JonBenet Ramsey Case On the morning of December 29th, 1996, Patsy Ramsey got dressed and went downstairs to start getting prepared for the day. What she was not prepared for was the ransom note that was left for her at the bottom of the stairs. JonBenet Ramsey, Patsy’s six-year-old daughter and, had been kidnapped. The note said that if Patsy and the rest of her family did not listen and do what was on the note then JonBenet would be killed. The abductors wanted a ransom of 118,000 dollars, the Ramseys’ were not allowed to contact anyone, including the police, and that they were going to call the house in a few hours to collect their money. Patsy disregarded what the note said and called the police to report a kidnapping. Not even 8 hours …show more content…
Rigor Mortis had set in showing that JonBenet was killed anywhere between 10pm the night before and 5am the day that she was found. When she was first found she had duct tape covering her mouth, a garrote around her neck, and it appeared that she had been hit in the head with a hard object. Not only had she been tied up, but it also appeared that she had been sexually assaulted. There was DNA evidence taken from her underwear and examined; it did not match with any of the suspects. In an article called The Death of JonBenet: A Case That’s Captivated The Country For 20 Years by Jean Casarez, she says the autopsy revealed that, “JonBenet's cause of death was suffocation in conjunction with forcible trauma to her skull,” (CNN). The object that was used to hit JonBenet over the head was never found, but there are a few theories about it. One theory is that the night before, JonBenet stole some of Burke’s snack and he got angry. So angry that he took a heavy duty flashlight and hit her hard enough to fracture her skull. After JonBenet was found to be unconscious or dead, Patsy and John tried to cover up what Burke had done. This theory is plausible, because the garrote that was used was part of one of Patsy’s broken paintbrushes, there was a heavy duty flashlight that was seen on the Ramsey’s counter, and the ransom note and its draft were from one of Patsy’s note pads. Not only those things, but Burke was …show more content…
The most famous theories have to do with the family, more specifically Burke Ramsey. There is no way of knowing for sure if he did it or not, but if he did, how could this have been prevented? One theory is Developmental Crime Prevention; it focuses on the major risk factors that could lead to criminal acts. Some examples are parental training, social skills training, and bullying support. Burke was the first born child, but he was moved out of the picture when JonBenet was born. She was a child beauty queen who won a lot of pageants. Patsy and John were probably focusing more of their attention on her, and Burke was jealous. Not only that, but he was living in JonBenet’s shadow, which probably did not help the situation. Burke was very reserved and was into computer technology as Judith Phillips mentions in The Case of: JonBenet Ramsey; if he was a reserved child then that means he might not have had the best social skills and maybe he was being bullied at school. All of this could have been building up, and one night just snapped. By focusing on development in children this would not have happened. The case of JonBenet Ramsey has captivated the nation for over twenty years, and it is one of the most famous mysteries out there. Even with all of the evidence that was found, nobody has been charged with the murder of JonBenet Ramsey. There are many theories as to what had happened;
Some think the family wrote the note since it seemed to have been rewritten several times, but the intruder was most likely trying to write the best paper without giving any hints to as who it might be. The note gave them the option to have their child returned as said by CNN Library,“JonBenét's mother, Patsy, says she found a ransom note demanding $118,000 for JonBenét's return,” ("JonBenet Ramsey"). The note had a time on it, the family couldn't call the police, but had to wait for a phone call. The majority think that since they never got a call, the family must have done it, but instead, it could have been the killers focusing on the escape. Hive provides us with key information about the note, “The ransom note warned the couple not to contact the police but to await a phone call between 8 and 10 that morning,” ("JONBENET RAMSEY").
The 911 call the Ransom Note John and Patsy Ramsey’s Interviews John Mark Karr Burke Ramsey’s Interview, M. July 2001. The JonBenet Ramsey Ransom Note – Statement Analysis. Retrieved September 8, 2017, from https://www.statementanalysis.com/jonbenet-ramsey-murder/ransom-note/ McKinley, C. (2016). Ex-DA opens up about why she cleared the Ramsey Family of JonBenet’s Murder: ABC News. Retrieved September 8, 2017, from
It was found that there was a large list of things that were odd and suspicious to the case. First, the ransom note was written with a pen on paper that were both found inside the Ramsey home office and it included spelling errors that looked staged to be as if a foreigner who did not speak English wrote it. Moreover, when rewriting the note, it took approximately 21 and a half minutes to replicate, which seems odd that someone could spend that much time in their home without being noticed and without the fear of being caught. The 911 call made by Patsy Ramsey did not match the statements made by the family. Technology was used to enhance the 911 call received, which found troubling statements made by the Ramseys, including John saying “we are not talking to you” and Patsy replying with “what did you do?
On December 6, 1996 Patsey Ramsey made her way down to the kitchen. Little did she know that her life would change forever. On the third step, she found a ransom note. The note said that “a small foreign faction” had kidnapped her daughter and planned on killing her if the family alerted the police and didn’t withdraw 118,000 dollars from Mr. Ramsey’s bank account. Oddly specific right?
“‘911: 911, what’s your emergency?’... Patsy: ‘We have a kidnapping! Hurry, please….’” This chilling 911 call at 5:52 am by Patsy Ramsey was the start of a monumental homicide mystery - JonBenét Ramsey, at the age of six years old, was brutally murdered on December 25, 1996 in Boulder, Colorado by strangulation and head trauma. An American child beauty queen, following the steps of stardom of her mother, and born in a wealthy family, made this murder a greater curiosity and more eerie.
