A best-fit analysis of the facts and circumstances related to the death of JonBenet Patricia Ramsey
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Witness testimony to the appearance and disposition of the basement when first seen by someone other than Ramseys is vital to understanding what happened. When examined we see that, like everything in this case, there is controversy and disagreement. We’ll begin with what we believe is the most probable timeline and then provide the background for each conclusion line by line. At 6:06 – 6:15 on the morning of 26 December, 1996 FW searched the basement alone. He did not report the presence of a chair anywhere in the basement. He noted that the lights in the basement were on. He also noted that the door to the hallway leading to the “wine cellar” was open but did not speak overtly to the position of the door to the train room. He first searched the “wine cellar” but stated that it was too dark to see anything and he couldn’t find the light switch (which was awkwardly located). He stated that he then entered and searched the train room and noted that the window in the adjoining storage room was broken. He could not recall if it was ajar. This is the first witness outside the Ramsey family known to have been to the basement since the murder. JR and PR stated that neither of them had been in the basement before that since they had gone to bed the night before around 11 p.m. Though by all accounts JR and FW enjoyed a strong friendship up to this point, immediately after 26 December 1996 FW was not a favorable reference or witness for the Ramseys. It is not known why. Later PR would state that she suspected FW’s involvement in the crime due to his high level of interest in it. This seems odd considering the numerous personalities PR has defended and provided for exculpatory purposes who were even more obsessed with the case. At approximately 7:00 a.m. Officer Rick French of the Boulder City Police Department entered the basement. He did not report the presence of a chair anywhere in the basement. While some have claimed he entered closer to 8:10 a.m. or even 6 a.m., the preponderance of evidences suggests that 7 a.m. is a more probable approximation. He entered and searched the train room and afterward returned to the “boiler room” where the “wine cellar” door was located. Upon reaching the “wine cellar” he elected to turn and leave as his purpose was to find an egress route for a kidnapper. Since he could see that the door had a wood block securing the door no egress was possible far side. JR entered the basement on the interval (11 p.m. 25 Dec, 10 a.m. 26 Dec). The reason for the large interval is that no witness could verify that he had entered in that time frame at all. We take it on JR’s word that he entered, but his estimate for entry was 7 – 8 a.m. It is with this event that we find the greater controversy and confusion. JR reported that in his ‘first’ visit to the basement as identified above he proceeded to the train room door where he found a chair “kind of blocked” his entry. He went on to say it was “in front of the door” and that he “moved the chair” and proceeded into the train room. He added that upon entering he saw the adjoining storage room window ajar. At a later date, he confirmed in an interview with detective Lou Smit that the train room door was not closed, and that he did not mean to imply that. It was open, he asserted, but blocked by a chair. That he moved it suggests that negotiating it was either difficult or impractical. 
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