Post by Joanna on Jul 7, 2016 19:45:57 GMT -5
JonBenét Ramsey Murder Suspect Arrested on Child Pornography Charge
A suspect in the murder of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey in 1996 now faces charges of sexually exploiting a child, prosecutors said after he was caught with child pornography. Police arrested 52-year-old Gary Howard Oliva (above) on Friday, June 17. They said he uploaded at least 20 graphic images of children to a Google email address, the Daily Camera reported and some of the photos showed a girl between the ages of 4 and 7. Arrest documents showed he was homeless when police caught him.
Police had named Oliva as one of multiple suspects in JonBenét Ramsey's murder. He revealed in a TV interview in 2002 that he wrote a poem entitled "Ode to JonBenét." The program, 48 Hours, reported that Oliva was a registered sex offender and may have been near the Ramsey family's Boulder home at the time of her death. He also reportedly served time in prison for assaulting a 7-year-old girl in Oregon.
JonBenét was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home Dec. 26, 1996. Images of the blonde girl competing in child beauty pageants propelled the case into one of the highest-profile mysteries in the United States. DNA was found under the girl’s fingernails and inside her underwear, but family attorney Lin Wood said detectives were unable to match it to anyone in an FBI database.
Investigators said at one point that JonBenét's parents were under an "umbrella of suspicion" in the slaying, and some news accounts cast suspicion on JonBenét's older brother, Burke. But the Ramseys insisted an intruder killed their daughter and no one was ever charged.
Over the years, some experts suggested that investigators had botched the case so thoroughly that it might never be solved. The Ramseys moved back to Atlanta after their daughter's murder.
"We're currently not comfortable ruling anybody out as a suspect, or ruling anybody in as a suspect, in the Ramsey case," city spokeswoman Sarah Huntley told the Daily Camera.
A court appearance on Oliva's new charges, including sexual exploitation of a child, is scheduled for July 11. His bail has been set at $10,000.
Source: Fox News, June 22, 2016.
See also: "Has the JonBenét Ramsey Murder Case Been Solved?" whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/5293/jonben-ramsey-murder-case-solved
"JonBenét's Dad Protected Son from Murder Accusation" whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/4579/jonbenets-dad-protected-murder-accusation