Research Paper On Who Killed Jonbenet Ramsey

Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey?

Six-year-old Jonbenét was murdered on December 26, 1996. A hand-written ransom note was left and hours later her body was found in the basement; her hands tied behind her back, tape over her mouth and a cord wrapped around her neck. JonBenét’s death was ruled a homicide. Almost 22 years later no one has been charged with the murder of Jonbenét Ramsey. With many suspects, they all seemed to check out expect her family even more so her brother. Jonbenét Ramsey was a six-year-old American beauty pageant queen living in Boulder, Colorado with her father John Bennett Ramsey, a businessman, mother Patsy Ramsey who was a former pageant queen and nine-year-old brother Burke Ramsey. A year before the death of Jonbenét, Burke
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In the note, they specifically ask for $118,000, which is close to the bonus John Ramsey received that year. Another strange thing about the ransom note is that it was 2½ pages long and very detailed, if you think about it a ransom note is usually 2-5 sentences long. Upon their arrival, the Boulder police did a terrible job by not searching the inside of the house right away; only searching for signs of forced entry, which they did not find and letting the Ramsey’s have family and friends over causing the crime scene to be contaminated. Around 1 pm, John and a family friend are asked by a detective to search the house to see if “anything seemed amiss”, which was a huge mistake. Finding his daughter’s body in the basement with her hands tied behind her back, duct tape covering her mouth and a nylon cord around her neck. John picked JonBenét up and took her body upstairs, by doing this he basically destroyed the crime scene and forensics evidence. After JonBenét’s body was found the Ramsey’s stopped cooperating with the police and hired a lawyer. Could they be more obvious? And where is Burke
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The autopsy reported stated that the cause of the death was “asphyxia by strangulation associated with carniocerebral trauma” and pineapple was found in her stomach. Guess what was found at the crime scene, a bowl of pineapple on the counter of the Ramsey’s kitchen with Burke and Patsy’s fingerprints. Burke had a habit of waking up in the middle of the night to eat a snack; Patsy had to know about Burke’s habit so maybe she had cut pineapples slices for him to snack on at night. JonBenét might have heard her older brother in the kitchen causing her to follow him; when she sees Burke eating pineapple she gets one making him angry for grabbing something that was meant for him, I mean wouldn’t you get mad at your younger sibling touching something that’s yours? Burke gets angry and hits JonBenét on the head which caused the skull fracture found in the autopsy, he does have a history of hitting his sister with objects. In the autopsy report the doctor reported the object that caused the fracture on her skull was a flashlight, one was found in the basement but the Ramsey’s “don’t recall having a flashlight”. When the 911 recording was release the last few seconds are inaudible. In 2016 CBS created a 3-hour documentary called The Case Of: JonBenét Ramsey where they release and enhance version of the last six second of the 911 call where three voices