Back to Theories of the Case Stranger Intruder Theories Acquaintance Intruder Theories "Friendly" Intruder Theories Worked for Ramsey Family Family Friends Children of Family Friends Doug Stine Fleet White III

 

Back to Theories of the Case

 

There are 3 "flavors" of intruder theories. Stranger intruder theories posit someone completely unknown to or by the family. Acquaintance intruder theories posit someone loosely connected to the family who selected the Ramseys for a particular motivation, e.g., revenge or targeting JBR because she'd been seen in a beauty pageant. Such theories do not necessarily denote a premeditated killing, but relative to stranger intruder theories, generally imply more planning/premeditation regarding entry into the Ramsey household in particular. "Friendly" intruder theories involve someone well-known to the family and JBR herself, someone who may have even gained access to the house on the night of December 26 on "friendly" terms; but it also includes adults who were friends or close acquaintances of John or Patsy Ramsey but who might have had an exploitative rather than friendly relationship with JBR.

 

Stranger Intruder Theories

 

Acquaintance Intruder Theories

 

"Friendly" Intruder Theories

 

Worked for Ramsey Family

 

Family Friends

 

Children of Family Friends

Doug Stine

The Doug Stine Theory

• Spade Suspicions. Internet poster Spade  claims to have asked Lou Smit in a 1999 interview the intruder could be Doug Stine and Smit said Doug should be looked at very seriously.
• Opportunity. Internet poster Tril has suggested Doug Stine might have put his bike in the back of Ramsey car when they stopped by after the White party on Christmas night and then ridden home roughly six blocks (see Google map posted by Internet poster Why_Nut) the next morning. This would account for tire tracks in the yard.

 

Incriminating Evidence Against Doug Stine

• Mouth Swab Taken. Internet poster Tril claims that in Death of Innocence (p. 232, but book version not cited) Doug had a mouth swab taken. Except for 13-year old Ariana Pugh, daughter of Ramsey's housekeeper, Tril is unaware of anyone that young getting a mouth swab in this case.
• Grand Jury Testimony.
• No Fear of Kidnapping by Ramseys or Stines. Internet poster Tril thinks it's suspicious that neither Ramseys nor Stines seemed concerned about Burke or Doug being kidnapped while being driven to school in Susan Stine's car.

 

Exculpatory Evidence Favoring Doug Stine

• Internet poster Jameson said that Doug Stine's DNA was not a match.
• Internet poster Mame claims she has talked with Lou Smit and he has never supported a juvenile-did-it theory in this case.
• See Implausibility of a Cover-up section of Burke Did It theory for reasons why a cover-up is unlikely.
• It also seems implausible that parents would have allowed a sleepover when the plan was to get up so early the next morning.

 

Fleet White III

The Fleet White III Theory

• Internet poster Spade claims that former Internet poster Lake is actually Mark Ohlshaker, John Douglas’s writing partner and the author of the Ramsey segment in Crimes that Haunt Us. Once Spade became aware of this, he realized Douglas may have been leaking inside information about the case to Ohlshaker and hence Spade began to take Lake's theory more seriously.
• Internet poster VP has posted a series of old JusticeWatch posts by Lake, but in so doing has noted numerous misspellings and expressed doubt that Lake could really be Ohlshaker. Spade responded to various criticisms by stating he was "very confidant" [sic] that Lake=Olshaker, arguing that writers often rely on spellcheck and that feature isn't present on forums. FWIW, some posters have speculated that Lake may have been John Mark Karr.
• Lake's theory is that Fleet White's son may have spent the night with Burke and that JBR died somehow. This would explain why Whites were invited to the house so early on the morning JBR was found missing, as well as the rift between the Ramseys (who knew Burke was innocent and hence wanted authorities to investigate) and the Whites (who were upset that Ramseys were drawing media attention to the situation). It would explain why the Grand Jury reached an impasse and no one can talk about it.

 

Incriminating Evidence Against Fleet White III

• Grand Jury Testimony. Fleet White III testified before the Grand Jury; this is not proof of guilt

 

Exculpatory Evidence Favoring Fleet White III

• FW III Too Young? However, Fleet White III was only one year older than JonBenet (Schiller 1999a:79). This would appear to make the face validity of both Lake's theory and Spade's claims about Lake suspect. Spade has also asserted that as he recalled Lake's theory, it involved a friend of Burke's: it's not clear Spade remembered Lake's specifically naming Fleet White III.
• Spade has specifically denied believing this particular theory of Lake's. But it still raises a question of why if Lake=Olshaker, Olshaker would trot out such an implausible theory (and why in turn Spade would be pointing people to this theory, especially if he doesn't believe it).

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