John Benet Ramsey Research Paper

Jon Benet Ramsey was born on August 6, 1990 in Atlanta Georgia and lived like any child would. She moved to Colorado at a young age and started competing in beauty pageants across the state. Other than being enrolled in beauty pageants, JonBenet lived a close to normal life. She attended High Peaks Elementary School in Boulder, Colorado. On December 26. 1996, JonBenet Ramsey was found dead in the Ramsey's basement. It all started with a ransom note that was found by the mother, Patricia (Patsy) Ramsey, early that morning. The ransom note was not any typical short note left by a murderer, it was a two and a half page note. On the note, the killer demanded $118,000, one hundred thousand of it being in one hundred dollar bills and the rest in twenty dollar bills. The killer stated , "She is safe and unharmed and if you want her to see 1997, you must follow our instructions to the letter." The note also stated that John Ramsey should not notify the police because of he were to do so, the killer would have

For example, they found cut up pineapples with Burke's fingerprints on it. On the autopsy performed on JonBenet, it showed that she has previously eaten pineapples before the time of her death. Burke, JonBenet's brother, claims he never even came near pineapple. Another piece of evidence that was found was blood on JonBenet's underwear. A DNA sample of the blood was extracted and tested. The results showed it was the blood of an unknown man. Along with these significant pieces of evidence, open doors and windows were also found at the crime scene making it easier for the killer to enter the house. But the most primary suspected entry of the killer was a broken window that in the basement of the Ramsey house. Additional footprint, handprint, boot print and pubic hair was collected and recorded as evidence but due to lack of advancement in technology at the time, not much was done with these pieces of