student at the University of Colorado. In Melinda's bedroom, I put up a three foot tree festooned with paper dolls and pink and white Victorian lace. JonBenet helped me decorate the full size angel tree in her room with items we had picked up in our travels and ornaments from her baby years, like her pink tennis shoes. She had one special glass angel that she hung on her tree because it reminded her of Beth."

"Down in the kitchen, I had about a dozen birdhouses displayed year around as decorations a top our cabinets. So on a corner of the kitchen counter, I placed a three foot tree filled with bird nests and ornaments made out of birdseed. Upstairs in the children's play room, I decorated a whimsical eight foot tree with nursery rhyme characters, teddy bears, and Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse ornaments. Finally, our master bedroom had a full size artificial tree glistening with gold, silver, and crystal ornaments. In addition to the garland of pearls and white pearl lights, I hung hand blown glass I'd brought with me from West Virginia." [DOIpg93]
1995
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
June 1995		 Brian Scott began working as landscaper for the Ramseys

"Scott, who had graduated from the University of Colorado the year before, told the detective that he’d started working for the Ramseys in June 1995 as a landscaper. He’d only been in the basement to fix the sprinkler clock. He didn’t know there was a wine cellar, much less where it was." [Brian Scott, PMPTpg204]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Fall 1994

Basement Flooded
New Carpet		 Basement Flooded, New Carpet replaced 755 15th Street

"Maybe like the spring of 1995 we had a real bad water leak in the closet back down there and the carpet had to be pulled up and all of that, and the workman were down there." (snip) "I think it was, because I remember it was raining the last day of school." [0354-01 Patsy BPD Interview 6/98]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Summer 1995		 JonBenet and Burke both got Chicken Pox

"It was the summer of '95." (snip) "two or three weeks before they left for Michigan." (snip) "and her and Burke both caught the chicken pox." (snip) "Patsy is in the kitchen on the telephone with the doctor." (snip) "she's got these spots on her face and we need to have a photo shoot in about 3 days. Is there anything you can give her to get rid of the spots?" [Linda Wilcox on Boyles 7/98]
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
July 7-9 1995		 "Little Miss Charlevoix" East Jordan high School (Age 4)

"I noticed an ad in the Charlevoix newspaper promoting an upcoming Miss Charlevoix contest for girls of all ages. The two-day event was to be held at the East Jordan high School over the Fourth of July weekend. Pageants were still taking place on high school stages in small towns, just like the contest I'd been in nearly twenty years earlier in West Virginia." [Patsy DOIpg 55]
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
July 1995		 Terry Solmon (?) Photo Shoot "Little Miss Charlevoix"

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[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
Summer 1995

Home Town Parades Throughout the summer		 Charlevoix Home-Town Parades "Little Miss Charlevoix" (Age 4)

"JonBenet too had a busy summer in Charlevoix. She was crowned Little Miss Charlevoix in a pageant in June and spent the rest of the summer riding in convertibles in various home-town parades throughout Michigan. She performed a patriotic tap & song for her talent. She and Burke both won ribbons in several decorated bicycle contests" [Ramsey 1995 Christmas Flyer]
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
Summer 1995		 Paugh Family Reunion 1995

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[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
September 1995

JonBenet (Preschool)		 JonBenet in the First Presbyterian Church Preschool

"I would then walk her over to her school at the First Presbyterian Church, which was diagonally across the street. I could see the church from my office now, and it hurt to remember JonBenet playing in the small playground area or to remember the hand-in-hand walks to school I so much enjoyed as a proud dad." [John Ramsey DOIpg125]"
[IMAGE] . September 4, 1995 (Photo Shoot) (age 5) (?? photographer David Haskel in Denver)

"The very last time I saw JonBenet, (snip) it was on a Monday [9/4/95] and they were getting ready for a photo shoot. She went upstairs and got all of her little dresses and costumes, (snip) Remember the pictures where she is in the bathing suit, she's with this little inflatable duck. That was that photo shoot. (snip) That's the last time I saw her alive. [Linda Wilcox 7/21/98]"
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
September 1995

Linda Hoffmann-Pugh
New Housekeeper		 Linda Hoffman-Pugh began working as Ramsey housekeeper

"After I left the Ramseys' on Labor Day of 1995, Linda Hoffmann-Pugh started to work for them." [Linda Wilcox PMPTpg248] - "I was working for a bonded agency called Merry Maids when I met Patsy. I started with her one day a week" (snip) "Then I went to work for her three days a week, $72 a day. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. [9:00am-3:00pm]" [Linda Hoffmann-Pugh PMPTpg198]
[IMAGE] . Parkersburg, WV
September 1995

Twentieth High
School Reunion		 Parkersburg Twentieth High School Reunion

"We last saw each other at our twenty-year reunion in 1995. She looked radiant and the picture of health. We sat together all evening and had a grand time." (snip) "She told me she had taken John, Burke and JonBenet to our old elementary school and sat in some of our old classrooms." [Judy Mason Schoch in JBMpg21]"
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
October 1995		 Little Miss Colorado Title (Age 5)

"In October, JonBenet become Little Miss Colorado, she rode on the "Good Ship Lollipop" float during the Boulder Christmas parade. (Grandpa Paugh built the float!) She waved and sang all along the parade route!" [Ramsey 1995 Christmas Flyer]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 1995

Parade on Good Ship Lollipop Float		 Boulder Christmas Parade "Little Miss Colorado" (Age 5)

