JonBenét Investigation 2015 Team JBI

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Profile

The killer shows some remorse after the killing wrapping her in two white blankets.

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Profile:

Learning about the family and house = major time commitment.
He got lock in the basement elevator shaft room = did not know about that.
Most of the items used and the placement can be seen for the South/West side yard.= May live very close by.
Disable the sun room light = Knew this room's location would give him a place to monitor the neighborhood and print the ransom note and watch the house before the family came home.= Has been in the house before, my have watch from a location near by.
Patsy and JonBenet painted in the Butler kitchen and they both went to art classes down the street.= The killer watch them paint from the side yard. JonBenet painted on a card table as seen in the hall way of the wine cellar.
The property line side yard on the North side of the house was a cut through to the alley way from 15Th street. This butler door and the heating room connected to the garage was on this side of the house.= Out of view from inside the house.
Farms use what we call a animal stun gun to control farm animals and some time are used on children by a mean parent.= Child hood anger.
The killer slip the white cord back on JonBenet hands after some point.= Redressing her shows sign of remorse.
Because he travel on Foot, Bike and Bus,= JonBenet was never to leave the house for this crime to be completed.
Out door type, The killer used a white cord the was ruff cut into two pieces and used in this crime.= White cords are comely used as test support cords. Camping and trails hikes.
Hi-Tec shoe imprint found by JonBenet body.= Show is he may uses the trails and hikes.
The knots tied in paint stick and around her neck and hands.= Rock climber background.
Breaking a 12 long paint stick into three pieces and placing the brush end back in the paint tote.= Shows us he has a art background.
The water base Sharper marker used to print the ransom note and the length of the middle paint stick measure the same as five inches long.
The dog ear of the ransom note = He wanted to locate this page later in time.
Printing the note = He stay distance to people.

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The profile predict the killer stayed in the basement for some time, he may have spent more time in the side room next to the garage monitoring the family. If so he may have used his bike from time to time or at the point of exit.
The profile predict the killer travels on foot, bike and bus. A bike if used could be stored out of site in this side room.

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Personality Traits

Someone that knows the person that took JonBenét’s life may have noticed one or more of the following scenarios following JonBenét’s murder at Christmas 1996:
Superficial wounds: Bruises scrapes or scratches on the face, neck or hands that were unexplained or for which the explanations changed.
Absent: nonattendance at work, church, school or other routine habits or hobbies. Isolation: a spontaneous trip or sudden need to spend time alone.
Change of physical appearance: sudden new hair style or alteration of facial hair. Intense interest: following case updates and news releases with heightened attention and focus. New or used vehicle: abrupt and perhaps seemingly impulsive change in the car or truck he usually drove.
Relocation: a hasty change in geography relating to his living, working or regular friends and hangouts. Collector of memorabilia: saving images or videos of JonBenét from newspaper, television or the internet
Vengeance: stating or hinting that the Ramsey's – or JonBenét – are getting what they deserved.
Complimentary toward killer: impressed with perpetrator as a criminal mastermind while attributing great intelligence, skill or even luck.
Possessions: has items that came from the Ramsey home.

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DNA Testing

In 2008, a few months before Mary Lacy left office, Lacy apologized to the Ramsey's, saying,“I believe it is important and appropriate to provide you with our opinion that your family was not responsible for this crime.” She cited the unknown male DNA found in JonBenet’s underwear, consistent with that found on the waistband of her leggings.The match of male DNA on two separate items of clothing worn by the victim at the time of the murder makes it clear to us that an unknown male handled these items,” she wrote.Based on the DNA results and our serious consideration of all the other evidence, we are comfortable that the profile now in CODIS (the Combined DNA Index System) is the profile of the perpetrator of this murder.” Improvements in DNA sampling along with increasingly sensitive testing methods have enabled scientists to obtain results from cases that were once unsolvable. One example of the success that Bode has had processing cold cases including:Touch DNA collection procedures were applied to evidence from the JonBenet Ramsey cold case that resulted in a potentially probative DNA profile. The Bode Lab recovered DNA from the top portion of the leggings, on both the right and left legs, where the perpetrator would have put his hands to move the leggings. Those new DNA "touch" samples from the leggings match the DNA that was found in 1997 on the panties of the child. At the time of JonBenet's death, technology for DNA testing on the child's panties used "swabs" from fluid obtained from skin and clothing to establish DNA identity.

Lacy's letter also stated: "Solving this crime remains our goal, and its ultimate resolution will depend on more than just matching DNA. However, given the history of the publicity surrounding this case, I believe it is important and appropriate to provide you with our opinion that your family was not responsible for this crime."

