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picked up the Pughs in a limousine and flew them to Ft. Lauderdale. Linda answered all their questions. One thing they were curious about was Patsy’s attitude toward sex. The police had asked Linda similar questions. They wanted to know if Linda had found any signs of sex on the Ramseys’ sheets. In whose rooms? She told them she’d found such signs only on Patsy and John’s linens. Linda, who had shared her own problems with Patsy over the years, told the detectives that in June 1996, Patsy mentioned that she didn’t take pleasure in sex anymore. She asked Linda for advice on how to make it better. Linda suggested some adult movies or some magazines. Better yet, she might want to see a psychiatrist. She and Patsy never discussed the subject again, Linda told the police.

FAMILIAR DETAIL DOTS RANSOM NOTE

WRITER APPARENTLY KNEW THAT JOHN RAMSEY SERVED AT A NAVY TRAINING BASE IN THE PHILIPPINES

The ransom note tied to the murder of JonBenét Ramsey contains a reference to the Navy air base in the Philippines where her father once served, sources said.

People asked by police to give handwriting samples—Ramsey family members, friends, and past and current employees of Access Graphics and their spouses—are told to write the acronym “SBTC.”

Investigators believe the acronym is a reference to the now-defunct U.S. Naval training center at Subic Bay, just west of Manila in the Philippines.

Meanwhile, sources close to the case said the four misspellings in the note appear to be deliberate, possibly designed to throw investigators off the author’s trail.

—Charlie Brennan

Rocky Mountain News, January 23, 1997

On January 23, the Boulder PD presented to Alex Hunter and his staff all the evidence collected to date. The detectives believed that they had crossed the threshold of probable cause and that Patsy Ramsey should be arrested for the murder of her daughter. After several hours of arguing back and forth, Hofstrom told the detectives that in his opinion there still wasn’t enough evidence to file a case against anyone. Nobody would be charged at this time.

The same day, on January 23, Bill Wise reached Barry Scheck at his home in New York as he was leaving for his daughter’s soccer game. Wise introduced himself, outlined the status of the Ramsey case, and told Scheck that the CBI would be conducting DNA tests, which the Ramseys’ attorneys wanted witnessed. The tests, Wise said, might involve the destruction of minute sample quantities. Shortly afterward, Scheck spoke to Alex Hunter about advising the Boulder DA’s staff as well as the police. He agreed to consult for both, depending on how much time was involved. He made it clear that he didn’t want to be part of a prosecution team, however, since he was now involved with the defendant-oriented Innocence Project.

Before the month was out, Hunter also spoke to Henry Lee. A week after that, Lee’s employer, the State of Connecticut, said that he could consult on the case.

POTENTIAL PAST ABUSE IS PROBED IN SLAYING

Authorities are investigating the possibility of past child abuse in the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, sources said.

Over the past several weeks, police have questioned friends and relatives of the Ramseys about the family’s behavior.

“They asked me if the first divorce ended because of child abuse or if I had heard anything about child abuse ever mentioned,” said Shirley Brady, the Ramsey nanny in Georgia from 1986 to 1989. “And they asked me how the children acted when they were around their daddy.”

—Alli Krupski

Daily Camera, January 24, 1997

On January 24, after the scheduled monthly meeting of the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council, Hunter asked to meet privately with Denver DA Bill Ritter; Jefferson County DA Dave Thomas; Arapahoe County DA Jim Peters; and Adams County DA Bob Grant. All of them worked in the metropolitan area and had experience with high-profile cases. They also all had much more experience with homicides than he did. When Hunter showed up, the others took pleasure in kidding him, since he’d never before been personally active in the organization