Here's some interesting information that I have come across while researching information about the missing phone records. It ties in both with questions I have raised about the apparent lack of following the security protocol in place for Lockheed Martin that as an officer of the company JR would have had to sign off on and agreed to follow, and also the possibility of phone calls being made prior to the 911 call.
Donald Freed is an author and at the time faculty member of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He was interviewed by Bob McFarland on KGNU-Boulder on February 15, 1999.
In 1999, Dr. Bob McFarland interviews Donald Freed, a professor, author, screenwriter, etc...
Donald Freed "...I must tell you finally that Norm Early who had been the district attorney of Denver and was the vice-president of Lockheed Martin Security at the time of the murder of Jon Benet. I interviewed him at the time. He's a fascinating man---- extremely intelligent. And he said to me finally, "You know I had a six year-old son and we have a security protocol and that letter threatened other executives. Where was the security? Where were the bodyguards? Where was the protocol? Where was the alert; the drill; the routine; the regimen that we so carefully shared and worked on at Lockheed Martin? Not a word. Not a sound. Not a telephone call."
So, he began to call executives and lawyers and others and said, "Why wasn't my family alerted? What happened?" And they said to him, "Well, there was no threat" And he said, "How do you know that?" They said, "Well, I don't know. We just knew". And he said, "Well, think about it and I want an answer!" The next day he talked to some of these people and reported to me that they said, "You know we stayed awake all night wrestling with the question----agonizing with it. And you know you're right. How did we know that the (ransom note) was a hoax immediately? We might have known it in a day or two, or a week or two. But how do we know until this day?
To this day there has been no arrest. To this day we know that there was a murder and that there was a note left stating that foreign agents were involved."
This begs the question, was Lockheed Martin and perhaps the FBI tipped off even before the 911 call? This question is discussed in Joe Calhoun's article "The Book and the JonBenet Ramsey Case: The Sins of Perfect Omission", which was published in March of 1999 in the Montelibre Monthly. He writes, "Donald Freed reports that someone in a lofty position assured the FBI and Lockheed Martin security 'prior to the 911 call that any report coming from Boulder would not affect national security' and directed 'let the police handle it'".
We know that BPD was obstructed in their efforts to obtain all of the Ramsey phone records. The DA's office refused to sign the requested subpoenas. Why? This frustrated the BPD to no end, and they were told by Hofstrom that they of course could go around their office and appeal to a judge, however Hofstrom implied that would not be a good idea with potential consequences. Hint, hint. There was already a lot of dissent between the DA's office and the BPD, this move would've angered DA Hunter and perhaps made things even worse. The superiors in the investigators backed down as a result. Months down the road Hofstrom and DeMuth allegedly suggested that BPD make a direct "ask nicely" request to team Ramsey for the records. Now Beckner was in charge and he facilitated the request. Some, but not all records were then turned over. Of note is that the cell phone records for JR were blank for the entire month of December. Steve Thomas contacted Touch Tone (IIRC that was the company) directly to inquire specifically about JR's phone. Team Ramsey had only allowed December's records for that phone to be released, but Thomas was informed of the number of minutes logged for that phone in October and November, which showed normal usage which made December at zero stand out. This is all documented in Steve Thomas's book.
JR claims that he lost his cell phone and that's why there were no calls logged in December. So, did he lose his phone on November 30th? Did he know immediately it was lost and reported it to the phone company by EOD on 11/30 so that they cut it off on 12/1? Apparently there is no record of that.
Meanwhile, James Rapp saw an opportunity to make bank on the Ramsey case. He impersonated JR and was able to obtain credit card records. He is alleged to have been the one impersonating JR who called McGuckin's Hardware store to inquire about purchases on Ramsey CC's. He also obtained the phone records during the period that BPD was trying to get subpoenas for those records signed off on. Steve Thomas says those records exist, sealed away in the police files not able to be used because they were illegally obtained. James Rapp wanted to make money off the Ramsey documents that he obtained. He was shopping them around. It's absolutely a possibility that he let Peter Boyle see some records as an end to his means.
Some other details to consider. Mike Bynum was reported to have been on a ski trip and on the slopes on the 26th. The body is found by JR shortly after 1PM. Bynum is reportedly back in Boulder by around 3PM and has Haddon and Morgan in place by EOD on the 26th, although both he and JR misrepresent that it was a day or two later. Why the need to lie about that? According to Priscilla White, Bynum calls Fleet sometime between 4 and 5PM on the 26th to tell him he needs to show up at his office the following day. At this meeting Fleet is told in no uncertain terms that Haddon and Morgan are handling things and that he needs to stay out of it, which he takes as a threat. How the heck did Mike Bynum get to Boulder so fast if he was on the slopes? How did he get Haddon and Morgan in place so quickly on the day after Christmas when those wealthy, powerful folks would likely still be enjoying the holiday?
No notification to Lockheed Martin executives. Lightning fast response by Bynum in getting back to Boulder and getting one of the most powerful and well connected law firms in the state on the case. They had PI's on the ground interviewing neighbors, etc. on 12/27 beating the BPD to interviews in some cases. DA refuses to sign subpoenas for phone records, which are then not obtained for almost a year, at which time one crucial phone shows zero calls for the most important month. Why? Not only is it all suspicious, it points to the very real possibility of calls being made prior to the 911 call that they don't want to be revealed. IMO the Ramseys didn't call 911 until they knew that their backs were covered. IMO there were those that knew what those phone records contained and they worked to conceal them. The fact that James Rapp was able to get his hands on them well before police did, and possibly before damage control could be done most likely was a big concern. As to the question why Boyles has never mentioned it again, I can make a guess at a few reasons.
Can I prove that phone calls were made prior to the 911 call? No. Lacking those records no one can. But it is my opinion that there were calls, and that at one time there was a record of those calls. There are some intriguing clues that point to this being a real probability. But I stress once again, this is my opinion.
