underwear question

[Ivy]

Toth, according to Patsy, JonBenet was wearing smaller panties when she was put to bed.

 

[BlueCrab]

I rather doubt JonBenet's panties were ever removed, just pulled down and then pulled back up.

If JonBenet had been wearing size 12 panties the things would have fallen down into her pant legs with every step. The killer removed her size six underwear and, after death, put size 12 underwear on her.

JMO

 

[sissi]

I do believe the panties were involved in the crime,first I find it hard to believe that a six year old would open a package of panties and pick out Wednesday for herself.
At six,especially on a special day,I would have my daughter's clothes ready for her when she got out of the bath. If she chose to put on something I hadn't chosen it would be fine,however,the undershirt and panties would be there for her to put on first. Patsy is assuming Jonbenet opened the package and put them on herself,she doesn't really know,and I don't buy it. Patsy,bless her heart,hasn't proven to be the brightest bulb,she accepts a lot of things without seeing the logic or lack of logic behind anything. Logically,if Patsy didn't put things out for her,Jonbenet would go to her underwear drawer and grab a pair before dressing,IMO,the killer pulled the Wednesdays out of the bag when deciding to grab the barbie nightgown,fresh underwear,fresh nightie.If Jonbenet had grabbed the big ones,she would have lost them several times before dressing,and would have switched them on her own for a pair that "stayed" up,probably yelled for Patsy,I hate this underwear find me the right ones. I want to know where the size six Wednesday panties are. This makes no sense that along with the other crazy elements to this crime, that the child just happened to have on the first pair from a package of huge ones. I'll add,that a kindergartener,who could spell Wednesday,would likely want it verified by some adult that it was ,indeed,Wednesday. "Mommy what day of the week is today",at least something along this line. "Can I open the new package,the one you bought for cousin......?" There would have been a dialogue,IMO.
I would have questions for LHP as well, there should be concern IMO about the lending of a wardrobe,down to the shoes,for the party,I am guessing maybe a bath and complete change of clothing. If this is the case,there was no time to return the clothing,however,there was mention of a brown bag with clothing near the door. Is there more then we know,would the police not question a bag of returned clothing?
Could someone from the LHP household dropped off the borrowed things while there to pick up a check early Thursday morning?
Could there be fibers in the underwear that match fibers from the rope(not cord),suggesting at one time these things were together in one "bag",brought into the home.
JMO
I would like the outfit worn by Arianna at the party checked as well,was it blue and brown,could the fibers match?

 

[popcorn]

I would buy something like this as a gift. They weren't in the customary plastic bag but rolled up in a cute little vinyl tote case with a snap or zippered closure, not a sealed package like Hanes or Fruit of the Loom. I think any customer could have opened them and touched them at Bloomingdales. (somebody posted a picture years ago does anyone recall that or have access to it?)

Was the neice's DNA ever checked? Isn't Jenny, Polly's step daughter? Could the panties have been hers in the first place and Patsy had to borrow a pair in Atlanta after JonBenet had an accident? I wouldn't put it past the Ramseys to have gone and bought a replacement package after the murder to cover their tracks. Who wouldn't if would keep them out of prison.

I don't for a minute believe any investigating agency would have left such an important piece of evidence behind. It was obvious the panties were important evidence and the package would be a good source for fingerprints.

 

[Nedthan Johns]

DNA-x...I assumed meant DNA (unknown)..but..given all DNA is unknown until matched ,the "X" may have very well stood for "female",which does make sense.
Now what are we to think?

Ned: We went over this about a year ago, but some of you must have forgotten. DNA-x is referring to Mitochondrial DNA. Since the sample is incomplete, by cross referencing the female samples of DNA Scientists were trying to make a connection to any females that may have been related to the sample taken. Ariana's sample was taken because she would have been the approximate age appropriate to have worn size 12 panties, if in fact they had belonged to her any identifying markers could have pointed investigators to someone male related to Arianna. The DNA is positively confirmed as male, and yes the Ramsey's have been ruled out completely. Mr. Barnhill was the closest match to the sample, he however was never considered a serious suspect. Without more markers it can only at this point be used to rule out a suspect not completely identify one. I still have not yet read or confirmed there was enough markers present to run through codis. Perhaps so, but like Barnhill without more markers present you may get hundered of potential suspects or potential matches. This DNA sample will never match someone unless a suspect is brought forward with good cause to test.

