JonBenet Ramsey Case: James Kolar, Former Leading Investigator Rejects Intruder Theory in New Book
7/19/12


A former lead investigator in the still-unsolved JonBenet Ramsey murder case has come out with a book explaining his theory that there never was an intruder.

James Kolar claims in his book, Foreign Faction: Who Really Kidnapped JonBenet?, that the evidence raised questions about the intruder theory that eventually led to JonBenet's family being cleared.

"I was kind of discouraged they didn't want to pursue things I thought should be looked at," Kolar said. "I was kind of discouraged the work I had done was not being received well," Kolar told the Daily Camera.





The title of Kolar's book correlates with the ransom note found in the Ramsey's note which claimed to be written by a "small foreign faction."

Kolar says he'd been hoping the case would have been solved by now and that his book could have been written from that vantage point. The former detective had access to 60,000 pages of evidence, including crime-scene video and photos, interviews with individuals related to the case and forensic reports.





Among the contradicting evidence Kolar points out in his book are fully intact cobwebs stretching over the window the intruder allegedly entered, more DNA evidence found at the crime scene including DNA on the garrote cord used to strangle the young girl.

In his book, Kolar also writes about a child's toy that was found that may have been responsible for some of the abrasions on JonBenet's body, rather than a stun gun which had been considered a possible source of the injuries to her back, according to The Daily Beast.

"By the time I parted company with the D.A.'s office, I was convinced that there was no significant possibility that an intruder had been involved in the death of JonBenet," Kolar writes in his book.









On Dec. 26, 1996, 6-year-old JonBenet was found bludgeoned and strangled to death in the basement of her family home. A ransom note from an anonymous group of individuals "that represent a foreign faction" asking for $118,000 in exchange for the safe return of JonBenet was found just hours before, but no call ever came from a kidnapper and it was never linked to a murderer.

John and Patsy Ramsey, JonBenet's parents were prime suspects for years and repeatedly appeared on news channels defending their innocence and demanding justice for the murder of their young daughter. The entire Ramsey family was cleared of any involvement in the murder of JonBenet back in 2008, thanks to then newly discovered DNA evidence, according to 9News.

Patsy Ramsey, JonBenet's mother, died 2 years earlier in 2006 of ovarian cancer, tragically, she was still considered a possible suspect when she died.







Beginning in 2010, investigators reopened the case and launched a fresh round of interviews with witnesses that could provide more insight into the murder, according to ABC News, but nothing fruitful came of those interviews.

The DNA evidence still points to an "unexplained third party" that serves as a vague lead for authorities still pursuing the case, TIME magazine reported.





According to 7News, Boulder police have tested more than 150 DNA samples and investigated nearly the same amount of potential suspects in their ongoing investigation, but none have ever been linked to the crime.

After all these years, Boulder police have received thousands of tips about her murder and still receive several monthly. Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett said in 2010 that he personally gets five or more tips each month, according to Fox31. The ones that have potential are passed along to Boulder police's Major Case Unit.

There have been plenty of false leads as well, including most famously Mark Karr -- who bizarrely admitted to being with JonBenet the night of her death, but DNA evidence later cleared him of any wrongdoing in this case, MSNBC reported.





Craig Silverman, talk radio legal analyst on 630 KHOW that has covered the unsolved murder since it first broke, spoke to KDVR about the public's interest in the case back in 2010:

"It's an enduring, epic mystery. Everybody would like to know who killed little JonBenet."

Silverman went on to say on his Huffington Post blog, "This JonBenet murder mystery has never been lacking for clues. There are too many clues. It is putting all the puzzle pieces together that matters."





It remains one of the most notorious murders in U.S. history and a decade and a half later there is still no justice for JonBenet who would be nearing her 22nd birthday if she were alive today.

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I have always believed that John & Patsy might not be guilty, but they know or suspect who did it and for whatever reason are covering for the person. I read a book years ago, and have read a lot online, and it is just a stretch to believe an intruder murdered her- or a total stranger. I also believe the police botched the investigation.

