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19 Q. (By Mr. Levin) Mr. Ramsey, your
20 wife told us that there was a college
21 student that was staying with the Steins, I
22 believe, named Nathan I*****?
23 MR. WOOD: It was a reference in
24 the book.
25 Q. (By Mr. Levin) Okay. Had you,

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1 prior to the murder of your daughter, had
2 you had any contact with him?
3 A. Yeah. We would see him at their
4 house. He would drive the kids to school
5 occasionally in a carpool, Patsy would take
6 them, sometimes, Susan would sometimes or
7 Nathan would take them.
8 Q. Was there anything unusual about
9 his conduct -- and I am asking for your
10 contemporaneous impression, and then I'm going
11 to ask you about the post-murder impression.
12 Your contemporaneous impression of Mr. Inouwe
13 I assume was favorable if you let him drive
14 your kids to school?
15 A. Yes. He was a very, very kind,
16 nice person.
17 Q. Keeping in mind that you told us
18 that you are suspicious of everyone, is there
19 anything in particular about Mr. I*****,
20 using the power of hindsight, that causes you
21 today to be particularly suspicious of him?
22 A. Nothing specifically in terms of
23 his actions or what he said. Have I
24 eliminated him? No, I haven't. I thought
25 about that from time to time, but I don't

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1 consider him of strong, strong interest.

Again, I don't see John throwing anyone under the bus or accusing anyone. he is answering questions and being honest.

He doesn't know who killed his daughter - is not accusing anyone but is not ready to swear anyone is innocent either.