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For the record, the following are "personal notes or personal observations" by an Internet posters attending the Linda Arndt Civil Trial in 2001. This information was either posted on the ACandyRose Internet Subculture Public Forum or permission was given for the information to be copied from the Justice Watch Forum to be "shared" for the Internet community following the JonBenet Ramsey murder case. All postings are based on personal opinion and observations of the individual posters.

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JonBenet Ramsey Folder - 6-11

(Mon) trial report by JW "reporter"

From:

ACandyRose

6/11/2001 11:24 pm

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ALL

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885.1

6-11 (Mon) trial report by JW "reporter"

"Arndt June 11"

Posted by reporter on 20:05:37 6/11/2001

After an hour of lawyer/judge squabbling (Charlie

Brenon's characterization. He was there for the first

hour. I was not), over witness and discovery issues,

Linda resumed the stand for the rest of her cross

examination by Halaby.

He played the tape of the anonymous calls made to

Linda soon after December 26 which she had

testified wee digitally disguised and had frightened

her. They WERE bizarre calls and I could see that LA

did not like hearing them. The purpose of this

seemed to be to impeach LA about whether they

were digitally disguised.

Cross examination hops all over the place, and so

will this narrative.

Halaby: How would you characterize your

relationship with the Ramseys?

Linda said she had no RELATIONSHIP with the

Ramseys. They had requested her to be present

during the handwriting gathering because they

trusted her. There was a time in April when they

sent flowers to her? Linda said yes, she had

received publicity for a Victim's Advocacy award and

the Whites, Fernies and Ramseys had all sent

flowers or notes to her. And you saw that the notes

were put into your file, right? I had ALL

acknowledgments in my career put in my file. These

were a few complimentary notes out of a large

group of notes.

Halaby goes over her lack of success in issuing a flat

denial of the inaccuracies written by Bardach and

Chuck Green.

*comment: I have little experience with court

observing but it is amazing to me how tortuous

(judge's assessment) it is to craft and re-craft a

question. It seems there is a trap in each question

and it is Linda's job to sense and avoid the trap. I

imagine it will be the same when Beckner and Koby

are cross examined.

Linda is trying to get across that the concern was

that there were leaks in the department. Halaby is

trying to emphasize that public discussion itself is

harmful to the investigation.

She had testified that she had repeatedly tried to

get help and he showed that her calls were fewer

and later than one would expect. They go over what

equipment she had with her.

Now they move to the personal meeting she had

with Patsy Ramsey.

Yes, at Barbara Fernie's with other people present.

They then go to the fact that she met with Barbara

Fernie once a week and took walks with her. She

later believed BF was stalking her. She said that BF

expressed concern over Patsy's mental and physical

well-being and with the OK of Pat Burke (Patsy's

attorney) she met with Patsy, Barbara F and Nedra.

The ground rules were, no talking about the criminal

case, meeting was to be one hour and all present

were to remain present. LA met with BF in the first

place after being directed to try to learn about

Patsy from her friends as they could have no

contact with Patsy because of the lawyers they

hired.

I will post this and then post the re-direct.

Continued..........

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ACandyRose

6/11/2001 11:27 pm

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885.2 in reply to 885.1

3. "Part 2, not spell checked"

Posted by reporter on 20:21:31 6/11/2001

The redirect begins.

We now learn the story of why she did not do a

report on getting Patsy's handwriting exemplar Jan

4, 1997. She completed an evidence report and a

property report, carefully documenting the chain of

custody. Her verbal report was given to Eller to be

given to CBI. She gave a complete verbal report the

same day. She had to prioritize the writing of

reports. The most important was the one on Dec 26

where she was the only one who could give an

accurate report. She let the Jan 4 one slide because

she were 2 other officers present. She shared all

information with the team. She historically did

reports when a case was over. On this case the

supervisors wanted ongoing reports. At the team

meetings there was supposed to be someone there

taking notes of new information. All the BPD (and

indeed most police officers) struggle to do all the

paperwork required.)

Why did she not catch up while on medical leave?

She had to turn in her car keys, any ofice keys, was

not to check her voice mail have no duties

whatsoever. The notes were at the station and she

had no access to them.

Did anyone ever ask you for the Jan 4 report? No.