"In October, JonBenet become Little Miss Colorado, she rode on the "Good Ship Lollipop" float during the Boulder Christmas parade. (Grandpa Paugh built the float!) She waved and sang all along the parade route!" [Ramsey 1995 Christmas Flyer]
[IMAGE] . Colorado
December 1995		 Christmas Photo Shoot 1995

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[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 1995		 Ramsey Christmas Party

JonBenet gave Santa house tour, gave him glitter she called "stardust" from train room basement area for his beard. She called him "Old Sam."
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 1995		 Ramseys invited to the Fleet White Christmas Party 1995

"Dinner was served in the living and dining rooms, next to the beautifully decorated Christmas tree, glistening with silver ornaments and ribbons that reflected Priscilla's passion for all things silver. We had eaten together last Christmas, so it was beginning to feel like a new tradition for us to join their family. The fire was ablaze in the fireplace. It was Christmas Day, and life was good." [DOIpg8]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Winter 1995		 Twin Peaks Mall Pageant, Boulder, Colorado

"During the winter of 1995 and the first months of 1996, JonBenet had competed in her first pageant, at the Twin Peaks Mall, just twenty minutes from Boulder. The judges ignored her. Not long afterward, Patsy entered JonBenet in the Colorado State All Star pageant in Denver. John, Patsy, Nedra, and Burke were in the audience to cheer her on." [Pam Griffin PMPTpg122sb]
1996
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
February 1996		 Valentine's Day

"Valentine's Day had been especially fun for JonBenet." (snip) "My mother says it was her favorite holiday as a child." (snip) "JonBenet and I had gone to Michael's to buy puffy paint and two sweatshirt dresses to fashion into Valentine outfits." (snip) "JonBenet had written, "I love you," on hers, and I had made a little felt hearts with lace on the other one." [DOIpg144]"
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
Sping 1996

Michigan House
Redecorated, Renovated
Preparing for House Tour		 Decorators working on Michigan house

B's "Charlevoix Timeline" posted at www.webblsleuths.com reads, "Winter and Spring of 1996, house being redecorated my local Interior Designer for upcoming Summer 96 Home Tour. Wallpaperer worked through out the winter and Spring to paint and wallpaper. Master Bedroom completely repapered and carpeted. Entry way repapered. Kitchen repapered. Living room repainted, new drappperies installed. Alot of work was done in the quiet months.This guy was never contacted by anyone to get his input on anything weird happening at house while he worked. Housekeepers worked in Spring to ready the house for the summer, construction clean-up"
[IMAGE] . Colorado
April 16, 1996		 Easter Photo Shoot (?? Moto Photo Deckens)

"We went for a while to a fellow named Willis. I can’t remember his last name, but he as at Better in Light Photography. And he’d usually take a Christmas picture. And then I started going to Moto Photo there in, down in Deckens" (snip) "They did a Christmas one and Easter one, had a little Easter bunny." [Patsy 4/97]
[IMAGE] . Denver, Colorado
April 1996

All Star Kids Pageant		 JonBenet in the All Star Kids Pageant

"It's bigger than it's ever been,'' said LaDonna Griego, who runs All Star Kids, a popular, family oriented pageant system in Colorado. When JonBenet competed in All Star Kids' state pageant in April 1996, there were 12 children entered. This year, there were 50. Advertisements that used to elicit 300 phone calls now bring in twice that many." [RMNews 'Legacy of JonBenet' 12/21/97]
[IMAGE] . Westminster, Colorado
Spring 1996

Dancing Lessons
Kit Andre		 Dancing Lessons at Kit Andre's dance studio, Westminster, Colorado

"Spring of 1996, Pam Griffin (snip) telephoned Kit Andre" (snip) "Kit had danced in the Broadway companies of Hello, Dolly! and Peter Pan and had ballet credits in Paris and London, including a featured role under Dame Margot Fonteyn." - "She'd [Patsy] brought an audiotape of music "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart." [PMPTpg98sb]
[IMAGE] . Longmont, Colorado
Spring 1996

Pageant Seamstress
Pam Griffin		 Pam Griffin became the seamstress for JonBenet's Pageant Costumes

"In all, Pam Griffin made half a dozen outfits for JonBenet, some of which cost as much as $600. Several of the outfits were not typical pageant attire but more like theatrical costumes." (snip) "Nedra, who occasionally came to Pam's house with Patsy, showed her a photograph of an outfit with marabou and glitter. Nedra said it was just right for "Patsy's doll baby." [PMPTpg123sb]
[IMAGE] . Longmont, Colorado
Spring 1996

Pageant Coach
Kristine Griffin		 Kristine Griffin became JonBenet's Pageant Coach

"Kristine, a high school senior, loved to coach JonBenet. She taught her the walk, the wave, and the pageant poses on a small mock runway in her basement. The girls giggled, surrounded by the hundreds of costumes Pam was working on. Off to the side was one of Kristine's 8-foot-high trophies." (snip) "Patsy was paying Kristine $20 an hour for pageant lessons" [PMPTpg98sb]
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[IMAGE] . Denver, Colorado
Spring 1996

Judith Phillips Photographer Photo Shoot		 Judith Phillips, Photographer Photo Shoot

"On one occasion, when my mother was in town, Judith begged to photograph us for a mother-and-daughter series she was putting together. She also took pictures of JonBenet and me, which gave her two generations of mothers and daughters. She had approached John about getting Access Graphics to sponsor this show (snip) his company declined." [DOIpg160]
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[IMAGE] . ??
Summer 1996

