Connection - Susan Bennett (aka jameson) & Kostanick

[VP]

In January of 1997 Jameson245 appeared on a JonBenet Ramsey discussion board called The Boulder News Forum. She had information on the case that had not yet been revealed to the public and other posters wondered where and how she came by this information. For years no one has been able to make the connection. It didn't help the investigation by amateur sleuths early on that jameson represented herself as a man. When she was outted as a "bread baking housewife named Susan Bennett from Hickory, North Carolina," jameson made no apologies for the misrepresentation. She stated simply that her identity was no one's business and further stated that she was "forced" to lie to protect her true identity. From whom was she protecting her identity, one has to wonder. jameson, in fact, REQUIRED all posters to phone or snail mail her their true identity and $50.00 in order to post on her forum. Typical Susan Bennett double standard.

Once her identity was revealed, she made it clear that her last name was in no way connected to John Bennett Ramsey - and no connection was ever made. One of the few times jameson actually told the truth.

For more on early jameson, do a google search on "Phone Losers" (PLA) + jameson They still have a lot of the first posts.

In the beginning jameson had a lot of personal information about the Ramsey family as well as case-related information. For instance, in a few of her early posts on BNF she alluded to marital problems between Patsy and John. Only someone close to the family would know this, not someone in Hickory, North Carolina with no ties to the Ramsey family. Perhaps a friend of the family in Boulder? Or someone she used to know well that was feeding her information from a friend of the family in Boulder? As it turns out, this is the most likely scenario.
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The first thread concerning finding more information on Susan Bennett, aka jameson, was just that, a fact finding thread. Below I will give the information that we now know for a fact. We will leave it to FFJ members to draw conclusions.

Fact: Susan I. Bennett and James P. Bennett once lived in a same house owned by Charles E. Ham and Jeanine Forman-Ham in Dalton, Massachusetts - the phone number for both the Bennett's and Forman-Ham was the same.

Fact: Charles E. Ham and W. Shufelt were associated with the same address in Watervliet, NY. Susan Bennett's maiden name is Shufelt.

Jeanine Forman-Ham at some point (we think between '94 & '96), moved to Boulder and became a volunteer for a local Boulder newsletter.

http://www.sustainability.org/site/4...let/volunt.htm
"Jeanine Forman-Ham is a delightful ray of
sunshine that warms our office periodically by answering phone calls, mailing newsletters and performing general office work." _____________________________________________

Fact: Jeanine Forman-Ham's address in Boulder lived or lives at 315 Arapahoe Ave.

Fact: Barbara Kostanick's address in Boulder - 355 Arapahoe Ln.

These addresses are approximately .02 miles apart.

Fact: Barbara Kostanick is the woman who tried to tell BPD that JonBenet told her on Christmas Eve Santa was going to pay her a secret visit. When the BPD didn't seem interested in this information, Barbara asked Susan Stine to talk to BPD for her. Susan Stine called the BPD on Barbara's behalf. One would have to assume only a friend would do this for a freind.

Fact: Barbara Kostanick is no stranger to the Internet. She has been posting on newsgroups and about charter school issues since 1997. She posts a lot on newgroups dealing with olympic skating. She was named for an ice skater.

It is my OPINION: that the following posts belong to Barbara Kostanick, but I have no proof that they do, I'm just going by her writing style and the way she always puts her name on the end of her posts. She posts under a few different email addresses:

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"Nothing much. I dont often speculate on who killed whom but in this case I have
a gut feeling that Santa ( Bill McReyonds) was somehow involved).
He had a perfect cover to come into JonBenet's room as she was expecting Santa
to come that night , his wife had written a play that I believe eerily mimics
in retrospect what happened that night and his alibi has no credibility if you
think he did it.


Perhaps it is just a reaction to the media blitz demonizing and lying about the
parents."


Barbara
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"Crab, crab, crab! Crab when they *dont* talk to the police. Crab when they do.


It sounds to me as though Kane was disappointed because he was prevented from
going beyond the parameters he had already agreed to.


Picky picky picky"


Barbara
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Posts I know belong to BK:

Didn't one judge have her marked down rather tremendously -- something like 4.6?

Cheers,
Barb Kostanick
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Needless to say, I wasn't surprised that they broke up -- just that it was Ina
who gave him
the push and not the other way around.


Cheers,
Barb Kostanick
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(Below, my personal favorite - reminds me of "Back to case!")
> so
> much current SKATING news and discussion that I hate to see 100+
> messages
> a day dedicated to these topics.


> Just for the Olympics? Please?


> Thanks for the consideration,


> Barb Kostanick



What's the problem Barb?Do you not have a mouse?
Are you unable to scroll on by the subjects that don't interest you?
Do you pay your service provider on a per message basis?

