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Anonymous wrote:I feel like Lou Smit had a very solid resume in crime investigation. Much more credible than any of the rubes from the PD. I don't think he concluded that the parents were not guilty; merely that there was enough evidence to seriously consider an intruder. Which to my mind is reasonable doubt.

NP here. I agree with Lou Smit's conclusions. The question I have is did anyone do a psychological profile of the letter writer, not just handwriting analysis. My amateur conclusions about the letter point to someone outside the family. I also think by the way the letter F was written in it, it was written by a man. I'm not an expert, but I never saw a woman write an F that way, only men. And it just comes across to me that the letter writer's hand was bigger than an average woman's hand. There were a few quotes in it taken from movies, I think it was someone who like watching those movies over and over. The genre would appeal to men. Someone who also thought that $118K was a lot of money, because with the Ramsey's, why wouldn't you ask for more? So someone who didn't make a lot of money.

I actually think there were likey 2. One of them was identified by the private investigator hired by the Ramsey family. He was telling a co-worker (who reported this) at a salvage yard that he'd be getting about half that amount around Christmas. Then he died a day after the Boulder PD came out with their announcement that they're getting closer to identifying the killer. It was classified as a suicide, but there's doubt over that. I think it was his partner in crime, who seems masterful at covering his tracks.

I think it was a kidnapping for ransom planned ahead of time and they did hide out in the house for a while. But while they planned how to get in, they didn't plan too well on how to get out with JB. A neighbor heard screaming; maybe JB started kicking and screaming as they tried to get her out the window. I wonder if one then got scared and took off, and the other then decided to kill her instead at the house then took off himself.

The family was completely cleared by DNA technology that only became available in 2008, and they received a public apology from the DA's office.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like Lou Smit had a very solid resume in crime investigation. Much more credible than any of the rubes from the PD. I don't think he concluded that the parents were not guilty; merely that there was enough evidence to seriously consider an intruder. Which to my mind is reasonable doubt.

NP here. I agree with Lou Smit's conclusions. The question I have is did anyone do a psychological profile of the letter writer, not just handwriting analysis. My amateur conclusions about the letter point to someone outside the family. I also think by the way the letter F was written in it, it was written by a man. I'm not an expert, but I never saw a woman write an F that way, only men. And it just comes across to me that the letter writer's hand was bigger than an average woman's hand. There were a few quotes in it taken from movies, I think it was someone who like watching those movies over and over. The genre would appeal to men. Someone who also thought that $118K was a lot of money, because with the Ramsey's, why wouldn't you ask for more? So someone who didn't make a lot of money.

I actually think there were likey 2. One of them was identified by the private investigator hired by the Ramsey family. He was telling a co-worker (who reported this) at a salvage yard that he'd be getting about half that amount around Christmas. Then he died a day after the Boulder PD came out with their announcement that they're getting closer to identifying the killer. It was classified as a suicide, but there's doubt over that. I think it was his partner in crime, who seems masterful at covering his tracks.

I think it was a kidnapping for ransom planned ahead of time and they did hide out in the house for a while. But while they planned how to get in, they didn't plan too well on how to get out with JB. A neighbor heard screaming; maybe JB started kicking and screaming as they tried to get her out the window. I wonder if one then got scared and took off, and the other then decided to kill her instead at the house then took off himself.

The family was completely cleared by DNA technology that only became available in 2008, and they received a public apology from the DA's office.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like Lou Smit had a very solid resume in crime investigation. Much more credible than any of the rubes from the PD. I don't think he concluded that the parents were not guilty; merely that there was enough evidence to seriously consider an intruder. Which to my mind is reasonable doubt.

NP here. I agree with Lou Smit's conclusions. The question I have is did anyone do a psychological profile of the letter writer, not just handwriting analysis. My amateur conclusions about the letter point to someone outside the family. I also think by the way the letter F was written in it, it was written by a man. I'm not an expert, but I never saw a woman write an F that way, only men. And it just comes across to me that the letter writer's hand was bigger than an average woman's hand. There were a few quotes in it taken from movies, I think it was someone who like watching those movies over and over. The genre would appeal to men. Someone who also thought that $118K was a lot of money, because with the Ramsey's, why wouldn't you ask for more? So someone who didn't make a lot of money.

I actually think there were likey 2. One of them was identified by the private investigator hired by the Ramsey family. He was telling a co-worker (who reported this) at a salvage yard that he'd be getting about half that amount around Christmas. Then he died a day after the Boulder PD came out with their announcement that they're getting closer to identifying the killer. It was classified as a suicide, but there's doubt over that. I think it was his partner in crime, who seems masterful at covering his tracks.