David Sartin (?)
Photography Photo Shoot		 [IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE]
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[IMAGE] . Denver, Colorado
May 1996		 JonBenet won 'Little Miss Colorado' title

"I think a lot of people didn't know pageants existed in Colorado,'' Griego said of the days before JonBenet's death." (snip) "Griego's 10-year-old daughter, Breanne, passed her Little Miss Colorado title along to JonBenet in May 1996, and she still happily competes. But JonBenet's death has shaken her." [RMNews 'Legacy of JonBenet' 12/21/97]
[IMAGE] . Denver, Colorado
May 12, 1996

State Pageant
Denver Hotel Ballroom		 Colorado All-Stars Christmas State Pageant (America's Royal Miss ?)

"In the spring of 1995" (snip) "discovered that the Colorado All-Star Kids Pageant was coming up in a few weeks" (snip) "I entered JonBenet at the last possible moment" (snip) "She wore a blue chiffon dress with a white bodice, matching white anklets, which Aunt Polly had sent from Atlanta" (snip) "JonBenet won the award for cover girl." [DOIpg56] (Photographed by Mark Fix)
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[IMAGE] . Denver, Colorado
June 6, 1996

Ken Caryl Ranch and Wilson White Fence Farm in Lakewood, Colorado		 Photo Shoot for Pageant Portfolio by Randy Simons, Photographer

"In the studio, I shot close-ups (snip). At the residential subdivision Ken Caryl Ranch, I did the Little House on the Prairie dress (snip). At the Wilson White Fence Farm in Lakewood, which has a gazebo and carousel horses, (snip) I'd photographed JonBenet in eleven different outfits. I was paid $590 for the day. A month later she ordered $960 worth of hand-retouched prints. [PMPTpg258sb]
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[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Summer 1996

Housekeeper on JonBenet's bedwetting		 Linda Hoffman-Pugh on JonBenet's bedwetting and wearing pullups

"In the summer of "96, JonBenet started wearing those diaper type underpants-Pull-Ups. She even wore them to bed. There was always a wet one in the trash. By the end of the summer, Patsy was trying to get her to do without them. Then JonBenet started wetting the bed again. Almost every day I was there, there was a wet bed." [Linda Hoffmann-Pugh PMPTpg198]
[IMAGE] . Atlanta, Georgia
Summer 1996

Grandmother confirms
JonBenet's Toilet Issues		 Nedra Paugh confirms JonBenet's toilet issues

"Nedra confirmed to police that at age six, her granddaughter was still in the habit of asking adults to wipe her when she was on the toilet. It didn't matter where she was or who the adult was-anyone within shouting distance would do. Some adults, thinking she was old enough to do this herself, stopped answering her calls, and it resulted in soiled underpants [PMPTpg254sb]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Summer 1996		 JonBenet attends Kit Andre's Dance School

"JonBenet took tap dance classes at Dance West in Boulder in the fall of 1996. JonBenet and the victim of the 1997 intruder weren't in the same classes, but the two girls evidently attended the studio during the same time period. To prepare for her "Cowboy Sweetheart" routine, JonBenet got private lessons in mid-1996 at Kit Andree's dance school (20 miles from Boulder), not at Dance West." [MaskedMan 'aka Frank Coffman' post on Murphy's www.websleuths.com 8/1/2000]
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
June 1996		 Ramseys return to Charlevoix in preparation of house tour

B's "Charlevoix Timeline" posted at www.webblsleuths.com reads, "Ramseys to Michigan to prepare for tour of home" and "June 96- Ramseys arrive to their renovated home. Head Caretaker submits bill to Patsy who in turn asks about questionable phone calls made from their Chx number. She doesn't expand and the conversation is forgotten."
[IMAGE] . Denver, Colorado
July, 1996		 ?? Gingerbread Productions of America pageant

"Gingerbread Productions of America pageant, where she won her division title, Mini Supreme, Little Miss Colorado." [Pam Griffin PMPTpg122sb]
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[IMAGE] . Denver, Colorado
July 4, 1996

Three Day Event
National Pageant		 Royal Miss pageant - won division title - America Royale Tiny Miss (Age 6)

"Patsy entered JonBenet in the Royal Miss pageant in Denver's Sheraton Hotel. Patsy, her sister Pam, and Nedra all attended. During the three-day pageant" [Pam Griffin PMPTpg124sb]" - (Mark Fix photo cover of People 01/20/97) - "She continues to enjoy participating in talent and modeling pageants. She was named "America's Royale Tiny Miss" last summer" [Ramsey 1996 Flyer]
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[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
July, 1996

Tour of Homes		 Charlevoix Michigan Tour of Homes

"The Ramsey family summer house may not yet be home to Ramsey artistry, but it is home to countless other activities for the Ramseys and their children. It's the most wonderful spot on earth, " says Ramsey." (snip) "this July, the house will be part of the local tour of homes, a benefit fund raiser for the local area hospital." [Woman's Magazine April 1996]"
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
Summer 1996

Charity Auction		 Charlevoix Charity Auction

B's "Charlevoix Timeline" posted at www.webblsleuths.com reads, "Summer 96- Home tour in July. JonBenet attends Pageants off and on. Guests come and go. Ramseys house is "sold" in a Charlevoix Charity Auction for a night. It was bought by their close friends, Susan and Brownie Flanders."
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
August 1996