How long was your December 26 report? 19-20

pages. It took her three days to dictate and proof

it.Why did you take your notes with you? When Sgt

Mason was removed from the team his keys and

other things were taken from him. This wasn't done

when I was removed from the case. When I left the

case I was afraid of having the notes turn up

missing or altered. So I took them with me. When

Sgt Mason wanted to refresh his memory using his

notes prior to the Grand Jury, the BPD couldn't find

them and they remain missing to this day.

Comander Eller authorized giving the ransom note to

Ramsy team.

Something was said about how she writes reports.

She said that she writes them about what she

OBSERVED at that moment in time, as a witness.

(Actually police reports become witness reports, I

think) Anyway, she wrote in her report that John

left the house to get the mail and later learned that

there was a mail slot in the door.

Lunch break

There are only 10 spectaters in the room, 4 media, 3

Arndt friends, 1 BPD notetakeer and 2 internet

junkies.

Continued.......

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From:

ACandyRose

6/11/2001 11:37 pm

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885.3 in reply to 885.2

4. "Part 3, not spell checked"

Posted by reporter on 20:33:48 6/11/2001

Still on Redirect

Describe the general situation when the body was

found.

Indescrible Come True, Arndt said. (I capped that

because it sounds like the title of an magazine

article) A moment that immediatly preceeding it was

filled with tension, but hope had turned into.......(I

didn't get all she said here.It was good though.)

That she had been in a house that had been

searched by three cops.....that her body was

carried in by her father......

The two victim's advocates had left. She detailed

her attempts to get help.

With respect to speaking to Bardach, did you deny

things because they were literally or technically

incorect or for some other reason?

I was concerned because the conclusion the public

was drawing that I was responsible for the bungleing

and mishandling the investigation.

Regarding the Mark Furman comment. Mark Furman

screwed up the OJ case and there was no criminal

prosecution.

Linda Arndt screwed up the Jonbenet Ramsey csse

leads the public to the conclusion that that is why

there has been no prosecution.

The Prosecution rests. No re-cross. It is 2:15

I will type the last hour, the beginning of the

Beckner testimony early tomorrow before I head in

to the courthouse.

END OF REPORT FOR TONIGHT......

From:

ACandyRose

6/12/2001 12:40

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885.8 in reply to 885.7

The rest of "Reporter" report:

21. "Last part"

Posted by reporter on 06:26:35 6/12/2001

First, to answer the question above (Does she seem

credible and sincere?), I think she seems honest

almost to a fault. Her answers to questions by her

own atorney were full and seemed hones. But that

is always the case I think when 'on your own side'.

Beckner is the same. The questions she was getting

from Halaby, as I reported, had about 4 clauses in

each question. If we ever see a transcript you will

see what I mean.

For example, if I asked you, "Do you want to go

downtown today if we can drive and not take the

train and if the car is washed and if we detour past

the donut shop, if the bagel shop is closed?

Answer yes or no." That isn't a really good example,

but it gives you the idea. Her answers then became

long thoughtful ones as she tried to steer through

the minefield.

OK, on to Beckner:There were 14 people in the

courtroom as BEckner began by describing his

training and 23 years in police work, all of it with the

BPD.

Why is it not allowed for an individual officer to offer

explanations about their own role? We do try to

keep the public informed about cases but our #1

objective is to solve the crime. We have to keep

details confidential.

Testimony that leaks were a real problem. They

even worried abut telephone bugs and boom mikes.

Never had seen such intense publicity. Enumerated

all the agencies who had some of the confidentail

information on case, implying the leaks could come

from anywhere. Have you ever been able to prove a

source of leaks in within the department? No

Beckner said that the informatin contained in Vanity

Fair is very accurate and made him realize she had

accurate confidential sources.

Did you find the allegations in VF as they pertain to

LA as substantially factual or not factual?

Substantially factual. We felt that defending LA

would mislead the public.

He reported that after he became chief LA did not

come to him with her concerns and that her

immediate supervisor, Doyle, also did not report that

she had come to him with concerns. Is it your job to

go out in the deaprtment and ask if anyone has

concerns? No

With that they ended the court day and dismissed

the jury. They will do some lawyering, maybe to

speed things up.

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I know we all want estimates on how this will end.

So do the reporters and so do both sides. I don't

think there is anyway to predict, although those

with more legal knowledge may be able to see a lot

of "points" on one side or the other which I cannot

detect.

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