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. .c_dVyWK3BXRxSN3ULLJ_t{border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;height:34px;left:0;position:absolute;right:0;top:0}._1OQL3FCA9BfgI57ghHHgV3{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-pack:start;justify-content:flex-start;margin-top:32px}._1OQL3FCA9BfgI57ghHHgV3 ._33jgwegeMTJ-FJaaHMeOjV{border-radius:9001px;height:32px;width:32px}._1OQL3FCA9BfgI57ghHHgV3 ._1wQQNkVR4qNpQCzA19X4B6{height:16px;margin-left:8px;width:200px}._39IvqNe6cqNVXcMFxFWFxx{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin:12px 0}._39IvqNe6cqNVXcMFxFWFxx ._29TSdL_ZMpyzfQ_bfdcBSc{-ms-flex:1;flex:1}._39IvqNe6cqNVXcMFxFWFxx .JEV9fXVlt_7DgH-zLepBH{height:18px;width:50px}._39IvqNe6cqNVXcMFxFWFxx ._3YCOmnWpGeRBW_Psd5WMPR{height:12px;margin-top:4px;width:60px}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN{height:18px;margin-bottom:4px}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN._2E9u5XvlGwlpnzki78vasG{width:230px}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN.fDElwzn43eJToKzSCkejE{width:100%}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN._2kNB7LAYYqYdyS85f8pqfi{width:250px}._2iO5zt81CSiYhWRF9WylyN._1XmngqAPKZO_1lDBwcQrR7{width:120px}._3XbVvl-zJDbcDeEdSgxV4_{border-radius:4px;height:32px;margin-top:16px;width:100%}._2hgXdc8jVQaXYAXvnqEyED{animation:_3XkHjK4wMgxtjzC1TvoXrb 1.5s ease infinite;background:linear-gradient(90deg,var(--newCommunityTheme-field),var(--newCommunityTheme-inactive),var(--newCommunityTheme-field));background-size:200%}._1KWSZXqSM_BLhBzkPyJFGR{background-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-widgetColors-sidebarWidgetBackgroundColor);border-radius:4px;padding:12px;position:relative;width:auto} Email us attips@the-sun.co.ukor call 0207 782 4368, Baby's body found after huge search, as cops quiz Constance Marten & lover, I took pic of son, 18, before his first night out then the worst thing happened, Meg & Harry 'stunned' by King's 'cruel' Frogmore eviction 'punishment', Harry and Meghan evicted from Frogmore Cottage by King Charles after Spare memoir, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. . To date, John and Patsy Ramsey, the enigmatic parents of the slain youngster, have repeatedly been publicly named as suspects by authorities. I don't know anyone who did who believes the "Intruder" theory. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/IdCard.ea0ac1df4e6491a16d39_.css.map*/._2JU2WQDzn5pAlpxqChbxr7{height:16px;margin-right:8px;width:16px}._3E45je-29yDjfFqFcLCXyH{margin-top:16px}._13YtS_rCnVZG1ns2xaCalg{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._1m5fPZN4q3vKVg9SgU43u2{margin-top:12px}._17A-IdW3j1_fI_pN-8tMV-{display:inline-block;margin-bottom:8px;margin-right:5px}._5MIPBF8A9vXwwXFumpGqY{border-radius:20px;font-size:12px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0;line-height:16px;padding:3px 10px;text-transform:none}._5MIPBF8A9vXwwXFumpGqY:focus{outline:unset} Kolar claimedBurke lashed out at his sister with a torch when he realised she had stolen some of his pineapple chunks. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Two years later, Janet McReynolds wrote a book that became a play in which a girl is sexually assaulted and tortured in a basement. He was totally innocent.". Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. By Christine Reid, Camera Staff Writer. Both children were then released. Jon Benet had bits of the Ramsey's own sparkly stairway Christmas garland in her hair. To perhaps no one's surprise, this has been debunked multiple times, and prior to Katy Perry, the theory was that JonBent was actually Lady Gaga. .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} 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. (Carnes 2003:37). Heres how the case stacks up against some of the would-be suspects: JOHN AND PATSY RAMSEYMUCH of the mountain of evidence collected in the JonBenet Ramsey case leads nowhere but several key pieces point toward the millionaire entrepreneur and the former Miss West Virginia. 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. ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{background-color:#fff;box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,.1),0 2px 3px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.2);transition:left .15s linear;border-radius:57%;width:57%}._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS:after{content:"";padding-top:100%;display:block}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-pack:start;justify-content:flex-start;background-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-navIconFaded10);border:2px solid transparent;border-radius:100px;cursor:pointer;position:relative;width:35px;transition:border-color .15s linear,background-color .15s linear}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._3kUvbpMbR21zJBboDdBH7D{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-navIconFaded10)}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._3kUvbpMbR21zJBboDdBH7D._1L5kUnhRYhUJ4TkMbOTKkI{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-active)}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._3kUvbpMbR21zJBboDdBH7D._1L5kUnhRYhUJ4TkMbOTKkI._3clF3xRMqSWmoBQpXv8U5z{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-buttonAlpha10)}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1asGWL2_XadHoBuUlNArOq{border-width:2.25px;height:24px;width:37.5px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1asGWL2_XadHoBuUlNArOq ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{height:19.5px;width:19.5px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1hku5xiXsbqzLmszstPyR3{border-width:3px;height:32px;width:50px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1hku5xiXsbqzLmszstPyR3 ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{height:26px;width:26px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._10hZCcuqkss2sf5UbBMCSD{border-width:3.75px;height:40px;width:62.5px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._10hZCcuqkss2sf5UbBMCSD ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{height:32.5px;width:32.5px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1fCdbQCDv6tiX242k80-LO{border-width:4.5px;height:48px;width:75px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1fCdbQCDv6tiX242k80-LO ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{height:39px;width:39px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._2Jp5Pv4tgpAsTcnUzTsXgO{border-width:5.25px;height:56px;width:87.5px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._2Jp5Pv4tgpAsTcnUzTsXgO ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{height:45.5px;width:45.5px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1L5kUnhRYhUJ4TkMbOTKkI{-ms-flex-pack:end;justify-content:flex-end;background-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-active)}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._3clF3xRMqSWmoBQpXv8U5z{cursor:default}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._3clF3xRMqSWmoBQpXv8U5z ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{box-shadow:none}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1L5kUnhRYhUJ4TkMbOTKkI._3clF3xRMqSWmoBQpXv8U5z{background-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-buttonAlpha10)} He would never fully recover from that kind of suspicion.". .LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH{fill:var(--newRedditTheme-actionIcon);height:18px;width:18px}.LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH rect{stroke:var(--newRedditTheme-metaText)}._3J2-xIxxxP9ISzeLWCOUVc{height:18px}.FyLpt0kIWG1bTDWZ8HIL1{margin-top:4px}._2ntJEAiwKXBGvxrJiqxx_2,._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{vertical-align:middle}._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center} How can it be used to clear suspects if you don't think the killer left the DNA to begin with? Bill McReynolds was found dead in his Mashpee, Mass., home Monday by his wife, Janet, when she returned from a weekend trip. I was amazed. on July 8, 2020, Longmont Police Department records on the December 26, 1974 kidnapping of Jill McReynolds (daughter of JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect "Santa" Bill McReynolds) and her friend by an unidentified pedophile, There are no reviews yet. The ransom note is made up primarily of movie quotes. Bill and Janet McReynolds left Colorado in 1998 and settled on Cape Cod. Three people are heard to have a conversation. A little boy who was a special friend had been murdered several years previously (Thomas). McReynolds explained to theDaily Camera that it was "a fictionalized account of the 1965 torture and murder of Sylvia Likens in Indiana" and had nothing to do with JonBent. 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. We all came to one complete theory that explains everything that happened, Mr Clemente told news.com.au. He died unexpectedly in 2002, after being cleared of all suspicion. 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'. Maybe reporters and podcasters avoid the topic because its so unlikely and it harms the memory of an innocent man and upsets his family. A wealthy, politically connected family that hid behind a team of lawyers, public relation manager and private investigators were able to evade justice, despite being indicted by a grand jury. Bill McReynolds was found dead in his Mashpee, Mass., home Monday by his wife, Janet, when she returned from a weekend trip. We know of one person that would tie a lot of the loose ends and coincidences together. OK. A service for McReynolds is scheduled in Massachusetts today, to be followed by one in Boulder later this month. I lived through the he saga as an adult and I know several people that believe the Intruder theory. I've had my suspicions, but all-in-all didn't think he did it. I don't recall ever seeing a poster or billboard about catching JonBenet's killer that was put up anywhere. For a few, the glare of the spotlight has been especially harsh. 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. Give the man and his family some dignity! When you do though, the intruder theory makes the most sense and has the better scientific evidence. Healso revealed that Burkehad scarred his sibling just one year earlier after whacking her with a golf club. 