Family Reunion
JonBenet's Birthday		 Paugh Family Reunion and JonBenet's 6th Birthday

"In the summer of 1996, the reunion was held in August and we celebrated JonBenet's birthday. The main thing she wanted that year was an American Girl doll named Samantha. when she opened the box, with burkey's help, she said, "Oh, my doll," and hugged and hugged her new baby." [Debbie JBMpg101] - B's "Charlevoix Timeline" posted at www.webblsleuths.com reads, "August- They leave in mid August to return to get ready for school to start."
[IMAGE] . Atlanta, Georgia
August 13, 1996

Three Day Event
National Pageant		 Gingerbread "Nationals" Pageant

"The Gingerbread nationals were scheduled for August 1996. Pam [Griffin] offered to take JonBenet to the pageant, since it conflicted with the Ramseys' family reunion. Patsy said no thanks, Pam told the police. JonBenet had to be with her family, Patsy said. This would be true for any pageants that conflicted with family events." [PMPTpg125sb]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
August/September 1996

JonBenet (Kindergarten)		 JonBenet in High Peaks Elementary School

"One of her classmates had brought cupcakes to school because it was her birthday. Unfortunately, the mother had miscounted and come up one cupcake short of the number of children in the class. "Why don't we cut my cupcake in half?" JonBenet suggested." [Charles Elbot, the principal gave JonBenet 'I caught you being good" awards"] [DOIpg174]"
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
1996

Labor Day		 Labor Day Weekend

B's "Charlevoix Timeline" posted at www.webblsleuths.com reads, "House is cleaned thoroughly after the "season" ends. Mid Sept. (a Sat.) Labor Day - Return to Michigan and spend the long weekend with family and friends"
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
September 1996

Wine and Cheese Party		 Wine and Cheese Party at Ramsey Michigan house

B's "Charlevoix Timeline" posted at www.webblsleuths.com reads, "Mid Sept. (a Sat.) A Wine and Cheese Party is held at the Ramsey home with a small group of friends. Ramseys were not there. It was a rainy night and party was moved inside." Cowboy Boot Intruder Incident
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
September 1996

Wine spill on
carpet report		 Michigan housekeepers discover wine spill on carpet

B's "Charlevoix Timeline" posted at www.webblsleuths.com reads, "Hostess left house in impeccable order though she called Patsy in Boulder to say a glass of wine was spilled and asked her what she wanted to do about it. Patsy calls caretaker in Charlevoix to go check winestain and clean it or have it cleaned. She states her brother-in-law and family are coming for a vacation the following weekend.Stain is near piano."
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
September 1996

Strange cowboy
boots discovered		 Michigan housekeepers discover strange Cowboy boots and suitcase

B's "Charlevoix Timeline" posted at www.webblsleuths.com reads, "Housekeepers stop there midweek after party. This is when the discovery of the suitcase and boots is made. They assume it is the pilot or a guest. She calls and leaves a message on their machine in Boulder.(She is told later they never got it)."
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
September 1996

JonBenet's bed in Michigan home
"messed up"		 Michigan housekeepers notice JonBenet's Bed "messed up"

B's "Charlevoix Timeline" posted at www.webblsleuths.com reads, "At this point in time caretakers are not concerned about the boots and suitcase as people are always coming and going there. House doesn't appear to be disturbed, hostess cleaned up well, upstairs is like they left it, except towels are moved(wine and cheese guests?) and bed appears messed up and not made the way they did it. They leave."
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
September 1996

Jeff Ramsey
Family Vacation		 Jeff Ramsey and family spend week vacation in Ramsey Michigan home

B's "Charlevoix Timeline" posted at www.webblsleuths.com reads, "Jeff Ramsey and family arrive for a weeks vacation.Housekeeper stops back, house is in the "lived in" state. She calls Patsy in Boulder and she says that John will put the porch furniture away and not to worry about it. Jeff can help him. "
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
September 1996

Guy running out from bottom of hill		 Guy running out from bottom of hill Report

B's "Charlevoix Timeline" posted at www.webblsleuths.com reads, "Guy running out from bottom of hill is picked up by local handicapped guy driving down Belvedere Ave. He rants and raves about John Ramsey. This guy tries to contact the Ramseys thru a neighbor. They never connect. I am unsure of when this incident happened. It is in a police report somewhere.I was told he did approach the house and there was a party or something and he didn't want to disturb it. This leads me to believe it was in Sept. when this happened. He is in a wheelchair and it is not that easy for him to get around."
[IMAGE] . Charlevoix, Michigan
October 1996

Color Tour		 Charlevoix Michigan Color Tour

B's "Charlevoix Timeline" posted at www.webblsleuths.com reads, "John flies up and they close up the house and boats. Incident at the gas station occurs which he is totally unaware of. This is in October. Ramseys come for Color tour in October as ususal." Gas Station Incident AND Wheel Chair Man Story incidents apparently occur around this time period
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Late October 1996

Linda Mason visits Boulder Home		 Linda Mason, decorator friend from Charlevoix Michigan visited Boulder

"I couldn't help but remember over and over again the 2 weeks I had spent with the Ramseys at their home in Boulder just a couple months before, in late October, I had slept next to JonBenet's room, in the guest room [aka John Andrews Bedroom] near the spiral staircase." [Linda Mason JBMpg108]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Fall 1996

Patsy CU Paint Class

(Added 04/25/07)		 Patsy attended Paint Class (Continuing Education program at CU)

"I met Patsy Ramsey a couple of months before the murder of her daughter. It was in a beginning painting class offered through the Continuing Education program at CU." (snip) "She painted a still-life of flowers in a box on a porch" (snip) "It was taught by one of Colorado's most outrageous artists, Terry Maker." [A local artist, Boulder Weekly Gossip 2/99]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
November 1-3, 1996		 ?? Pageant at I-70 and Chambers Road, Holiday Inn. ??

