It is interesting to me that John Ramsey lost his job at Lockheed Martin. Now why would that happen?
There are some things not often discussed anymore about John Ramsey and his LM job, primarily because they came out early in the investigation, back in 1997, some transpiring within that year, and the articles are no longer online or easily available.
[Edit for correction] All by way of saying in original news reports John Ramsey wasn't actually "fired" from LM, but was "moved" to a new Atlanta division or some such as a "consultant"; not long after that, JR was with a new company called "Jaleo", though I may be spelling that wrong. JR described himself as "fired," however, in
DOI, when his company, Access Graphics (AG, for anyone not saturated with the facts of the case), was sold in 1997 (or 1998?) to General Electric. John said LM was very good to him when he was released, I'm assuming with a golden parachute, which was and is standard practice and included in executive contracts.
What people may not remember or never saw, however, is that it was reported in a local Colorado publication that John refused to take a polygraph during this change of flagship, and that led to him leaving AG as part of the deal with GE. It's not uncommon for large companies to use polygraphs on employees, of course, so it's arguable whether this was SOP for GE or if it was a deal-breaker because of the "umbrella of suspicion" which no company would want shadowing the CEO of a newly purchased company. I even wonder if GE was doing LM a business favor, helping get rid of JR without a straight out firing, which of course would cause the Ramseys to appear even more guilty, if that were possible.
So I saw that report once online, but can't find it online anymore. I have no proof if JR was in fact asked to take a polygraph by LM or GE, or if he refused. I read the one article published online, from a Colorado news publication, but I don't remember any source for the story being given, so I'm just saying that FYI.
What I can believe is that JR was a liability for AG and LM with the international media explosion of the unsolved case of his daughter's murder. His and Patsy's clearly suspicious behavior, the constant replays of the child in pageant costumes, etc., probably did have something to do with the sale of AG and the dumping of JR. I wish I knew what that golden parachute was worth, though. I bet JR got well-compensated for his resignation. He and Patsy took a vacation to a well-known "tax haven" island within a year of the murder, and don't tell me rich people don't have Swiss bank accounts, either.
The Ramseys and their polygraphs...another investigative LE tool they tried so hard to control. Besides the well known "self-sponsored" polygraphs they took with Lin Wood's guidance, we also have the Ramseys in an earlier media interview inadvertently revealing that they took a polygraph for their defense lawyers. This came out when they were asked if they'd taken polygraphs yet; they stuttered they couldn't answer because of "attorney-client privilege," which they apparently didn't realize WE KNOW THEY WERE THE CLIENTS AND COULD SAY WHAT THEY WANTED. It was clear--to me, at least--they were simply avoiding answering yes or no. Why not say "No" if they hadn't? Obviously the answer was yes and they didn't want to then be asked what the results were--IMO. This is typical Ramsey tap dancing: when it came to the truth, the Ramseys always had a movable line which I call evasion. (Michael Kane saw it that way, as well.)
[I did go back and edit out a lot of my rambling on here about case history, if you read it and were wondering....]