A book by Kate Millett, The Basement, details the murder. .Rd5g7JmL4Fdk-aZi1-U_V{transition:all .1s linear 0s}._2TMXtA984ePtHXMkOpHNQm{font-size:16px;font-weight:500;line-height:20px;margin-bottom:4px}.CneW1mCG4WJXxJbZl5tzH{border-top:1px solid var(--newRedditTheme-line);margin-top:16px;padding-top:16px}._11ARF4IQO4h3HeKPpPg0xb{transition:all .1s linear 0s;display:none;fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-button);height:16px;width:16px;vertical-align:middle;margin-bottom:2px;margin-left:4px;cursor:pointer}._1I3N-uBrbZH-ywcmCnwv_B:hover ._11ARF4IQO4h3HeKPpPg0xb{display:inline-block}._2IvhQwkgv_7K0Q3R0695Cs{border-radius:4px;border:1px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-line)}._2IvhQwkgv_7K0Q3R0695Cs:focus{outline:none}._1I3N-uBrbZH-ywcmCnwv_B{transition:all .1s linear 0s;border-radius:4px;border:1px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-line)}._1I3N-uBrbZH-ywcmCnwv_B:focus{outline:none}._1I3N-uBrbZH-ywcmCnwv_B.IeceazVNz_gGZfKXub0ak,._1I3N-uBrbZH-ywcmCnwv_B:hover{border:1px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-button)}._35hmSCjPO8OEezK36eUXpk._35hmSCjPO8OEezK36eUXpk._35hmSCjPO8OEezK36eUXpk{margin-top:25px;left:-9px}._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP,._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP:focus-within,._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP._3aEIeAgUy9VfJyRPljMNJP:hover{transition:all .1s linear 0s;border:none;padding:8px 8px 0}._25yWxLGH4C6j26OKFx8kD5{display:inline}._2YsVWIEj0doZMxreeY6iDG{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;line-height:16px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;padding:4px 6px}._1hFCAcL4_gkyWN0KM96zgg{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-button);margin-right:8px;margin-left:auto;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-errorText)}._1hFCAcL4_gkyWN0KM96zgg,._1dF0IdghIrnqkJiUxfswxd{font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:16px;cursor:pointer;-ms-flex-item-align:end;align-self:flex-end;-webkit-user-select:none;-ms-user-select:none;user-select:none}._1dF0IdghIrnqkJiUxfswxd{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-button)}._3VGrhUu842I3acqBMCoSAq{font-weight:700;color:#ff4500;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:4px}._3VGrhUu842I3acqBMCoSAq,.edyFgPHILhf5OLH2vk-tk{font-size:12px;line-height:16px}.edyFgPHILhf5OLH2vk-tk{font-weight:400;-ms-flex-preferred-size:100%;flex-basis:100%;margin-bottom:4px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText)}._19lMIGqzfTPVY3ssqTiZSX._19lMIGqzfTPVY3ssqTiZSX._19lMIGqzfTPVY3ssqTiZSX{margin-top:6px}._19lMIGqzfTPVY3ssqTiZSX._19lMIGqzfTPVY3ssqTiZSX._19lMIGqzfTPVY3ssqTiZSX._3MAHaXXXXi9Xrmc_oMPTdP{margin-top:4px} The date of the incident was Dec. 26, 1974 - 22 years to the day before JonBenet's murder was discovered. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Phyllis is survived by her daughters, Karen Ann McReynolds and Kimberly McReynolds (Dennis Gonzalez), and her grandchildren Benito Gonzalez (Anne- Michael Gonzalez) and . He was checked out, though - he and his wife gave blood, fingerprints, DNA, hair, handwriting samples, etc. Helgoth was tied to a supposed property. Any additional thoughts or insight would be appreciated. His ashes will be scattered at one of McReynolds' favorite Colorado hiking trails. The students really enjoyed him," said Steve Jones, assistant dean of CU's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. ._3oeM4kc-2-4z-A0RTQLg0I{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between} Bill McReynolds, 67, said he had nothing to do with the killing and said his wife "could never be a suspect." He said his daughter's abduction and his wife's play are just coincidences. John Ramsey said he brought his daughter upstairs and laid her on the floor, hoping she was alive. Of course, that wouldn't explain how she ended up bound and strangled in her family's basement, and it certainly wouldn't explain the 2 1/2-page ransom note, but it's also not the first time that a murder has been blamed on an owl so who knows? If the BPD had evidence that the Ramseys killed their daughter, why have they looked at other people as serious suspects?? An ex-con knows whats going on in an interrogation room with two detectives, and Jesse McReynolds knew he looked good to Gosage and me as a suspect in the Ramsey case. MYSTERY INTRUDERFROM the get-go, the Ramseys pointed the finger at a deranged child murderer. In 1976, Janet McReynolds had written an award-winning play about the sexual assault, torture and murder of a girl whose body was found in a basement. There's a reason people who don't really know the details of this case will 90% of the time say they think the parents are guilty of 'something'. How can it be used to clear suspects if you don't think the killer left the DNA to begin with? I don't know anyone who did who believes the "Intruder" theory. 