Solving the JonBenet Ramsey Case

While for me, as I've so often stressed, it is "the facts" of any case that are of primary importance, I have sometimes been a...

And God help me to keep that promise because I have no desire to get enmeshed in yet another Internet morass. My final word on the murder ...

In both the Meredith Kercher and JonBenet Ramsey cases, much has hinged on the interpretation of DNA evidence. And many people have made up ...

OK, now this case in Italy is starting to get under my skin, God help me. One reason it intrigues me so much is the existence of so many the...

As is by now well known, Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were once again found guilty in the 2007 murder of Meredi...

Amazingly enough, the JonBenet forums seem as active as ever, even after all these years -- but I've noticed a significant change. Where...

Well, not exactly popular request. However, some readers have been bugging me to write a book on the case for some time, and they keep peste...

This blog has been popular for some time, but at the moment it's been getting an unusual number of hits -- and also a surge of comments....

I'm aware, of course, that I'm not the only one with a theory regarding this very notorious, highly publicized case. And when I read...

From police interview with John Ramsey, June 23, 1998:

I often hear, even from those who agree with me, that prosecution of this case is unlikely, and I've tended to agree. Because 1. the cas...

[For the benefit of early readers of this post, I must confess to having made some important changes a few minutes after posting it -- hope ...

Not sure why I never caught this one until the other day. Check it out: JonBenet Investigation Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Much of the debate in this case has centered on the evidence, and I must say, there's a whole lot of it, far more than in a great many o...

Well, as we now know, the Oracle has spoken. And, as with a great many Oracular Utterances, this one is definitely cryptic. Brief, but hardl...

Yes, you read that right. As announced today in the Boulder Daily Camera ,  A judge has ordered the release of the grand jury indictment ...

Myths abound in this case. More than I could possibly deal with in a single post. But here are some of the most persistent and misleading: ...

The key to the JonBenet Ramsey case has always been that puzzling "ransom" note. And in the minds of just about everyone following...

A recent email from a reader of this blog pointed me to a website I'd seen but forgotten about, in which the author attempted to prove t...

And yet. And yet. And yet. If they were not in it together, and in fact John did it all on his own, as I contend, then . . .

Almost everyone who grasps the absurdity of the intruder theory feels sure both Patsy and John were both involved, either as murderer and ac...

I haven't added any new posts to this blog for some time, basically because I felt I'd said all I had to say on this case. However, ...

According to the essay, "Child Sexual Abuse. Challenges Facing Child Protection and Mental Health Professionals," by David Finkelh...

Just posted the following at the Topix forum, addressed to all my fellow sleuths, PDI, BDI, JDI and IDI, puzzling over this very puzzling, a...

For Topix poster "Cyber," Patsy's left-hand sample was not the only decisive piece of evidence: The nail on the coffin for m...

Ah the joys of cherry picking. The National Enquirer obviously wanted in on the Patsy Ramsey bandwagon (before they were threatened with ...

Some years ago, I put together a list of what I called "Johnisms," i.e., characteristics of John Ramsey's speech that seem...

I suppose just about everyone reading here has seen the news. The Grand Jury formed back in 1999 voted to indict Patsy and John Ramsey, a de...

Dear Mr. Garnett, I can understand your reluctance to pursue the JonBenet Ramsey case after so many years of futility and frustration. You...

The Ramsey case poses some very challenging questions. Any theory that can answer all these questions in a reasonable and consistent manner,...

We've seen all sorts of intruder theories, but none I've ever seen can explain 1. why a ransom note was left yet no one was kidnappe...

Just a quick note to clarify an aspect of the case that's often misunderstood. JonBenet's vagina had been penetrated on the night of...

I thought I'd just about run out of topics to discuss, but some issues I've neglected have been raised in certain comments, and rath...

"The crux of the matter," as defined by The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms : "The basic, central or critical point o...

At some point someone on one of the Internet forums decided to investigate reports that JonBenet had been redressed in panties several sizes...

Over the years, a wide range of colorful notions regarding various aspects of this case have accumulated. Most appear to have originated wit...

In May, 2000, John and Patsy Ramsey took polygraph (i.e. "lie detector") tests administered by an "expert" hired by thei...

Turns out I've been doing some cherry picking of my own. Based on a document sitting dormant on my hard drive for years that I thought c...

At one point, the Ramsey defense team focused its attention on a Boulder reporter named Chris Wolf, based on a report from his girl friend o...

On to Cherokee's "Handwriting Analysis," which begins with post no. 10 of his Forums for Justice thread . [Added on 1-23-1017:...