 

[LovelyPigeon]

Popcorn, stop. Think.

The panties were from Bloomingales. They were brand new and not washed.

The police had possession of the house from the time the body was found and 10 days afterward.

The Ramseys never went back into the house.

The investigators collected the package of panties after BPD was finished with their search.

 

[sissi]

NED...Mr. Barnhill was the closest match to the sample, he however was never considered a serious suspect. Without more markers it can only at this point be used to rule out a suspect not completely identify one.

Barnhill was estranged from his son,who was in Boulder during the holiday,yet didn't stop in to see his father. I guess it never occurred to the BPD to question him or take a dna swab from him. I don't know what it takes to estrange oneself from family,but could guess "something's wrong with someone". I would like Keenan to dig into this one .....deeply! Could we think,old Barnhill was a "horrible father",or can we think,his son was a "horrible " son. On this topic ,I have one friend who was molested as a child,who when she had children of her own,reported his name to every juristiction in every state where he traveled ,for the protection of any and all children. Oh he was quite an impressive Christian man,charming,attractive ,very personable,a salesman whose job took him all over this country,and she feared for every little girl in his path.
He isn't young,he is 65!
JMO

 

[LovelyPigeon]

I believe 10 markers are sufficient to identify a suspect.

 

[sissi]

I believe you are right LP,however,could we not be given a percentage, albeit not court acceptable, for inclusion on less? I would have to research this,but I would expect something as small as four could statistically put you in the running,maybe something like "the chance of being the donor of the dna would be 1 in 1000.
Maybe one in 166,no matter ,it is a bit stronger than just saying "can't be excluded",which is my reasoning for suggesting looking at a "close relative" of ANYONE who wasn't excluded,a nephew..a son..a daughter..because within that lineage there may be the match!
JMO

 

[Ivy]

LP, maybe we're not talking about the same thing, but...

CODIS is a fully integrated computerized collection of certain DNA characteristics from different donors. The F.B.I. selected 13 standard or core DNA markers (loci) that the criminal justice system will use to produce DNA profiles for the CODIS database.

http://www.mi-nafto.org/articles.htm

 

[Toth]

And of those 13, atleast 10 must be present for the profile to be entered into the database. Many times the full 13 are present, for a variety of reasons many times they are not.

 

[BlueCrab]

And of those 13, atleast 10 must be present for the profile to be entered into the database. Many times the full 13 are present, for a variety of reasons many times they are not.

Toth is right. The FBI chose 13 loci (locations) to collect the markers so the profiles can be standardized for comparison purposes before being put into the CODIS database. They would like at least 10 markers, although 13 would be ideal.

If less than ten markers are selected then the database might become logjammed simply by the numbers of profiles waiting to be entered into CODIS.

But fewer than 10 identifiable markers is better than none at all. Those profiles simply won't qualify to be entered into CODIS. San Diego, for instance, uses six markers just to reduce the number of suspect profiles down to a workable number when searching its database.

Incidentally, please remember that although CODIS is a federal system, ALL of the DNA profiles are stored in and owned by the individual states. CODIS acts like a giant central distributor to collect and distribute the information in the databases of the individual states. Some states aren't up to speed yet because of the costs involved.

Just my opinion.

BlueCrab

 

[Ivy]

I wasn't entirely sure what the 13 marker info I posted meant, though I did think it might have been referring to specifically selected markers rather than the number of markers required. Thanks for clarifying, guys.

 

[sissi]

I am going to share a hunch,I know most don't like them but here goes.
I believe Patsy is mistaken about the panties,I believe the package was opened when Arianna borrowed a pair the night of the Santa party,this is the reason for checking her dna two years later,not to eliminate her but to prove she wore them.
They were laundered,and returned to the drawer but not to the package,this was the reason Jonbenet grabbed them. This would leave dna,two identified females,and one unidentified male to the mix that needed to be separated.
JMO for today

 

[Islander]

Sissi: The Christmas party was on December 23. Neither Arianna nor her mom was reported to have visited the Ramsey home on either the 24th or the 25th. For your hunch to be correct, Arianna had to wear the panties to the party and then take them off before she went home. And to top that off, Patsy would have had to launder them. I don’t think so.