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Lacy's letter also stated: "Solving this crime remains our goal, and its ultimate resolution will depend on more than just matching DNA. However, given the history of the publicity surrounding this case, I believe it is important and appropriate to provide you with our opinion that your family was not responsible for this crime."

Remember, Most of the crime scene information has not been made public.
That said, Posting will only be one sided, incomplete.

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S.B.T.C.

Printing - CenTury SchoolBook

Century Schoolbook is familiar to many in North America as being the typeface many first learned to read with. Morris Fuller Benton utilized research done by Clark University that showed young readers more quickly identified letter forms with contrasting weight, but with the lighter strokes maintaining presence.

Tests also showed the importance of maintaining counter-form (the white space around the black letter form) in recognizing the face at smaller sizes. In designing Century Schoolbook, M. F. Benton increased the x-height, the stroke width, and overall letter spacing. The faces were issued over a period of five years, all of which were designed by Benton and issued by A.T.F

 Century is a family of type faces derived from the original Century Roman cut by American Type Founders designer Linn Boyd Benton in 1894. Despite originating in the nineteenth century, use of the typeface remains strong, for periodicals, textbooks, and literature. The faces are noted for their exceptional legibility, so much so that the Supreme Court of the United States requires that briefs be typeset in Century family type. According to Charles Shaw, "The rugged simplicity of the Century family of types has made it an enduring favorite of American typographers for almost one hundred years. Beginning as foundry type, Century has withstood a series of technical transformations into Linotype, Mono type, Ludlow, photo type, transfer type, digital type, and Xerox-like 'toner type'."
Century Schoolbook is based on the earlier Century Roman.

 Dyslexia is characterized by difficulty with learning to read fluently and with accurate comprehension despite normal intelligence. This includes difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, processing speed, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, language skills/verbal comprehension, and/or rapid naming.

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Monitor the house:

Small Basement Window - Storage Room

Sound is the quickly varying pressure wave traveling through a medium.
When sound travels through air, the atmospheric pressure varies periodically.
The number of pressure variations per second is called the frequency of sound, and is measured in Hertz (Hz) which is defined as cycles per second.
Normal Conversation at 3-5ft 60-70 db. Another property of sound or noise is its loudness. A loud noise usually has a larger pressure variation and a weak one has smaller pressure variation. Pressure and pressure variations are expressed in Pascal, abbreviated as Pa, which is defined as N/m2(Newton per square meter).
Human ear can perceive a very wide range of sound pressure.
The softest sound a normal human ear can detect has a pressure variation of 20 micro Pascals, abbreviated as µPa, which is 20 x 10-6 Pa ("20 millionth of a Pascal")
All materials will absorb at least some of the sound energy that impinges upon them.
It may be as little as a sheet of glass, which will absorb about 2 1/2 %; the rest of the sound energy is either reflected toward the source or transmitted through the glass.
 At the other extreme is an open window that will, as far as a person inside a room is concerned,“absorb” almost 100 % of the sound energy “striking” it; an open window is a near-perfect sound absorber.
One side of a basement window had been covered over with drywall.
This window was found in the open position with a small chair under it.
The open window is located behind the butler kitchen back splash counter top wall and is near the House's back stairway where the ransom note was place.
This open window could be used by the killer to monitor the family from this basement storage room.
Two lines from the ransom note -(You and your family are under constant scrutiny as well as the authorities) & (If we monitor you getting the money early, we might call you early to arrange an earlier delivery of the money and hence a earlier delivery pickup of your daughter.)

 Note: The laundry chute was located in this room.

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Added to the lab:

 The high-resolution digital camera in this kit offers the capability to photograph the crime scene and record latent evidence directly through the KRIMESITE™ IMAGER. The included adapter allows for quick and easy attachment to the Imager within a matter of seconds and the printer connects directly to the camera for quick full color 4" x 6" (10.2cm x 15.2cm) printouts at the scene. Also included in this kit is the 30-watt shortwave UV Puissant Light.

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From the redesigned lightweight body, fashioned from a single piece of extruded aluminum, to the superior 60mm 4 element all quartz lens with dual filter slide assembly—the KSS60 sets a new standard for crime scene search capability. The 60mm UV lens is our very finest, which requires no add-on lens adapters for close-up and distance viewing. Because of this exceptional lens and filter combination, close-up, distance viewing and photography can be accomplished without ever changing the mechanical configuration of the device. The Direct View Kit is supplied with everything you need to search a crime scene for latent prints on non-porous surfaces

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We have three of these.


