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The Daily Sentinel Friday, January 10, 1997 3A Around the Region 911 cal made during party Boulder police chief defends actions taken by department in investigation 4 j4 ft NEW CIG CHILL I THE BIG CHILL More Soundtrack YEAR tOUNTTNCCB ByTKE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS BOULDER A 911 call made from the home of JonBenet Ramsey two nights before her murder most likely was placed Just before or during her familys annual Christmas party. The distress call on Dec. 23, a Monday, came in to the Boulder police station at 6:48 p.m., records show. But communication ended before the dispatcher could talk to the caller. Police attempted to call the Ramsey home six minutes after the call, but got a voice-mail message, records show.

A police officer was sent to the home to investigate five minutes later, but left within a few minutes. The officer did not write a report The Ramseys had hired a Santa who passed out presents to fire neighborhood children attending the large holiday party in their elaborately decorated home. The 6-year-old beauty queen was last seen when her parents put her to bed Christmas evening. It was discovered that she was missing the next morning after her mother, Patricia Patsy Ramsey, 40, said she found a three-page ransom note on the back stairs of the 15-room brick Tudor home. It would be eight more hours before JonBenets father, John Ramsey, 53, and a family friend discovered her body in a seldom-used room in the basement The kindergartner was a victim of a sexual assault strangled by, a white cord found' around her neck.

Her skull had been fractured. Two 911 calls came from the Ramsey home that day, Dec. 26. Patricia Ramsey called 911 at 5:52 am, records show. A second 911 call was made from the Ramsey home that morning.

Boulder police told KCNC-Channel 4 that the second 911 call was similar to the first Boulder police spokesman Kelvin McNeill said detectives are investigating the three 911 calls, which KCNC first reported Dec. 27. The investigation has reached its 16th day today, and police say an immediate arrest is unlikely. Meanwhile, some of John Ramseys employees at Access Graphics the billion-dollar-a-year high-tech company of which he is president are wearing purple ribbons to work. Its Just a show of support for the Ramsey family, company spokeswoman Laurie Wagner said.

And also a sign of something being done in memory of JonBenet BOULDER POLICE CHIEF TOM KOBY defended his department's actions in the investigation of the death of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey. Koby met with reporters in a roundtable session during a one-hour broadcast Thursday night oOOD MORMMC, IF SAM ii am ByTKE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS BOULDER Chief Tom Koby defended the police investigation of JonBenet Ramseys slaying during a televised news conference Thursday night However, he said, it may take time to arrest the 6-year-old girls killer, and refused to reveal details of the case. Police do not believe a serial killer was involved, Koby said earlier, and he voiced support for his officers. But police have not yet formally interviewed the victims parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, Koby said. Detectives continue to work with the attorneys representing the family to try to establish communication that will resolve all the issues at hand, Koby said in a broadcast interview Thursday night Koby expressed confidence that police had preserved crucial evidence from the crime scene to lead to the girls killer, and he defended his officers initial response to what had been a 911-kidnapping call He also said widespread media coverage of the case has hindered file investigation of the childs slaying, a case that has deeply affected" his officers! Detectives, he said, keep a photograph of the smiling, reigning Little Miss Colorado in their briefing room.

City officials scheduled the hour-long broadcast on Boulders municipal cable channel 8 to give Koby a broad access to the citys residents. Koby has spoken with reporters who regularly cover Boulder since the Ramsey homicide two weeks ago. The hour-long broadcast the city had termed a community update took on global proportions Thursday night, with television crews, photographers and reporters jamming the lobby outside the studio. Ive never, in the 28 years Ive been in this business, ever seen such a media focus on an event and it is in fact intrusive and it is making it much more difficult to work this case, said Koby, who became Boulders chief in 1991 after a 22-year career with the Houston police department National interest in the case has resulted in a sick curiosity, said Recovering the Satellites Gotten Records GOOD MORNING VIETNAM Movie ASM Rconfc DEANA CARTER Did I Shm My htfr FotThitf CAol NadMNa ROMEO JlJUUET Movie Soundtrack Capitol MM lOJUU WIDUIV 1 He also disclosed that patrol officers who initially responded to the Ramsey home early Dec. 26 to Patsy Ramseys 911 call made a quick search of the home.

