Annotated Bibliography
Bane, Vickie. “20-Year Murder Mystery Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey?” (Cover Story).” People, vol. 86, no. 8, Aug. 2016, pp. 42–47. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,uid&db=a9h&AN=117470281&site=ehost-live. Accessed 27 Feb. 2023.
The article “20-Year Murder Mystery Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey?” starts out by quoting a frantic Patsy Ramsey’s 911 call, that fearful morning. It then goes on to say how JonBenet was discovered and how the case has been at a standstill for nearly 20 years. Then it gives details about the unseen DNA evidence they found on JonBenet. They thought this was the break they needed but the DNA didn’t match anyone in the database. It next talks about where the Ramseys are now and how this murder continues to haunt them. It then evaluates the 2 main theories on how she died, either someone broke in and murdered her or it was a family cover-up. To sum it all up it goes into a timeline of the case and where evidence was found, when, and how the case has unfolded thus far.
This article is credible because it comes from an academic source/database provided by Columbus state, so all of the articles in the database have been vetted to ensure they are accurate and credible. I feel that this article has a lot of
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It gives evidence pertaining to what the police did wrong in investigating suspects. The police kept their investigation pool very small, they didn’t interview most people, and when they thought they had a lead they would interview that person more than once instead of trying to use the DNA evidence. Then it goes into detail on the circumstantial evidence that has piled up against the Ramseys in having a hand in their daughter’s murder. After these theories were both evaluated it talks about how neither truly makes sense but that won’t stop them from trying to solve this