02-22-2020, 01:45 AM
Vargus: Did it strike you at all that he was, that that was behavior that was unusual for somebody
whose child was just kidnapped?
Arndt: I don't know that there's a usual, or an unusual behavior for any response. I don't put
judgment to it, I'll just, I'll just note it.
(VO) And that's what she said she did all morning; make mental notes of all things curious.
Vargus: Did the two interact? Did John and Patsy comfort each other? Were they in the same room
together?
Arndt: I saw very little interaction between them. And they were in different rooms most of the time.
(VO) Arndt says Patsy Ramsey remained in this green room, in this sun room for most of the day.
With her were the family pastor and friends Fleet and Priscilla White and John and Barbara Fernie.
Det. Arndt waited with John Ramsey in the den off the kitchen; her tape recorder hooked up to the
phone.
Arndt: And I had gone over, where were you yesterday? When did you come home? When did
JonBenét go to bed? What was she wearing? Who put her to bed? What time did she go to bed?
When did you to go to bed? When did Patsy go to bed? Any suspicious calls?
Vargus: Had there been any suspicious behavior?
Arndt: No, no.
Vargus: Had there been any strange phone calls?
Arndt: No. Towards the latter half of the morning, um, I said anybody in your wildest dreams,
anybody who might be upset with you; personally or work-wise? And he gave the name of an
employee.
(VO) Patsy Ramsey would suggest they look at a housekeeper. The other detective would leave to
follow that trail.
Vargus: What was that like during that two hour period when you're waiting for the phone call?
Arndt: Electric when the phone rang.
(VO) And it did, numerous times. But there would be no call from a kidnapper.
Arndt: Ten o'clock comes and goes and there's no acknowledgment within the house from anyone
that this self-imposed deadline, or the deadline imposed by the author of the ransom note, has come
and gone.
Vargus: Nobody said, 'it's ten o'clock and the kidnappers haven't called?'
Arndt: Nobody said that.
Vargus: Was that something else you took note of?
Arndt: Absolutely
(VO) Arndt also took note that John Ramsey took time out to read his mail.
Vargus: Isn't it possible, maybe, he was opening the mail looking for a clue from the kidnapper?
Arndt: I don't know. And I, and I don't speculate. Um, it's a piece of information that I see...
(VO) Arndt says that by 10:35am every police officer was gone and she was on her own. She says
she looked for ways to manage the escalating tensions. She asked John Ramsey and his friends to
examine the ransom note for clues.
Arndt: I got feedback from most everybody except John Ramsey.
(VO) Arndt says she suggested that John Ramsey and Fleet White search the house; an instruction
for which she would later be strongly criticized. She said she told them to...
Arndt: ...check the house, top to bottom. Look for anything that might belong to JonBenét that is in
a place where you don't, shouldn't, where it shouldn't be. Even if it's a, a box, box of matches,
anything. Leave it and come see me.
Vargus: Don't touch it
Arndt: Right
whose child was just kidnapped?
Arndt: I don't know that there's a usual, or an unusual behavior for any response. I don't put
judgment to it, I'll just, I'll just note it.
(VO) And that's what she said she did all morning; make mental notes of all things curious.
Vargus: Did the two interact? Did John and Patsy comfort each other? Were they in the same room
together?
Arndt: I saw very little interaction between them. And they were in different rooms most of the time.
(VO) Arndt says Patsy Ramsey remained in this green room, in this sun room for most of the day.
With her were the family pastor and friends Fleet and Priscilla White and John and Barbara Fernie.
Det. Arndt waited with John Ramsey in the den off the kitchen; her tape recorder hooked up to the
phone.
Arndt: And I had gone over, where were you yesterday? When did you come home? When did
JonBenét go to bed? What was she wearing? Who put her to bed? What time did she go to bed?
When did you to go to bed? When did Patsy go to bed? Any suspicious calls?
Vargus: Had there been any suspicious behavior?
Arndt: No, no.
Vargus: Had there been any strange phone calls?
Arndt: No. Towards the latter half of the morning, um, I said anybody in your wildest dreams,
anybody who might be upset with you; personally or work-wise? And he gave the name of an
employee.
(VO) Patsy Ramsey would suggest they look at a housekeeper. The other detective would leave to
follow that trail.
Vargus: What was that like during that two hour period when you're waiting for the phone call?
Arndt: Electric when the phone rang.
(VO) And it did, numerous times. But there would be no call from a kidnapper.
Arndt: Ten o'clock comes and goes and there's no acknowledgment within the house from anyone
that this self-imposed deadline, or the deadline imposed by the author of the ransom note, has come
and gone.
Vargus: Nobody said, 'it's ten o'clock and the kidnappers haven't called?'
Arndt: Nobody said that.
Vargus: Was that something else you took note of?
Arndt: Absolutely
(VO) Arndt also took note that John Ramsey took time out to read his mail.
Vargus: Isn't it possible, maybe, he was opening the mail looking for a clue from the kidnapper?
Arndt: I don't know. And I, and I don't speculate. Um, it's a piece of information that I see...
(VO) Arndt says that by 10:35am every police officer was gone and she was on her own. She says
she looked for ways to manage the escalating tensions. She asked John Ramsey and his friends to
examine the ransom note for clues.
Arndt: I got feedback from most everybody except John Ramsey.
(VO) Arndt says she suggested that John Ramsey and Fleet White search the house; an instruction
for which she would later be strongly criticized. She said she told them to...
Arndt: ...check the house, top to bottom. Look for anything that might belong to JonBenét that is in
a place where you don't, shouldn't, where it shouldn't be. Even if it's a, a box, box of matches,
anything. Leave it and come see me.
Vargus: Don't touch it
Arndt: Right