"I think she wore the little white dress, that was a new dress for her that I had gotten that I bought from a woman when we attended a pageant over Thanksgiving in Georgia. (so dates must be wrong)" [Patsy 6/98]
[IMAGE] . Denver, Colorado
November 11, 1996 (?)

Denver Photographer Studio (?)		 [IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
November 1996

Patsy's Birthday		 Patsy Ramsey's Surprise Birthday Party (Brown Palace, Denver, Colorado)

"In 1996, Priscilla White called and asked me to watch the kids again. They were having a surprise birthday party for Patsy." [Susanna Savage PMPTpg146] - "The morning after the party, I remember all of us being in one bed and talking 'girl talk,' There was Patsy, Pam, Paulette, Melinda, JonBenet and myself. [Debbie, JBMpg102] - "And my entire family was there." [Pam Paugh 12/30/98]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Fall 1996		 Dance West Studio Tap Dancing Lessons

"JonBenet took tap dance classes at Dance West in Boulder in the fall of 1996. JonBenet and the victim of the 1997 intruder weren't in the same classes, but the two girls evidently attended the studio during the same time period. To prepare for her "Cowboy Sweetheart" routine, JonBenet got private lessons in mid-1996 at Kit Andree's dance school (20 miles from Boulder), not at Dance West." [MaskedMan 'aka Frank Coffman' post on Murphy's www.websleuths.com 8/1/2000]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Fall 1996

Boulder Rec Center
Joseph Beaucage		 Tap Dancing Lessons (Boulder Rec Center)

"Started in fall that year, once a week at the Boulder Rec Center taught by Joseph Beaucage, six or eight other kids, they were preparing for a community dance recital in March [1997] Patsy thinks." (snip) "I mean Pinky Barber had her daughter in it, and Gwen Habley was in it" [Patsy 6/98 BPD Interviews]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
1996

JonBenet's Hobbies		 JonBenet's Hobbies (From Rock climbing to violin)

"She also loved in-line skating, arts and crafts, and gymnastics. She took violin and piano lessons. She could hula hoop and stand on her head. Her next challenge was rock climbing. Patsy had already signed her up for rock climbing lessons at the East Boulder Recreation Center. She had taken JonBenet there one afternoon, and she immediately stated climbing up the wall like a little spider." [DOIpg52]
[IMAGE] . New York
November 1996		 Mother-Daughter Trip to New York (Includes Bloomingdales shopping)

"The first trip was a mother-daughter trip with my mother Nedra Paugh, my sister Pam Paugh, friends Susan Flanders from Charlevoix, Michigan, and her daughter and a friend of Susan's, Ms. Kirkpatrick I believe was her name, and her daughter, and JonBenet and myself." [Patsy 6/98]
(Was this when Patsy bought the items at FAO Schwartz and had them shipped to Boulder?)
[IMAGE] . New York
November 1996		 JonBenet saw "Grease" on trip to New York

"On her last trip to New York, in November '96, she saw and the MC invited her to dance on stage before the show started. Nobody would ever pass her up. She just had that gleam in her eye. She and her partner didn't win, but they were runner-ups." [Nedra Paugh, PMPTpg255sb]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
Thanksgiving 1996

Housekeeper family working at Ramsey house		 Linda Hoffman-Pugh, Daughter, Son-in-law, Husband working at Ramseys

"Well, at Thanksgiving time I asked my cleaning lady, (snip) "I asked her to come and, you know, put those up while I was gone at Thanksgiving. So I don't know exactly who was with her to help her. She insinuated this is when they were going to also clean some of the windows, she and her husband. I think she also mentioned that her daughter had come to help her, Kristen, I think. And they were there on Thanksgiving day, I know, because they (inaudible). They said they brought them something over for Thanksgiving to eat." [0350-21 Patsy BPD Interview 6/98]
[IMAGE] . Atlanta, Georgia
November 1996

Thanksgiving		 Ramsey family celebrated Thanksgiving in Atlanta, Georgia

"The last time I saw JonBenet was over the Thanksgiving holiday. She had traveled here, not only to be with family for that holiday, but also to attend a small passage here in the Georgia area, representing Colorado" [Pam Paugh on LKL 10/19/98]
[IMAGE] . Rome, Georgia
Saturday
November 30, 1996		 JonBenet in Dream Star Pageant, Rome, Georgia

"JonBenet's mother, Patsy Ramsey, was in the market for some custom made costumes at a local pageant called Dream Star held in Rome, GA, over Thanksgiving weekend 1996. After striking up a conversation with Faye [DeMatteo] in a restaurant, Patsy asked about the outfits she was selling. Patsy ended up buying Rayanna's fancy white pageant dress, made of silk organza. One month later, JonBenet was buried in it." [Good Housekeeping, February 1999 "PRETTY BABIES"]
PATSY RAMSEY: I was Rome, Georgia. I wasn’t in Athens, Georgia. STEVE THOMAS: Ad Rome, where, you were at the Saturday after Thanksgiving for the… PATSY: Pageant. STEVE THOMAS: …pageant. PATSY: Right. [From April 97 BPD Interview]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December ??, 1996		 Boulder Philharmonic Choir, Boulder Christmas Pageant (Boulder Theatre.)

