Exclusive: ‘I Killed JonBenet Ramsey!’ Convicted pedophile Gary Oliva has confessed to the murder of six-year-old pageant princess in prison letters to his friend – claiming it was ‘an accident’:
Gary Oliva, 54, has long been a suspect in the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, whose body was found at her home in Boulder, Colorado on December 26, 1996.
In letters to high school classmate Michael Vail obtained by DailyMailTV, Oliva claims he killed JonBenét by accident.
‘I let her slip and her head bashed in half and I watched her die. It was an accident’, he wrote from Limon Correctional Facility, Colorado.
Oliva is serving a 10-year-sentence for possessing child pornography.
When Oliva was arrested in 2016, police discovered he had 335 photos of JonBenét including photos from the six-year-old’s autopsy.
Vail, 55, of Ventura, California, has urged police to charge Oliva for JonBenét's death since Oliva is due for parole in 2020.
Chillingly, Vail tells DailyMailTV that on December 26, 1996 Oliva told him: ‘I hurt a little girl.’
Investigators believe several men were involved in JonBenét's death and Vail hopes Oliva will identify them.
The incriminating letters have been presented to Boulder police and murder case investigators are now looking through the new information.
A longtime suspect in the murder of JonBenét Ramsey has finally admitted he killed the then six-year old beauty pageant queen, DailyMailTV can exclusively reveal.
Gary Oliva, 54, a convicted pedophile who is currently serving a 10-year sentence in a Colorado prison for child pornography, has admitted in letters obtained by DailyMailTV he killed her by accident.
Oliva, who was once jailed for trying to strangle his mother, wrote: ‘I never loved anyone like I did JonBenét and yet I let her slip and her head bashed in half and I watched her die. It was an accident. Please believe me. She was not like the other kids’. Mail online article 10 January 2019 Alan Butterfield
There is evidence of an intruder. I say this over and over again. JonBenet Ramsey: What Really Happened? ***** Smit tape, Discovery 2021
This was initially a kidnapping. A two-and-a-half-page random note was left in the house. The ransom note said, ‘Hey I’ll call you between 8-10 a.m.’. There was never any phone call. John Ramsey was asked to search the house and he finds his daughter’s body. ibid. Paula Woodward
The police allowed everyone in the house. Basically, the house is full of people. So this is a crime scene that is now being destroyed piece by piece. ibid. Smit
What we learn from the autopsy report was that JonBenet died from strangulation and from a blow to the head. ibid. woman
There were wanted posters with John Ramsey’s picture being circulated throughout Boulder. ibid.
The evidence points to someone inside the house rather than outside the house. ibid. Mark Beckner, Boulder rozzer
The pictures show some type of entry into the house. ibid. Smit
Foreign DNA was found under JonBenet’s fingernails and in her panties. ibid. woman
They’re [Boulder rozzers] trying to distort the facts and evidence of this case. ibid. Smit
Everything fits when we go with the intruder theory. ibid.
Thousands of tips were called in to the Boulder police department. ibid.
The DNA was foreign and had been determined not to belong to anyone in the Ramsey household. ibid. daughter
Lots of those items have never been [DNA] tested. ibid. brother of JonBenet
It was an unthinkable crime that rocked a nation and shattered a peaceful picturesque Colorado community. But the murder of JonBenet was just the beginning of a nightmare. Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey? A Surburban Nightmare, Channel 5 2024
It’s been more than 25 years since the death of JonBenet Ramsey. ibid.
Boulder police call in the FBI to examine the ransom note. ibid.
Investigators examine the suitcase near the broken window first discovered by John Ramsey. ibid.
[TV News]: In Colorado it has all the makings of a murder mystery. A ransom note, a dead body, strange twists and turns. But what makes this murder mystery so chilling is the victim, a beautiful little girl. Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey? I: Keep Your Babies Close, Netflix 2024
Was there an intruder? Or was the family involved? ibid. comment
There is evidence of an intruder. I say this over and over and over again. ibid. Lou Smit
You will withdraw $118,000 from your account … ibid. ransom note
Suddenly I didn’t know where my child was. And I was just panic-stricken. ibid. Patsy
It appeared that the ransom note was written from that notebook in the Ramsey household. ibid. rozzer
The first thing that struck me about the note was the length of the note; it’s quite unusual to see this magnum opus. ibid. Ron Walker, FBI agent, 2006 interview
$118,000 – a really odd number to ask for. ibid.
The window was open and that looked fishy. ibid. John
She had tape over her mouth and her hands were tied behind her back … I just screamed … ibid.
She was hit in the head with a blow that left an eight-inch crack in her skull. ibid. reporter
She was tortured and she was murdered. ibid.
Keep your babies close to you. ibid. Patsy tearful at press interview
1997 the Colorado Bureau of Investigation came out with a DNA report … None of that DNA matched anybody in the family. ibid. comment
So whose DNA is that? ibid.
[Geraldo Rivera TV show]: The mock trial we are about to stage for you right here in our studio … Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey? II: Umbrella of Suspicion
If you look at the backside of the house, there is no snow. ibid. comment
He’s the most caring father in the world. ibid. daughter
We had cases in Boulder where suspects went into residences in the middle of the night and either attempted a sex assault or completed a sex assault both before and after the Ramsey case. ibid. comment
We never found the male that left that DNA. ibid. rozzer
God knows. And the truth is going to prevail. Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey? III: The Truth is Going to Prevail, Patsy on TV
Very early on in this investigation police received information about an individual by the name of Gary Oliva. ibid. comment
Since she’s [Patsy] dying, a phone call would be better than nothing. ibid. Daxis’ confession and tapes