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The Ramsey Window Myth A presentation of the facts through visual evidence in the JonBenét Ramsey murder investigation

The Story
The Ramsey team wants the public to believe an intruder entered the Ramsey home through a basement window and committed the murder of six year old JonBenét Ramsey.  But the evidence proves the window-entry of some fantasy intruder is nothing by a myth.

The window well myth is just another product of Lou Smit, who was brought into the investigation by the District Attorney's office and wound up creating dozens of bogus facts and chasing fantasy boogie-men.  Steve Thomas, a detective who worked the case was asked by Elizabeth Vargus on the Good Morning America television show about Lou Smit's claim that an intruder came in through the basement window.  The transcript of Thomas' comments is below:
 

At a later date, Lou Smit would actually prove Thomas right when he personally climbed through the window on the Today Show as America watched him drag his butt over the same sill Thomas says proves nobody entered the house through that window.  After dropping into the window well, Smit did a virtual "break-dance" getting into the position required to climb into the window.  Not only did Smit prove Thomas statements about the window sill not being touched, but the crime scene photos show no evidence whatsoever of the type of disturbance Smit created with his floundering movements at the bottom of the well.
 

The BIG Picture

The crime scene photo above is a panoramic of the entire window well.  Note the dirt and debris on the center window sill.  Thomas would also detail in his book, "JonBenét: Inside The Ramsey Murder Investigation" that while the investigators were in the house looking for clues, Lou Smit would also claim that there was a footprint at the bottom of the window well.  Upon close inspection, Smit's "foot print" turned out to be only a discoloration in the concrete which can also be seen on the photo.
 
 

The photo below in an enlarged section showing only the window sill.  Here we can really see what Thomas is talking about as the sill not only contains a large amount of dirt and debris, but in the dirt can be seen the tiny circles left by the drops from the last rain.  The Ramsey murder was committed on Christmas day.  The temperature was 9 degrees with patches of snow on the ground.  There was no rain on the night of the crime or probably weeks before it.

Now compare the window sill on the center window that the intruder supposedly entered, to the sill from the window on the left in the panoramic view.  With the exception of the leaves that blew up into the corner, the same filth exists on both sills.

The Other Window
And what about the other windows around the house?  Below is a photo of a window on a completely different side of the house.  Note the dirt on its sill, and it wasn't even in a well where dirt and debris would tend to accumulate.  Again you can see the water marks left by the last rain that rolled down the windows on that side of the house.

The Final Fantasy
Look closely at the photo below.  Lou Smit claims the suitcase was used by the intruder to exit the Ramsey home.  But notice the distance between the suitcase and the window sill.  This is a window that could only open part way because of an overhead obstruction.  The position you see the window at in the photo is the farthest it could ever open.  How could someone possibly climb from that suitcase out the window without touching any of the filth present on the window's sill?  Where are the hand prints in the dirt someone would have left as they boosted themselves up through the window from the suitcase?

Several people have climbed through the window from the outside, but no photos or video has been published showing anyone climbing out the window and what contortions they had to go through.  The suitcase could have only been used for exiting the house not entering, it wasn't stored there according to the Ramseys.  Note that the window was not found open as shown in the photo but was opened that morning by a friend of the Ramseys.

And what about the flashlight, what does that tell us about the window myth?  The Ramsey's claim the flashlight which was found in the kitchen is not theirs--even though they owned one identical to it and a second flashlight was not found in the house.  Look at the photo above and you can see the Ramsey basement was dark and cluttered.  How could an intruder have made it out that window in the pitch black if he had left his flashlight in the kitchen?  The basement lights were not found turned on the following morning.  Yet the Ramsey team expects people to believe an intruder was able to climb out that window - using the suitcase as a step - in the total darkness - without touching the dirt on the window sill - without tripping over anything and making any loud noises...
 

Conclusion
The evidence and case facts show the following:

• Nobody left hand or foot prints in the window well like Lou Smit did when he positioned himself to go through the window.
• Nobody disturbed the dirt on the window sill as they entered through the window, sliding their backside across the sill.
• Nobody could possibly exit the basement by boosting themselves up from the suitcase and not disturb the dirt on the window sill.
• Nobody could possibly navigate that basement without turning on the lights or using a portable light source.
• The lights were not found to be on the next morning as they would have been if someone left out the window.
• Neighbors reported seeing a light on in the house, but no person reported seeing the basement lights on.
• The evidence is backwards.  The suitcase couldn't have been used to climb in since it wouldn't have been there.  And the flashlight that the intruder would have needed to find his way out was left in the kitchen.
• The photos of the window well show the wind swirled the leaves and debris into the corners of the well.  That same wind could have easily blown debris into the basement through the window that John Ramsey admits he broke months before the crime and never fixed.

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Revised: 01/13/02