A copy of the note appears in the Sept. 15 issue of the national publication, which hit the newsstands today. District Attorney Alex Hunter, DA spokeswoman Suzanne Laurion and police spokeswoman Leslie Aaholm did not return telephone calls today seeking comment on the leak and the article, which also says police made even more errors than earlier thought.
Newspapers report today suggest the note appears to have been written by a woman or a genteel man.
The article also makes pointed accusations at Boulder police for failing to interview key witnesses and to conduct follow-up interviews. Newsweek said the police did not adequately interview the couple who may have been the last people besides the family to see the little girl alive. On the night of the crime, the Ramseys stopped by the friends' house to drop off a Christmas basket of gourmet foods, Newsweek reported. Two days later the friend called Boulder Police Chief Tom Koby because she thought authorities would want to learn about the Ramseys ' state of mind the night their daughter was murdered . Koby did not return her call.