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#3, more on handwriting
Posted by jameson on May-17-03 at 10:32 PM
In response to message #2
Q. Page 113. Next to the last paragraph "Additional information he shared with us at the interview,
which we were later able to confirm, further eliminated him." What are you referring to in terms of the
additional information?

MR. DIAMOND: Can I, give me a second, please, to get the context?

MR. WOOD: Bill McReynolds.

THE DEPONENT: Chuck, I need to prior to this answer just 60 seconds to ask you a question.

MR. WOOD: Go off the record.

VIDEO TECHNICIAN: The time is 4:07. We're going off the record. This is the end of tape three.
(Recess taken from 4:07 p.m. to 4:09 p.m.)

VIDEO TECHNICIAN: The time is 4:10. We're on the record. This the

MR. DIAMOND:

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Q. Yeah, he did. Did you ever see the letter that he had sent to Patsy before his surgery where he
talked about how much he enjoyed JonBenet giving him a tour of the house and giving him a special
present in the basement of the house a year before, Christmas of 1995; did you ever see that letter?

A. I'm not sure I ever saw a letter like that.

Q. Do you deny seeing a letter like that?

A. I'm telling you if the Ramseys had wished to share that with us, I certainly would have looked at it
but, as I sit --

Q. Are you saying they didn't?

A. -- as I sit here right now I don't recall that letter.

Q. Analysis proved that Santa Bill didn't write the ransom note. Was he in the elimination category
from CBI?

A. Again, if you want to go back to that, he was not under consideration. Whether that was
elimination or no evidence to indicate, it was my understanding from Trujillo that McReynolds was not a
candidate as the ransom note author.

Q. How many different examiners looked at his handwriting?

A. I think it was just Chet Ubowski at CBI.

Q. How about Jessie McReynolds, did he fall under the category as John Ramsey did of elimination
as the author?

A. Same in the interest of your time, same answer as for Bill McReynolds.

Q. Again, I guess in the interest of my time, thank you for your concern. When we use the term
elimination, you claim not to understand what that means from the CBI and other handwriting experts;
is that what you're telling me? Because I'm trying to find out if you've got a report where a CBI
person, in this instance Mr. Ubowski I assume, said based on his review of exemplars in the ransom
note he was able to eliminate Bill McReynolds as an author of the note. That's what I want to know
whether that was done in this case or not. Was it done or not is my question?

A. And I'm not real sure of your question, but as far as elimination or no evidence to indicate, I
believe Santa Bill and his son fell into that category.

Q. But there were examiners that said there was no evidence to indicate that Patsy was the author
of the note, true?

A. The same examiner who also said that didn't disqualify her as possibly being the author of the
note.

Q. Nor would it disqualify Bill McReynolds in and of itself, true?

A. I think it was different examiners and I don't know the standards of their professional
examination.

Q. You have seen the -- I'm sure you watched some of the appearances by Alex Hunter when he
went out on the media, didn't you?

A. I did.

Q. You've heard Alex Hunter say that the handwriting experts in this case in fact put Patsy Ramsey
somewhere around a 4.5 on a one to five scale, five being elimination. You heard district attorney
Hunter make that statement, didn't you?

A. Not only did I not hear him make that statement, District Attorney Hunter I never know what to
believe when he speaks.

Q. You don't like Alex Hunter, do you?

A. No, sir.

(I will also post this on the 3 suspects thread where McReynolds is mentioned.)