What Is The Evidence Of The Jonbenet Ramsey Case

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Jonbenét Ramsey: The Murder of a Beauty Queen The spine chilling scream around two A.M. woke up the neighbors (Newton D22) A ransom is found for the girls safe return (A&E B8) That just so happen to be her own fathers bonus for 1996, 118,000. A young pageant queen by the name of Jonbenét Ramsey (JB A5) was found strangled to death (A1) in her own homes basement (A2) with no sign of a killer or a sign of entry (A&E B12)… Main evidence is placed on forensics to seek out whoever slayed the girl, reliance on possible semen and blood traces on the scene to match a killer (Verrengia E1). The crime scene is slowly getting more and more contaminated, family as well as friends travelling through the home, the father moving the body to the living, …show more content…

The main valid evidence that was found at the crime scene was the cord wrapped around the young girl’s neck, which was the definite cause of her death (JB A1). By the autopsy, Jonbenét had been struck in the back of the head with a heavy object, which was never recovered from the scene. Although with the first examination, it was shown that Jonbenét had been sexually molested (Newton D24). With a second examination, it had shown that Jonbenét wasn’t sexually molested but just wiped or scraped hard (A&E B6). Contradicting the original evidence of pubic hair (Newton D23), vaginal abrasions (D24), unidentified DNA found under her nails (D27), and possible semen traces (D26). The Jonbenét case had many odd details that causes issues for the cops (D15), although with the deadline passing, Patsy seemed relatively calm, her hair as well her makeup were done (D16). Another odd detail from the case was that Patsy had changed her ransom story many times, the first one being that she found the note in Jonbenét’s empty bed (D19). Patsy enjoyed fixing up her home, especially when it came to painting, which brought the spotlight on Patsy, since the paint brush that was used as garrote to tighten the cord (D12). Later into investigating the scene, a bowl of pineapple was found spilled all over the floor, which lined up with the traces of …show more content…

The parents immediately had a dark cloud of suspicion over them, with them being the only ones with access to the crime scene. Patsy claimed to have awakened that morning to finding an empty bed with the ransom note on it, however she later changed the story to she had found the ransom note on her way for coffee (Newton D20). Strange enough, the note was lengthy (D1), and written on paper that was found in the home, with Patsy’s name as the stationary (D5). With the note being found, the note had stated that if anyone were brought into the so called kidnapping, Jonbenét would die (D2). Patsy told many people, friends, family, and the police, which made it strange for the police to think that the mother had no idea what was going on because she risked her own daughter’s life by telling, and having friends and family search the home so publically. The ransom was oddly specific, demanding $118,000, which just happened to be John’s bonus for 1996 (D3), as well as the author switching between “I”, “me”, and “us” which made it seem like the author was unsure of what they were trying to write, also depicting that there was more than one author (D4). Within a few hours, the deadline that the ransom note stated had passed (D7), and Jonbenét hadn’t been found nor returned, Patsy, seemed way to calm for the situation (D8) Everything pointed to the parents especially since there was no trace of entrance,

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