 

[sissi]

During the questioning Patsy was asked about the panties,concerning the purchase,who they were purchased for,the packaging,and if she or LHP did the laundry. I do believe the line of questioning suggested they were laundered,even though Patsy didn't recall doing it.
JMO

 

[popcorn]

Patsy Ramsey likely never owned an entire package of days of the week panties in size 12. (***before the murder***) Evidence shows a single pair which isn't how they are sold. To aquire a single pair you either have to borrowed or steal. Steve Thomas' book has the suggestion they were borrowed from a playmate yet someone has tried to convince us the foreign DNA was male. Both males and females were swabbed to try and match that DNA. It is within the realm that it was a deposit that couldn't be typed by sex.

Patsy says she bought a days of the week set as a gift for for Polly's step daughter, Jenny.

BUT

There were two other girls from Charlevoix, who were on the shopping trip when Patsy claims the panties were purchased. We have never read of any swabs or even interviews being done on these shopping companions. As in did Patsy borrow a pair from them on the NY trip after JonBenet had an accident. Especially towards the end of the trip when they may have been out of clean clothes? It has been revealed that JonBenet was having toileting troubles wearing pullups by day during this period.

 

[popcorn]

18 Q. (By Mr. Levin) Well, let's start
19 with what - I will make it very simple for
20 you, Mrs. Ramsey. What information are you
21 in possession of or what do you know about
22 the underwear that your daughter was wearing
23 at the time she was found murdered?
24 A. I have heard that she had on a
25 pair of Bloomi's that said Wednesday on them.

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1 Q. The underwear that she was
2 wearing, that is Bloomi's panties, do you
3 know where they come from as far as what
4 store?
5 A. Bloomingdales in New York.
6 Q. Who purchased those?
7 A. I did.
8 Q. Do you recall when you purchased
9 them?
10 A. It was, I think, November of '96.
11 Q. In the fall of 1996, how many
12 trips did you make to New York?
13 A. Two, I believe.
14 Q. Do you recall, and again, the
15 same, same qualification I gave you when we
16 started, which is, I understand that you are
17 not going to give me exact dates, but the
18 two trips you made, did you make those with
19 different groups of people?
20 A. Yes.
21 Q. The first trip, who was that trip
22 with?
23 A. The first trip was a
24 mother-daughter trip with my mother Nedra
25 Paugh, my sister Pam Paugh, friends Susan

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1 ** from Charlevoix, Michigan, and her
2 daughter and a friend of Susan's, Ms.
3 K****** I believe was her name, and her
4 daughter, and JonBenet and myself.

 

[popcorn]

I will post the interview in it's entirety. LP posted it elsewhere but it is so important, so revealing. Wood fights having Patsy even discuss the panties yet they want us to believe it is thee most crucial piece of evidence. He would only fight if he knew there was something incriminating or there were questions he didn't have answers for. How does he defend the Ramseys without knowing? He must have no counscious at all or it died when his father killed his mother. :twocents:



8 Q. (By Mr. Levin) Ms. Ramsey, we
9 are going to move on to another area. And
10 what I want to discuss with you is the
11 underpants that JonBenet was wearing at the
12 time that she was discovered on the 26th.
13 We are going to try to get some background
14 information on those from you. Hopefully you
15 can help us out a little bit. Okay?
16 I don't, I'll be perfectly honest
17 with you, I don't follow all of the media
18 developments in this case, so I am not quite
19 sure what is out in the public sector. But
20 what I would like to get a feel for is just
21 what your belief is with regard to the
22 significance of the underpants that your
23 daughter was wearing at the time that she
24 was found murdered.
25 MR. WOOD: With all due fairness,

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1 didn't you cover that in June of 1998?
2 MR. LEVIN: I don't believe so,
3 and I think that will become apparent.
4 MR. WOOD: Okay. Well, maybe if
5 you help me, just so I understand, when you
6 say what is the significance of it, are you
7 really just trying to find out what she
8 might know about why she was wearing them?
9 I am not sure what significance, with regard
10 to significance --
11 MR. LEVIN: What I would like to
12 know is what Mrs. Ramsey's belief, as she
13 sits here, is significant about the
14 underpants. In a normal homicide case, what
15 kind of underpants someone is wearing is
16 typically not national news. Fair enough?
17 THE WITNESS: Yes.
18 MR. LEVIN: But apparently it has
19 become national news, and I just want to get
20 a sense, before I start asking some specific
21 questions, which I hope she can help us
22 with, why you think, what is your
23 understanding of what the significance is.
24 MR. WOOD: Bruce, I don't know,
25 just so it is clear, I don't know that her