John Ramsey and an unnamed friend found the childs body in a basement room nearly 8 hours after the initial kidnapping report They did a preliminary search of the house and remember this is a very big house. It took us eight days to work through this house and they were just trying to determine if there was anything obvious that they needed to pay attention to, Koby said. Then they shifted into putting into place what they assumed would be an ongoing (kidnapping) event Police also talked to the parents that day, but did not interview them while they believed they were in the midst of a kidnapping, said Koby, who also cautioned that the public should not make any inferences about the familys cooperation because they have hired attorneys. Koby, who told of inadvertently fielding a call one night from people who were playing a game of Clue. Laughing, the caller asked if the Ramsey family could be used for characters in the game.

Koby, as has been his position since police first responded to an emergency call of a kidnapping call at the Ramseys 15-room home early Dec. 26, said he could not comment about specifics of the case. Investigators spent eight days removing evidence from the home, which is being analyzed. Koby said he expected results of forensic exam-, inations of the evidence, including handwriting samples and fluid samples from family members, to be returned to police incrementally because of the volume of samples. -But determining who struck and strangled the child could be time consuming, Koby said.

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Molina rancher captures jackpot By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER A Western Slope rancher became the first Lotto millionaire of the year by winning the $2 million prize from the Jan. 4 drawing. "Its just a great way to start the new year, said Bill Morse, a Molina rancher and equipment operator. He took a plane from Grand Junction to Denver to pick up his check Thursday. He chose the lump-sum option and will receive $544,000 after taxes.

Morse, 50, said one of the first things he will do is build a house for his wife. He said he has already met with a financial adviser and will invest his windfall In addition, Morse and his wife, Naomi, plan to fly to Fort Knox in Kentucky to watch their son graduate from boot camp later this month. Morse had told his son that he would attend his graduation if he won the Lotto jackpot of drug paraphernalia. Rowley Frank Marriott, 21, 296 Cherry Lane, was arrested early Thursday morning by the Colorado State Patrol on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohoL 2 men face mischief charges Israel Chavez, 18, 2529 S. Broadway, and Dusty Young, 23, 405 W.

Aspen Fruita, were arrested Wednesday by Grand Junction police on suspicion of criminal mischief and reckless endangerment Young is also accused of resisting arrest Police said the pair used beer bottles to break a window at 1650 Dolores Ave. There were also four outstanding contempt-of-court warrants for Youngs arrest police said Illinois man faces drug charge An Illinois man was arrested Wednesday by the Colorado State Patrol on Interstate 70 near mile marker 27 on suspicion of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. The state patrol said a trooper found more than an ounce but less than 8 ounces of marijuana in a vehicle driven by Todd D. White, 32, Chicago. Youth hurt in car-bike wreck A 14-year-old boy was treated at St Marys Hospital for bumps and bruises after a autobicycle accident Wednesday afternoon at Interstate 70 Business Loop and Road, the Colorado State Patrol reported.

According to the patrol Sean S. Jarrell 602 Lodgepole St, was riding on the business loop and went from the right side of the road to the left side of the road in front of a car driven by Herbie J. Hays, 39, 3707 Road 410, Palisade. Jarrell was thrown from his bike when Hays vehicle hit the bike. No citations were issued.

Wandering emu reported Both the Mesa County Sheriffs Department and the Colorado State Patrol were called by citizens reporting an unusual traffic hazard early Wednesday morning an emu in the middle of the road. The emu was loose near 16)6 and roads. The state patrol got the report first and the trooper arrived on the scene first He contacted the emus owner, who rounded up the ostrich-like bird Drug bust nets 2 suspects Troy Brand, 33, 2847 Road No. 12, was arrested by Grand Junction police Wednesday after he was. contacted as a suspicious person sitting in a car behind the apartments' at 23rd Street and Teller Avenue.

Brand is accused of possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and police found eight outstanding arrest warrants for failure to appear in court and contempt of court David Leyendecker, 28, 2828 Orchard No. 72, was with Brand He was arrested on two outstanding warrants for failure to appear in court, police said 3 suspects charged with DUI Guadalupe Rivera, 19, 486 Harris Road, was arrested by Grand Junction police Wednesday in the 1300 block of Pitkin Avenue on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. She also faces charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and underage possession of alcohoL Larry Pratte, 49, 2905 Formay was arrested Wednesday afternoon near and roads by a Mesa County deputy on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and possession BODY WISE Weight Loss and Management Program with the most advanced nutritional products on the market. Tuesday, January 14 at 7:00 p.m. St Mary's Hospital Saccomanno Education Bldg.

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