I think it was a kidnapping for ransom planned ahead of time and they did hide out in the house for a while. But while they planned how to get in, they didn't plan too well on how to get out with JB. A neighbor heard screaming; maybe JB started kicking and screaming as they tried to get her out the window. I wonder if one then got scared and took off, and the other then decided to kill her instead at the house then took off himself.

The family was completely cleared by DNA technology that only became available in 2008, and they received a public apology from the DA's office.

Anonymous wrote:I feel like Lou Smit had a very solid resume in crime investigation. Much more credible than any of the rubes from the PD. I don't think he concluded that the parents were not guilty; merely that there was enough evidence to seriously consider an intruder. Which to my mind is reasonable doubt.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like Lou Smit had a very solid resume in crime investigation. Much more credible than any of the rubes from the PD. I don't think he concluded that the parents were not guilty; merely that there was enough evidence to seriously consider an intruder. Which to my mind is reasonable doubt.

Whatever, this isn't a trial, you are entitled to whatever position you want. I personally think it was someone in the family. No intruder is looking for her favorite blanket in the dryer, sitting down to write a two plus page letter with the family in the house and then returning th pen to the correct drawer, etc. .v

It was not her favorite blanket. It was an extra blanket that belonged to her sister that was in the dryer. The laundry room was near where she was killed in the basement. The sharpies and pad of paper were on the counter in the hall/kitchen. The sharpies in a cup. Most people have the same set up. The killer wrote the note to buy himself time in case they woke up. We have sharpies in a cup and a pad of paper on the end of our counter.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like Lou Smit had a very solid resume in crime investigation. Much more credible than any of the rubes from the PD. I don't think he concluded that the parents were not guilty; merely that there was enough evidence to seriously consider an intruder. Which to my mind is reasonable doubt.

Whatever, this isn't a trial, you are entitled to whatever position you want. I personally think it was someone in the family. No intruder is looking for her favorite blanket in the dryer, sitting down to write a two plus page letter with the family in the house and then returning th pen to the correct drawer, etc. .v

It was not her favorite blanket. It was an extra blanket that belonged to her sister that was in the dryer. The laundry room was near where she was killed in the basement. The sharpies and pad of paper were on the counter in the hall/kitchen. The sharpies in a cup. Most people have the same set up. The killer wrote the note to buy himself time in case they woke up. We have sharpies in a cup and a pad of paper on the end of our counter.

And you think a random intruder would have thought to look in the dryer for a blanket?

Anonymous wrote:I feel like Lou Smit had a very solid resume in crime investigation. Much more credible than any of the rubes from the PD. I don't think he concluded that the parents were not guilty; merely that there was enough evidence to seriously consider an intruder. Which to my mind is reasonable doubt.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like Lou Smit had a very solid resume in crime investigation. Much more credible than any of the rubes from the PD. I don't think he concluded that the parents were not guilty; merely that there was enough evidence to seriously consider an intruder. Which to my mind is reasonable doubt.

Whatever, this isn't a trial, you are entitled to whatever position you want. I personally think it was someone in the family. No intruder is looking for her favorite blanket in the dryer, sitting down to write a two plus page letter with the family in the house and then returning th pen to the correct drawer, etc. .v

It was not her favorite blanket. It was an extra blanket that belonged to her sister that was in the dryer. The laundry room was near where she was killed in the basement. The sharpies and pad of paper were on the counter in the hall/kitchen. The sharpies in a cup. Most people have the same set up. The killer wrote the note to buy himself time in case they woke up. We have sharpies in a cup and a pad of paper on the end of our counter.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like Lou Smit had a very solid resume in crime investigation. Much more credible than any of the rubes from the PD. I don't think he concluded that the parents were not guilty; merely that there was enough evidence to seriously consider an intruder. Which to my mind is reasonable doubt.

Whatever, this isn't a trial, you are entitled to whatever position you want. I personally think it was someone in the family. No intruder is looking for her favorite blanket in the dryer, sitting down to write a two plus page letter with the family in the house and then returning th pen to the correct drawer, etc. .v

Anonymous wrote:I feel like Lou Smit had a very solid resume in crime investigation. Much more credible than any of the rubes from the PD. I don't think he concluded that the parents were not guilty; merely that there was enough evidence to seriously consider an intruder. Which to my mind is reasonable doubt.

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YES!!! That's it....but I just seen that all of his comments were deleted? Do they usually do that?

No. He did it. He didn't realize that he was posting on an open forum, rather than a closed forum. He deleted his user account and that deleted all of his comments.