Ex-Housekeeper says Patsy killed Jonbenet
A federal judge Thursday gave grand-jury witnesses permission to talk about their secret testimony, prompting the Ramsey family's former housekeeper to declare that Patsy Ramsey killed her 6-year-old daughter.
Former Ramsey housekeeper Linda Hoffmann-Pugh, speaking publicly for the first time about her testimony before the Boulder County grand jury, told reporters Thursday:
* She thought Patsy Ramsey had killed JonBenet.
* The grand jury seemed to zero in on Patsy Ramsey, and she thought it would indict her.
* A Swiss Army knife was found in the basement room where JonBenet's body was found.
* "Only Patsy could have put that knife there. I took it away from Burke (JonBenet's older brother) and hid it in a linen closet near JonBenet's bedroom. An intruder never would have found it. Patsy would have found it getting out clean sheets."
* Pieces of rope were tied around JonBenet's neck and wrist when her body was discovered Dec. 26, 1996.
* The blanket wrapped around JonBenet's body had been left in the dryer. There was still a Barbie Doll nightgown clinging to the blanket, so it had to have come out of the dryer recently, she said. Only Patsy would have known it was in the dryer, she said.
* An intruder never would have found the door to the basement room where JonBenet's body was discovered. It was too difficult to see unless someone knew it was there, she said..............
This just a tiny snip from a lengthy transcript of the Larry King Show.
Imagine 'McCanns and Amaral face to face'.. .. the Ramseys call themselves 'TEAM RAMSEY"
(Patsy)P. RAMSEY: Did they show -- did all of those people show all of their evidence to the grand jurors? Why didn't they come.
(Ex cop) .. THOMAS: Let's remember, the grand jury did not exonerate you either.
John) J. RAMSEY: It's not the grand jury's task to exonerate. Their task is to indict.
THOMAS: I think the grand jury may have issued a report had they -- you were the targets of this grand jury.
J. RAMSEY: No question.
THOMAS: You know it.
J. RAMSEY: I know that.
THOMAS: Probable cause wasn't an issue. And Patsy tonight I think I've heard her say she wish she was arrested in this case.
KING: Well, because they feel it would be an end, to have a trial.
J. RAMSEY: We've been tried in public by innuendo and slander from people like you. God knows we would have loved to have a fair trial in a court of law.
THOMAS: I don't apologize for the book. I left a career, Larry, as you said. I wrote the book for the same reason that you did, to put information out publicly.
J. RAMSEY: No, you put that book out to line your pockets with money based on our tragedy.
THOMAS: No, that's not true. And as a matter of fact, I think you wrote a book as well and took money for that.
J. RAMSEY: It's going to charity.
Tell me what...
THOMAS: And I think you've also said it's going to a legal defense fund.
KING: On the other side, you said that one of the reasons this case is unsolved is him.
J. RAMSEY: Absolutely.
KING: Why?
J. RAMSEY: Because he failed miserably in the task he was given. He was inexperienced. He didn't accept help from people... Both articles on the same page.
I have yet to read this myself but here's a link to a 2008 Vanity Fair article if you haven't yet read it yourself. I think this is the one of, "Good Marketing Ploy" infamy.
H/T Caro, SAZ Aktuell