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The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Can I ask you Ivy, did you live through the whole JonBenet murder saga as an adult while it was unfolding? I actually tend to believe its the other way around. The Ramsey family has also been cleared of all suspicion on multiple occasions due to DNA evidence. Gave Prints Gave Blood Gave Hair Handwriting Got DNA Investigated by Alibi CLICK HERE: Flight 755 15th Street Main Directory 1998 to 2007 ACandyRose Last updated: 12/02/2008 04:19:38 The couple spent the next 30 years in Boulder, raising three children. Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner said Thursday that McReynolds is no longer the focus of any suspicion in the Ramsey case. He was a senior, and she was new to campus. 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Please, for everyone studying this case for the first time, LET THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY REST. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Supporters of this theory pointed out that Burke, then 9, was the only person other than his parents in the home the night his sister was killed, and his prized Swiss Army knife was found in the basement. If I could recommend anything to anyone who still wants to think Bill McReynolds had anything to do with this, its the last episode of the Listen Carefully podcast where the hosts interview his daughter & discuss this whole crime. The second girl was molested. I've asked my wife to mix the star dust JonBent gave me with my ashes. After graduating, McReynolds enlisted in the Navy, where he served as an ensign and patrolled the California coast for Japanese submarines. "Then she got JonBenet up to make sure she used the toilet, so she didn't wet the bed that night.". Three people are heard to have a conversation. "In late November, Helgoth had told me that he and a partner were going to make a great deal and they each will bring in around $50,000 or $60,000," he told theDaily Mail. That doesnt mean they are guilty, but the world was misled.. Both were released within hours. The Santa Claus figure in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case died over the weekend from a heart attack. He was more than just an odd fellow, to me. Bill McReynolds, a retired journalism professor, had been at the Ramsey home two nights before the murder, playing Santa Claus at a Christmas party. A couple of years later the Ramseys cancelled the Reward for catching JonBenet's killer! When did that happen? So you think McReynolds is the gatekeeper? He then ripped the duct tape off her mouth and carried her upstairs, contaminating the crime scene. Like you won't find any evidence, because I didn't do it.. . In a chilling twist, they also discovered that the couple's daughter had been abducted on Dec. 26, 1974 along with a young friend . has been uncovered, experts have revealed. I'm Gina, the night editor here at Cosmopolitan.com! Another mother also stated to BPD investigators that JonBent had told a playmate about a Secret Santa. According to The Daily Camera, the McReynolds' middle daughter, 9-years-old at the time, was abducted on December 26, 1974, and witnessed the sexual molestation of her friend. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Bill McReynolds played Santa at several Ramsey holiday parties and knew the family well. However, amongother things, the book largely relies on the belief that JonBent's cause of death was head trauma, but in reality, the autopsy revealed that it was asphyxiation. JonBenet's official cause of death was given as strangulation by a coroner following the tragic episode 20 years ago. Another was Michael Helgoth, an electrician who worked at a nearby auto salvage yard. I was in my final semester in college at the time and my professor the head of the criminal justice department was absolutely sure the Ramsey did it. He was born in Donna, Texas, in 1930, and received his degree in journalism from the University of Texas. Particularly older people who were around in the mid nineties. The Dynamic Duo of DeMuth and his new investigator, Dan Schuller, pulled the trigger when they saw McReynolds loading his pickup truck at a storage locker. Survived by: sons, Michael McReynolds and daughter-in-law Phyllis, Mark . "Some of his students kept relationships with him their entire lives," Cosper said. He considered the Ramsey's as friends, he loved children and didn't mean any harm to them, he may have been a little weird but he was already old in 1996 by the time JonBenet was killed, and in poor health. ", Janet McReynolds said Wednesday that her husband's involvement in the infamous case was "the greatest trial of his