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1 underwear has become national news.
2 Now, I don't know, sitting here
3 today, I may want to go back and look at
4 them, but it may be something that the
5 tabloids have written about, but I don't know
6 of any national news from reputable news
7 agencies that have made that a major issue.
8 But I am not arguing with that.
9 I just want to make sure I don't agree with
10 you by acquiescence, but --
11 MR. LEVIN: I understand.
12 MR. WOOD: - the question is, I
13 think he wants to know, and maybe I am still
14 not clear, you assume she attaches some
15 significance to it, but I am not sure. If
16 you asked her a factual question, maybe she
17 will understand.
18 Q. (By Mr. Levin) Well, let's start
19 with what - I will make it very simple for
20 you, Mrs. Ramsey. What information are you
21 in possession of or what do you know about
22 the underwear that your daughter was wearing
23 at the time she was found murdered?
24 A. I have heard that she had on a
25 pair of Bloomi's that said Wednesday on them.

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1 Q. The underwear that she was
2 wearing, that is Bloomi's panties, do you
3 know where they come from as far as what
4 store?
5 A. Bloomingdales in New York.
6 Q. Who purchased those?
7 A. I did.
8 Q. Do you recall when you purchased
9 them?
10 A. It was, I think, November of '96.
11 Q. In the fall of 1996, how many
12 trips did you make to New York?
13 A. Two, I believe.
14 Q. Do you recall, and again, the
15 same, same qualification I gave you when we
16 started, which is, I understand that you are
17 not going to give me exact dates, but the
18 two trips you made, did you make those with
19 different groups of people?
20 A. Yes.
21 Q. The first trip, who was that trip
22 with?
23 A. The first trip was a
24 mother-daughter trip with my mother Nedra
25 Paugh, my sister Pam Paugh, friends Susan

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1 ** from Charlevoix, Michigan, and her
2 daughter and a friend of Susan's, Ms.
3 K****** I believe was her name, and her
4 daughter, and JonBenet and myself.
5 Q. And the second trip you made was?
6 A. The second trip we made was with
7 Glen and Susan Stein.
8 Q. Is that the trip -- which trip
9 was the November trip?
10 A. With the children.
11 Q. Was that -- that is the first
12 trip?
13 A. Yes.
14 Q. And the second trip that you and
15 your husband and the Steins took, was that
16 also November, but later in the month, or
17 was that a December trip?
18 A. I think it was December.
19 Q. And maybe this will help jog your
20 memory as to time. I believe that was the
21 time of the Christmas parade in Boulder.
22 A. Yes.
23 Q. Is that correct?
24 A. Yes.
25 Q. Were you out of town?

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1 A. I remember that.
2 Q. Which of those two trips did you
3 purchase the Bloomi's?
4 A. The first trip.
5 Q. Was it something that was selected
6 by JonBenet?
7 A. I believe so.
8 Q. Was it your intention, when you
9 purchased those, for those to be for her,
10 not for some third party as a gift?
11 A. I bought some things that were
12 gifts and some things for her. So I
13 don't --
14 Q. Just so I am clear, though, it is
15 your best recollection that the purchase of
16 the underpants, the Bloomi's days of the
17 week, was something that you bought for her,
18 whether it was just I am buying underwear
19 for my kids or these are special, here's a
20 present, that doesn't matter, but it was your
21 intention that she would wear those?
22 A. Well, I think that I bought a
23 package of the -- they came in a package of
24 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
25 I think I bought a package to give to my

