Not a long piece, but another tabloid story that talks about the new investigation looking away from the parents, starts to point at intruder theories.

Randy Simons is mentioned - the photographer who had a breakdown of sorts, was found walking naked in Genoa, CO - - when the cops approached him he told them he did not kill JonBenét.

Mentions Mike McElroy, the guy who had the onscene web site and made mobiles of naked Barbies.

Oliva and Helgoth are in there too. Not sure how they refer to them, maybe as "Thomas Aquinas" and "Bootman". I won't have the papers for a while....

They discuss very briefly the the animal hair found in JonBenét's hands, said it seems the killer had a pet. Mentions the windows and door being open, and talks about the bag of rope that did not belong to the Ramseys.

But, being a tabloid, they also added a little zing at their favorite targets:

"But while Keenan is looking at other suspects, she said: 'We're not excluding the Ramseys.'"

>'We're not excluding the Ramseys.'"
Merely because you do not exclude, does not mean you are including.

They exhausted all efforts to put this on the Ramseys. If someone comes up with photos of the Ramseys making garrotes at a scout meeting in June of 1996, I am sure they will look into things, but as it is, I am sure the efforts are all going to the intruder suspects.

JONBENET CASE TAKES A STRANGE NEW TWIST

INVESTIGATORS FOCUS ON INTRUDER THEORY

BY DON GENTILE

Was it the strange kiddie photographer who walked naked down the street? Or was it the
student with a sick sexual attraction to Barbie Dolls?

Could it have been the auto parts worker who owned a stun gun and took his own life or
the convicted child molester who admitted he'd done something horrible?

Who DID kill Jonbent Ramsey if, as Boulder District Attorney Mary Keenan said recently,
there is little proof she was slain by her parents John and Patsy?

"The evidence is more consistent with a theory that an intruder murdered JonBenet,"
said Keenan in a startling statement that turned the Christmas 1996 homicide case
up-side down. In a clear slap at the Boulder cops- who were criticized for botching the
initial investigation-Keenan transfered the case to her office.

And The Enquirer has learned that Keenan's investigation may re-examine some of the
bizarre characters who were cleared by police, including:

Randy Simmons is the kiddie photographer who took many of the famous photos of
JonBenet. He was arrested on October 16, 1998, for walking naked down the main
street of Genoa, Colo. "I didn't kill Jonbent," Simons told the arresting officer who hadn't
asked him if he had.

Mike McElroy was a student at of Univ. of Colo. in Boulder at the time of Jonbent's
death. He hosted a sick website that featured pornographic articles about the murder
and rape of young girls, photos of sexual bondage and a twisted yarn about the way to
have violent sex with a Barbie doll. Several bound and gagged Barbie dolls were tossed
on the lawn of the Ramseys' Boulder home months after the murder.

In late 1998, The Enquirer reported that cops discovered McElroy owned a stun gun,
which police confiscated. Experts believe a stun gun was used to subdue Jonbenet.

Michael Helgoth, a Boulder auto parts worker, shot himself on Feb.14th, 1997 the day
after Hunter declared in a televised press conference that the list of suspects was
narrowing.. Found near Helgoth's body was a stun gun and a pair of High-/Tec boots.

Gary Olivia, a homeless sex offender, was believed to be in the Ramsey neighborhood
on the night of the murder and according to a friend, he called days later to say he'd
done a terrible thing. Police say Olivia also owned a stun gun.

The Ramsey attorney Lin Wood said Keenan's comments about an intruder exonerate
John and Patsy, as does the recent ruling by Judge Carnes. She dismissed a lawsuit by
journalist Chris Wolf, who was named as a possible suspect in a book authored by the
Ramseys. Carnes' 93 page dismissal ruling also contained never before
revealed evidence in the case:

Seven windows were unlocked and a door was open in the Ramsey home after the
murder; pieces of a brown paper bag were found in Jonbenet's bed- the bag itself,
containing rope, was in a bedroom next to Jonbent's room; and dark animal hairs were
found in her hands.

"The bag and rope did not belong to the Ramseys and the animal hair, from a dog or cat,
matched nothing in the Ramsey home", said an insider.

"The feeling is the killer owns a pet."

But while Keenan is looking at other suspects, she said: "Were not excluding the Ramseys."

(transcribed by Rickamorti1)

It would have been interesting if the Carnes judgment had come out before the NE Book - JonBenet, the Police Files. Maybe some of those very slanted editorial remarks in the book would have taken a different tone.

The NE book, is seems to me, was far tamer than the earlier tabloid stories. I think the tapes made a difference to the tabloids before Carnes' decision came out - - but I agree, the smaller jabs at the Ramseys might have been gone altogether.