--- Ramsey <ramsey@nym.alias.net> wrote:
> From Ramsey Sun Aug 22 18:17:14 1999
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> From: Ramsey <ramsey@nym.alias.net>
> To: gsquared100@yahoo.com
> Subject: Him
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> 
> Dearest Gail,
> 
> Thank you for your reassurance. I feel confident
> that this 
> endeavor will not be tainted by any police
> involvement instigated 
> on your part. You must know that it took me some
> time to consider 
> discussing this matter with you. I only do it now
> because you 
> have told me of your involvement with people close
> to this case - 
> people I know and can contact via phone but am bound
> to refrain 
> from such contact at this time.
> 
> I will not respond to the account Michael speaks of.
> My sources 
> tell me it is unreliable and can easily be faked due
> to its ease 
> of access to anyone on the Internet. I currently
> talk to a person 
> who is very close to this case. I would not have
> dreamed of 
> revealing my secrets to this person had I not had an
> extensive 
> check performed to validate her e-mail address.
> There is no doubt 
> that this person I now talk to is who they say they
> are. I do not 
> understand why Michael would want to maintain such a
> wall of 
> defense against me. If he decides to write to me via
> e-mail and 
> his address is valid, I have no problem divulging
> certain aspects 
> about this man I am talking to whatsoever. I too
> must be careful. 
> I fear a leak. I cannot afford such a leak as I am
> currently 
> involved in what might be a breakthrough. I cannot
> compromise 
> this in any way. I have and will continue to be
> patient with 
> this. Retain this mail because there are certain
> portions I might 
> consider allowing Michael to see. I do want to get
> this 
> information to him - please believe that.
> 
> Thanks for all the things you said in your mail. I
> liked the part 
> about Shapiro. I also noticed that you made a
> positive comment 
> about your belief in me. I appreciate that - I do
> not, however, 
> expect it. I have tried to be so careful not to be
> discovered by 
> people like Shapiro. I just do not want my family
> being called 
> ever so often for a confirmation of my identity as
> it relates to 
> this. I can tell you that that is what is already
> happening.
> 
> I do not think the man from Philadelphia is my
> mysterious friend. 
> It bothers me to no end to think a stranger would do
> such a 
> thing. Also, the poster you speak of is definitely
> not my 
> contact. He would never post to a forum. Also, he is
> very 
> passionate. The post you sent lacks his style. He
> speaks of 
> JonBenet in passionate terms. Keep trying, though.
> 
> I do not think he is the police. I think he holds a
> powerful 
> position that revolves around public relations. He
> is very much 
> in touch with the emotions of people - especially
> children; 
> moreover, the emotions of certain little girls. He
> is a man who 
> cannot stop raving about JonBenet and little girls
> like her. He 
> seems to have a good understanding of the mental
> capabilities of 
> children at certain ages and notes the mental and
> social 
> exceptionalities that JonBenet possessed. Gail, I
> have no doubt 
> that this man genuinely loved my daughter. My
> problem is, I 
> cannot recall any man being close to my daughter
> that would fit 
> this description. On the other hand, he might have
> only admired 
> her from afar. Have you ever come to the conclusion
> that a person 
> must have personally known another because he knows
> so much about 
> her? He grieves for her as I do. He visits her grave
> and 
> describes it as if it were a ritual. You have to
> understand that 
> I have not run across a man that seems to be as
> obsessed with my 
> child as this man is. Nothing he has said has been
> that offensive 
> until he refers to JonBenet in terms that border on
> sexual. He is 
> the most articulate when he tells me how much he
> loved JonBenet - 
> now, more than when she was alive. His description
> of the 
> unbelievably powerful grip my daughter has on him is
> chilling. 
> Some of his words about her are touching,
> especially, when he 
> describes his intense love for her. There are times
> when I feel 
> sorry for him - a man who drapes over my child's
> tombstone and 
> cries for his lost little Princess.
> 
> I hope you do not misconstrue anything I have said
> thus far about 
> my mysterious friend - I use the term friend in the
> most bizarre 
> sense of the word. I cannot really pinpoint my
> association with 
> him. I have tried to encourage certain contacts to
> communicate 
> with him directly - so far, everyone is afraid of
> him. I have 
> made the comment that I am becoming overwhelmed with
> the huge 
> responsibility of carrying on this relationship with
> him. I 
> caudle him, cultivate him, and show him sympathy. I
> am not sure 
> why I do this unless it is to keep him close to me
> so that I 
> might find out the truth. I cannot see how I can
> lose.
> 
> Patricia Ramsey