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1 niece.
2 Q. Which niece was that?
3 A. Jenny D*****.
4 Q. They came in, if you recall, do
5 you remember that they come in kind of a
6 plastic see-through plastic container.
7 A. Right.
8 Q. They are rolled up?
9 A. Yes.
10 Q. So if I understand you correctly,
11 you bought one package for Jenny D*****, your
12 niece, and one for JonBenet?
13 A. I am not sure if I bought one or
14 two.
15 Q. Do you remember what size they
16 were?
17 A. Not exactly.
18 Q. JonBenet was found wearing the
19 Wednesday Bloomi's underpants, and your
20 understanding is correct, that is a fact, you
21 can accept that as a fact, when she was
22 found murdered. Those underpants do not fit
23 her. Were you aware of that?
24 MR. WOOD: Are you stating that
25 as a matter of fact --

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1 MR. LEVIN: I'm stating that as a
2 matter --
3 MR. WOOD: - for a six-year-old
4 child?
5 MR. LEVIN: I am stating that as
6 a matter of fact.
7 MR. WOOD: Don't fit her
8 according to whose standard?
9 MR. LEVIN: By --
10 MR. WOOD: I mean, I have got an
11 11-year-old boy, and he wears underwear that
12 potentially hangs down to his knees, Bruce.
13 I mean, I don't know how you can come up
14 with that as a fact. That sounds to me
15 like more of an opinion. Who states that as
16 fact?
17 Q. (By Mr. Levin) Ms. Ramsey, your
18 daughter weighed, I believe, 45 pounds;
19 correct?
20 A. Uh-huh (affirmative).
21 Q. She was six years old?
22 A. Uh-huh (affirmative).
23 Q. What size underpants would you
24 normally buy for her?
25 A. 8 to 10.

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1 Q. Ms. Ramsey, would you say that it
2 would, it is safe to assume that, if she is
3 wearing underpants designed for someone who
4 weighs 85 pounds, who is 10 to 12 years old,
5 that those would not fit her?
6 A. Those -- I mean, I am sure she
7 could wear them, yes, but they wouldn't fit
8 as well as a smaller pair.
9 Q. And as a mother, you would know
10 that someone who is 85 pounds is
11 significantly larger than your little
12 six-year-old?
13 MR. WOOD: Can't we assume that
14 as a matter of 85 is more than 45 without
15 her having to document a mathematical fact,
16 Bruce?
17 Q. (By Mr. Levin) 40 pounds is the
18 wrong size pair of underpants, would you
19 agree?
20 A. Yes.
21 Q. Okay. What we are trying to
22 understand is whether -- we are trying to
23 understand why she is wearing such a large
24 pair of underpants. We are hoping you can
25 help us if you have a recollection of it.

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1 A. I am sure that I put the package
2 of underwear in her bathroom, and she opened
3 them and put them on.
4 Q. Do you know if -- you bought
5 these sometime in mid to early December, is
6 that correct, as far as -- no, I am sorry,
7 you bought them in November?
8 A. Right.
9 Q. Do you recall, was she wearing
10 these? And I don't mean this specific day
11 of the week, but was she wearing, were you
12 aware of the fact that she, you know, was in
13 this package of underpants and had been
14 wearing them since the trip to New York in
15 November?
16 A. I don't remember.
17 Q. Ms. Hoffman Pugh generally did the
18 laundry for the family, that is part of her
19 duties; is that correct?
20 A. Correct.
21 Q. Exclusively, or did you wash
22 clothes on occasion?
23 A. I washed a lot of clothes.
24 Q. Do you have any recollection of
25 ever washing any of the Bloomi panties?24 Q. Do you have any recollection of
25 ever washing any of the Bloomi panties?

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1 A. Not specifically.

 

[popcorn]

2 Q. Was it something that, the fact
3 that she is wearing these underpants designed
4 for an 85-pound person, did you ever -- and
5 I will give you a minute to think about it
6 because I know it is tough to try to pin
7 down a couple of months of casual
8 conversation -- do you recall ever having any
9 conversations with her concerning the fact
10 that she is wearing underwear that is just
11 too large for her?
12 A. No.
13 Q. Knowing yourself as you do, if it
14 was, if it had caught your attention or came
15 to your attention, do you think you might
16 have said, JonBenet, you should, those don't
17 fit, put something on that fits, that is
18 inappropriate? Do you think, if it came,
19 had come to your attention --
20 A. Well, obviously we, you know, the
21 package had been opened, we made the
22 decision, you know, oh, just go ahead and
23 use them because, you know, we weren't going
24 to give them to Jenny after all, I guess,
25 so.

