People have tried to tie Helgoth to the murder for years. Of course, the Grand Jury indictments, unknown at the time, clearly show that the parents were going to be indicted for covering up for someone. Who? Helgoth? Not likely. Unfortunately, this is a crime that has already been solved by LE, (and the DA) but because of Colorado's typically liberal laws, can never reveal who the actual killer is because in doing so, it would also reveal the involvement of an underage person. And there you have it. A vicious circle, like a dog perpetually chasing its own tail. People like Kolar, who know the truth, and even people like AH, who knew the truth, have had to dance around this case since 1996. All because they cannot actually REVEAL the truth.
Wouldn't it be convenient to blame it once and for all on someone who is himself dead? And put paid to it. Boy, would the Rs love that. Unfortunately, that's been tried. More than once. And it never sticks because it is NOT the truth. The TRUTH is that ONLY the three surviving family member present in the house that night were involved to varying degrees. And the crime of that night also revealed a second crime- that of previous sexual abuse. Something Helgoth would not have been able to commit. Although there are several ways to tie those three family members to the crime and different theories as to how they are each involved and who did what- the release of the GJ indictments (which the DA lied about even existing- and why would he do that if Helgoth were a serious suspect?) spell it out out to me pretty simply- an underage person, causing JB to scream during the sexual assault, shut her up quickly by bashing her on the head with the heavy flashlight. The parents, hearing the scream, came upon a horrific sight and realizing JB was already brain-damaged to the point of no return, did what they could to hatch a plausible theory of what happened- thereby saving the remaining child from a life under the shadow of what he had done. Whether they were aware of Colorado's laws regarding child criminals is a moot point- they'd have done the same thing anyway. And IMO, they got some legal advice that night- which the missing or destroyed phone records would have revealed but which is forever lost. Our hope is that one day- ONE person who knows the truth and isn't afraid of being sued by the Rs lawyers (or the State of Colorado) will come forward and reveal what they know.
In a way, in an unrelated topic, it is like elderly Army/Air Force personnel who were involved in the coverup of the truth about the UFO crash at Roswell in 1947. Eisenhower ordered the coverup and these men were threatened with the loss of their military pensions if they told the truth. The pensions transferred to their wives, but not to their children SO...when some of these men were widowed and became so old or ill that their death was not too far away- they began to talk- and reveal the truth about what happened. That is what will have to happen here. Someone with nothing to lose will have to speak up.