Hi,Jams
Just thought you should know that a pelvic ultrasound is MUCH more
definitive for any type of uterine or ovarian tumor.
It is easy enough to get a doc to order a pelvic ultrasound, just tell
him you have pelvic pain or abnormal bleeding or something similar and
mention that you would like a diagnostic pelvic ultrasound. The scan is
VERY sensitive now, and they use a small vaginal wand which allows them
to map an ovary like it is a city block. It doesn't hurt, insurance
covers it, and there ISN' says with certainty that they don't, others point to John
Ramsey's involvement with high-tech industry to support the theory that he
does. The online sleuths have lots of theories. Lauren Stewart of Michigan (code
name: shorty), who plans to make it to Boulder, says there's a feeling of mental
superiority among the electronic detectives. According to Stewart, who has two
grown children and three adopted school-age kids at home, "Everyone's trying
to be the one guy who spots the one thing that everyone's missed." Stewart, for
example, noticed that Patsy had said that JonBenet's bedroom door was
closed--but how could the murderer have closed the bedroom door behind him,
since he would have had to carry an armload of other materials along with the
child to the basement? Stewart wasn't sure if this seeming inconsistency meant
anything, but just in case, she e-mailed the tip to new Boulder police chief Mark
Beckner, who was put in charge of the investigation last fall.
The Anti-Rams and Fence Sitters revel in these little details and complain that
the Pro-Rams won't even consider them. Too often, Wheeler says, it seems
that the Pro-Rams just try to start conflict without making a well-reasoned point
about the case itself.
Although the Pro-Rams won't be attending Boulder's wingding, several key
media figures have been invited to a dinner. One prominent figure, former chief
deputy Denver district attorney and current Channel 7 legal-expert-for-hire
Craig Silverman, decided to invite himself, Knapp says. She's happy to have
him. "It was like, 'Wow! He's already on my list.'"
Who's not on her list? University of Colorado professor Michael Tracy, who
made a documentary on the Ramseys that Channel 9 aired earlier this summer
and that is slated to run on A&E sometime this fall. Originally, Knapp thought it
would be a good idea to ask him, just to stir things up a bit. But the idea was
roundly rejected by the online pals she surveyed. "Some felt that he would be a
spy for the Ramseys," she says, then adds, "Others think he's not very
intelligent. He seems to be very ignorant of a lot of things. I don't know if that's
by choice."
The dinner, initially planned for Pasta Jay's, was moved to an undisclosed
location for two reasons: First, the number of attendees quickly grew larger
than expected. And then some cyber-sleuths had second thoughts about holding
their gathering at a restaurant owned by rabid Ramsey supporter Jay Elowsky,
who once went after two people he thought were members of the media.
"Some people are frightened to be too visual," says Stewart. "I mean, that Pasta
Jay guy took after somebody with a baseball bat." Now attendees will be issued
passwords to gain access to the dinner.
In addition to meeting over dinner, the armchair detectives can take a
sight-seeing tour of Boulder, working off a list of suggested sights compiled by
Knapp (see page 20). Of course, there's the former Ramsey home, where
JonBenet's body was found. (Knapp is quick to point out that this will not be an
organized bus tour and says her group will be respectful of neighbors.) They
also plan to visit the Boulder County Jail (current home of minor player J.T.
Colfax, arrested last year after he stuffed a burning envelope through the mail
slot of the Ramsey home; he also lifted the morgue log sheet listing JonBenet's
body), McGuckin Hardware (possible source of the rope used in the garrotte),
Boulder County Courthouse, the Boulder Police Department, High Plains
Elementary and Access Graphics. A trip to Rollinsville, the hometown of Bill
"Santa" McReynolds, is also on the itinerary for those interested in attending.
Perhaps the oddest stop on the tour is the Columbia Cemetery gravesite of Tom
Horn, executed in Cheyenne in 1903 for murdering a fourteen-year-old boy.
This past July, authorities found a note attached to Horn's grave addressed to
Boulder District Attorney Alex Hunter, threatening to damage the grave if the
Ramseys were not arrested. The group also wants to pose at the Web cam in
front of University Bikes and wave a hello to all the other online buddies who
couldn't make the trip.
The cyber-sleuths are also planning their very own whodunit murder mystery
game--but one that doesn't involve the facts of the Ramsey case. That would
be too tacky. And as a surprise, Knapp plans to have goodie bags waiting for all
the attendees. She doesn't want to reveal too much about their contents, but
they are certain to contain FBI pens, funny disguises and other stuff any good
detective needs.
Each bag will also hold a T-shirt with a message for JonBenet Ramsey's killer,
printed in lettering that mimics the ransom note: "Listen Carefully! The Internet
Is Watching!
westword.com &pip; originally published: September 10, 1998
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