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1 I mean, if you have ever seen
2 these little panties, there is not too much
3 difference in the size. So, you know, I'm
4 sure even if they were a little bit big,
5 they were special because we got them up
6 there, she wanted to wear them, and they
7 didn't fall down around her ankles, that was
8 fine with me.
9 MR. MORRISSEY: Did you ever see
10 if they fell down around her ankles or not?
11 THE WITNESS: No.
12 MS. HARMER: But you specifically
13 remember her putting on the bigger pair?
14 And I am not saying --
15 THE WITNESS: They were just in
16 her panty drawer, so I don't, you know, I
17 don't pay attention. I mean, I just put all
18 of her clean panties in a drawer and she can
19 help herself to whatever is in there.
20 MS. HARMER: I guess I am not
21 clear on, you bought the panties to give to
22 Jenny.
23 THE WITNESS: Right.
24 MS. HARMER: And they ended up in
25 JonBenet's bathroom?

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1 A. Right.
2 Q. (By Ms. Harmer) Was there - I'm
3 sorry. Do you recall making a decision then
4 not to give them to Jenny or did JonBenet
5 express an interest in them; therefore, you
6 didn't give them to Jenny? How did that --
7 A. I can't say for sure. I mean, I
8 think I bought them with the intention of
9 sending them in a package of Christmas things
10 to Atlanta. Obviously I didn't get that
11 together, so I just put them in her, her
12 panty drawer. So they were free game.
13 Q. (By Mr. Morrissey) At the time,
14 how old was Jenny?
15 A. I don't know. Probably -- I
16 don't know. She is older than JonBenet, but
17 I don't know exactly how old she was.
18 Q. Would these panties, size wise, be
19 more appropriate for -- is she an older
20 girl?
21 A. Yes.
22 Q. And I assume a larger girl?
23 A. Well, at that time, no, not -- I
24 mean, she is not -- I mean, today she is a
25 young woman, but then she was a little girl.

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1 Q. How old is she now?
2 A. She is now 15, I believe.
3 Q. So she would have been about 12
4 or somewhere --
5 A. 11.
6 Q. -- 11, 12?
7 A. Yeah.
8 Q. And based on the, I guess,
9 dimensions that Mr. Levin has talked about,
10 these would have been a size appropriate for
11 her?
12 A. Uh-huh (affirmative).
13 MR. WOOD: Do you know that?
14 Q. (By Mr. Morrissey) Based on your
15 knowledge of her? I mean, I never have seen
16 this girl, so --
17 MR. WOOD: Guys, I think -- if
18 you all have kids, I mean, I just think you
19 are making assumptions based on poundage,
20 apparently, that isn't necessarily, you know,
21 in touch with the realities with kids and
22 their clothes. But you know, if you know
23 that, Patsy, please tell them.
24 Why don't you go ahead and
25 restate your question.

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1 Q. (By Mr. Morrissey) You purchased
2 these specifically for a person?
3 A. Okay.
4 MR. WOOD: Is that your
5 recollection?
6 THE WITNESS: Yes.
7 MR. WOOD: Okay.
8 Q. (By Mr. Morrissey) And I assume
9 you wanted them to fit her and she be able
10 to wear them or there would be no sense in
11 purchasing them; right?
12 A. Right.
13 Q. Okay. Would the size that has
14 been described here be appropriate for the
15 size of the girl you purchased them for?
16 A. I was guessing at her size, so I
17 had hoped that they would be.
18 Q. Now, we have talked -- you know,
19 the fact that a boy may wear boxer shorts
20 that go down to his ankles --
21 A. Uh-huh (affirmative).
22 Q. --has nothing to do with girls,
23 when you purchase girl's panties; right?
24 MR. WOOD: Come on, Mitch.
25 Mitch --

