From the Boulder Camera, Oct. 23, 2002 Libel case continues against Camera Couple says article falsely implicated them in sex ring By Christine Reid, Camera Staff Writer October 23, 2002 A second request was made on Tuesday by the Boulder County District Attorney's Office for a special prosecutor to review a case that alleges criminal libel by the Daily Camera and other media in their coverage of the unsolved slaying of JonBenet Ramsey. Chief District Judge Roxanne Bailin terminated the investigation into the criminal libel case in October 2000, she said, at the request of Fleet White Jr. and Priscilla White. However, the Whites said they made no such appeal. District Attorney Mary Keenan said the new motion came at the request of the Whites, who tried to get the state Attorney General's Office involved in the investigation to no avail. The motion states it had not been the Whites' intent to place their matter in a "dead end" with special prosecutors. "Our position is someone needs to look at it," Keenan said. The Whites were friends of John and Patsy Ramsey — the parents of the 6-year-old whose strangled body was discovered Dec. 26, 1996, in the basement of her family's home. The Whites asked Boulder police to investigate the Daily Camera for publishing a story in February 2000 in which a California woman said she was abused in a child sex abuse ring in a manner similar to the way JonBenet died. Other media also published reports about the unidentified 37-year-old woman after the Camera's article ran. The Whites claim that the California woman falsely implicated their family of being connected to the sex ring. The case was assigned to the Pueblo district attorney because of a conflict of interest with the Boulder County District Attorney's Office, and shortly after terminated. The statute of limitations on the case expires Feb. 25, 2003, according to court records. Prosecutor Bill Nagel, who filed the motion Tuesday, said it would be up to Judge Bailin to determine who, if anyone, would be appointed as a new special prosecutor. "We are puzzled by this action since the court has ruled previously. Still, we look forward to putting this matter to rest," said Colleen Conant, the Camera's editor and publisher. The Whites did not return a call from the Camera.