Assignment 1: The First Listening Officer Rick French

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One of the most important Questions that people are dying to know, why didn't officer Rick French the first responding officer open the small door where JonBenet was found. Officer Rick French was the first officer on the scene, after Patsy Ramsey made that frantic 911 call to police a little after 6 a.m. After arriving at the scene one of the first discoveries made by officer French was the "Ransom note and later conducted a quick search of the house...in the basement, he came to a door secured with a wooden latch...according to reports he paused for a moment in front of the door but walked away" (Newsweek). At the time he felt that it was of no importance initially just wanting to check to see if there were any signs of forced entry by focusing

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