Who Ordered an American Girl Doll, in the Name of JonBenet, on Januay 1st 1997?

[Tricia]

Who Ordered an American Girl Doll, in the Name of JonBenet, on Januay 1st 1997 and had it Delivered to Access Graphics?


You all know the wonderful Jahazafat. Jahazafat, for years, has been screaming into the wind about the dolls, the fibers and the special order in JBR’s name in 1997. In fact Jahazafat has a website with some of the information. http://www.geocities.com/pinker44/
The problem I had with Jahazafat was not her story but how she came about the information. She didn’t have a reason to lie yet there was no source. I didn’t know what to do with her story.

Until now.

First, I want to thank Peggy (Little) for this information. It was posted first on Crime and Justice. I am grateful Peggy brought it to my attention.
http://pub165.ezboard.com/fcrimeandjustice13552frm78
Jahazafat worked for Pleasant Company. She saw the order in JonBenet’s name and where the doll was delivered to. Access Graphics. Jahazafat told me later that the order was paid for with a money order or cashiers check. No credit card trail.
Below is the email I received from Jahazafat concerning the dolls and the tape. Bold is mine.
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I worked for Pleasant Company, owned by Mattel, which sells American Girl Dolls, from October 1998 to January 2004. I worked at a call center in Wilmot, Wisconsin. I worked as a variable order processor, which means I worked seasonally. The job was taking credit card phone orders for products and putting them into a computer system. It also involved fielding customer service issues and processing requests to mail the catalogue.
I read this in Perfect Murder, Perfect Town the last week of September 1999. "The day before, one of Patsy Ramsey's sisters had gone into the house with police permission and taken out an oil painting, several American Girl dolls, a portfolio of JonBenet's pageant photographs…”. I first thought it a testament to the wonderful products that the dolls were so special to be removed. But when I got to the end of the book there was a list that mentioned the duct tape had to be from ‘outside the house’. I had specific training that if a customer called in and complained about the cord attaching the head to tell them to duct tape it down. It could also be tucked in the clothing or sewn, but never cut, and for safety reasons, never pinned. The duct tape was presented as proof of an intruder but the dolls have a verifiable connection to duct tape and the Ramseys were allowed to remove them from the crime scene.
I did simple experiments with duct tape on a doll. If you tape the string down when you pull the tape off there remains a visible residue and it pulls out the white polyester stuffing, which sticks to the tape and makes it not sticky. Somewhere I read a reference to white fibers on the tape but have never been able to relocate those one or two lines. It’s likely these white fibers were the cause of the Santa Bear fiasco. The duct tape information upset me tremendously. I spoke to my father, an attorney, and he called Hunter’s office. He spoke with Leslie Aaholm. This was literally days before the GJ disbanded. I followed up the phone call with letters to Kane and Owens. From reading about Hunter’s office, he couldn’t be trusted 100% so as supportive back up, I called and wrote Craig Lewis. The GJ made no decision but Owens went on TV a few days later talking about ‘new evidence’ and Henry Lee had come to town. It was encouraging but nothing more happened.
I bought a PC out of frustration early in 2000 to follow the case online. I read more about the evidence and in particular ‘mysterious’ fibers found on the body and clothing. Sometimes they were listed as blue and sometimes they were dark. I looked at a Molly doll in a display case and gathered at her feet were thousands of navy blue wool fibers that had shed from her skirt. As with the duct tape, there was an eerie connection.
In September 1999 a computer search with the Ramsey’s Boulder address revealed a catalogue sent to JonBenet in 1996. A separate search had shown an order for a Samantha doll sent to Patsy in Charlevoix in July 1996. Computer searches are done with zip code and last name. In the spring of 2000 I searched and found an order listed as ordered by and shipped to JonBenet herself on Pearl Street, January 1, 1997. I about fell off my seat. I never saw the paper order, only computer documentation. Mail orders are processed in Middleton, WI for speed in delivery as that is were they are received. It also was years before and paper copies are shredded within two weeks of processing. A search with Nedra’s name and zip showed an order from early September 1996. Nedra’s computer file has the misspelling of Nedba. I could go on with pages of information about the orders and the computer systems but it's very technical.
As with the duct tape information, I wrote letters to Kane, Owens, and Lewis with info about the dark fibers and the doll sent to Access Graphics. I also emailed the Boulder Police department. and Chuck Green. There was never anything other than computer generated receipt confirmations; I think those came from Owens. This was spring 2000. I waited years before I posted much online. I held out hope that it would be investigated. A year or two later Smit came out with information about tan cotton fibers, which only cemented the doll connection, as the torso is tan cotton. This revelation had me again writing and emailing to the same list and then some. I have shared; written, called, or emailed this story to hundreds of people. Anytime the Ramseys appear on TV, I rebut with my story. Anytime I read of another Ramsey lawsuit I contact the defendants. I have not been silent but oddly, I have never been asked a single question either.
About using duct tapes on the dolls, employees don’t all receive the exact same training. Training sessions are small-unscripted affairs. It may have just been an off the cuff remark. I asked a few fellow workers and none related any duct tape training. It is not even a huge issue and in the course of my employment I only received a handful of calls about that cord. My father though did call and after several tries got the recommendation to use duct tape. I know the person I heard it from was trained by Middleton, not Wilmot which may account for the discrepancy.
I never felt comfortable speaking up when I was employed, as it is a sensitive issue. The products are for young girls and association with a crime is less than ideal. I have friends who support families based on the success of the company. But if I look at the larger picture the information needs to be available so other law enforcement agencies can learn from what went so drastically wrong. If it is used to prevent a single crime against a child it’s worth it.
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More to come. Very tired.