Charlie
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I wonder if Barbara started writing as Jameson in the beginning and the the real jameson took over later.

You are now free to research more, draw your own conclusions, or go to the swamp in about 5...4...3....2....1.... and find out how, or even IF jameson explains all of this.

[Jayelles]

It makes sense that there is a connection. Do you know when the move to Hickory took place?

What is Barbara Kostanick's connection to the Ramseys?

[Tricia]

Barbara Kostanic is the "Secret Santa" woman.

She claimed JonBenet told her daughter that Santa was going to come to JBR's house the day after Christmans.

When I get home I will put up the quotes from PMPT from Kostanic.

Connect the dots.

Susan Bennnett has a relationship, a long standing one with Mrts. Ham. So did her father.

Mrs. Ham moved to Boulder and was neighbors with Mrs. Kostantic.

[VP]

Originally Posted by Jayelles

It makes sense that there is a connection. Do you know when the move to Hickory took place?

What is Barbara Kostanick's connection to the Ramseys?

No, I have no idea when the Bennets moved to Hickory - I'm thinking around '88...maybe earlier.

JonBenet and Megan played together and the Ramseys and Kostanicks were friends. Here is an excerpt from PMPT on JonBenet's comment to Barbara Kostanick:

"The day before Christmas, JonBenet was at our house playing with Megan. The kids were talking about Santa, getting all excited. I asked JonBenet if she had visited Santa Claus yet. She said, “Oh, Santa was at our Christmas party the other night.” Megan had seen Santa at the Pearl Street Mall, so we talked about that.

Then JonBenet said, “Santa Claus promised that he would make a secret visit after Christmas.”

I thought she was confused. “Christmas is tonight,” I told her. “And Santa will be coming tonight.”

“No, no” JonBenet insisted. “He said this would be after Christmas. And it’s a secret.”

- Barbara Kostanick
Page 38-39 PMPT

[RiverRat]

JonBenet can be placed in the same neighborhood on the next to LAST DAY OF HER LIFE with a person that has close ties to Sue Bennett. Now - where can we go from here? Make a mental note and move on?

What Would jameson do if she found out info like this on Tricia? Or you? Or me? That Bus would already be slamming it into high gear. Or I could bee wrong.

RR

[Jayelles]

Were there any little Hams that would have been at school with the other kids? I'm wondering how the Kostanicks and Hams knew each other. The only people in our neighbourhood we really know are our immediate neighbours and folk with kids the same age as our kids. I think that the Hams and Kostanicks weren't immediate neighbours.

I believe the US house numbering is different from the UK. Here, #315 and #355 would likely be 20 houses apart on the same side of the road.

[VP]

I am thinking that when something as huge as the murder of a six year old child occurs, and the details saturate every form of media all over the world for months, people in the town where the crime took place (especially neighbors of the house where the child was known to frequent), are going to talk.

Go to www.yahoo.com and input the two addresses under maps and then driving distance. That should help you with the geographical distance.

[RiverRat]

Even if you toss out the Kostanick possibility - the fact remains that jameson did indeed have a close connection to someone in Boulder.

RR

[JC]

I'm sure there was a post earlier from Uncle SAM asking if she reported her income from membership dues and if she reported that $40,000 income under the Toth4me thread.

It's been deleted.

[Driver]

For what it's worth (little or nothing) There is a difference of 30 between my house number and my next door neighbor's.

In some areas, the blocks dictate the numbers...ie at one corner they may begin with 300 and go up to 398 at the end of that block. (even numbers on one side of the street, odds on the other). If there are only 2 houses, one could be 300 and the other 350, or any other even number.. If there are 20 houses on the block then they might go by fours.

[RiverRat]

For those interested - Yahoo Maps will show you the layout. The Kostanick connection may or may not pan out to be anything other than a coincidence. Maybe now though - since Barb is an internet buff and a believer of Ramsey innocence, she will be happy to find out - after 8 long years - that she can pop around the block and find someone who knows someone!

RR

[LurkerXIV]

There was a poster on both BNF and JW named "tinky" who was very involved with Olympic skating and knew an awful lot about it.

Do you think Kostanik posted under this nickname?

I think some of "tinky's" posts can be found at ACR's site where she has collected old JW threads. Maybe you can find a comparison.

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Never mind. I found the answer:

We didn't want the kooks here -- that's why we were so secretive,'' said Tinky, who is actually Terri McCord from Kansas. She dabbles in writing mystery novels and said the JonBenet story would not make a good book because all the evidence points to the parents.

http://www.longmontfyi.com/ramsey/st...il98.asp?ID=47

--from a good article about Who Was Who on the JBR forums.