No evidence put him in the Van Dam house at all. And none put him at the place where her body was found. No evidence left by him,and nothing from that area taken BY him – - no dirt or foliage was found on the RV.

He was traveling in that RV and plenty of people saw him – no one saw a child with him.

Yes, there was evidence of her in the RV BUT that vehicle had been parked unlocked in the neighborhood and the child was allowed to walk unsupervised at times. Could she have gone in just to look around? Sure she could have. Did she? I don’t know, but I can’t say for certain she did not!

I know about David Westerfield’s voyurism – he used a telescope to watch an adult female walk around after her shower – - and I heard all the evidence about kiddie porn on his computer. I wouldn’t want him as a neighbor,that’s for sure.

But does looking at images prove one capable of murder? Hardly.

And in my opinion, the evidence linking him to this crime was FAR from “convicting”.

I do’t know if he is guilty or not, but feel he was prematurely convicted to say the least.

Others disagree, and that’s OK. But if I am ever accused, I hope people look for the hard evidence, not just possiblities.

“Gone in the Night: The Dowaliby Family’s Encounter With Murder and the Law” by David Protess and Rob Warden, tells of a case remarkably similar to the Ramsey case;

“Presumed Guilty” by Stephen Singular tells much about the Ramsey case and a book by the same title by Matt Dalton explains how Scott Peterson got improperly convicted.

“Media Tried, Justice Denied”, by Christopher Brown, tells of the opinion of how Darlie Routier was falsely convicted, in large part due to media distortion.

“Reasonable Doubt” by Steve Vogel explains how Jim Hendricks was convicted,(yet released after ten years), in spite of a lack of evidence against him.
Sam Sheppard also comes to mind.

Most likely there are a number of cases in which innocent people were convicted of murder based on erroneous judgements, for which books were never written. And many people have been wrongly imprisoned.

Was David Westerfield convicted by placing a microscopic blood drop on his shirt and a blonde hair here and there?
Was Claude Dean Anderson really Xiana Fairchild’s killer?
Did Michael Blagg have someone help him to murder his wife, and what happened to his daughter, Abby, still listed as missing?

And of course there are probably tons of cases in which a killer has gone free because of the focus on innocent people. Once you study this type of case in depth, you will conclude, as I have, that “truth, justice and American way” is a nothing but a pipe dream.

But this is America and everyone has the right to be wrong. More than that, everyone has the right to be wrong and venomous. Especially when playing to a cheering audience. So we could do nothing but soldier on and do what we felt was right.

I know my own faith in the goodness of people was deeply shaken – and not just by the BORG. I saw others, people I trusted to be good, fall when they took the easy path, acted on emotions and not solid reasoning. And some, like Nancy Graceless, could never apologize for their thoughtlessness and plain meanness.

Why did JonBenet touch so many of us? Partly because she was far away and not an emotional burden to us. We could face our fears through a case that did NOT really affect our lives. Partly because it was the FIRST case where so MUCH was made public. (Can you name any other case with so many leaks, so many press conferences and public meetings?) And this happened to be available to EVERYONE through the news and the Internet.

The Lizzie Borden story survived, the Lindburg case remained in the public consciousness, Leopold and Loeb and the Clutter family remain names we all know. JonBenet will too because she should have been safe in her bed that Christmas night but was not. She died too soon when she should have been in the safest place in the world – her bed.