’s murder. It is speculated that perhaps a burglar broke into the Ramsey home and took an unfortunate casualty, the Ramsey’s beauty queen. “The crime scene wasn’t sealed off properly after authorities arrived at the Ramseys’ home, and unauthorized individuals were able to enter and leave the house before the initial investigation was complete, resulting to evidence being compromised” (Solin). Going along with the idea in mind that the Ramseys were big entertainers, various workers had easy access to the home of JonBenet Ramsey and could have possibly let themselves in to perform the crime. These assumptions are weeded out by studies done that once again prove a forced entry to be out of the
John and Patsy Ramsey were the first suspects dealing with their daughter’s case. Family and friends would always observe the two and found it suspicious how they would treat their daughter different from their son. Patsy would always treat her daughter very different from their son burke, it was known that she had got recently made at JonBenet for wetting her bed, this could’ve caused very bad triggering for her which could’ve led to the mysterious mystery of JonBenet and may have left her shocked after she realized what happens. Next would be Burke Ramsey her own brother. It was known by a friend that Burke had once hit JonBenet on the head with a baseball bat because she made him upset which caused a scar on her face, and it wasn’t his first time hurting JonBenet.
For legal reasons I will not state who I think committed the crime, but I will provide evidence pointing towards each person For the past 21 years America has been dumbfounded by the killing of an innocent pageant queen. JonBenet Ramsey a 6-year old child was horrendously murdered on December 25, 1996. A ransom note was left on the stairs of her house. Patricia Ramsey, her mother, woke up and went downstairs to make coffee, but instead found the ransom not on the staircase.
In the murder of Jonbenet Ramsey a 6 year old beauty pageant girl who lived in Boulder, Colorado. On the day after christmas of 1996, Jonbenet’s Mom Found a ransom note that said that they kidnapped jonbenet and was asking for money to have jonbenet back. They called the police to tell them that jonbenet has been kidnapped and that they found a ransom note. After a while the dad John Ramsey found jonbenet’s body strangled in the wine cellar in the basement. He looked in the wine cellar first which was where her body was.
When I looked at the handwriting of the ransom note and the handwriting of Patsy, there are some similarities, within the letters. Any individual can make their handwriting look sloppy, but there will always be similarities. I believe Patsy could have been irritated by something that JonBent could have possibly done, which caused Patsy to hit JonBent with a forceful object that could have caused serious brain damage. Instead of taking JonBent to the hospital she decide to stage a crime sense of a kidnap and murder instead. If Patsy did murder her daughter she got away with the
Over the next four years, officers with the Boulder Police Department worked diligently investigating the murder case, but were unable to come forward with definitive evidence on a particular suspect. There was evidence of fibers found on the duct tape used to bind the child which were consistent with fibers found on Patsy Ramsey’s clothing. Also the ransom note was written on the same paper which was owned by the Ramsey family. This caused the Ramsey family to be the prime suspects of the murder of Jonbenet, and it crucified their reputation in the eyes of the public (Biography.com, 2016).
JonBenet Ramsey was a 6-year-old beauty queen. On December 26, 1996 around 5:45am JonBenet’s mother, Patsy Ramsey, discovered a two page and a half note sitting on the steps inside the house after noticing that JonBenet wasn’t in her bed. The ransom note stated that they had their daughter held hostage, and the only way to get her back is if they give them $118,000. When the police showed up they started to investigate the whole house. By 1:00pm the detectives and investigators still haven't found any evidence.
The murder of Jonbenet Ramsey is a really depressing and mysterious at that. The murder was extremely brutal, she had wounds on her face, a cracked skull, duct tape on her mouth, she was tied up, and she had a garrote around her neck. According to the documentary we watched she was hit in the head with a flashlight and then strangled with a garrote. It was expected that she snatched a piece of pineapple from her brother’s bowl in which he hit her with a flashlight because of it, and she was still alive so it was most likely the parents got in on it because they didn’t want to be filed for abuse and jailed so they strangled her to death and put a blanket over her body, breaking a window and adding a ransom note to make it seem like someone broke in.
Patsy’s left hand sample matched the ransom note closer than any other sample provided. If Burke did indeed kill his younger sister, Patsy wrote a forged ransom note to cover for her 9 year old son’s actions. If Burke didn’t kill JB, Patsy wrote the note to cover for someone else; herself. Many are led to believe that Patsy was scolding JonBenet when the situation became violent and Patsy pushed JonBenet into the tub causing her to hit her
Patsy Ramsey dictated every bit of JonBenéts life, primarily through pageants, where she shined, being crowned nine times within two years (PageantStarsUSA). On December 26th, 1996, JonBenét was found dead in her basement by her father. Multiple pieces of evidence suggesting that the Ramseys killed their daughter. In the shocking controversial case of the JonBenét Ramsey murder, the verdict incorrectly acquitted John and Patsy Ramsey of murder and child abuse, even though evidence towards the staging of the murder, along with signs and variations of child abuse, and the mishandling of key points of evidence and investigation. Many pieces of evidence point towards the staging of the murder.