PATSY RAMSEY: Open to the public. And that was performed at the Dairy or something in the fall, the group. In some kind of festival or something. [Patsy 6/1998]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 6, 1996		 Lights of December Parade ("Little Miss Colorado" float)

Patsy: My car with the driver [Pam Archuleta], it was a BMW, and JonBenet -- and I wasn't there, I was in New York at the time, John and I were out of town [w/Susan/Glenn Stine in NY], but my parents took her, and there were these little girls from the America Kids. [Patsy 6/1998] "Pam was director of the United Way, the parade gave her a way to promote the organization." [DOIpg98]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 10, 1996		 Brian Scott (Landscaper) last time at Ramsey house

"The last time he was at the house was December 10." (snip) "While Scott adjusted the candy canes along the front walk, he saw a blue chevy Suburban pull up to collect JonBenet. She was wearing a pair of blue overalls and was being bratty about something. “I think she might have been giving orders,” Scott said, “like, “you get in the back, you do this.” Something like that.” A moment later the car was gone. That was the last time he saw JonBenet." [Brian Scott, PMPTpg204]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 13, 1996

60 Guests in
Ramsey House

Everybody brought
alcohol but not food. There wasn't enough food, Patsy had to order more food		 Foyer Christmas Party at Ramsey House in Boulder

TRIP DeMUTH: Do you remember what your children did during that party, during the dinner (snip) "where they being baby-sat somewhere else?" (snip) PATSY RAMSEY: I think they were around. I don't know if they came down and kind of left me their bowls and went back to play." (snip) "I do remember once we didn't have enough food and I had to call Treiling (phonetic) and order every piece of chicken wing and roll they had. Could have been you know -- everybody brought alcohol but not food, you know, everybody was supposed to bring something. There wasn't enough food." [Patsy 6/98 BPD Interview]
LOU SMIT: Was JonBenet visible at that time in the house? JOHN RAMSEY: "I am sure she was, yeah. She -- but I can't visually remember her being there, but I am sure she was. Had to be." [John 6/98 BPD Interview)
[IMAGE] . Denver, Colorado
December 17, 1996
Airport Holiday Inn

Santa Bear Prize		 All Star Kids Christmas Pageant - won "Colorado's Little Miss Christmas"

One of the events JonBenet was preparing for before her murder was sponsored by Amerikids, a nonprofit youth development group based in Denver. JonBenet and nine other girls ages five to 18 planned to dance next month at the local Ronald McDonald charity ball. "JonBenet and her mother were here every week to practice," says Suzie Dolan, the event's organizer. [Time 1/20/97]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 19, 1996

John Andrew Ramsey
flew to Atlanta		 John Andrew Ramsey left Colorado for Atlanta

"Twenty-year-old John Andrew was obviously upset, but he was composed enough to explain that he was a student at CU and had been in Boulder until December19. Then he had gone to Atlanta to spend the first part of his vacation with his mother, Lucinda Johnson, and his sister and friends." [PMPTpg66sb]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 20, 1996

Billion Dollar Luncheon
Hotel Boulderado		 Access Graphics Billion Dollar Sales Luncheon

"So when (snip) Access Graphics Inc. passed the $1 billion mark in 1996, it tossed a luncheon party at the Hotel Boulderado. A dixieland jazz band made the rounds at Access' Boulder offices Friday morning to announce the celebration and later played at the Boulderado. John Ramsey, president of Access Graphics, thanked about 300 employees at the gathering" [Camera 12/21/96]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 20, 1996		 Bill McReynolds (Santa) called Patsy about Christmas party

"I had not planned to have a family Christmas party in 1996, but Bill McReynolds called me on the twentieth. He told me that Charles Kurault and his "On the Road" television program were going to be in Boulder and would be filming him as Santa. Bill wanted to include our party in the filming, if possible, and he strongly encouraged me to have the event. I agreed." [Patsy DOIpg95]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 20, 1996		 Performance "Rock Around the Clock" High Peaks Elementary School

"70.18.210.203 " posting on www.webbsleuths: "While the Access Graphics buffet luncheon party was taking place at the Hotel Boulderado (held on Friday, December 20th, according to the Daily Camera), JonBenet and Patsy were at JonBenet's school where JonBenet was performing "Rock Around the Clock" for the students (according to the Rocky Mountain News)."
[IMAGE] . Denver, Colorado
December 22, 1996

JonBenet's LAST
Pageant Performance		 Southwest Plaza Mall Pageant sponsored by America's Royal Miss

"I remember laying the little red jumpsuit of JonBenet's over the ironing board, because it had a few spots on it" (snip) "No, no, it was something she had worn for a Christmas performance. It was a little Christmas thing." (snip) "she wore it, some of her pageant girls performed together in a group, some Christmas songs and things, down in a mall in Denver" [Patsy 6/98]
[IMAGE] . December 22, 1996 Patsy Arranges for Michigan house set up for Christmas

