LAST EDITED ON May-19-03 AT 04:39 PM (EST)
 
Q (Hoffman). The report that you actually were able to physically examine, do you know how many subjects or persons were actually being discussed in that report?
A (Thomas). Yeah, many. Many, many, many, you know, 20,30,40 maybe.
Q. Do you know whether or not the reprt drew any conclusions with respect to authorship of the ransom note?
A. Yes.
Q. Could you tell me what you remember the conclusionto be?
A. As I sit here today without that document in front of me, I recall language in that document that along the lines, and I'm certainly paraphrasing,that there was evidence to suggest that Patsy Ramsey was the author of the ransom note.
Q. Is that the language that you remember "evidence to suggest"?
A. Yes.

(p 19/40 Part 4)

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There were 20,30,40 people's handwriting being reported on and that's all he got out of it? I don't suppose he stopped to see what it said about the handwriting of the other 39 people. Surely, there were several who fell into "evidence to suggest" since PR's was darn near at the elimination level.

Carnes re Ubowski:
Footenote 14 - "Chet Ubowski of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation concluded that the evidence fell short of that needed to support a conclusion that Mrs. Ramsey wrote the note. (SMF 197; PSMF 197.)"

II. The Ransom Note
"None of the six consulted experts identified Mrs. Ramsey as the author of the Ransom Note. (SMF 195; PSMF 195.) Rather, the experts' consensus was that she "probably did not" write the Ransom Note. (SMF 196; PSMF 196.).... The experts described the chance of Mrs. Ramsey being the author of the Ransom Note as "very low." (SMF 204; PSMF 204.)."

How does "probably did not" and "evidence to suggest" equate?