I have always believed that John & Patsy might not be guilty, but they know or suspect who did it and for whatever reason are covering for the person. I read a book years ago, and have read a lot online, and it is just a stretch to believe an intruder murdered her- or a total stranger. I also believe the police botched the investigation.

That's pretty much my feelings on it, too--on all counts. I think the person responsible always wanted it to look like a strange intruder did it.

That's pretty much my feelings on it, too--on all counts. I think the person responsible always wanted it to look like a strange intruder did it.
i dont think the parents did it or did a thing wrong. i still lean towards a family friend who knew the house and layout did this and likely the parents dont know who it is.

i dont think the parents did it or did a thing wrong. i still lean towards a family friend who knew the house and layout did this and likely the parents dont know who it is.


Yes, I lean toward this scenario. And my first thoughts were that it was one of the other siblings, however they were ruled out by DNA. I cannot imagine covering for someone that killed my child unless it were another of my children-but even then, I'm not sure that I could do it.

I never believed John or Patsy did it, but it has to be someone with ties to that house and family-close ties. I believe that because of her body being left in the house, and the ransom note, and knowledge of John's bonus check. I still am pretty sure they have an idea who did it. I can't imagine why they would protect them though.

I totally forgot about that creep John Mark Karr. What a weirdo!

If the parents were covering for someone they knew, the person must have sure had some dirt on them. I lean towards Patsy did it, especially due to the Ramseys' desperation to implicate anyone to cast suspicion off themselves. A strange intruder or acquaintance unfamiliar with the house is just too unbelievable. The DNA on the underwear is explicable that it was new out of the package (put there by a factory worker), or JonBenét used the same restroom as an unrelated man and picked up some DNA there.

He needed to cover his ass as a cop in the incompetent investigation of JBR's murder by saying that the PD did a good job, there was no intruder, or that John or Patsy did it. Lets look at his main points.

...the cow-web. It's quite well known that the house had many unlocked doors and windows. While the basement window is mentioned over and over, this was a large mansion with many possible entry points.

...the other DNA on the garrote. The garrote was a paintbrush used by the Ramseys and of course might have their DNA.

...If you look at the autopsy photos which have somehow been leaked, the marks appear to be burn marks and I doubt that a child's toy could have made the mark.

The theory that John or Patsy did it is ridiculous. Jon Benet was not killed in a fit of rage. She was slowly strangled by someone determined to kill her. Whether you believe Patsy or John is capable of that is up to you to decide, but I personally dont believe that can possibly be true.

Plus, the new PD chief has exonerated John and Patsy and we all know how hard it is for them to admit that.

Kolar is either profiteering or proving even more that the PD are a bunch of incompetent, biased, tunnel-vision-afflicted fools. I dont know which is worse.

I doubt the murder will ever be solved for the following reasons.
-The destruction of evidence. Many family friends were allowed to comb the property right after her disappearance was discovered.
-The investigation focused immediately on John and Patsy. The tunnel vision meant that other leads were not investigated during the most likely for the crime to be solved.
-The killer probably did this as a one-time thing, meaning that he will not be caught in other murders linking him to the crime. He had no signs of being experienced. Writing a long ransom note with his own hand using material from his victim's house is something serial killers don't do.

wowowow...I understand the Ramseys have their own set of ppl to cover their tracks (obviously) ..and if anyone thinks they aren't guilty,then pls, pls, PLEASE go to: websleuths.com.The members there will be happy to give you the details.I don't have time,but many there who have invested a LOT of time on this case!
Thanks!

The bottom line is that there was no motive for John or Patsy to kill their daughter. Two motives have been presented, but both make no sense at all.

a)JBR was killed in a fit of rage. However, the evidence shows that the main cause of death was strangulation, which was clearly slow and deliberate.
b)She was sexually abused. This has been disproven by all the doctors and specialists who had seen JBR before her death and is complete speculation.

The best theory is that a family friend killed JBR. He was clearly intensely jealous or consumed by anger and committed the crime.

We see that the death of JBR clearly destroyed the Ramsey family. There was no monetary gain, John was all but forced from his perched position as CEO and founder of Access Graphics, and Patsy died of cancer a few years later. They have clearly suffered more than even the average family who loses a child.