mysteriew
10-17-2005, 02:53 AM
But throughout the conversations, Bar-Jonah maintained he had nothing to do with the disappearance of 10-year-old Zachary Ramsay from Great Falls in 1996. Although Bar-Jonah was never convicted in that case, police allegations that he kidnapped, killed and cannibalized the boy captured international media attention.
Perry said in all her off-camera conversations with Bar-Jonah, he never waivers in his innocence.
"Out of all the missing children I showed and discussed with Nate, his heart only went out for Zach Ramsay," she said.
Bar-Jonah asked her to contact Zach's mother, Rachel Howard, and recruit her to join the ministries' group Parents Against Kidnapping. Perry said he gave her Howard's name and hometown along with her relatives' names and where they could be found.
"For some reason, he is very concerned about Zach's mother," she said.
Howard's insistence that her son is alive was among factors that led prosecutors to drop the homicide charge against Bar-Jonah in October 2002.
Investigators also lacked physical evidence to link Bar-Jonah to Ramsay. The child's body was never found. Although officers dug up Bar-Jonah's garage and found crushed bones buried there, DNA tests showed they weren't Ramsay's.
Perry did not question Bar-Jonah about the bones fragments, and their source remains a mystery.
Bar-Jonah never said Ramsay's name throughout the interview, saying his initials once, but usually referring to him as the "missing boy I was charged with."
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Perry said in all her off-camera conversations with Bar-Jonah, he never waivers in his innocence.
"Out of all the missing children I showed and discussed with Nate, his heart only went out for Zach Ramsay," she said.
Bar-Jonah asked her to contact Zach's mother, Rachel Howard, and recruit her to join the ministries' group Parents Against Kidnapping. Perry said he gave her Howard's name and hometown along with her relatives' names and where they could be found.
"For some reason, he is very concerned about Zach's mother," she said.
Howard's insistence that her son is alive was among factors that led prosecutors to drop the homicide charge against Bar-Jonah in October 2002.
Investigators also lacked physical evidence to link Bar-Jonah to Ramsay. The child's body was never found. Although officers dug up Bar-Jonah's garage and found crushed bones buried there, DNA tests showed they weren't Ramsay's.
Perry did not question Bar-Jonah about the bones fragments, and their source remains a mystery.
Bar-Jonah never said Ramsay's name throughout the interview, saying his initials once, but usually referring to him as the "missing boy I was charged with."
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051016/NEWS01/510160302/1002