Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (77 page)

Alex, you are in such a difficult position. The media and peer pressure are incredible. You are inundated with con
flicting facts and information, and “expert” opinions. And now you have an old detective telling you that the Ramseys did not do it and to wait and investigate this case more thoroughly before a very tragic mistake would be made. What a double travesty it could be; an innocent person indicted, and a vicious killer on the loose to prey on another innocent child and no one to stop him.

History will be the judge as to how we conducted ourselves and how we handled our responsibilities.

Shoes, shoes, the victim’s shoes, who will stand in the victim’s shoes?

Good Luck to you and your fine office and may God bless you in the awesome decisions you must soon make.

Sincerely

Detective Lou Smit

Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material and television broadcasts:

ABC: Brief excerpt from
ABC World News Tonight
on March 13, 1997. Used by permission of ABC News.

Associated Press: Excerpt from April 19, 1997, article pertaining to the Ramsey case. Copyright © 1997 by the Associated Press. Reprinted by permission of the Associated Press.

Boulder Weekly
: Excerpt from May 15, 1997, article pertaining to the Ramsey case. Copyright © 1997 by the
Boulder Weekly
. Reprinted with permission of the
Boulder Weekly
.

Daily Camera
: Excerpts from various articles from 1996 through 1998 pertaining to the Ramsey case and related matters. Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998 by the
Daily Camera
. Reprinted by permission of the
Daily Camera
.

National Enquirer
: Excerpts from various articles from 1997 and 1998 pertaining to the Ramsey case. Copyright © 1997, 1998 by the
National Enquirer
. Reprinted by permission of the
National Enquirer
.

NBC: Brief excerpt from the
Today
program and brief excerpt from the
Tonight
program. Used by permission of NBC.

Rocky Mountain News
: Excerpts from various articles from 1996 through 1998 pertaining to the Ramsey case and related matters. Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998 by the
Denver Rocky Mountain News
. Reprinted with permission of the
Denver Rocky Mountain News
.

The Denver Post
: Excerpts from various articles from 1997 and 1998 pertaining to the Ramsey case and related matters. Copyright © 1997, 1998 by
The Denver Post
. Reprinted with permission of
The Denver Post
.

Time
: Excerpt from “This Murder Is Ours,”
Time
January 20, 1997, © 1997 Time Inc. Reprinted by permission.

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Aber, James

Adams, Cindy

Adler, Peter

Ainsworth, Steve

Anderson, Christopher

Anderson, Robin

Andre, Kit

Ankrom, Larry

Annecharico, Elizabeth

Appelbaum, Matt

Archuleta, Mike

Armistead, Ellis

Arndt, Linda

Arevalo, Danny

Atherton, Jim

Athey, Tom

Auge, Karen

Baer, Richard

Bailey, Greg

Baird, Ron

Balkin, Diane

Ballard, Kimberly

Barbee, Jim

Barber, Pinky

Barcklow, Sue

Bardach, Ann Louise

Barnhill, Betty

Barnhill, Joe

Bartels, Lynn

Bartlett, Lanie

Beckner, Mark

Bell, Michael

Bellipanni, Joseph

Bennett, Robert

Bennett, Sue.
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Berg, Alan

Bernard, Molly

Bernhard, Suzanne

Berkowitz, David

Berkowitz, Steve

Beuf, Francesco

Beuf, Penny

Bird, Cordwainer

Bishea, Gregory

Bjelkovig, Richard

Blitzer, Wolf

Bouis, Elizabeth

Boyles, Kathleen

Boyles, Peter

Brady, Mrs.

Brady, Shirley

Brambila, Ron

Brennan, Charlie

Brokaw, Tom

Brown, Lee P.

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Brumfitt, Diane

Bugliosi, Vincent

Burke, Patrick J.

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Burton, Larry

Byfield, Jim

Bynum, Michael

Cabell, Brian

Caplis, Dan

Carson, Tom

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Coffman, Frank

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Colin, Marc

Conant, Colleen

Correll, Ruth

Cox, Heather

Cox, William

Crouse, Jay

Cunningham, Lloyd

Curtin, Dave

Czopek, Michelle

Dailey, John

Danish, Paul

Danpier, Trish

Darden, Chris

Davis, Chuck

Davis, Gary

Deedrick, Douglas

Delgado, Kathy

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Deters, Robert

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Dillon, Margaret

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Eller, John

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Essig, Lynn

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Fermeire, Adam

Fernie, Barbara

Fernie, John

Fish, Chris

Fisher, Curtis

Fisher, Peter Roy

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Foreman, Lee

Foster, Donald

Foster, John

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Foulks, Angela

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Franke-Folstad, Kim

French, Richard “Rick,”

Frey, Barbara

Frost, Tony

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Furman, Patrick

Gaines, James R.