B's "Charlevoix Timeline" posted at www.webblsleuths.com reads, "December 22-23 Patsy calls caretaker and tells her they are coming on Christmas Day and could she decorate the house prior to their arrival. She would like garland and a tree if possible. Than she decides to call interior decorator instead to see if she can do it. The house magically gets decorated. She tells her that she was just there to check the heat and all was fine. No messages on the answering machine. The Ramseys never come."
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 1996		 Ramsey Christmas 1996

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[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 23, 1996

JonBenet and Patsy at odds regarding outfit to wear for Christmas party		 JonBenet getting ready for Christmas party

"On December 23, JonBenet was playing with makeup. "JonBenet, you are not going anywhere with all that on," Patsy told her. You take some of it off" JonBenet did. At one o'clock she went to play with some friends and was back by four o'clock. Late that afternoon, she didn't want to wear a dress for their Christmas party. Patsy got a little agitated. Finally, jonBenet put on a velvet one with short sleeves." [Linda Hoffmann-Pugh PMPTpg238]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 23, 1996

31 Guests
Children make gingerbread houses		 Ramsey Christmas Party

"On December 23 thirty-one people arrived for the party; the Whites, the Barnhills, the Fernies, the Stines, and the Barbers, and all their children, plus their assorted house guests." [DOIpg95] (Santa Claus had two engagements that night and so he came, I can’t remember whether it was like 5:30 or 4:30 or somewhere in there." [Patsy 4/97]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 23, 1996

Santa and Children at Christmas party		 Ramsey Christmas Party

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[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 23, 1996

Santa and Adults at Christmas party		 Ramsey Christmas Party

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[IMAGE] . December 24, 1996

Secret Santa
Story source		 JonBenet at Megan Kostanick's house

"The day before Christmas, JonBenet was at our house playing with Megan. (snip) "I asked JonBenet if she had visited Santa Claus yet. She said, "Oh, Santa was at our Christmas party the other night." (snip) "Then JonBenet said, "Santa Claus promised that he would make a secret visit after Christmas." (snip) "He said this would be after Christmas. And it's a secret." [PMPTpg50sb]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 24, 1996

Flies to Atlanta on
Standby Flight		 Donald Paugh left Boulder on "standby" flying to Georgia

"I made several trips to Boulder that last month. One was for the Boulder Parade of Lights that JonBenet rode in. It was cold. I didn't go to John and Patsy's Christmas party, because I was in Roswell. Don, my husband, was there and flew back standby on the 24th so we could spend Christmas Eve together." [Nedra Paugh, PMPTpg255sb]
[IMAGE] . Atlanta, Georgia
December 24, 1996

John Andrew Ramsey
Christmas Eve		 John Andrew Ramsey Christmas Eve in Atlanta Georgia

"In the months that followed, the police would confirm that John Andrew, his mother, and her friend Harry Smiles had attended the Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta on Christmas Eve" (snip) "At about 8:30 P.M., John Andrew went to his friend Brad Millard's home in Marietta to play video games. After an hour, they left to catch a 10:30 show at the Town and Country Movie Theaters in Marietta with another friend, Chris Stanley." [PMPTpg66sb]
[IMAGE] . Atlanta, Georgia
December 24, 1996

MelindaRamsey
Christmas Eve		 Melinda Ramsey Christmas Eve in Atlanta Georgia

"Melinda, who worked at a hospital in Marietta, Georgia, finished her shift at about 7:00 A.M. on Christmas Day. That afternoon, John Andrew, Harry Smiles, Melinda, and her boyfriend, Stewart Long, exchanged gifts at Lucinda's home in Marietta. In the afternoon they all went across the street to a neighbor's for dinner" [PMPTpg67sb]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 24, 1996

Church and dinner
at Pasta Jays		 John, Patsy, JonBenet and Burke Ramsey Christmas Eve 1996

"The four of us had attended the family Christmas Eve service at St. John's and had gone to Pasta Jay's afterward for dinner. Then we drove up Baseline Road all the way to the star the city erects high on the rocky face overlooking Boulder. JonBenet had wanted to get out and walk to the center of the big star, outline in white lights." [DOIpg239]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 24, 1996

--		 John, Patsy, JonBenet and Burke Ramsey Christmas Eve 1996

"We had dinner, the kids colored. I think we drove up to -- after we left there I think we drove to the Star, might have driven a little bit to look at the lights. JonBenet was miffed because we wouldn't let her walk up to the star because she had on her church dress" (snip) "It was a purple dress" [0800-05 John Ramsey, BPD 6/98]


Last Day of JonBenet's Life


[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 25, 1996		 Christmas Morning 1996

"Several other unwrapped gifts from Santa were arranged next to the bicycle and the Nintendo so each child would know whose pile was whose. Santa's unwrapped presents were a tradition from patsy's side of the family." (snip) "JonBenet asked for Burke's assistance with the name tags, since he could read and she couldn't." [DOIpg2-3]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 25, 1996

Patsy disappointed on JonBenet's reaction to
the new "MyTwinn" Doll Christmas gift		 My Twinn Doll for Christmas fashioned to look like JonBenet

"Patsy rearranged the gifts in JonBenet's stack so that a very special box would be opened last. Inside was a My Twinn doll, fashioned to look like JonBenet from pictures Patsy had furnished the dollmaker, with a couple matching outfits so JonBenet and the doll would dress alike. JonBenet held the doll at arm's length and tilted her head slightly. "I really don't think she looks that much like me," she concluded and laid the doll to one side. She quickly returned to a jewelry craft set, which she had previously opened. Patsy looked at me, raised her eyebrows, and gave a disappointed shrug. Sometimes the big gift you had in mind for your kids really wasn't the hit you had expected." [DOIpg3-4]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 25, 1996