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. If he did do it, I don't believe they will be seeing each other -- if you know what I mean. Experts reckon she believed she had hung up when the words were uttered. Amateur sleuths have offered up answers ranging from bed-wetting to incest. I'm sure there are some exceptions, but from what I've seen most IDI people actually started out RDI. The tension was exacerbated because there was so much outside media scrutiny, said Mr Clemente. ", Another, this time Mrs Ramsey, replies: "What did you do? Investigators have proposed a theory that JonBenet Ramsey was killed after being struck with a torch. I've been quite interested in the Jonbenet case for a few years, and have watched a lot of more mainstream content about what could have happened to her. "Some of his students kept relationships with him their entire lives," Cosper said. It's actually tiresome to hear about him. Its important for her to be able to rest in peace., Mr Clemente, a co-producer on Criminal Minds, says this was a major error. He also said the family conspired to cover it up by fabricating a ransom letter and a kidnap story. JonBent Ramsey was 6 years old when she was murdered in her Boulder, CO home on Christmas night 1996. Hired by Marilyn Haus to play Santa at the mall. A football scholarship allowed McReynolds to go to college, and earned his bachelors degree in broadcasting from the University of Texas at Austin in 1944. The couple's 40th wedding anniversary was Sunday. "He has not been on our radar screen for a while," Beckner said. Thank you for your common sense. His best chance was to work with us, so he became a picture of cooperation. Select this result to view Bill D McReynolds Jr's phone number, address, and more. OK. Whatever we wanted, he gave, and Jesses handwriting eliminated him as the author of the ransom note. "I will never forget we were walking toward his house and he said, 'I wonder what it would be like to crack a human skull.' Those speculated to be involved range from Santa Claus to Katy Perry. TV show sleuths have already suggested that a flashlight could have been used to cause a skull fracture on the six-year-old pageant queen. I don't really have other children that I have this special relationship with not even my own children or my own grandchildren". View our online Press Pack. 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. "In the meantime, Patsy continued packing for the Michigan trip. Bill McReynolds was found dead in his Mashpee, Mass., home Monday by his wife, Janet, when she returned from a weekend trip. The wealthy family were at first named as suspects. When I die, I'm going to be cremated. Investigators suggested this could have been used as a weapon, Burke was interviewed for the first time since his sister was found dead inthe basement of the familys home in 1996, Jim Clemente, former FBI agent and producer of the program, slammed previous investigations, John found his childs strangled body bound and gagged in the family basement, JonBenet Ramsay was just six when she was murdered twenty years ago, JonBenet's brother Burke had an awkward interview with US TV personality Dr Phil, John Mark Karr falsely confessed to murdering JonBenet, A tribute to JonBenet outside the Ramsey home the year after her death, and gave an awkward interview with Dr Phil last week, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Why? Jones said McReynolds told him when he retired that he was finished with teaching - but a year later, McReynolds called one day "out of the blue" to see if he could come back to teach a few classes on a part-time basis. even if he wasn't necessarily responsible, and I find it unusual that he is never brought up at all. It just seems too much of a coincidence. ._2a172ppKObqWfRHr8eWBKV{-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;margin-right:8px}._39-woRduNuowN7G4JTW4I8{margin-top:12px}._136QdRzXkGKNtSQ-h1fUru{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin:8px 0;width:100%}.r51dfG6q3N-4exmkjHQg_{font-size:10px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.5px;line-height:12px;text-transform:uppercase;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center}.r51dfG6q3N-4exmkjHQg_,._2BnLYNBALzjH6p_ollJ-RF{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._2BnLYNBALzjH6p_ollJ-RF{margin-left:auto}._1-25VxiIsZFVU88qFh-T8p{padding:0}._2nxyf8XcTi2UZsUInEAcPs._2nxyf8XcTi2UZsUInEAcPs{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-widgetColors-sidebarWidgetTextColor)} McReynolds, a former University of Colorado journalism. I felt very close to that little girl. Being there tells a million words.. AndJudith Phillips, aneighbour and family friend at the time, tells of how much he got on with JonBenet and her brother Burke, aged nine at the time of the murder. In 2018-19, her daughter Kim and son-in-law Dennis Gonzalez, also moved to Longmont. Though they have never been publicly cleared, they do have an alibi. 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I envision them in their cars going to work, or on their tractors, and I just talk. But currently, he's not a suspect.". Joe Barnhill claimed he saw John Andrew Ramsey outside the home. The FBI agent worked on the case free of charge after his retirement, before finally hitting upon a radical solution to get to the bottom of the mystery creating a documentary in the style of Making a Murderer, Serial and The Jinx, in which a team of experts dig deep into the facts. )(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. "She [the California woman] had no direct knowledge of anything that may have occurred the night JonBent died," Police Chief Mark Beckner told the Denver Post. What a coincidence he couldn't give a handwriting sample. I've asked my wife to mix the star dust JonBent gave me with my ashes. 