Solving the JonBenet Ramsey Case

A film based on Anne Rule's remarkable "true crime" memoir, "The Stranger Beside Me," is scheduled for viewing in my...

In the context of criminal investigation, a "red herring" is a piece of bogus or questionable evidence, or lack of same, used to d...

6. Let's turn now to Brendan Dassey. His police interviews are now available on youtube. Both are fascinating. Here's one: Here...

4. I would now like to consider the DNA evidence that was found. While the prosecution stressed the importance of DNA, supposedly from Aver...

I rarely comment here on anything but the Ramsey case. But from time to time, as with the Amanda Knox case, I find myself compelled to speak...

Part Seven filled up quickly and is now a bit cumbersome. So -- on to Part Eight!

Comments are steadily accumulating. Time for another open thread.

Time for yet another thread. Keep those comments coming folks. It's heartening to see how many are still interested in this case after s...

Last thread was getting too crowded, so here's another.

The blog software has problems with displaying too many comments on one page, so after a certain point you need to look down at the bottom o...

I've already quoted the following from the transcript of the A&E documentary on this case, titled (in the British version) "Jon...

My last post is being overwhelmed with comments and getting a bit difficult to navigate. Time to open up some new space. And hopefully consi...

The second edition of my book, Ruled IN: Solving the JonBenet Ramsey Case is now available at the Amazon.com Kindle store. I'd been bot...

The previous thread is getting cluttered with posts so I'm opening up a fresh window. Feel free to continue posting responses on the pre...

I'm continually impressed by the inordinate amount of interest this case has generated, as indicated by the continual flow of comments. ...

I've been considering a piece of evidence I hadn't thought about in a while, something that's rarely if ever discussed. Not some...

Back in July 2013, I presented a theory, prompted by some comments from someone calling himself "Pete," that John could have preme...

There's been lots of discussion here lately by several very intelligent, observant (and persistent) commenters focusing primarily on the...

Since the previous post now has over 200 comments, I've decided to continue the discussion here.

NB: this page is now also filled up with comments. To see the most recent comments, you need to go to the very bottom of the page and select...

First of all I want to thank all those commenting here. Your thoughts, questions, theories and other comments, even the negative ones, have ...

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...