BlueCrab (a well-known "Burke Did It" theorist) posted:
BR has never been cleared. No one of authority in Boulder has ever said that BR has been cleared and put it in writing to make it official. Melinda and JAR were officially cleared, but neither of the three Ramseys in the house that night have ever been cleared.
The convoluted October 12, 2000 affidavit written by Lin Wood and signed by Alex Hunter does not clear BR. The word "cleared" does not even appear in the text of the affidavit.
BlueCrabI don't know WHO BlueCrab considers an "authority in Boulder" (perhaps no one but him), but I think MOST OF US would consider the following individuals "authorities" throughout the time that this case was actually under investigation:
1. Mark Beckner
2. The DA's office and/or Alex Hunter
3. Michael Kane
4. Steve Thomas
The following excerpts do indeed "clear" Burke, since he is most notably declared "NOT A SUSPECT", "EXCLUDED" and "CLEARED":
Number One – MARK BECKNER:
http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/extra/ramsey/0611rams1.shtml
Kevin McCullen, Rocky Mountain News, Jun 11/99
The Star, in a short story under the headline "Burke Cleared -- We Were Wrong," said it was "pleased to correct the record" by reporting that Burke Ramsey was not a suspect in the death of his 6-year-old sister Dec. 26, 1996.
Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner in 1998 said Burke Ramsey was not a suspect. The Boulder district attorney's office last month reiterated that he was not under suspicion in JonBenet's death after some mainstream media picked up the Star's story.
Number Two – ALEX HUNTER:
http://www.cnn.com/2000/LAW/05/11/ramsey/
Boulder County District Attorney Alex Hunter has cleared Burke Ramsey of any involvement in the death of 6-year-old JonBenet, who was found beaten and strangled in her family's Boulder home on Dec. 26, 1996.
Number Three – DA’s OFFICE & MARK BECKNER:
http://web.dailycamera.com/extra/ramsey/1999/21arams.html
Twelve-year-old Burke Ramsey is not a suspect in the 1996 death of his sister, JonBenét Ramsey, the Boulder County District Attorney's Office said Thursday night.
Without commenting on the nature of a recent visit by Burke Ramsey's attorney, spokeswoman Suzanne Laurion told KCNC-Channel 4 that the boy was not a suspect in the crime a year ago and "to this day Burke Ramsey is not considered a suspect."
Hunter's spokeswoman said Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner publicly announced that Burke was cleared about a year ago when he answered a question from a KCNC-Channel 4 reporter. However, that report was not widely broadcast. Channel 4 announced during its 10 p.m. Thursday newscast that the boy is still not considered a suspect.
May 21, 1999
Number Four – “AUTHORITIES”:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_1342847,00.html
By Charlie Brennan, Rocky Mountain News
August 23, 2002
Burke, now 15, has repeatedly been cleared by authorities of any suspicion in the 1996 Christmas night slaying, and that has not changed.
Number Five – “AUTHORITIES”:
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/jonbenetgrandjury_feature.html
ABC News:
Authorities cleared JonBenét’s brother, Burke, who was 9 at the time she died.
Number Six – HUNTER’S OFFICE & KANE:
http://63.147.65.175/news/jon122699.htm
Case still haunts Boulder
By Karen Auge
Denver Post Staff Writer
But three years after a young girl's killing became a media sensation, one thing hasn't changed: No one has been arrested for killing JonBenét Ramsey.
One thing is clear, however: Burke didn't do it.
In May, The Star tabloid ran a story saying sources in the D.A.'s office believed the boy, then 10, had killed his sister in a fit of jealousy.
Days later, Boulder D.A. Alex Hunter's office made a rare comment about the investigation, declaring in a public statement that the boy, now 12, is not a suspect.
Kane said prosecutors were outraged by the story. "This was a little kid. We just thought it was terrible,'' Kane said.
As the story began to be picked up by more mainstream media, "When the New York Post picked it up, when MSNBC started to run with it, we just thought, "Shouldn't we put this to rest,' '' Kane said.
Kane, the father of two, said, "I considered it to be child abuse, to profit that way'' at the expense of a young boy. And, he said, there was "no basis for the story.''
In his review of evidence, Kane said, "I just didn't see anything to support that'' theory.
Asked recently if Burke had ever been a suspect, Police Chief Mark Beckner said, "Everybody was a suspect in the beginning.''
But, Beckner said, none of the evidence they collected pointed to the boy.
Number Seven – STEVE THOMAS
About.com Chat
with Steve Thomas
(Part 2)
The transcript of this May 9, 2000 chat began here
SteveThomas
I agree that Burke Ramsey did not commit any of the crimes perpetrated in the house that night. i do not feel this kid should have been subjected to what he has suffered.
http://crime.about.com/library/weekly/aa051800a.htm
crimeADM
Is it your opinion that Burke was asleep when JonBenet was killed?
SteveThomas
I certainly do not know anything to lead me to believe that Burke was present or aware that his sister was being
assaulted/killed
crimeADM
Do you agree with the Ramseys' lawsuit against the Star?
SteveThomas
I agree that Burke Ramsey did not commit any of the crimes perpetrated in the house that night. i do not feel this kid
should have been subjected to what he has suffered.
http://www.cybersleuths.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=004627
Number Eight – MICHAEL KANE
Michael Kane: The police investigation, contrary to what Mr. Wood said in the little clip you just showed, the police investigation never excluded anybody with the exception of Burke Ramsey from the focus of the case.
As Lin Wood said, he didn't need to be "cleared" because he wasn't even a suspect. Burke has been declared:
1. not a suspect
2. cleared
3. excluded
(emphasis - bold and italics and underline mine)
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