The Life And Death Of Jonbenet Ramsey

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In over 20 years no one has been able to say exactly who killed JonBenet, why she was killed, or what happened between the last time she was seen, the night of December 25 and the next afternoon when she was found in her basement. With the research collected there is a great certainty that her father killed her and her mother helped to cover it up. Her family has been hit with questions about JonBenet and theories from all sides with very little evidence to link them to it but with an analysis of the crime and the family that link has been found. you will lead down the dark road of what happened in the early hours of December 26, 1996, and put pieces together about how the parents of such an “adoring” family could have killed JonBenet and gotten …show more content…

JonBenet was in several pageants and was known all over the nation for her glittery costumes and performances, by the time of her demise she had five titles to her name: Little Miss Colorado, Little Miss Charlevoix, Colorado state All-Star kids Covergirl, American Royal Miss, and National Tiny Miss Beauty(Worthen). On the morning of December 26, 1996, a call was received: Patsy Ramsey had called police early that morning to report JonBenét missing. Patsy had found a ransom note demanding $118,000 and promising that the kidnappers would contact the Ramseys before 10:00 a.m.( Puffer-Rothenberg) she was found strangled with a fractured skull in the basement of her parents home hours after the kidnappers did not call (Puffer-Rothenberg).
Upon completion of the report, it is clear that an examination of the unsolved murder is necessary. No stone will be left unturned; no avenues left unexplored. To seek justice for JonBenet Ramsey, an in-depth analysis must be conducted in order to break down the data and identify a possible …show more content…

With these suspects interrogated and their stories checked the Ramsey couple are still at the top of this list. Out of the eight suspects, only one confessed to this horrendous crime has been made by John Karr; John admitted to killing JonBenet in August of 2006 but after authorities carefully reviewed where he was the day of and surrounding the murder they realized it was unlikely he had done it because he was in Alabama at the time (Worthen). With the Ramseys being the lead suspects in 1998 Boulder county convened a grand jury to see if an indictment could be supported by the evidence at the time(Puffer-Rothenberg). It took this jury a year to come to a conclusion, within this time frame another jury voted to indict the Ramseys for their “alleged” involvement in their daughter's murder, however, D.A Alex Hunter decided not to file charges even though this jury's verdict was guilty(Worthen). After this the 1998 jury concluded that no charges could be filed based off of the evidence at hand (Puffer-Rothenberg). Alex Hunter, after soon dropping the charges, sent a letter to the Ramseys officially apologizing for considering them suspects and exonerating them the question that the nation is wondering now is did Mrs.Hunter exonerate

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