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An elderly friend of John Ramsey's, anxious to help in doing his part where he could after the murder of JonBenet in 1996, is the the father of ABC editorial consultant Diana Aldridge. Find Diana blogging about those times, the tragedy; a vulnerable parent; the altitude and beautiful Boulder; over at HuffPost--


Chasing News and Nostalgia All the Way Home
Published at the Huffington Post
by Diana Aldridge


"A dozen years ago I started coming back to my native Boulder from my home and work in Washington, D.C.

My parents were aging -- my mother heartbreakingly ill with Alzheimer's; my father lonely and distressed, awkwardly adjusting to the many changes we were making to keep our mother at home. They lived in a charming University Hill house surrounded by caring and attentive neighbors, including their friends John and Patsy Ramsey.

And then, in the early weeks of 1997, I would abruptly head home.

The Ramsey's daughter, JonBenet, had been killed over Christmas. It seemed that my 76 year-old father, the one neighbor reliably answering his door, had been giving interviews, chats he thought, with a number of national and even international media, including but certainly not limited to The New York Times, People Magazine, the National Enquirer and the BBC....read more"


Diana Aldridge

Diana Aldridge is a third generation Colorado native, whose first job was in the Washington office of her Colorado senator -- the beginning of her career in politics and media that ultimately included the Clinton White House. She is currently an editorial consultant for ABC News/Good Morning America and the Creative Development Division of HarperCollins Publishing. At the moment she is fortunate to divide her time between Boulder and Washington, DC; her childhood and adult hometowns.