"You can live pretty simple," John said. "We end up carrying this big bag of stuff around with us, mortgages, car payments. You don't need a new car. You don't need this and that. All of a sudden you think, well that's kind of nice, just to get up in the morning and enjoy the flowers, instead of going out and worrying about somebody putting a ding in your new car.
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(continued)"We've simplified our life. It's something that's taken time." Their energy is divided among several pursuits.
The couple has begun an informal ministry within their church, Peachtree Presbyterian of Atlanta, focusing on support for the bereaved. Patsy clearly is energized by the outreach, sometimes spontaneously seeking out victims' survivors after reading newspaper stories. The response has been positive.
"I was just driven to see this woman," by a higher spirit, Patsy said, recalling one encounter. "She said, 'The world wouldn't have sent Patsy Ramsey, but God did.' "
The Ramseys also are starting to talk of a broader cause, saying they are among "thousands" of innocent people convicted, either in public opinion or in court. They would like to see the murder of a child be a federal crime, investigated by FBI experts instead of local police.
"We're dealing with maniacs. These guys are mad, they're subhumans, that do this. How could you murder a child?" John said. "And yet we leave it up to Barney and Andy and Mayberry to deal with it. We're the most powerful country in the world, we should bring every resource we can bear on that."
John admits that lawmakers would probably ignore or dismiss their idea. "We certainly can be viewed as tar babies," he said.
Most important, the Ramseys want to know what is taking place in the investigation of their daughter's death. They want accountability for those who they say botched the case.
'They've failed us'
"We cannot sit idly by for JonBenet's sake for the sake of the next child this person will attack, if he's still alive," John said. "This is not right. Our government has failed, and our intention is to hold them accountable.
"They've failed us, they've failed their community, and they've failed the next family that will have to suffer if this creature is still alive."
To that end, the Ramseys want to throw open the curtains on the investigation, and probably will have to sue for the information they seek. Though police in Boulder say the case remains open, with a sergeant and three detectives still working it, the Ramseys say there is no new information to be uncovered if they remain suspects.
"There's no new material unless somebody goes in and investigates the investigation," Patsy said. "And let me tell you, that's going to be Watergate-level material," she said, referring to depositions for three civil suits that stemmed from the case.
"I want to know, and I want the public to know, what have they done out there?" she said. "To my knowledge, when we're doing discovery and inquiry in these lawsuits, we're finding that there's even less done than we thought. Isn't that frightening?"
John Ramsey said he "absolutely" would love for Boulder police to just shut down their investigation. He and Patsy still want it turned over to "competent, experienced investigators," although he admits the chances of that are small.
Either way, they argue that guilty people would go into seclusion rather than provoke authorities.
"I hand-write notes to (Boulder Police Chief) Mark Beckner and the (Boulder) DA's office, and I say, 'You know, I'm still here, I'm still a grieving mother, can you tell me anything?' " Patsy said. She said she receives no response.
John joked that the notes go into a file of handwriting samples
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_1234830,00.html
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'Our strength comes from our innocence'
By Owen S. Good, News Staff Writer 12/15/2001
For a time, the ring of a telephone could plunge Patsy Ramsey into a hopeful trance. Each call replayed a vision in which she answered to a voice bearing good news and great relief. Then there was a news conference, a lectern, microphones and camera flashes. Answering questions. Cleared of suspicion.
Once, Patsy Ramsey could envision that world. She even had her dress picked out.
"I used to drag this navy suit around for two years, in case they caught the killer," she said, "because I was that sure it would happen. I was on the edge of my tiptoes. The phone would ring and I would think this was it, they're calling to say, 'We got him.' "
Patsy, 44, no longer keeps her navy suit at the ready. After five years, she and her husband, John, have discarded as a fantasy the idea that Boulder police will ever arrest someone for the Christmas night 1996 murder of their 6-year-old daughter, JonBenet.
"We've hoped for five years now that the killer would be found and, while I don't give up hope, I certainly have quit waiting for the phone to ring," John told the Rocky Mountain News on Nov. 30, in the the couple's only newspaper interview this year.
The police investigation, from the start, has focused on the Ramseys as responsible for their 6-year-old daughter's death. Many who read of the case are persuaded of the parents' guilt, and no doubt would share Patsy's escapist dream with her in a different role.
The Ramseys are mindful that nothing will completely remove the "umbrella of suspicion" casting a guilty shadow on them, whether it is the police or the public holding it over their heads. But the allegations still are met with an unstinting declaration of innocence, maddening to Ramsey foes who have staked theories to how innocent people do and do not act.
"We've never felt vulnerable," John said. "Our strength comes from our innocence."
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Their energy is divided among several pursuits.
The couple has begun an informal ministry within their church, Peachtree Presbyterian of Atlanta, focusing on support for the bereaved. Patsy clearly is energized by the outreach, sometimes spontaneously seeking out victims' survivors after reading newspaper stories. The response has been positive.
"I was just driven to see this woman," by a higher spirit, Patsy said, recalling one encounter. "She said, 'The world wouldn't have sent Patsy Ramsey, but God did.' "
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