Jonbenet Ramsey
Named after her father, John Bennett, and her mother, Patricia (also called Patsy), JonBenét Patricia Ramsey was born on August 6, 1990, in Atlanta, Georgia. The youngest of two children JonBenét was an outgoing Southern girl who enjoyed being the center of attention. By age six, she had already won multiple pageant titles, thanks to her bouncy blonde hair, poised smile and glittery costumes. She was your typical kid that loved to dive into raked leaves, although she wasn't typical in that she had a very comfortable life. But that does not excuse the terrible things she went through that last night...
what happened
On the morning of December 26, 1996, Patsy called the police after finding a three-page ransom note demanding $118,000 for her daughter's safe return. The girl's body, however, was discovered in the basement later that afternoon. JonBenét had a fracture to her skull, she had been sexually assaulted and she was strangled with a garrote made from one of Patsy’s paintbrushes. According to the coroner’s report, JonBenét’s official cause of death was "asphyxia by strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma" and her death was classified as a homicide.
Upon arriving at the initial crime scene, the Boulder Police Department had made crucial errors that compromised the investigation. It's said that one of those issues was the timeframe involved in finally getting multiple officers on the scene, as well as allowing so many non-officers remain and move around the house and crime scene where Jonbenet was found.
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In December 1999, the Boulder grand jury voted to indict John and Patsy for their alleged role in their daughter’s murder; however, Boulder District Attorney Alex Hunter decided not to charge them, citing insufficient evidence. After the case was dropped, the Ramsey family returned to Atlanta, Georgia, to escape the media glare and released the 2001 memoir The Death of Innocence. Four years later, Pasty succumbed to ovarian cancer at the age of 49. John claims he has lost his entire family fortune after being a multi-millionaire in the 1990s. In 2016, JonBenét’s brother Burke made a surprising appearance on The Dr. Phil Show, breaking his 20-year silence about the case but bringing no new evidence to the story.
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Countless books, documentaries, and true crime shows have featured their own theories about JonBenét’s murder. Outside of the Ramsey Family, the media has also reported on others deemed suspicious: from the convicted child sex offender (Gary Oliva) to the housekeeper (Linda Hoffman-Pugh) to the electrician (Michael Helgoth) to even the town Santa (Bill McReynolds). However, none of these people have been charged.
extra
There's a current petition to have the case moved out of the Boulder Police Department, if you would like to add your name. Visit here.
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