Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. That is when McReynolds' fascination with Santa Claus began, said his wife. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. "He loved being Santa, he loved little children, and then the Ramsey case destroyed that career and just devastated him. Nonetheless, BillMcReynolds was still one of the favored suspects for the Ramsey family, and they even specifically called him out in their book, Death of Innocence: The Untold Story of JonBent's Murder and How its Exploitation Compromised the Pursuit of Truth. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Bill McReynolds dressed as Father Christmas to attend a party just days before the little girl was found murdered on Boxing Day 1996. One of the suspects investigated and cleared early on by authorities in JonBenet's death was family friend and neighbor Bill McReynolds, a man who had evidently been hired by Patsy to play Santa . People that arent suspects wont be mentioned. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Blood sample? W&P Porter bowl review: A container that makes office You can still overpack the smaller Monos check-in suitcase, If travel planning gives you a headache, try these apps, HOKA dropped a brand new version of their most popular shoe. Ollie Gray, a private investigator hired by the family, claimed in April that the killer was Michael Helgoth, a then 26-year-old whose family owned a junkyard in the city. (SMF P 283; PSMF P 283.)" Patsy was loopy on drugs. Healso revealed that Burkehad scarred his sibling just one year earlier after whacking her with a golf club. http://www2.dailycamera.com/bdc/city_news/article/0,1713,BDC_2422_1378181,00.html, Retired professor 'heartbroken' after JonBenet ordeal, By Charlie Brennan And Owen S. Good, Rocky Mountain News September 6, 2002. Larry McReynolds began his NASCAR career way back in 1975 and mustered his first crew chief job a decade later, in 1985. His DNA didnt match UM1. ._3oeM4kc-2-4z-A0RTQLg0I{display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between} A football scholarship allowed McReynolds to go to college, and earned his bachelors degree in broadcasting from the University of Texas at Austin in 1944. the experts claim. "Some of his students kept relationships with him their entire lives," Cosper said. "I know I had absolutely nothing to do with it.". Thank you for your common sense. Two years later, Janet McReynolds wrote a book that became a play in which a girl is sexually assaulted and tortured in a basement. Gosage was met by an irate Jesse McReynolds, who said he was sick of you guys trying to frame my dad. Bill McReynolds, distraught, weeping, and saying, I didnt do anything, refused to come to the door. In 2018-19, her daughter Kim and son-in-law Dennis Gonzalez, also moved to Longmont. As far as Bill goes, RIP. JonBent Patricia Ramsey was a six-year-old girl found dead in the basement of her Boulder, Colorado home on December 26, 1996. A journalism professor, a Boulder resident for 30 years, a gentleman who with his wife raised three children and enjoyed the role of Santa Claus, dies at the age of 72, and the best the Daily Camera writers can do is the headline "Ramsey's Santa Dies" and on the inside front page, "Ramsey case Santa Claus figure dead at 72" (Sept. 5)? "I will never forget we were walking toward his house and he said, 'I wonder what it would be like to crack a human skull.' We could walk through the rooms, see the spatial relationships, test egress and ingress who came in and who went out, and what could be seen and heard, said Mr Clemente. Even more suspicious, McReynolds's middle daughter and her friend had been abducted 22 years prior to JonBent's death to the day. Former FBI special agent Jim Clemente says the killing preyed on his mind more than all the other violent crimes and sex attacks he came across in his career. Janet is a movie critic. (BPD Report #1-1149. English Longmont Police Department records on the December 26, 1974 kidnapping of Jill McReynolds (daughter of JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect "Santa" Bill McReynolds) and her friend by an unidentified pedophile Addeddate 2020-07-08 01:31:47 Identifier JillMcReynolds_LongmontPD Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t25b91m9k Ocr Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The revelations prompted police to call husband and wife in for new interviews and handwriting and hair samples. He was checked out, though - he and his wife gave blood, fingerprints, DNA, hair, handwriting samples, etc. It shows clips of JonBenet's father John Ramsay telling police that he suspected McReynolds might have been involved. Her husband adored. BURKE RAMSEYFOR some of the armchair detectives convinced the murder was an inside job, the united front presented by John and Patsy Ramsey meant only one thing they were covering up for their son. Joe Barnhill had easy access to the home and says he watched TV and went to bed. Following his 1992 retirement from full-time faculty status at CU, McReynolds was hired by a downtown Boulder business association to play the part of a strolling Santa Claus on the Pearl Street Mall. Edit: typo. McReynolds planned the murder in advance and he told JonBenet that Santa would visit her after Christmas to get her to go downstairs that night and wait for him. ), Janets daughter and a friend were taken to an unknown location, where Janets daughter was forced to watch her friend being sexually molested. BILL & JANET McREYNOLDSTHREE months after JonBenet was killed, detectives took a hard second look at the Boulder couple. Join Facebook to connect with Bill McReynolds and others you may know. Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner said Thursday that McReynolds is no longer the focus of any suspicion in the Ramsey case. Ground-floor windows and at least one door were not locked the night of the killing; a blue suitcase propped up below a basement window could have been used by someone climbing out; and a mysterious pry mark was found on the doorjamb of the kitchen door. She was named after her parents, John Bennett . Select this result to view Bill D McReynolds Jr's phone number, address, and more. Both say they were home sleeping when JonBenet drew her last breaths. ._3bX7W3J0lU78fp7cayvNxx{max-width:208px;text-align:center} After graduating, McReynolds enlisted in the Navy, where he served as an ensign and patrolled the California coast for Japanese submarines. After the war, he enrolled at the University of Florida and earned a masters degree in speech and radio. Its important for her to be able to rest in peace., Mr Clemente, a co-producer on Criminal Minds, says this was a major error. When I'm not writing, reading, or lost in the vortex that is the Internet, I can usually be found stuffing my face with food and obsessing over the nearest dog. He was 72. It was an odd coincidence, one that cops might not have given a second thought if not for another strange twist. I think a lot of us that lived through it were once upon a time RDI. 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"He has not been on our radar screen for a while," Beckner said. He would never fully recover from that kind of suspicion.". He got it wrong. We know of one person that would tie a lot of the loose ends and coincidences together. We all came to one complete theory that explains everything that happened, Mr Clemente told news.com.au. .LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH{fill:var(--newRedditTheme-actionIcon);height:18px;width:18px}.LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH rect{stroke:var(--newRedditTheme-metaText)}._3J2-xIxxxP9ISzeLWCOUVc{height:18px}.FyLpt0kIWG1bTDWZ8HIL1{margin-top:4px}._2ntJEAiwKXBGvxrJiqxx_2,._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{vertical-align:middle}._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center} By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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