No Videotaping
John said batteries dead		 Christmas Morning 1996 No Video Taping (John said batteries were dead)

"Since the death of my oldest daughter, Beth, I haven't wanted to take away the moment at hand of stepping out of the scene to videotape or photograph it. I felt that life was too precious and went past too quickly to interrupt it by fussing with a camera. Now I wanted to live in the moment, rather than preserving it for later enjoyment." [DOIpg4]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 25, 1996

Last Photograph:
Patsy and JonBenet		 John Ramsey snapped a few still photographs Christmas morning

"I forgot to charge the batteries of the video camera last night. They're all run down. But here is our regular camera. I can take a few pictures. You get over there next to Mommy." (snip) "I thought about just how special this Christmas morning was as I snapped a few pictures of the children with their opened gifts lying around the room. I had no way of knowing these would be the last photographs I would take of my youngest and most defenseless daughter." [DOIpg4,5]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 25, 1996

Christmas Breakfast:
Pancakes, bacon, corn beef hash, hash browns		 Christmas Breakfast (John says "traditional Christmas morning breakfast")

"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]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 25, 1996

JonBenet and Patsy disagreement on Red Turtleneck matching
outfits vs Gap Outfit		 JonBenet and Patsy disagreement on outfit to wear

"When I returned home in the afternoon, JonBenet and Burke were playing outside with the neighborhood gang. Soon Patsy called for the kids to come in to clean up a little before the party. She wanted JonBenet to wear a red turtleneck with her black velvet pants so that mother and daughter would be dressed alike, but JonBenet wanted to wear the complete outfit she'd chosen. Finally Mom gave in. JonBenet put on her outfit with her black boots which zipped up the front and had a bit of animal print trim along the top." [DOIpg7]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 25, 1996

Mrs. Brady calls -
JonBenet's new bike		 JonBenet Rides here new bike, Christmas Afternoon 1996

"Last Christmas afternoon, Shirley Brady spoke to Patsy by phone. "I could hear kids giggling in the backgorund," she says. "And Patsy said, Oh, John is out there cleaning the sidewalk so JonBenet can try out her new bicycle." [People Pg 107 10/6/97] - "As we were leaving for the Whites' house, JonBenet begged me to help her ride her new bike, which she had managed to bring outside. She was a tad wobbly because this bike was quite a bit bigger than her other one" [DOIpg7]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 25, 1996		 Fleet and Priscilla White's Christmas Party

"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]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 25, 1996		 Ramseys deliver gifts to Walker family Christmas Night

"Some time around 8:30 or so, we decided to head for home; we had a big trip ahead of us in the morning and needed to leave on time so we could arrive in Minn" (snip) "We pulled up the driveway at the Walkers' and Patsy took a small package to the door, talked for a few minutes and returned to the car." [DOIpg8]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 25, 1996		 Ramseys deliver gifts to Stine family Christmas Night

"Then we drove a few blocks to the Stines' house. Patsy had bid on three gift baskets at a recent silent auction benefit, she and Burke took one of the packages to their door. We had another basket in the trunk of the car intended for our friends the Fernies', but we decided it was to late now to make any more visits. We would deliver their gift when we returned from Michigan." [DOIpg8]
[IMAGE] . Boulder, Colorado
December 25, 1996		 Susan and Glenn Stine were last to see the whole family

"They came to our house and I talked to Patsy for awhile maybe 10 or 15 minutes and they all seemed perfectly normal. They were all the same - bubbly about Christmas and about where they were going and we, my husband and I, waved good-bye to them as they were leaving and that was the last time we saw them as an intact family." [Susan Stine, "JonBenet's America" 08/05/98]


JonBenet found murdered in the basement of her home


[IMAGE] . December 26, 1996

Cancelled		 Michigan Christmas Vacation

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[IMAGE] . Walt Disney Cruise
December 29, 1996

Cancelled		 Big Red Boat Trip (Planned for Patsy's birthday)

"we got a package deal and it was TWA that was going through St. Louis, or something like that. (snip) "But it was a cheap airfare." (snip) "Actually I think I remember calling Walt Disney directly. I think I might have gotten the number out of a magazine or something. Because I think I remember joining the Disney or somebody like that directly. Because we had the option of going to Disney World for a day or two, and we no, because Patsy didn't want to." [John 6/98]
1997
[IMAGE] . April 27, 1997
$100,000 Reward		 Reward Poster

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[IMAGE] . January 5, 1997

Never Attended		 Little Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant

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[IMAGE] . February 1997 February issue of 'Babette's Pageants and Talent Gazette

Her parents submitted JonBenet's photo for the February issue of 'Babette's Pageants and Talent Gazette,' a popular magazine for contestants' families. After the murder, publisher Buffie Davenport says she contacted the family to make sure they still wanted to the photo to run. They said yes" [Newsweek 1/13/97]
[IMAGE] . Denver, Colorado
February 1997

Never Attended		 Ronald McDonald charity ball (Sponsored by Amerikids)

"One of the events JonBenet was preparing for before her murder was sponsored by Amerikids, a nonprofit youth development group based in Denver. JonBenet and nine other girls ages five to 18 planned to dance next month at the local Ronald McDonald charity ball. "JonBenet and her mother were here every week to practice," says Suzie Dolan, the event's organizer." [Time 1/20/97]


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