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Ceaira Gordon Ms. Peterson English 10 March 21, 2017 JonBenét Ramsey The murder mystery of JonBenet Ramsey remains unsolved to this day. As a 6 year old beauty queen, JonBenet Ramsey had touched the hearts of millions of people. She was born to wealthy parents and was found dead in their in Boulder Colorado home on December 26, 1996. The death of Jonbenet became national news worldwide and so did the investigation. Lots of questions and assumptions were investigated but her killer was never found. Jonbenet Ramsey “was a 6-year old beauty queen who was found murdered in her parents’ Boulder, Colorado home on December 26, 1996”(biography.com). JonBenet’s mother was a beauty pageant queens as well. “Ramsey won her first competition in 1994 at just four years old at the Colorado State All-Star Kids Pageant. Just a few months later, 4-year-old Ramsey stole the show at the Little Miss Charlevoix pageant in Charlevoix, Michigan, where the Ramsey family used to vacation in the summer. Ramsey went on to take home first place titles at Little Miss Colorado, America's Royale Miss, and National Tiny Miss Beauty”(Lee). Her father is a businessperson, she had other siblings too, Elizabeth Pasch Ramsey, Melinda Ramsey, …show more content…

“During an afternoon search of their Colorado home, Jonbenét’s body was found by her father in the wine cellar, and she had been tied up and covered with a blanket” (Gordon, 5).. The police immediately brought the body to the autopsy to find any clues of who and how she died. “According to the autopsy, JonBenet had been struck on the head with an unknown object with enough force to knock her unconscious, before being strangled to death” (Solin). The autopsy doctor found DNA samples in the child's underwear and in her fingernails “The DNA left in a stain found in the child's underwear reportedly does not match DNA samples provided by dozens of family and

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