Asked to remember a Colorado case

Referring to JonBenet, defense attorney attorney Larry Monard reminded jurors about parents that were once suspected of killing their own child.

Cass Rains, Staff Writer for the EnidNews.com covering the conviction of Patrick Darnell Phillips in the death of 2 year old Adreion Reese Ratzlaff --

Phillips found guilty of murder

A Garfield County jury convicted Patrick Darnell Phillips, 24, Monday afternoon of beating the 2-year-old son of his live-in girlfriend to death more than two years ago.The seven-man, five-woman jury deliberated for less than three hours before returning a guilty verdict for the first-degree murder charge and recommending a life sentence.

Adreion Reese Ratzlaff was in Phillips’ care Aug. 16, 2006, when Phillips called 911 and reported an unresponsive child. The boy died two days later after being taken off life support.

Monard told the jurors people do not always have the same perceptions and impressions, which would explain the varied testimony. He then asked jurors if they remembered a Colorado case a few years ago, referring to the JonBenet Ramsey case, in which two parents were suspected of killing their child but later received an apology from prosecutor when they were ruled out as suspects.