9 CHIEF BECKNER: When Bruce was
10 asking you yesterday about people who were
11 mentioned as possible suspects, Jeff Merrick
12 or his wife was mentioned at one time.
13 THE WITNESS: Right.
14 CHIEF BECKNER: Do you not
15 consider either Jeff or his wife no longer
16 possible suspects?
17 THE WITNESS: Well, early on we
18 provided a list, Boulder police or whomever,
19 said who could -- is there anybody that
20 could be angry with you all or you know had
21 a reason or who had access to the -- I mean
22 because we made lengthy lists of those. And
23 I believe John, you know, mentioned Mr.
24 Merrick among that list because he had been
25 let go from Access.
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1 And I remember very vividly that
2 the day he was going to be asked to let go,
3 I was afraid. Not unlike the postal
4 incidents that happen. I was just afraid
5 for my father and John and -- because you
6 never know what people are going to do when
7 they are asked to leave a company.
8 And subsequent to that, when he
9 was asked to leave, he made some threats to
10 John and I think maybe even to my father.
11 That -- I mean, I am paraphrasing. I don't
12 know exactly. You can ask John, but
13 something like you are going to be sorry. I
14 am going to bring this company to your
15 knees. Just really, you know, ugly.
16 Q. (By Mr. Levin) Mrs. Ramsey,
17 since June of 19
18 MR. WOOD: Let me ask you, I
19 think what you were asking her is anything,
20 have you learned anything that has caused you
21 to have less concern about potentially
22 Merrick.
23 THE WITNESS: No.
24 MR. WOOD: Right now I can tell
25 you, Chief, until you all can tell us
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1 somebody has been cleared, I don't think
2 anybody that has been mentioned has ever, in
3 our mind, been taken off of possibilities.
4 I mean, you all haven't, as I
5 understand, you all haven't officially
6 cleared, I am not even sure beyond Burke,
7 John Andrew and Melinda.
8 I hear rumblings back from the
9 White camp that April of '97 allegedly he
10 was cleared, but as I remember what I
11 learned about it, it looked pretty qualified.
12 THE WITNESS: All right. Because
13 I don't know --
14 MR. WOOD: We are not here to
15 clear anybody. The question for her was
16 about --
17 CHIEF BECKNER: I am asking her
18 what she believes.
19 MR. WOOD: If she's heard anything
20 that's changed her -- any other additional
21 information about Merrick other than what you
22 already had given them earlier.
23 THE WITNESS: No.
24 Q. (By Mr. Kane) Let me follow up
25 on that, Mrs. Ramsey. How were you advised
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1 before he was fired that he was going to be
2 fired? How did you know he was going to be
3 fired?
4 A. I don't remember. I think
5 probably John.
6 Q. John told you?
7 A. Probably. I can't think of where
8 else I would have heard it, but I am not
9 sure.
10 Q. Before he was let go, what was it
11 about him, you said you were fearful that
12 day he was going to be let go, what was it
13 about him that made you fearful that day
14 before he was let go?
15 A. I don't know. I don't know if I
16 can -- I am not sure I understand your
17 question.
18 Q. You said before he was let go,
19 you were fearful that he was going to be let
20 go.
21 THE WITNESS: No, I wasn't
22 fearful he was going to be let go. When I
23 understood that he was going to be fired
24 that day, I was frightened for my husband's
25 safety.
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1 Q. (By Mr. Kane) Because he was
2 going to be fired that day?
3 A. Yes.
4 Q. Was there anything about Jeff
5 Merrick you knew, violent propensities or
6 anything of that nature, before he was told
7 that he was no longer employed by Access
8 Graphics?
9 A. No.
10 Q. What was it that made you
11 fearful?
12 A. Well, just because of, like, I
13 gave an example of the postal workers. When
14 an employee is fired, you never know how
15 they are going to react to that.
16 Q. Okay. Were there other people
17 that had been fired by Access Graphics that
18 you had the same fear?
19 A. I didn't know. I guess I didn't
20 know many more people. I knew Jeff Merrick.
