Heyya joeskidbeck.
Yes, I was reviewing the JBR Denver Post Archive, trying to figure out when and how MH evolved into a suspect included in the Ramsey's own umbrella of suspicion, and I was trying to find the first point in time when the Ramseys public disussion of the perp included the possibility, or consideration? that he may be dead.
DP Archive:
http://extras.denverpost.com/news/jonbenet.htm
MH died in Feb of 97:
http://jonbenetramsey.pbworks.com/w/page/11682446/Acquaintance-Sexual-Predators
The suicide admittedly occurred the day right after Hunter's warning to the killer, but it also occurred on Valentine's Day, which Cook believes is noteworthy as a signal of Helgoth's true motivations.
The stun gun possibility is promoted in Dec of 97,
Stun gun maybe used on JonBenet:
http://extras.denverpost.com/news/jon160.htm
"We've been told affirmatively that one was used," Ramsey attorney Hal Haddon told The Denver Post on Friday after the newspaper inquired about the use of a stun gun in the murder. Law enforcement sources said the possibility that a stun gun was used has come up in deliberations over the murder.
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Haddon faulted police for asking neighbors about a "stun gun," then failing to ask them to keep it confidential because it gives away a possible key piece of evidence in the murder. "I don't know why the police chose to go door to door asking those questions, but they interrogated the Ramseys about it sometime this summer and asked them to keep it confidential, and we honored that," Haddon told The Post.
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"The fact that it's leaked out is unfortunate," Hunter said. "If anyone did have such a weapon, it would be in the trash tonight." He declined to comment further."
A year later, July 98 the Tracey Film had featured commentary by BM and indentified the animal hairs as Wolfdog, rather than Beaver:
Wolfdog Fur. Helgoth owned two wolfdog puppies whose fur, according to the Tracey [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuwnlXDecCA"]
documentary[/ame], "exactly matched" the 2 different colors of animal hairs found on JBR's body.
http://extras.denverpost.com/news/jon0709.htm
July 9, 1998
Ramseys tell their story
Bryan Morgan, a partner in Haddon's firm, is interviewed in the film. In it, he defends the couple's decision to retain attorneys early in the investigation, "especially in a case where media attention reaches near hysteria and especially in a case of media attention which from the outset portrays certain people as guilty."