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. "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. (Thomas), Jesse McReynolds, now thirty-eight, had botched a $ 113 gas station robbery in Arizona during which he forced the clerk to move from Point A to Point B. 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. Was it her parents? 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 could never be at peace," Janet McReynolds said. The murder of JonBent Ramsey remains one of the most peculiar and heartbreaking unsolved mysteries of modern times and the flurry of TV projects and documentaries coming out this month speaks to the world's enduring fascination with what happened the night of Dec. 26, 2006. Hired by Marilyn Haus to play Santa at the mall. 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". They parked at a gas station down the road and sent my old partner, Detective Ron Gosage, up to talk because he was the only one with whom McReynolds would speak. He was a very personable kind of guy. The only play the public has been made aware of was Hey Rube which was based on the true story ofSylvia Likens, a young girl who was held captive in an Indiana basement in 1965. Bill McReynolds AKA "Santa Bill". Why not? The Christmas note which investigators found in the bin of the family's Boulder, Colorado home is alleged to have been penned by McReynolds. 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. And another creepy coincidence that raised investigators'. 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. In the few years before heart surgery in August 1996 ended McReynolds's teaching career for good, Jones said, "He got the best course evaluations that he'd got in his whole career. A book by Kate Millett, The Basement, details the murder. Again, he is an individual who was involved with her, had an interest in her, was seen with her, shortly before the murder," original prosecutor Trip DeMuth told CNN. A journalism professor, a Boulder resident for 30 years, a gentleman who with his wife raised three children and enjoyed the role of Santa Claus, dies at the age of 72, and the best the Daily Camera writers can do is the headline "Ramsey's Santa Dies" and on the inside front page, "Ramsey case Santa Claus figure dead at 72" (Sept. 5)? He was more than just an odd fellow, to me. Email, Former CU professor Bill McReynolds died of a heart attack, By Christine Reid, Camera Staff Writer September 5, 2002. Someone is out there!". By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. "He has not been on our radar screen for a while," Beckner said. He was 72. .FIYolDqalszTnjjNfThfT{max-width:256px;white-space:normal;text-align:center} One of his favorite activities of late, she said, was taking dawn walks on the beach. Another was Michael Helgoth, an electrician who worked at a nearby auto salvage yard. (Thomas). An astonishing six-second call snippet in which a voice can be heard to say 'What did you do?' Both say they were home sleeping when JonBenet drew her last breaths. The date of the incident was Dec. 26, 1974 - 22 years to the day before JonBenet's murder was discovered. Santa as perp is a common theme in many murder mysteries. 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. I felt very close to that little girl. 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. Radio is a personal medium. ._1sDtEhccxFpHDn2RUhxmSq{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-flow:row nowrap;flex-flow:row nowrap}._1d4NeAxWOiy0JPz7aXRI64{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText)}.icon._3tMM22A0evCEmrIk-8z4zO{margin:-2px 8px 0 0} ._3-SW6hQX6gXK9G4FM74obr{display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px;height:16px;font-size:16px;line-height:16px} The couple spent the next 30 years in Boulder, raising three children. There were a lot of politics.. I thought it was a very odd thing to say.". Animosity between the Boulder DA and the local police force over the high-profile case also muddied the waters. from the 1998 interview: JOHN RAMSEY: . We have some letters from him. JonBenet's death, in some respects, paralleled the plot of a play McReynolds' wife had written before the killing. That meeting sparked a warm friendship that led to McReynolds playing Santa at private parties for the Ramseys the next three years. He was found with a photo of JonBenet in his backpack in December 2000 along with a stun gun, which he said had been given to him by a friend. "This was her speculation based on what she claimed she went through as a child. I feel very close to my listeners this will be what I miss, McReynolds said in a 1997 article in Southern Livestock, written on his impending retirement. It bothers me. 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. Would love to hear others thoughts.. Bill McReynolds: Retired CU Journalism Professor 1968-1992. He reminds me of Will Rogers, very gregarious and easy to be around, Michael McReynolds said. 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