He was recovering from heart surgery. Bill McReynolds A Santa Claus impersonator the now late Bill McReynolds was also a suspect in the murder of JonBenet Ramsey. 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? I am not accusing anyone in particular, just pointing out the multiple bizarre similarities and things that give me pause. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. A book by Kate Millett, The Basement, details the murder. . OK. Whatever we wanted, he gave, and Jesses handwriting eliminated him as the author of the ransom note. Maybe an ex-student? MSNBC Nov. 4 Patsy Ramsey has been telling people that she. Investigators found 38 registered sex offenders living within a three-kilometre radius of the Ramseys home. Beyond the physical evidence, the couples behavior in the early hours and days of the investigation was disturbing to some observers. Bill is related to Mariah E McReynolds and William David McReynolds as well as 3 additional people. He was totally broken-hearted. In December 2003, forensic investigators said they had found a DNA sample belonging to an unknown male on JonBenets underwear. ), Janet McReynolds- wife, mother: Known to be a film critic and movie reviewer for many years and wrote plays as well. When the Ramseys went on TV and held up the small poster it was a bizarre performance. 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. After graduating, McReynolds enlisted in the Navy, where he served as an ensign and patrolled the California coast for Japanese submarines. We know of one person that would tie a lot of the loose ends and coincidences together. Here are just a few of the stranger ones. He was a very personable kind of guy. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. The revelations prompted police to call husband and wife in for new interviews and handwriting and hair samples. 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. This one is definitely one of the more outlandish theories of the bunch, so you should take it with a grain of salt: At least one source reports that it's possible JonBent was attacked by some sort of wild animal, like an owl or a bear. "Of course, he would never get over what happened to him. Please, for everyone studying this case for the first time, LET THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY REST. JonBent was born on August 6, 1990, in Atlanta, Georgia. "I know I had absolutely nothing to do with it.". Hired by Marilyn Haus to play Santa at the mall. Bill and Janet McReynolds left Colorado in 1998 and settled on Cape Cod. What is central to this confusing case is JonBenets visible profile as winner of titles including Little Miss Colorado, Americas Royale Miss, National Tiny Miss Beauty and Colorado State All-Star Kids Cover Girl. Excellent interview and all of the oddities associated with Bill McReynolds get explained/squashed by his daughter on the episode. Supposedly Bill was but Im a little more curious if Jesse ever was. After the war, he enrolled at the University of Florida and earned a masters degree in speech and radio. In A Mother Gone Bad: The Hidden Confession of JonBent's Killer, psychologist Andrew G. Hodgesargues that one possibility in the murder is that Patsy Ramsey caught her husband molesting JonBenet, and hit her in a fit of rage. Nearly $20K LESS than John's Christmas bonus. It's not easy to unpack all of that garbage and approach the case with fresh eyes. Particularly older people who were around in the mid nineties. OK. Instead, they were puzzled by two bizarre parallels between the McReynolds lives and the grisly death of Little Miss Colorado. JonBenet's brother then says: "What did you find?" Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Thus the kidnapping charge. McReynolds was named by the Ramseys as one of five people worthy of further investigation. the experts claim. He reminds me of Will Rogers, very gregarious and easy to be around, Michael McReynolds said. We're going to go up behind the cabin here and have it blow away in the wind." ._2cHgYGbfV9EZMSThqLt2tx{margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{width:75%;height:24px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-,._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{background:var(--newCommunityTheme-field);background-size:200%;margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-{width:100%;height:46px} Palm prints left on the ransom note and a basement door, and an imprint from a hiking shoe found near her body, could not be matched to the Ramseys or their pals. Patsy was loopy on drugs. He was investigated by BPD. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. There's no doubt about it.". Can I ask you Ivy, did you live through the whole JonBenet murder saga as an adult while it was unfolding? Steve Thomas covers him at length in his book. They have also lived in La Crescenta, CA and Grants Pass, OR. It was obvious that JonBenet and Burke loved him a lot", she said. Other evidence also has links to Patsy: the paintbrush handle used in the garrote that killed JonBenet came from her art kit, and fibers found on the duct tape over the little girls mouth could be from her clothing. The Ramseys, however, called McReynolds a suspect in their book "Death of Innocence: The Untold Story of JonBenet's Murder and How its Exploitation Compromised the Pursuit of Truth. McReynolds got angry, and that only fed the paranoia of the DAs people. The IDI ppl constantly say those who think any Ramsey family member are persecuting the Ramseys, yet they routinely persecute anybody else the Ramseys threw under the bus. (Carnes 2003:37). Ground-floor windows and at least one door were not locked the night of the killing; a blue suitcase propped up below a basement window could have been used by someone climbing out; and a mysterious pry mark was found on the doorjamb of the kitchen door. The outlet reported that on Dec. 26, 1974,. On Dec. 26, 1974 22 years to the day before JonBenet was murdered the couples 9-year-old daughter had been abducted by a sex predator. It just seems too much of a coincidence. The couple spent the next 30 years in Boulder, raising three children. We could walk through the rooms, see the spatial relationships, test egress and ingress who came in and who went out, and what could be seen and heard, said Mr Clemente. I don't really have other children that I have this special relationship with not even my own children or my own grandchildren". Archives Cord Photos Then there is the statement from the mother of a friend of JonBents. Even more harrowing, Inside Edition reports that when Oliva was previously arrested in 2000, he was allegedly carrying a photograph of the child beauty queen with him, along with a copy of a poem he'd written called, "Ode to JonBent. At least some of the forensic evidence collected by cops appears to back them up because none of it has been linked to anyone questioned in the case. (Thomas). acting incredibly suspiciously around the time of the murder, I wonder what it would be like to crack a human skull, You will receive a special gift after Christmas, a fictionalized account of the 1965 torture and murder of Sylvia Likens in Indiana, it's also not the first time that a murder has been blamed on an owl, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. He considered the Ramseys as friends, he loved children and didnt 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. One of his favorite activities of late, she said, was taking dawn walks on the beach. 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. . Janet McReynolds, wife of "Santa" Bill, had a daughter who "had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted twenty-two years to the day before JonBenet's death". ", The daughter: On December 26, 1974, twenty-two years before JonBent was reported kidnapped on December 26, 1996, the nine-year-old daughter of Janet McReynolds, the wife of Bill McReynolds, was kidnapped. Because they were bombarded by a RDI media circus and it made them biased against the parents innocence before they even knew the basic facts of the case. Helgothand his accomplices committed the crime. He was born in Donna, Texas, in 1930, and received his degree in journalism from the University of Texas. The second girl was molested. The couple's 40th wedding anniversary was Sunday. He was elderly and was far away from Bolder that day. on the Internet. Was it an intruder? Can this be proven? Be the first one to, Jill McReynolds abduction documents from Longmont PD, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). He then moved on to the University of Minnesota, where he earned a doctorate in American Studies. 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. But currently, he's not a suspect.". 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. He's been vetted numerous times by police. 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. Joe Barnhill had easy access to the home and says he watched TV and went to bed. Her husband adored. -Why, when the money was just sitting in the bank anyway?? BARB COOPER Boulder. Was Jesse ever looked at as a serious suspect? She said a medical examiner determined that a heart attack caused his death. I believed IDI theory, but most people I knew did not. His DNA didnt match UM1. 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. On what grounds did Steve Thomas and the BPD dismiss them? Was this an attempt to FRAME John Andrew in the murder? Her murder was harder on me than my operation. Staying close to his broadcast subject, McReynolds served as general manager of the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo from 1970 to 1974, and was president of the South Texas Fairs & Stock Shows Association. Additionally, police learned that Janet McReynolds had written a play in 1977, Hey Rube, based on the 1965 torture-murder in Indiana of a teen-aged girl who - like JonBenet - was found dead in a basement. A NEW documentary aims to shed fresh light on the murder of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsay by investigating some long-forgotten suspects -- including the mysterious figure dubbed 'Santa Claus'. That afternoon, JonBenets father John found his childs small, strangled body bound and gagged in the family basement, by which time friends and family had trampled through the house, destroying forensic evidence forever. 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