cracking cases

The lead investigators for the Ramsey family regarding JonBenet's murder, still on the unsolved case now in it's 14th year later, are delivering on commitments to help victim's families with their expertise - -

Private investigators: man's 2007 death in Navarre wasn't accidental drowning
Published in the Northwest Florida Daily
By Jeff Barker

"NAVARRE BEACH — The mother of a young man found dead nearly three years ago is teaming up with investigators from the JonBenet Ramsey case.

Melody Schmitt, believes someone murdered her son, Joshua Whittier, in February 2007, although the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office determined he drowned....A friend of Schmitt’s told her to talk to Lou Smit, a forensic specialist who worked on the JonBenet Ramsey case. Smit and Ollie Gray, both retired from law enforcement, do free follow-up investigations. They have been collecting evidence related to Whittier’s death for 7 or 8 months.

“A lot of times people can’t afford to have follow-up done on things,” Gray said. “Law enforcement a lot of times doesn’t have the manpower or experience.”

Gray said he doesn’t think Whittier’s death was an accident. His wallet was empty when his body was discovered, he said....[...read more]

positioning for a win

The unsolved murder of JonBenet Ramsey continues to be actively worked by a band of dedicated civilians and independantly, the Ramsey family's investigation team. Elsewhere across the nation engaged and proactive law enforcement agencies are seeking out new technologies and available resources to forward cases like the unthinkable murder of little Evelyn Miller--

Police are confident they'll find girl's killer
Nancy Grace Cold Case Files

NEW YORK (CNN) -- On a July morning in 2005, Noel Miller came home from working the night shift at an Iowa nursing home. She told police she arrived around 6:20 a.m. and discovered that her 5-year-old daughter, Evelyn, was missing.

Everyone else was fast asleep...

Investigators said they need additional corroborating evidence to make an arrest and are waiting for the final piece of the puzzle.

They plan to use a new piece of investigative equipment that is expected to move the inquiry forward, Lynch said. "It's something that came up in the last few months."

For now, he's not discussing details. "We just can't explain what the equipment is," Lynch added, "because if we explained when we were going to do it and what the equipment was, it could expose information to a perpetrator."

Evelyn's grandmother, Linda Christie, is hopeful police soon will provide the answers she has been waiting four years to hear. She doesn't consider Evelyn's death to be a cold case.

"They work on this case at least every two weeks," she said. But, she admits, "It is a waiting game."

Anyone with information that could lead to the arrest or conviction of the persons responsible for Evelyn Miller's death is asked to call the Floyd County Sheriff's Office at 641-228-1821. A $5,000 reward is offered.

who's on first

Checking in on Singulars post over at "In Cold Blog", subsequent reader comments seem to echo Singulars premise that anyone other than Boulder PD/task force, some more likely than others, have tenacity and leads that could eventually solve the case--


The JonBenet Ramsey Case: Never Give Up
By Stephen Singular
June 2004, 2009

"The most famous unsolved murder in America -- the JonBenet Ramsey case in Boulder, Colorado -- is cold, but not dead. For those who’ve believed that this maddening 1996crime will never be solved, don’t be so certain. A group of mostly civilian investigators has never stopped digging below the surface of this homicide and in the past year there’s been movement on various fronts..."

number one

Counting down high profile Colorado cases, JonBenet's story takes first place in an article at Denver Legal News Examiner. Interestingly enough, Ramsey investigators still dedicated to solving the crime committed against JonBenet were instrumental in solving a few of the cases in this list--

Ten high-profile Colorado cases
by Glorianne Scott
Mar. 27, 2009

"Denver isn’t as hyped as Los Angeles or New York, and our state doesn’t often get the notorious cases common to more populous places. However (and unfortunately), we have had our share of cases that have grabbed the attention of the nation and the world. Here’s my top ten:

10. Ward Churchill v. University of Colorado
9. United States v. Joseph Nacchio
8. Bombing of Flight 629
7. Murder of Kelsey Grammer’s sister Karen
6. People v. Kobe Bryant
5. People v. Alfred “Alferd” Packer
4. People v. Robert Charles Browne
3. Columbine school shooting
2. U.S. v. Timothy McVeigh

1. Murder of JonBenet Ramsey -- This investigation has captivated the nation’s attention since JonBenet's 1996 murder. Recently, attention was refocused on the case when John Mark Karr was arrested as a possible suspect. Karr’s DNA, however, did not match the evidence found at the scene. In 2008, the Boulder District Attorney’s office formally cleared the parents of suspicion of JonBenet’s murder and apologized. The iconic image of this child beauty pageant contestant will continue to haunt many until the murder is solved..."

the dependables

Over the past 12 years many have come and gone who were merely interested or actually participated in investigating JonBenet's heinous murder. Aside from the Ramsey family's obvious personal stake in seeking justice in this case, a couple names stand out as constants all this time. Where one mentions Lou Smit those in-the-know understand this includes Ollie Gray, both on the scene very early on; their presence and dedication is constant to this day, 3 district attorneys later--

Brandy Lewis Forensics
January 18, 2009

"...You have to admire the determination and passion that Mr. Smit has put into the case trying to help bring this case to a close once and for all. Here are the links to the stories;

Searching: The Detective on 48 Hours:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/01/48hours/main523884.shtml

Murder of JonBenét Ramsey, TruTv Notorious Murders: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/ramsey/theory_8.html ..."

there went the alibi

Nate Karr, who thinks John Mark would not act a little crazy, once again tried to defend his older brother. This time it was for death threat to children emails sent by John Karr on Christmas, the 12th anniversary of JonBenet's murder.

One more time Nate put himself on the line with a valiant attempt to defend John Mark Karr at any cost, but this time the price will be the veracity of his statements and ultimately the alibi Nate offered up in 2006 for John's whereabouts on Christmas, 1996.

Oh, and as an aside, if John Mark Karr is not just a teensy weensy bit crazy, then what exactly were all those stories Karr wrote and told about JonBenet that led to his arrest and deportation from Thailand in 2006?

According to sources with copies of John Karr's putrid pedophile propoganda, the threat Karr sent has NOT been found anywhere in the Daxis manuscript as in Nate's feeble attempt to dismiss the incident. Oops--

Former JonBenet suspect called a threat to children
By JOHN HOLLIS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

An investigator who worked on the JonBenet Ramsey murder case says that one-time suspect and former Atlanta resident John Mark Karr remains “an imminent danger” to young children, particularly little girls.

Ollie Gray of Colorado has cited explicit e-mails that he alleges Karr penned just last week, boasting of past sexual contacts and murders of young children — including an apparent reference to JonBenet — with threats of more to come.

“Really, as far as as far as I’m concerned, the guy needs to be off the street,” Gray said.

Gray, a retired sheriff’s captain and municipal court judge, provided The Atlanta Journal-Constitution excerpts of the threats.

But Karr’s brother, Atlanta resident Nate Karr, said he had strong doubts that his brother authored the e-mails.

“I don’t think he would do that,” Nate Karr said. “Why would he bring more negativity to his life? That would be a little crazy.”

Nate Karr said the e-mail excerpt was taken from a book his brother wrote several years ago that happened to center around a fictional character named Dax.

Incoming DA Stan Garnett has said he plans to review everything about the Ramsey case after he assumes office next month."

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