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Gedde, Jennifer

Gedney, John

Gentile, Don

George, Mary

Geroli, Natalie

Gibbons, Scott

Gibson, Kris

Gillespie, Terry

Glick, Dan

Glowinsky, Carol

Glynn, Mike

Goeken, Deborah

Goldman, Fred

Goldman, Ron

Gordon, David

Gosage, Ron

Grainger, Michael

Grant, Bob

Gray, William

Green, Chuck

Griego, LaDonna

Griffin, Kristine

Griffin, Pam

Grimm, David

Gudgell, Mike

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Hagmaier, Bill

Hale, Daniel

Hampton, Josephine

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Hanks, Joann

Hanley, Tom

Hansen, Chris

Harmer, Jane

Harrell, Ken

Harrington, Frank

Harris, Art

Hartkopp, Barry

Hartman, Barrie

Harwood, Jack

Haun, Yvonne

Haus, Marilyn

Hayden, Julie

Hayden, Niki

Hayes, Dave

Henderson, Bud

Henderson, Sandra

Hendry, Jeff

Herrera, George

Hickman, Melissa

Hindson, Cameron

Hoffman, Dan

Hoffmann-Pugh, Ariana

Hoffmann-Pugh, Linda

Hoffmann-Pugh, Merv

Hoffman-Pugh, Tina

Hofstrom, Pete

Honey, Tim

Hoover, Jerry

Hopkins, Richard

Hopper, Cpt.

Hoverstock, Rol

Howard, Karen

Hubbard, Burt

Hudson, Jim

Hughes, Jim

Hughes, Michaela

Hunter, Alex

Hunter, Margie

Hunter, Virginia

Idler, Greg

Ingraham, Susan

Jackson, Brooke

Jameson

Jedamus, Mary Lou

Jenkins, Jim

Jenks, Jeff

Jennings, Peter

Johnson, Kevin

Johnson, Lucinda

Johnson, Stan

Johnson, Tom

Jones, Bruce

Jones, David

Judge, Robert

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Kaelin, Kato

Kaminsky, Glen

Kane, Michael

Kay, Jennifer

Keatley, Bob

Keck, Eric

Keenan, Mary

Keene-Osborn, Sherry

Kelley, Tom

Keyes, Thad

Kilpatrick, Tom

King, Larry

Kirschner, Robert

Kitchen, Sue

Kithcart, Jeff

Klaas, Marc

Klaas, Polly

Klein, Joe

Klingensmith, Judy

Koby, Tom

Kohn, Jeffrey

Kolar, Jim

Kordas, Martin W., Jr.

Korten, Pat

Kostanick, Barbara

Kostanick, Megan

Krugman, Richard

Krupski, Alli

Kupperman, Bob

Kuralt, Charles

LaCabe, Al

Lacklen, Cary

Lauer, Matt

Laurion, Suzanne

Leach, Brad

LeBeau, Phil

Lee, Henry

LeFever, Susan

Leverentz, Gerry

Levin, Bruce

Lewis, Craig

Lewis, Forrest

Lickens, Sylvia

Long, Guy

Long, Sandy

Long, Stewart

Lucy, Virginia

Lynn, Bertha

MacDonald, Diane

Maguire, Pete

Mang, Pete

Mann, Gary

Manning, Elizabeth

Manning, Michael

Marino, James

Martin, José

Mason, Allen

Mason, Larry

Mason, Madeline

Matsch, Richard

McCaa, Cpt.

McCallister, Janice

McCann, John

McCartney, Bill

McCormick, Paul

McCrary, Gregg

McCullen, Kevin

McCutcheon, Roy

McGrath-Arnold, Barbara

McGraw, Cheryl

McKeown, Jim

McKinley, Carol

McLaury, Steve

McPhee, Mike

McReynolds, Bill

McReynolds, Janet

McReynolds, Jessie

McReynolds, Jill

McReynolds, Tristan

McVeigh, Timothy

Mears, Jennifer

Meese, Michael

Mendez, Jana

Merrick, Jeff

Merrick, Kathy

Merriman, Gary

Merritt, Jeralyn

Mertes, Larry

Meyer, Glenn

Meyer, John

Michaud, David

Millard, Brad

Miller, Peg

Miller, Phil

Miller, Robert

Mills, David

Minard, Michael

Monteleone, James

Montgomery, Lael

Monych, Perry

Morgan, Grady “Bryan,”

Morlock, Grace

Morris, Michael

Morrissey, Mitch

Morrow, Mike

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Norris, Donna

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Palmer, Polly

Pankratz, Howard

Parker, Kevin

Patterson, Fred

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Paugh, Nedra

Paugh, Pam

Paugh, Polly

Peck, Pat

Pepin, Robert

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Perry, Greg

Peters, Jim

Petersen, Jana

Petrocelli, Daniel

Pettipiece, Jay

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Phillips, Lindsey

Phillips, Robert

Pickering, John

Pierce, Martin

Pitt, Steve

Please, James

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Polzin, Ken

Poppen, Julie

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Pozner, Larry

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Preston, Ann

Pringle, Cpt.

Propst, Jay

Pudim, Rob

Raburn, Caroline

Raburn, Kevin

Ramsey, Beth (step-sister, deceased)

Ramsey, Burke (brother)

Ramsey, James (grandfather)

Ramsey, Jeff (uncle)

Ramsey, John Andrew (father)

Ramsey, John Andrew 2nd (step-brother)

Ramsey, JonBenét

Ramsey, Mary Jane Bennett (grandmother)

Ramsey, Melinda (step-sister)

Ramsey, Patricia “Patsy” (mother)

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Reichenbach, Paul

Reno, Janet

Resnikoff, Loretta

Ressler, Robert

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Richardson, Marcia

Richart, Susan

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Ritter, Bill

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Roberts, Joann

Robinson, Marilyn

Rodriguez, Christopher

Romer, Roy

Rose, Shelley

Rosen, Mike

Rothwax, Harold J.

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