Linda Arndt's Deposition

[Sally]

Vargus: Why did you do that?

Arndt: 'Cause I didn't know if we'd all be alive if people showed up.

Vargus: What do you mean?

Arndt: I decided that everything made sense in that instance. And, um, I knew what happened. I mean that's, I knew what happened to her.

Vargus: Do you think your fear was well-founded?

Arndt: You bet I do. There's no doubt in my mind.

Vargus: To this day?

Arndt: Never wavered

This is so frustrating. When Arndt says "I know what happened to her" WHY didn't Vargas ask what? Ask her to explain what she meant? I would love to hear Arndt elaborate on the nonverbal exchange and to say exactly what she thinks happened.

 

[BrotherMoon]

Arndt is paranoid.

 

[sissi]

WY, Deja, & ACR, STELLAR JOB LADIES! :woohoo:

A special thanks to you Tricia, for securing the depo for all of us to read firsthand.

If certain forums didn't just go "poof" over and over I would still have the 3 different explinations that John gave for the "missing" period of time....I remember what they were, but I don't have my source back ups. I think his changing his excuse of where he was during that time as well as Arndt's observations (that we talked about ages ago) as to his demeanor, etc helped me to realize that he either was involved or knows a lot more than he's letting on about what really happened that night.

Please read post#10, there was no period of time, he was simply reading the mail. BTW the mail came in through the door slot. Remember, Colfax tossed in burning mail and started a fire. Clearly Arndt was misquoted by other cops and the media.

 

[sissi]

Arndt is paranoid.

She seems to suffer from the same inflated ego problem the rest of the BPD share. Her special training was in the area of sexual crimes and incest, so therefore she solved this crime as soon as she saw John carrying his child.
Steve on the other hand, had a tense relationship with his mom, which had to mean Patsy, being a mom, killed her child.
Myself, I have a fear of intruders sneaking in and taking anything, so therefore IMO it was an intruder. Some fear elves, others think 9 yr old boys are evil, clowns of course have always been feared by many, maybe we all think we have the answer based on our intuition and are not different from Arndt at all? Lord knows there isn't any real evidence, heck there's dna in her underwear that can't be connected to this crime. Might be a first in history, but that's how this crime has been from the beginning, a maze of factoids, nothing substantial or credible can be counted on ,and someone is in charge of the decision as to what is evidence and what isn't and they're "messing up". Years have gone by, they aren't going to solve it, so any statement made by anyone is as good as yours or mine, or better. Right now, I'll put my money on the elf! Maybe the big jolly one? IMO

 

[BrotherMoon]

She seems to suffer from the same inflated ego problem the rest of the BPD share. Her special training was in the area of sexual crimes and incest, so therefore she solved this crime as soon as she saw John carrying his child.
Steve on the other hand, had a tense relationship with his mom, which had to mean Patsy, being a mom, killed her child.
Myself, I have a fear of intruders sneaking in and taking anything, so therefore IMO it was an intruder. Some fear elves, others think 9 yr old boys are evil, clowns of course have always been feared by many, maybe we all think we have the answer based on our intuition and are not different from Arndt at all? Lord knows there isn't any real evidence, heck there's dna in her underwear that can't be connected to this crime. Might be a first in history, but that's how this crime has been from the beginning, a maze of factoids, nothing substantial or credible can be counted on ,and someone is in charge of the decision as to what is evidence and what isn't and they're "messing up". Years have gone by, they aren't going to solve it, so any statement made by anyone is as good as yours or mine, or better. Right now, I'll put my money on the elf! Maybe the big jolly one? IMO

Like I have said many times, we all bring ourselves to the discussion of this case.

It is fundamental to human nature to project unconsciously onto what we observe. It takes an effort at objectivity to distinguish the difference between the characteristics of the object and the characteristics of the projection and then to accept the projection as our qualities.

I believe in an objective truth. We can compare data and opinion to that truth. I use intuition yes, but I also have some knowledge and experience of the objective truth.

I am not like Arndt.

 

[Sally]

Her special training was in the area of sexual crimes and incest, so therefore she solved this crime as soon as she saw John carrying his child.
Steve on the other hand, had a tense relationship with his mom, which had to mean Patsy, being a mom, killed her child.
Myself, I have a fear of intruders sneaking in and taking anything, so therefore IMO it was an intruder. Some fear elves, others think 9 yr old boys are evil, clowns of course have always been feared by many, maybe we all think we have the answer based on our intuition and are not different from Arndt at all?

Maybe. But the difference and I think it's huge, is that she was there. She didn't have to read reports of what happened. She saw it. She shared space with these people, spoke with them, and observed their behavior. I might have a theory based on what I've read but I would consider the intuition of somewhere that was there to be of great benefit.

 

[Seeker]

Please read post#10, there was no period of time, he was simply reading the mail. BTW the mail came in through the door slot. Remember, Colfax tossed in burning mail and started a fire. Clearly Arndt was misquoted by other cops and the media.

Right, she's stating the hours are incorrect. It was reported that John was not within eyesight for approximately 30 minutes or so. Even John Ramsey says he was down in the basement and had shut the window he found open ealier that day and that no one saw him leave to go down there.


Note John says he never left the inside of the house that morning. It's here http://www.jonbenetindexguide.com/1997BPD-John-Interview-Complete.htm

ST: You said you had a minute or a moment you were able to briefly read the police reports that you were provided. At one point, I think that Detective Arndt notes that you were unaccounted for that morning. Is that any time the morning of the 26th, John, that you left the house?

JR: No.

ST: OK. It would be no reason, a neighbor or anybody else, would account for you outside the home that morning?



Then later in the very same interview:
ST: So the morning of the 26th do you recall checking all the doors, and they were locked?

JR: I believed I checked all the first-floor doors, yeah. I did go out once. I went out to the door that leads into the garage to see if it was locked because there’s a bunch of boxes piled in front of it and you couldn’t get to it from the inside of the garage. So I did in fact go out of the house once, which would have been for, you know, half a minute.

ST: And that was from where to where?

ST: I went out the side door around to the back of the garage to see if that garage door into the garage was locked.

ST: And then immediately back into the house?

JR: Yeah.

That is just one of the 3 explinations he gave for being out of eyesight of Arndt. I'm sure I'll be able to find the other 2...probably in the same interview.

 

[K777angel]

Two things have always bothered me about John Ramsey. I think it is still always possible that he may have been much more involved in the crime than is thought or known.

The first that bothers me and I find curiuos is that no lawsuit has ever been filed on behalf of John Ramsey even though scores of tabloids have called him the killer the same as they have Patsy and Burke.
Why sue only on behalf of Patsy and Burke?
Why not John too??
It is suspicious to me.

Secondly, I cannot help but give credence to Linda Arndt's observations and suspicions that it was John Ramsey who was involved in JonBenet's death.
Not only was she THERE the longest period of time and during crucial hours during that infamous day when it was supposed to be a "kidnapping" - but she is also trained (and recognized with awards for her work) in the area of sexual abuse and sexual crimes.
I would love to know just what it was that she witnessed that day. She mentions in her deposition the interaction between John and Patsy as something she took note of.

Also, I found this part in Arndt's deposition VERY disturbing and curious.
Arndt stated that after the murder John Eller told her she should take a different route home everyday. He said she was a key witness, that she "knew information no one else knew" and that people would be willing to KILL her!!
Kill her?? Who is this? What is going on?
If true, this just makes me think again of how often I heard Hunter and others involved in the case comment how "complex" and "complicated" the case was.
What did they REALLY mean?
What did Ardnt know that was so damaging to someone that her life was in danger??
She made this statement under oath didn't she?