Was there a special "clause" in his contract, or what?

It seems that first time homicide investigator, Steve Thomas, finally gave a free pass to everyone but the grieving mother of the victim. He ignored valuable input from more experienced investigators and scoffed at them. Thomas kept his focus on Patsy Ramsey, like a chicken on a June bug. Thomas even offered John Ramsey a free "pass" on national TV while he accused Patsy Ramsey of writing the ransom note and the brutal rape, torture, and "accidental" murder of their youngest child.

Thomas theorized Patsy wrote the note after a bed-wetting rage and then staged a cover-up, but his theory didn't fit the evidence and never will.

After many years the case was finally removed from BPD, and some of Thomas' major supporters started an Internet petition which was sent to the Governor of Colorado. The petition requested the removal of Detective Lou Smit, District Attorney Mary Keenan, et.al. to be replaced with "unbiased" investigators. (Like Thomas?)

Do you think Thomas was "stuck" on Patsy or became another "patsy" of sorts? Was he spoon fed certain information or disinformation by others with ulterior motives? Why did he give everyone but Patsy a free pass? So far, his record of solving homicides is still a big zero.

In my opinion, Thomas wanted to solve his first murder case, and was deeply affected by the horrific murder of JonBenet. Unfortunately, his inexperience got in the way. There's a first time for everything, but lead homicide investigator should not be one of them. This crime has always been bigger than Boulder, and much more important than Steve Thomas and his theory. By placing blame on Patsy Ramsey, a vicious child murderer was allowed the freedom to roam among the rest of society.

Thomas wrote that Patsy was the only one "in the house that night" who could not be (100%) eliminated as the ransom note writer. On a scale of 1-5, with 5 being elimination, handwriting experts determined that John scored 5, and Patsy scored 4.5. There was at least one other person who was not eliminated by handwriting, and possibly more. Thomas wrote that Bill McReynolds had "questionable" handwriting but was too frail to commit the crime. In my opinion it was either an attempt to mislead the public and/or bolster his theory. A "half" truth isn't truth at all. One of the "final straws" that caused him to quit the force was that the DA wanted to further the investigation of "Santa Bill."

What's your opinion?