There have been three different shoe/foot prints that have been discussed over the years. From numerous reports (links below), the Ramseys, their friends and relatives, and any suspects were asked about whether or not they owned either Hi-Tec or SAS brand shoes. From published CS photos the questioned prints can be seen. The Hi-Tec logo (what they refer to as the poon) is clearly visible in one of the photos. The other print only shows what appears (to me anyway) to be an X and a P (or possibly an I or T) in the imprint. I dont know how (or even
if) this imprint is tied to the SAS brand shoe. Ive looked over the years, but havent been able to connect them or even an XP to any other brand of shoe. It could be something other than the brand, but investigators somehow connected it to the SAS brand of shoe -- known for comfort footwear. Could it stand for something like Extra Padded or Extra Padding? (I dont know the answer to this, so I'll leave it to some other sleuther to investigate if they wish.)
The third footprint is nothing more than the delusional speculation of Lou Smit demonstrating (yet again) his ineptitude. He claimed it was a bare footprint in the WC that matched the size of his 6-year-old granddaughter. He therefore surmised it was evidence that JonBenet had walked barefoot in that secluded room before she was killed. (See how one misstep in an investigation can lead to false assumptions about everything else?) But the CS photo of that imprint has an ABFO standard scale lying next to it for measurement. ABFO scales are in centimeters -- not inches. Apparently Smit interpreted the ~7 marks on the scale as 7-inches and thought it was the same length as his granddaughters foot. But in actuality, the 7 marks on the scale indicate 7-cm (just under 3 inches) and would be about the size of a newborns foot (
https://cdn.kinsights.com/cache/3b/75/3b754851b6104eb5d9081bc6cd834f43.jpg).
Further, the imprint found on the WC floor doesnt even look like a footprint should look (other than the general shape). The shadows of it in the CS photo appear to be not of a foot, but of some other object that Ive speculated before might have been a climbers carabiner (carabiners, or "crabs," come in different sizes and shapes, and mountain climbers use pre-assembled sections of cord and rope with carabiners attached for connecting quickly to their main climbing line.) If (and that's a big
IF there) that imprint in the mold on the WC floor was from a carabiner, it could have been that it might have had a piece of Stansport utility cord attached to it and it was from big brother's climbing equipment.
Typical basic carabiners:
Years ago, the legendary poster koldkase put together these CS photos for comparison. Here is her post from 2009:
http://www.forumsforjustice.org/for...Hi-Tec-crime-scene-photos&p=179664#post179664
Here is a quote from a
Rocky Mountain News article from December 21, 1997, with the sub-headline Ramsey investigation on track after a year of disappointment:
Within the past two months, police have submitted or resubmitted evidence for testing at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
Police are trying to identify the source of two kinds of footprints found in the Ramsey house, including the basement. The prints came from SAS shoes and Hi-Tec hiking boots.
The footprints were discovered the first day of the investigation, but the information was overlooked until the past two months.
:findinglink: More references to the WC prints:
http://www.acandyrose.com/s-evidence-prints-hand-foot.htm
http://web.dailycamera.com/extra/ramsey/1997/12/27-2.html
http://www.upi.com/Archives/1997/12/09/Ramsey-case-Shoe-clue/9522881643600/
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1997/J...-on-Shoes/id-88bac30bcdb22c1ac06bcbe3a1e0c243
https://web.archive.org/web/20010303153907/http://denver.rockymountainnews.com:80/extra/ramsey/0208jon.html