Thank you Jahazafat for coming forward. You done good woman

[Why_Nut]

If there is any question at all about whether Jahazafat has the goods about the relationship between American Girl dolls and fixed lengths of neck cord, look no further than this site, which describes in detail and with pictures how to remove the existing cord from an American Girl doll and put new cord in when the old becomes loose:

http://www.justmagicdolls.com/articl...estringing.htm

[Tricia]

Jahazafat provided me proof of her employment with the company without revealing her name.

WHY? WHY would "JonBenet" order another doll AFTER she had been killed?

[messiecake]

Originally Posted by Tricia

Jahazafat provided me proof of her employment with the company without revealing her name.

WHY? WHY would "JonBenet" order another doll AFTER she had been killed?

Also Tricia..........Why was it so important Pam get the dolls out of the house????

[RiverRat]

I'm impressed with the many ways posters are catching their Second Breath lately! We can't give up now or forever, the poor little rich girl does deserve The World's attention. Need a good reminder why?

"And I wanted to tell the world that you killed my daughter on Christmas Day. Don't ever forget." John Ramsey

Pg. 372 "JonBenet The Police Files"

[Tricia]

Originally Posted by messiecake

Also Tricia..........Why was it so important Pam get the dolls out of the house????

Exactly.

Could it be a piece of duct tape was on the back of one of those dolls and that's what Patsy used in her staging? That would explain not finding a role of duct tape. If the tape was long ago used up and Patsy needed some duct tape she would remember the tape on the back of the doll.

Now, why IN THE WORLD, would someone order another doll, use JonBenet's name, pay cash for it, and have it delivered to Access Graphics?

To me, this piece of info is HUGE. HUGE!

Thoughts?

[zoomama]

First of all was John R still there at AG when this doll was ordered? And if he was then maybe someone (like a secty) who had ordered dolls in the past or knew of the ordering in the past wanted to order one this way to scare John. Make him squirm a bit. That would be if that person suspected John of the murder.

The second reason I can think of and it just popped into my head is that John himself ordered a new doll to replace one of the dolls that CAP took from the house. Then it could be turned over to the police if needed and it wouldn't match anything. Confuse the evidence sort of thing...looks like but not the same. John is the master of misdirection during this entire case. This would be just one more thing to use to throw off the police.

Oh and that duct tape...wasn't the duct tape aat the crime scene already not very sticky. In other words wasn't it sort of already used and that was why it didn't stick to tightly to JonBenet's mouth. Well if it was already filled with fibers from a doll then it would be non sticky...well maybe

[messiecake]

I too have been intriqued by the American Girl doll story and wanted to belive it *but* with no backstory on how Jahazafat came across the info I had to discount it somewhat(I never wrote it off completely as we know Pam took the dolls out of the house which is hinky as why was it so important? If my child was murdered my last though would be "take toys out of house!" even expensive dolls !) ..............until now.
I belive her story 100%.I think the source for the fibers has been found!!

Once again ALL EVIDENCE LEADS BACK TO THE RAMSEYS!!!!!!!!!!!!


This needs to be investigated further!!!!!!



EDITED: I found the pictures detailing how to "re-string" the doll from the link W.N posted to be VERY creepy!!!!!

[Catfish]

"...a strand of animal fur was found on the duct tape used to cover the murdered girl's mouth." http://slate.msn.com/id/2734/

"... the FBI lab identified a possible beaver hair on the tape..." http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/...411thoma.shtml

A very intriguing thread. I wonder if the animal fur found on the tape may have come from an American Girl doll accessory; possibly from a doll's coat or hat.

The only American Girl doll accessories that I've found on the internet that advertise fur use faux fur today.

Was real animal fur used in the manufacture of American Girl doll clothing in 1996?

[Tricia]

Originally Posted by Catfish

"...a strand of animal fur was found on the duct tape used to cover the murdered girl's mouth." http://slate.msn.com/id/2734/

"... the FBI lab identified a possible beaver hair on the tape..." http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/...411thoma.shtml

A very intriguing thread. I wonder if the animal fur found on the tape may have come from an American Girl doll accessory; possibly from a doll's coat or hat.

The only American Girl doll accessories that I've found on the internet that advertise fur use faux fur today.

Was real animal fur used in the manufacture of American Girl doll clothing in 1996?

Hey Catfish. Good to see you posting.

Patsy owned a pair of beaver hair boots. There was one picture of Patsy in her boots in a tabloid long ago. I am sure this is where the beaver hair came from. She may have owned a beaver coat as well.

[JustinCase]

There is an American Girl Doll in JonBenet's arms, it's the Samantha Doll, which according to Jahazafat, was ordered and shipped to Charlevoix, Michigan in July 1996.



Below is a pic of Samantha (in pretty bad condition) Pre-Mattel according to the ebay seller.



Comparing the hair in both photos, the hair in the pic of JonBenet is much nicer looking, if the doll was JonBenet's that could mean it was fairly new and further provide us with a rough date of when the photo was taken.

It's not much, but it's interesting to note that she's wearing the same pair of 'jelly sandals' that she can also be seen wearing during the photo shoot where she's wearing the Beatrix Potter 'looking' dress standing next to a tree.

Talking about shoes, did anyone else notice that Burke wears the same pair of brown loafers in most of the photographs that show his feet?

[VP]

Originally Posted by JustinCase

Is THAT an American Girl doll in JonBenet's arms??

Where? Where is the picture?

I looked everywhere for the box too - nothing. I read one article that said they come in a cardboard box marked with the words, "My Twin Doll" on the outside.