Article Analysis: The Case Of Jonbenet Ramsey

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The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey. CBS. N.p., 18 Sept. 2016. Web. CBS aired a special “who killed JonBenet Ramsey” Who is JonBenet Ramsey? Jonbenet Ramsey was a six year old beauty pageant icon who was unexpectedly kidnapped and then found murdered in the basement of her own residence. Her mother Patsy made the 911 call to the police. During the call, she screams “Help me, Jesus” not once but twice. Which seems incredibly suspicious while she is screaming there a two other voices in the background. After further investigation during the phone call, it was her husband John and their son Burke in the background. The investigators claimed that the child they heard in the background Burke asked “What did you find?” Nothing about this 911 called seemed …show more content…

First, the parents seemed to be unrealistically disfigured. They get a random ransom note the same day they find their daughter's dead body in the basement? Nothing about these family’s reaction add up. But, the worst one was her brother Burke’s reaction during an interview when he was nine. He did not seem to be grieving over his sister's death. Which once again seems to be funny ; a little kid not feeling heart broken that he just lost his sister abnormal? Children cry when their fish dies, and Burke has a lack of grief during an interview. Burke’s rebuttal was the following; "I guess this is the combination of sitting in there with this weird guy that I'd never talked to before asking personal questions," Burke Ramsey said. "It's a combination of that and at some point, you just have to move on from the past. Because of the way Burke expressed himself, many people started to believe that he might have killed his sister or his parents tried to cover it up. They did not want to explain to the police that their daughter was killed by their son because of jealousy. At the same time there are many assumptions of who killed her and what …show more content…

CBS had created a documentary about the JonBenet Ramsey case twenty years later. Throughout the article, there are many accusations of family members in the house on who could have killed JonBenet. The list went from the mother, father, and her own brother. The whole family seemed to have strange reactions to the death of a close family member which made them suspects in the murder. Even to this day, we still do not have a guilty suspect, but if the public had to point its finger at someone, it would most likely be the brother Burke Ramsey. Willis, Charlotte, and Vanessa Brown. "'I Kinda Always Thought It Was a Paedophile Who Saw Her in One of the Pageants and Snuck In'." NewsComAu. N.p., 21 Sept. 2016. Web. 09 Mar. 2017. This article is based off the thoughts and opinion of the investigators. In the CBS program, the investigators revealed their theories. All fingers point to Burke. They said that they think Burke unintentionally killed JonBenet. It also describes Burke’s interview with Dr. Phil, in which Burke enlightens Dr. Phil with whom he thinks the killer is. No one knows for sure who actually did it, but what is agreeable is that something has always been off with Burke Ramsey. This article gives a great overview of important parts in the Dr. Phil

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