--- Ramsey wrote: > From Ramsey Tue Aug 24 20:12:10 1999 > X-Apparently-To: gsquared100@yahoo.com via > mdd502.mail.yahoo.com > Received: from anon.lcs.mit.edu (18.26.0.254) > by mta105.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Aug 1999 > 20:12:27 -0700 > Date: 25 Aug 1999 03:12:10 -0000 > Message-ID: > <19990825031210.14615.qmail@nym.alias.net> > From: Ramsey > To: gsquared100@yahoo.com > Subject: Your Sweet Words in the Midst of Darkness > Content-Length: 2870 > > Dearest Gail, > > Thank you so much for your precious mail. I am in > such a bad way. > I feel so depressed. My depression is a result of > loss, but also > the result of hopelessness. I want you to know, as > my new friend, > I have never been concerned about my own conviction. > The problem > with such an event is that it would set her true > killer free to > seek whom he may devour. The person who has "written > me off" was > my final hope. Now, you come to me with an offer of > hope. I thank > you for that. I gave a gift to my last friend. It > was the gift of > my complete explanation of what happened to my > child. She was > hasty to write me off - for in so doing, she has not > only lost > me, she has lost all contact with our mysterious > friend, as well > - a huge mistake in my estimations. He is the key, > whether he > hurt my child or not. As these horrible experiences > persist with > people in the media, like my last friend, I tend to > believe that > maybe my mysterious friend is my help and my > daughter's greatest > ally. > > I feel so exhausted tonight. I have been crying as > best I can. I > am surrounded most of the time so crying is not very > possible for > me. I have yet to be able to really cry over this > latest setback. > I made a terrible mistake giving that piece of > information to the > person I gave it to. Today, she confirmed its > worthlessness to > me. It is worthless to her; hence, I am worthless to > her. She > thinks there is no way I could be who I say I am. > Maybe you > should follow her suit. I do hope you do not chose > to do that. I > have lost almost every contact here. It is useless > to carry on. > > I have always been a very strong person. I come from > strong > stock. A Paugh never accepts defeat. I won an > unbelievable battle > with cancer, with the assistance of my loved ones, > friends, but > mostly through the power of my Lord and Savior, > Jesus Christ. The > loss of my daughter and its aftermath, however, has > brought me to > my knees. I feel, sometimes, there is no help when > it comes to > this horrible situation in my life. The thing that > the world > cannot comprehend is the fact that I have so much > more grief and > agony to deal with than I have fear that I will be > indicted. > Though that concept has my attorneys, family, and > friends > rattled; it concerns me much less than this > emptiness I feel that > will not be filled again in this life. > > I thank you for your kind support. I am a loving > person. My > friends can vouch for that. I have always come > running when they > are sick or have suffered a loss. I hope we can > share everything > between us. I know you were once against me. The > only thing that > matters to me now is that you have come forth in > loving support. > That wipes away the past as well as some of these > tears that flow > for my baby. Gail, her killer will never be > revealed. I made a > futile attempt and now I have failed myself and > JonBenet. > > Patricia > >