life.". McReynolds and his wife, Janet, both came under some scrutiny as potential suspects in the still-unsolved murder, not only because he'd been in the house shortly before JonBenet's slaying, but also because police discovered two eerie parallels between the McReynolds' lives and details in the Ramsey case. This content is imported from youTube. He was 72. Bill McReynolds was found dead in his Mashpee, Mass., home Monday by his wife, Janet, when she returned from a weekend trip. One of his favorite activities of late, she said, was taking dawn walks on the beach. BARB COOPER Boulder. McReynolds was named by the Ramseys as one of five people worthy of further investigation. I dont have a vision of lots of people listening to me. View our online Press Pack. I don't recall ever seeing a poster or billboard about catching JonBenet's killer that was put up anywhere. She was exposed to more people in the world, said Mr Clemente. How much of a coincidence is it, though, that Janet wrote that story? Two days prior to JonBent's murder, former University of Colorado professor Bill McReynolds dressed up as Santa Claus at the Ramsey household for the third year in a row. Gosage was met by an irate Jesse McReynolds, who said he was sick of you guys trying to frame my dad. Bill McReynolds, distraught, weeping, and saying, I didnt do anything, refused to come to the door. And he did they were married for 66 years, their son, Michael McReynolds, said. The DAs office called in a specialist from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, and a convoy of police cars headed up the mountain to Santa Bills house. How do they know that wasnt the same cord he was using? One who is interested in Janet's work? According to Ollie Gray, a private investigator hired by the Ramseys, "Helgothand his accomplices committed the crime. It demanded $118,000 for JonBenets safe return, the same amount of money John Ramsey had received as his last bonus, and mentioned a Navy base in the Philippines where he was once stationed. If he did do it, I don't believe they will be seeing each other -- if you know what I mean. Former FBI special agent Jim Clemente says the killing preyed on his mind more than all the other violent crimes and sex attacks he came across in his career. The Craziest Theories in the JonBent Ramsey Case, BRB, Shopping These Top-Rated Towels on Amazon, an interview with the Computer Crime Research Center, Gary Howard Oliva, was arrested last June, he was allegedly carrying a photograph of the child beauty queen. Both say they were home sleeping when JonBenet drew her last breaths. McReynolds planned the murder in advance and he told JonBenet that Santa would visit her after Christmas to get her to go downstairs that night and wait for him. (SMF P 283; PSMF P 283.)" . very weird. Not only was Helgoth seen wearing shoes similar to those ina footprint found in the Ramseys'basement, but one of Helgoth's former coworkers also claimed that he'd been acting incredibly suspiciously around the time of the murder. OK. Others, like 12-year-old Burke Ramsey and family friends Bill and Janet McReynolds, have been the targets of fevered public speculation. A former student of Bill McReynolds is still a logical suspect..it would explain the "raw" coicidences.part of the "brilliance" of the crime on the part of the perp. Both children were then released. The Ramseys finally went on CNN or some news show with a small poster offering a $100,000 Reward if JonBenet's killer was caught. This seems really strange and coincidental. Radio is a personal medium. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Even if they weren't paying it full attention it was always in the background influencing what they thought. It's like everyone cooperated with LE except the Ramseys. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Hired by Marilyn Haus to play Santa at the mall. The Christmas note which investigators found in the bin of the family's Boulder, Colorado home is alleged to have been penned by McReynolds. McReynolds was discovered Monday by his wife, Janet. believes she knows who killed her daughter, JonBenet. Once police were happyhis story checked out, they acknowledged his frail health and ruled him out of the case. He was a very personable kind of guy. The scenario took on added weight when it was revealed that Burke was at the center of a major discrepancy in the Ramseys account of what happened. The couple initially told police the boy was sleeping when the ransom note was discovered, but his voice later was heard on an enhanced tape of Patsys 911 call to police. ), Janets daughter and a friend were taken to an unknown location, where Janets daughter was forced to watch her friend being sexually molested. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. And elderly man of lower income was a pedophile who committed one of the most infamous crimes of the 20th century and got away with it. There's been people who have said that's not even physically possible for a nine-year-old to do that. Healso revealed that Burkehad scarred his sibling just one year earlier after whacking her with a golf club. Following his 1992 retirement from full-time faculty status at CU, McReynolds was hired by a downtown Boulder business association to play the part of a strolling Santa Claus on the Pearl Street Mall. IIRC, It was tinsel or part of a garland that was found in her hair, not glitter. Another eerie-sounding connection. "I know I had absolutely nothing to do with it.". Each morning Bill McReynolds awoke at 4 a.m. to make it to the radio station in time to start his show at 5 a.m. . Trip DeMuth stood at the gas station with his arms crossed, watching them drive away. (Thomas). Bill McReynolds is on Facebook. We really want this case to be solved. He was born on a farm near Seymour, in North Texas, and spent his days working alongside his family picking cotton and tending to the land. He secured a place on staff when someone resigned the day he came into the office to inquire about a job. Those speculated to be involved range from Santa Claus to Katy Perry. As long as theres an open investigation and it will stay open these people will have this cloud hanging over their heads, notes Denver lawyer Andrew Cohen. I don't really have other children that I have this special relationship with not even my own children or my own grandchildren". Parents do horrible things to their children, but to understand this case you have to take the notion out of your head that they set out to kill this 6-year-old girl, Wecht said last year. "This was her speculation based on what she claimed she went through as a child. In addition to Janet McReynolds, he is survived by three children, four grandsons, two granddaughters and one great-granddaughter. To me it feels as though there's at least a lot of information about his relationship with Jonbenet that would be worthwhile including in documentaries etc. It's not easy to unpack all of that garbage and approach the case with fresh eyes. But in 2008, the family were cleared by Boulder District Attorney Mary Lacy on the basis of DNA taken from the little girls clothes. We have a tape from him . . it was a tribute to JonBenet or something like that. Her case remains unsolved. "How could you be, if you're a murder suspect? JonBent Ramsey was 6 years old when she was murdered in her Boulder, CO home on Christmas night 1996. ._12xlue8dQ1odPw1J81FIGQ{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle} McReynolds was named by the Ramseys as one of five people worthy of further investigation. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. One thing that has struck me as odd is that I've only ever heard the theory about Bill McReynolds' involvement (potentially as Santa Claus) on one podcast. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. .FIYolDqalszTnjjNfThfT{max-width:256px;white-space:normal;text-align:center} Bill and Janet McReynolds say the only significance of their daughter's abduction to the Ramsey case, regardless of the dates, is that it underscores the compassion they feel for John and Patsy Ramsey. The new Discovery Channel programme'JonBenet: An American Murder Mystery' examines the evidence that suggests bearded Bill may have been behind her death. Janet is a movie critic. It just seems really unlikely to me that he could have managed all that activity, going up and downstairs, and not making enough noise to disturb anyone. Select this result to view Bill D McReynolds Jr's phone number, address, and more. "He loved being Santa, he loved little children, and then the Ramsey case destroyed that career and just devastated him. Another was Michael Helgoth, an electrician who worked at a nearby auto salvage yard. )(Woodward), When his own daughter was ten years old, she and another girl were kidnapped, and the friend was molested before both girls were released. Kolar claimedBurke lashed out at his sister with a torch when he realised she had stolen some of his pineapple chunks. We are here to discuss all aspects of the case and remember JonBent Patricia Ramsey. This story has been shared 137,743 times. But that wasnt what piqued police interest. That is when McReynolds' fascination with Santa Claus began, said his wife. He died unexpectedly in 2002, after being cleared of all suspicion. It will only get solved if some new piece of evidence emerges.. DNA material found in JonBenets underwear, believed to be a trace of semen, reportedly did not match samples provided by any family members or friends. No suspects were. There's no doubt about it.". 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