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> >Date: 21 Sep 1999 17:14:45 -0000
> >From: Ramsey <ramsey@nym.alias.net>
> >To: 
> >Subject: Signature at End / Response Requested
> >Status:
> >
> >Michael,
> >
> >Thank you for offering your help to me. You do not
> know what this
> >means to me. I knew I could count on you. I was
> especially
> >touched when you said you "understand me". I felt
> comfortable
> >with you all along, as you already know from our
> past encounters.
> >I only wanted to confirm some things. I will refer
> to you as
> >Michael from now on. I apologize for my impatience.
> >
> >Before I send my statement to you, I need to
> explain some things
> >and express my concern to you. I can't just send a
> statement
> >without providing some background, so that you
> might better
> >understand my situation; moreover, the man of whom
> I have spoken
> >of previously. After I send my statement to you, I
> request that
> >we talk more. Though you did not respond that you
> would
> >guard my letter, I will assume that you will. I
> thank you for
> >honoring my request.
> >
> >I want to explain my illusiveness and evasiveness.
> I am somewhat
> >afraid. It is to be acknowledged that the killer
> composed a
> >ransom note. I still feel it was only a
> diversionary tactic;
> >however, it was still composed by her killer. In
> it, the killer
> >threatened us. Those words have stayed with me. He
> warned us that
> >if we spoke to anyone, like the police or FBI, it
> would result in
> >the death of my child. He listed everyone and
> everything. He also
> >stated that the people watching over JonBenet hated
> us. He also
> >warned that he was watching us and the authorities
> closely. This
> >would include anyone I talk to; including you. Yes,
> we
> >disregarded these threats at first and contacted
> the police
> >regardless of the implications. What parent could
> sit patiently
> >without contacting the police when their child is
> missing?
> >Certainly not us. But now, in the aftermath, it
> must be
> >considered that this family is in danger; that this
> killer might
> >make good on his threats; that this killer might be
> the person I
> >speak to now.
> >
> >For this reason, I fear for my family. I do have
> apprehensions to
> >come forth publicly and voice this information.
> Maybe,
> >by the time my letter hits the press, he will come
> forth and I
> >amd my family will be safe. If the timing is just
> right, we can
> >snare this person before me or my family are in
> harm's way.
> >
> >I feel the need to give you more background on the
> stranger I
> >have been speaking to. I think his profession
> places him in a
> >lofty, almost powerful position among a large
> section of people.
> >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. 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.
> >
> >In reference to 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 pray that the benefits
> outweigh the
> >risks.
> >
> >There are days when I feel all hope is gone;
> however, I still
> >have a certain amount of faith that someone will do
> the right
> >thing and let the world see the words of JonBenet's
> mother - the
> >only plea I feel her killer will respond to.
> >
> >I am still a bit shaken by the utter failure of my
> last attempt
> >to place my statement before my daughter's killer
> in a printed
> >form. Of course, I still grieve for my child and
> long for closure
> >to this horrible nightmare.
> >
> >I feel wish understand the Hell that is going on
> around me. At
> >least I am able to just talk to you for a time. I
> am allowed to
> >tell you some of this Hell that has been described
> to me by Satan
> >himself. I have decided to shift my prayers from
> him to the
> >little girls he seeks. God help them all. If no
> appeal is made to
> >him, there is no hope. I have prepared for the
> worst. You will
> >soon hold the only appeal to him, written by me.
> >
> >Michael, I know you as a very talented and
> intelligent man who
> >defends the truth. I also know you as a man who has
> defended my
> >family. No, you have not expressed that we are
> innocent but you
> >have established that we have been victimized. I
> have always
> >perceived that as support. I have a renewed faith
> that you will
> >make every effort to assist me, though my hands are
> tied. A
> >killer is loose and seeking another child. There
> must be a way.
> >
> >My next mail will be my full statement. I intend to
> tell you more
> >about this mysterious stranger who stays close to
> my child, even
> >in death.
> >
> >Patricia Ramsey