The Sirchie® KRIMESITE Imager. is a tool that can be used to detect and document latent fingerprints on various surfaces without the use of chemical enhancement. The Imager takes advantage of the different UV light reflectance properties of the fingerprint and the surface on which it is located. Large surfaces can be searched quickly and then any fingerprints detected can be digitally photographed for comparison purposes. Due to the use of specific optic filters, the search for fingerprints can be conducted in daylight or darkness. A growing trend in forensic DNA analysis is the analysis of the epithelial cells contained within a fingerprint or fingerprint smudge that is not suitable for fingerprint comparison purposes. One concern from a DNA analysis perspective is the exposure of the limited biological material to the UV light used by the KRIMESITE Imager. which can be harmful to the DNA.

 The objective of this study was to determine the effects of ultraviolet light on DNA analysis and to determine the ideal circumstances for biological fluid examination when using a shortwave ultraviolet light source.

 Human buccal cells on paper were used to simulate a biological stain. The cells were exposed to a 12 Watt, shortwave (254nm) ultraviolet light for one minute, two minutes or three minutes at distances of one foot, two feet, or three feet. After exposure to the ultraviolet light, DNA was extracted from the stains for subsequent quantification and STR (Short Tandem Repeat) analysis using PowerPlex® 16 (Promega Corporation).

 Results indicate that short-term (one minute) exposure of these biological samples to ultravioletlight does not greatly affect downstream DNA analysis. A longer exposure (two minutes) at a short distance (one foot) causes allelic dropout, which may be due to degradation of the biological sample. However, increasing the exposure distance to two feet or three feet improves the recovery of DNA from the paper. DNA analysis was most affected by longer exposure (three minutes) to ultraviolet light, resulting in poor recovery and increased allelic drop out.

 This technique was subsequently used on probative evidence successfully. Ultimately, this information will be applied to the examination of fingerprints and a method will be developed to scan evidence for biological stains using ultraviolet light causing minimal damage to the DNA.

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These hermetically sealed filter assemblies are designed to be used with the No. 619E. The 619E1 is supplied with a Crevice Tool Attachment and retains particles greater than 0.1mm (100 microns).

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Tools used to help solve a case. In our lab.

 The FX8B is designed exclusively for operator convenience and performance. The FX8B features two projectors for a full-screen, side-by-side display of two images—without image overlap. Latent fingerprints may be compared with recorded prints; suspected counterfeit money may be compared with legal tender; and questioned documents and signatures may be compared with genuine articles. Two quartz halogen projection lamps are controlled by individual front-panel switches for dual or single unit usage. Optics carried by the turret automatically provide appropriate surface illumination. Each lamp compartment is monitored by a thermal switch which allows the silent-run fan to continue to operate even after shut off. A matched pair of color-corrected, side-by-side f/3.5 objective lenses provide 6.5X and 10X magnification. Control knobs raise and lower the unit’s two stainless steel surface platforms for image focusing.

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CSIpix Comparator is a revolutionary new Digital Comparator for forensics professionals - install it right on your PC – no new hardware is required. It's a Windows-based application that allows you to open one or two images (most common image formats are compatible) for enhancement and/or comparison purposes.

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Function
 The SIRCH IE® KRIMESITE™ IMAGER is an image intensified device which locates untreated fingerprints and
 other evidence of forensic interest on non-porous surfaces by the Reflected UV technique. No treatment with powders
 or chemicals is necessary. Use of the Imager greatly enhances results obtained by cyanoacrylate fuming.
 The KRIMESITE™ IMAGER is most effective on non-porous surfaces, but can detect fresh prints on some porous
 surfaces.
 Background
 We see, or are able to image an object either because it emits light or because it reflects light incident upon it.
 Objects that reflect light do so in a characteristic manner: They may reflect strongly or weakly, specularly or diffusely,
 and they may reflect some colors and not others. For example, the sunlight impinging on a healthy leaf is made up
 of all visible colors. The leaf will absorb most of those colors, but will strongly reflect a particular range of colors back
 to our eyes, which is, of course, why it appears green to us. Other objects reflect other colors. It is differences in the
 reflective properties of materials that allow us to distinguish objects that do not emit their own light. Such differences
 in reflectance extend to most materials and to most wavelengths of radiation. Our eyes easily detect subtle differences
 in reflectance in the visible light wavelengths. But there are wavelengths that our eyes do not see. Instruments
 designed to see in those wavelengths show us the world in a new perspective.
 Detection and enhancement of fingerprints by reflection of short wavelength UV light has long been reported in
 Forensic Journals. In brief, differences in reflectance exist between a fingerprint and the surface on which it is located;
 although they may be slight, instruments can be designed to amplify and enhance those differences.
 The SIRCH IE® KRIMESITE™ IMAGER is one of a new generation of such instruments. It utilizes a micro-channel
 plate-based image intensifier in conjunction with optics specifically designed to image short wavelength (ultraviolet)
 light and a series of special bandpass filters to allow you to see untreated fingerprints even in daylight.

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