Thanks for all your good work, Dave. I don't have headphones so I'm relying on the posts of others for information.

I'm not sure what a "squelch circuit" is, but since the ransom note said John was being monitored, is it possible the perp(s) monitored the 911 call to police? Perhaps this is a simple explanation for the perceived change in background noise. IOW, perhaps Patsy hung up, but the perp was still connected from another location i.e. telephone pole, basement, another phone, etc.

I have call forwarding, but don't use it. Does anyone know if it's possible for someone visiting the Ramsey home to program the phones to forward all, or certain calls, to another local location without detection? Could someone at the forwarded location be on the line at the same time as someone in the Ramsey home if a call came in? I recall there was a special ring sequence to identify forwarded calls, but that's about all I remember, and never got around to reading the directions, as usual.

There was a 911 call made during the Ramsey Christmas party on December 23, 1996. Could they have attempted to use a call forwarding feature to intercept calls from police or FBI on Dec.26, 1996, or to time a police response?