LAST EDITED ON Jul-25-03 AT 03:21 PM (EST)
 
The death of Michael Helgoth was ruled a suicide by police. There was a connection to the Ramsey case because he had some sort of obsession with JonBenet, (according to a friend). In spite of the stun gun and Hi-Tek boots found in his room, there was no serious investigation to link him to the Ramsey murder. There was no search of his room. His house was demolished and razed to the ground. His family did not believe it was suicide; they think he was murdered. I also think he was involved in the murder of JonBenet. I think he was killed because he knew too much and was a threat to the real killer.

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http://www.longmontfyi.com/ramsey/storyDetail03.asp?ID=26
Carnes notes in her ruling that one man named in the Ramseys’ book, Michael Helgoth, committed suicide two months after the murder and one day after District Attorney Alex Hunter announced they were narrowing the search for JonBenet’s killer.
A stun gun was found near Mr. Helgoth’s body, as well as “HI-TEC” boots. Evidence in the case suggests that JonBenet’s killer used a stun gun on her. Unidentified shoeprints from HI-TEC boots also were found in the Ramseys’ basement.
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http://crime.about.com/library/weekly/aa111700c.htm
Why wasn’t his room searched?

You're on, Jameson: Make it count!
jameson
Steve, thanks for taking the question. Since I have only one, this is it - - "Why wasn't
Michael Helgoth's room searched when the sheriff's department advised that he may
need to be looked at? (after his suicide - when a stun gun and Hi-Tec boots were
clearly visible in the photos of his body..."

stevethomas
Re: photo you mention -- have you seen it? or is it someone "else" who is talking
about stun guns and hi-tecs? i agree, if bpd didn't take the opportunity to look at it,
even to discount it, it was a missed opportunity. but don't make hay out of something
in left field. those inside the case didn't think it was stun gun, based on medical
evidence. and the hi-tec boot has inherent chain of custody issues. thanks for the
questions, sorry the space allows for only such a short answer.
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Posted on another forum:

http://www.voy.com/133358/944.html

Date Posted: 11:43:36 07/13/03 Sun by Rita Johnson

I spoke to a number of members of Helgoth's family. They BELIEVE that he was murdered. His uncle told me that when they discovered Michael; he was "crouched" down at the end of the bed under the covers with a pillow that had muffled the gun shot. They are sure he didn't commit suicide. BECAUSE of someone connected to TEAM RAMSEY that claims he was a friend; but was just "hanging" around the junkyard,they believe there it was suspiciously wanting him out of the picture....You figure! That same person BROKE into the house and stole items i.e. boots to be used as evidence against him. The person that did it admitted to me that he was connected to TEAM RAMSEY. Of course I did report it right away......Sometime ago. You figure??? Strangely it happened the DAY after Hunter said "we will get you!". I wonder why Schiller didn't show this guy in the movie. It really happened and would have been quite compelling to show the "intruder theory"? It seems like there's been a desperate attempt to find the needle in a haystack pointing to an intruder. Notice most of those who have been turned in as suspects by TEAM RAMSEY seem defenseless and certainly have no resource to combat the likes of TEAM RAMSEY. Rita
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