It is my long time understanding that and FBI agent showed up at the Ramsey home aorund 10:30 am on the morning on Dec. 26, but that the FBi was told to "stand down" by the BOD>

This is significant for two reasons:

1. If there was a kidnapping, it would be in the sole jurisdiction of the FBI, as kidnapping is deemed to be a federal offense because it is assumed that there is likelihood that the victim will be transported across state lines. (This rule resulted from the Lindbergh kidnapping). So, if there WAS a kidnapping, the BOD screwed up.

2. If the BPD told the FBI to stand down because there was no kidnapping, so no FBI jurisdiction, had the BPD already determined by 10:30 am that the ransom note was fake? If so, on what basis did the BOD draw that conclusion?