Chief Mark Beckner

The Boulder Police Department recently became aware that someone was unlawfully sending emails using the name of Chief Beckner. On April 25th, 2003, Rocky Mountain News columnist Charlie Brennan received an email titled as being from Chief Beckner, complimenting Mr. Brennan for a recent column he had written on the JonBenet Ramsey case.

The Boulder Police Department recently became aware that someone was unlawfully sending emails using the name of Chief Beckner. On April 25th, 2003, Rocky Mountain News columnist Charlie Brennan received an email titled as being from Chief Beckner, complimenting Mr. Brennan for a recent column he had written on the JonBenet Ramsey case.

According to embedded information within the message, the email was sent from an MSN Hotmail account, becknerbpd at hotmail.com. The email was then signed off with, regards, Mark. please see below message text. From Chief Beckner. Sent Friday, April 25th, 2003, 1.16 p.m. to Brennan C. at RockyMountainNews.com. Subject, great articles.

According to embedded information within the message, the email was sent from an MSN Hotmail account, becknerbpd at hotmail.com. The email was then signed off with, regards, Mark. please see below message text. From Chief Beckner. Sent Friday, April 25th, 2003, 1.16 p.m. to Brennan C. at RockyMountainNews.com. Subject, great articles.

Charlie, just want you to know I thought those two articles you wrote today were excellent. You got everything right, as you always do. Thanks for all your support. Eventually, it will be proven right. Regards, Mark. Being skeptical of the message's authenticity, Mr. Brennan telephoned Chief Beckner to ask him about the message. Chief Beckner confirmed that he did not send the message.

Charlie, just want you to know I thought those two articles you wrote today were excellent. You got everything right, as you always do. Thanks for all your support. Eventually, it will be proven right. Regards, Mark. Being skeptical of the message's authenticity, Mr. Brennan telephoned Chief Beckner to ask him about the message. Chief Beckner confirmed that he did not send the message.

The chief was alarmed that someone was apparently using his title and name without authorization to communicate about the JonBenet Ramsey case with members of the media. Search warrants were obtained and executed for MSN Hotmail in California. According to MSN Hotmail, the BecknerBPDAtHotmail.com account was established in 2000.

The chief was alarmed that someone was apparently using his title and name without authorization to communicate about the JonBenet Ramsey case with members of the media. Search warrants were obtained and executed for MSN Hotmail in California. According to MSN Hotmail, the BecknerBPDAtHotmail.com account was established in 2000.

The account creator provided information stating that the owner was Chief Beckner from Boulder, Colorado, and furthermore provided an accurate birth year for the chief. Further investigation led police to the Internet Protocol IP numbers from where the suspect had been accessing the BecknerBPD at Hotmail.com account.

The account creator provided information stating that the owner was Chief Beckner from Boulder, Colorado, and furthermore provided an accurate birth year for the chief. Further investigation led police to the Internet Protocol IP numbers from where the suspect had been accessing the BecknerBPD at Hotmail.com account.

Since early March 2003, all access to the BecknerBPD at Hotmail.com account were from a single Netcom, now owned by Earthlink, dial-up account. A search warrant was obtained and executed for Earthlink in Georgia. According to Earthlink's records, the account holder that has been accessing the BecknerBPD at Hotmail.com email account is Susan B. Stein, 5760 Long Grove Drive, Atlanta, Georgia.

Since early March 2003, all access to the BecknerBPD at Hotmail.com account were from a single Netcom, now owned by Earthlink, dial-up account. A search warrant was obtained and executed for Earthlink in Georgia. According to Earthlink's records, the account holder that has been accessing the BecknerBPD at Hotmail.com email account is Susan B. Stein, 5760 Long Grove Drive, Atlanta, Georgia.

Susan Stein is known as a close friend of John and Patsy Ramsey and has been interviewed as a witness in reference to the Ramsey investigation. The search warrants also yielded other messages that had been received by the BecknerBPD at Hotmail.com account.

Susan Stein is known as a close friend of John and Patsy Ramsey and has been interviewed as a witness in reference to the Ramsey investigation. The search warrants also yielded other messages that had been received by the BecknerBPD at Hotmail.com account.

A number of these messages indicate that the BecknerBPD at Hotmail.com user had been attempting to convince others that he or she was Chief Mark Beckner. Others appeared to be nonsensical. Please note that the investigators were able to confirm that the messages to and from Rocky Mountain News reporter Charlie Brennan and Rita Johnson were received or sent by those individuals.

A number of these messages indicate that the BecknerBPD at Hotmail.com user had been attempting to convince others that he or she was Chief Mark Beckner. Others appeared to be nonsensical. Please note that the investigators were able to confirm that the messages to and from Rocky Mountain News reporter Charlie Brennan and Rita Johnson were received or sent by those individuals.

The other messages were not confirmed as received or sent by those parties. At the request of the Boulder Police Department, members of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, GBI, went to Ms. Stein's residence in an attempt to interview her on June 3, 2003. However, she refused to talk with the GBI agent.

The other messages were not confirmed as received or sent by those parties. At the request of the Boulder Police Department, members of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, GBI, went to Ms. Stein's residence in an attempt to interview her on June 3, 2003. However, she refused to talk with the GBI agent.

Chief Mark Beckner is alarmed by the discovery that his name and position as Boulder Police Chief has been used in an effort to communicate with others. Given the history of the Ramsey case and the concerns we have had with information being distributed to the public, oftentimes inaccurate information, this discovery is disturbing, stated Chief Beckner.

Chief Mark Beckner is alarmed by the discovery that his name and position as Boulder Police Chief has been used in an effort to communicate with others. Given the history of the Ramsey case and the concerns we have had with information being distributed to the public, oftentimes inaccurate information, this discovery is disturbing, stated Chief Beckner.