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1 THE WITNESS: I mean, if --
2 MR. WOOD: Don't answer that.
3 That's not a --
4 MR. MORRISSEY: It is different.
5 MR. WOOD: I made the statement
6 because of my kids, but let me just tell
7 you, my nine-year-old daughter likes to wear
8 my XL T-shirts. I mean, you are asking now
9 about the realm of kids, and I don't think
10 that is a factual question that she is
11 really here to give you information about.
12 MR. MORRISSEY: Mrs. Ramsey, I
13 never purchased a pair of girl's panties.
14 Okay.
15 Q. (By Mr. Morrissey) What do you
16 do, I mean, when you do that, what do you
17 think about as far as the person you're
18 purchasing them for?
19 A. Well, you just look, small,
20 medium, large, you know, and you pick the
21 one you think would most likely fit.
22 Q. And do they have age groups or
23 are they suggested for like a 10-year-old
24 through a 12-year-old or a 13-year-old
25 through a 15-year-old? Do they do it that

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1 way too?
2 A. I never paid any attention if
3 they do.
4 MR. MORRISSEY: Okay.
5 Q. (By Mr. Kane) Let me ask it
6 this way. Did you say you bought more than
7 one set of Bloomi's?
8 A. I can't remember.
9 Q. You bought some for JonBenet?
10 A. I can't remember.
11 Q. Why is it that you remember
12 buying Bloomingdale's panties in November of
13 1996?
14 A. Because --
15 MR. WOOD: Because she remembers
16 it. I mean --
17 MR. KANE: Wait a second, Lin.
18 Would you please let her answer the question?
19 It is a simple question.
20 MR. WOOD: Why is it that you
21 remember something?
22 MR. KANE: Yes, why do you
23 remember --
24 MR. WOOD: Because she remembered.
25 Q. (By Mr. Kane) - that, that

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1 detail?
2 A. Well, for starters, it has been
3 made such a big detail.
4 Q. Okay, well, that is my question.
5 A. I remember that I -- and I, you
6 know, we were kind of shopping around, and
7 it was close to Christmas season, so we
8 might pick up a little souvenir. I
9 bought -- I think I picked up a little
10 something for a baby-sitter, you know.
11 Q. Where was it that you became
12 aware that this was -- where was it that it
13 was made a big deal? What was the source
14 of your information that Bloomingdale's
15 panties somehow were significant that made
16 you then say, wait a second, did I ever buy
17 those?
18 MR. WOOD: Do you have a precise
19 recollection of that event occurring where
20 all of a sudden something happened and you
21 decided it was some big deal?
22 THE WITNESS: I don't know. I
23 mean, my first thought is something in the
24 tabloids, but, you know, they get everything
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1 Q. (By Mr. Kane) Okay. Were you
2 aware that these were the size of panties
3 that she was wearing, and this has been
4 publicized, it is out in the open, that they
5 were size 12 to 14? Were you aware of
6 that?
7 A. I have become aware of that, yes.
8 Q. And how did you become aware of
9 that?
10 A. Something I read, I am sure.
11 Q. And I will just state a fact
12 here. I mean, there were 15 pair of panties
13 taken out of, by the police, out of
14 JonBenet's panty drawer in her bathroom. Is
15 that where she kept -
16 A. Uh-huh (affirmative).
17 Q. -- where you were describing that
18 they were just put in that drawer?
19 A. Yes.
20 Q. Okay. And every one of those was
21 either a size four or a size six. Okay?
22 Would that have been about the size pair of
23 panties that she wore when she was six years
24 old?
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1 eight. There were probably some in there
2 that were too small.
3 Q. Okay. But not size 12 to 14?
4 A. Not typically, no.
5 MR. KANE: Okay.
6 Q. (By Mr. Morrissey) And you
7 understand the reason we are asking this, we
8 want to make sure that this intruder did not
9 bring these panties with him, this was
10 something --
11 A. Right.
12 Q. - that was in the house.
13 A. Yes.
14 Q. And we are clear that, as far as
15 you know, that is something that was in this
16 house?
17 A. Yes.
18 Q. -- that belonged to your daughter,
19 these panties?
20 A. Correct.
21 Q. (By Ms. Harmer) Mrs. Ramsey,
22 have you ever seen a crime scene photo of
23 the underwear that your daughter was found
24 in?
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1 Q. Did Lou Schmidt ever show you a
2 photo?
3 A. No.
4 Q. (By Mr. Kane) I want to follow
5 up with something you said earlier. You
6 said she would have just gone in and gotten
7 a pair herself?
8 A. Uh-huh (affirmative).
9 Q. Okay. Was she -- did she usually
10 dress herself?
11 A. She was pretty much able to dress
12 herself.