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...mother Patricia, 39, widely known as Patsy, is a former Miss West Virginia (1977) and is active in social and charitable circles. The little girl's strangled body was discovered the day after Christmas by her father in a basement area of the family's 15-room house in Boulder, a university town of 96,000 nestled against the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Days before, the room where JonBenet was found had stored holiday presents...
...crime--Boulder's only murder in 1996--prompted grief and shock among the Ramseys' friends and general fears of a predator. After the initial stages of the police investigation, Boulder's communications director Leslie Aaholm assured citizens, "There's no need for concern." This comment raised suspicions, standing out as it did against a background of near total silence about the case by the police...
...they had gone for JonBenet's funeral at the Peachtree Presbyterian Church, site of her baptism. By then, both parents had hired attorneys (and subsequently a media adviser). Why? John answered that a friend "suggested it would be foolish not to have knowledgeable counsel." Patsy dramatically contradicted statements that Boulder parents had nothing to worry about. "There is a killer on the loose," she said. The parents also announced the offer of a $50,000 reward for discovery of the murderer and plans to hire their own team of investigators...
...Ramseys hoped this TV appearance would squelch rumors about their daughter's death, they were disappointed. Investigators asked CNN for a copy of the taped remarks and dispatched a team of five Boulder detectives to Atlanta to interview family friends and relatives there. Again people wondered...
...while networks are flourishing, some cool hunters prefer to do the digging themselves. Roaming the streets of Copenhagen last June, Josh Spear, 21, repeatedly hit the jackpot. Looking for quirky, undiscovered gems, the cool-hunting blogger from Boulder, Colo., stumbled upon a renovated downtown hotel whose 61 rooms had been customized by 21 street artists from around the world. He also found-and blogged about on his site, joshspear.com-a chic shop called WoodWood that featured a wall of limited-edition sneakers. He says too many of today's cool hunters simply sift through blog posts, collecting other people...