Sex offender in Boulder jail on violation By Marcos Mocine-McQueen Denver Post Staff Writer Thursday, October 03, 2002 - A man once interrogated in the killing of JonBenét Ramsey is again in the Boulder County Jail - but not for long. Gary Oliva, 38, is awaiting extradition to Oregon on a parole violation. He has a history of sexually abusing minors and lived blocks from the Ramseys at the time of the 1996 killing. Four years later, police questioned him, and cleared him, after arresting him on unrelated charges. "He was investigated, and we determined that he was not likely a suspect," said Cmdr. Joe Pelle, head of the Boulder police detective bureau. Still, not everyone close to the case is convinced of Oliva's innocence. ***snip "JonBenét's murder touched me very deeply," Oliva said. "I feel she was an exceptional girl whose death was an exceptional loss. I felt the need to build a monument, a shrine, to remember this little girl." That, he said, is why he had a photo of JonBenét in his backpack when Boulder police arrested him on a drug charge in December 2000. Police also found a stun gun in the backpack. Some investigators, including Smit, believe a stun gun was used in the killing. ***snip At the time he was arrested and questioned in 2000, Oliva gave police hair samples for DNA testing, he said. The CBS News program "48 Hours Investigates" will air a segment Friday night on the Ramsey case. In a news release, CBS said it will interview Oliva and will air "police interrogation tapes." John and Patsy Ramsey, according to CBS, believe Oliva "deserves greater attention from investigators." http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%7E53%7E899236%7E,00.html
JR When you are right, you are right. Exactly what 48-Hours was about tonight. I wish I had read this post earlier today.
