Jonbenet Ramsey Murder Case Essay

After looking at all of the evidence provided by the JonBenet Ramsey murder case, and it’s suspects, John and Patsy Ramsey, John Mark Karr, and Burke Ramsey, all the evidence points to Burke Ramsey as the killer. To begin with, JonBenet Ramsey was born on August 6, 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia, she was a 6 year old beauty pageant who lived in Boulder, Colorado, and was the daughter of John and Patsy Ramsey. On December 26th, the day after Christmas, she was found by her murdered in the basement of her own home by her father. A blow to the head had fractured her skull; she had been strangled with a cord that was tied around her neck and was tightened with a garrote. (Casarez J.)Till today, the murder remains unsolved and investigators continue

What many people don’t know about Karr was that he was wanted as a fugitive of child pornography charges, and as Klatell(2009) claims, “ He strived to impress future employers with a record of wide accomplishments preparing young lives, for a “successful future.” Karr, was also a man who married teenagers two times and one of them was just thirteen at the time, but later both of them declared that it was by force. Much doubt and suspicion is put out there by his dark and gloomy background; Though Karr did say in his own words, “ I was with JonBenet when she died, her death was an accident.” When asked if he was innocent of the crime, Karr said “ No.” On August 16, 2008, with the help of British Intelligence, Royal Thai authorities, and the U.S department of homeland security, they were able to track down John Karr, in Bangkok, Thailand, where he had traveled to from the U.S to escape child pornophraphy charges in California. A few months after this confession, Boulder County district attorney Mary Lacy issued a formal apology to John and Patsy Ramsey for the suspicion his family had lived with. Alfano (2006) states that as Karr was being escorted by the U.S and Thai authorities to pick up his belongings, he

Barrie Hartman, spokesman of the University of Colorado claimed that Karr contacted Tracey and they communicated for four years and that the emails became so disturbing to Tracey, that he went to the Boulder district attorney. Tracey said, “ You are reading and hearing a truly dark side of the human psyche, and having to pretend it’s okay, that I wasn’t going to sit in judgment, because otherwise the communication would have stopped. This is the worse experience of my life by far, it was horrible.” In Karr’s emails, his wording was similar as to the one in the ransom note, at one point he used Patsy’s nickname in an email “Neddie” which is strange that he would even know that. After the news of Karrs arrest, bloggers and newsgroup poster were debating the investigation and suggested that Karr’s confession may be controversial. Karr’s DNA did not match the DNA that was found on the scene and he was not charged with the murder; Although, the U.S department of Homeland Security still continues to investigate John Mark Karr. He had always professed that he had not acted alone; there were two sets of unidentified footprints found at the scene. Former Boulder police chief, Mark Beckner, the lead investigator on the JonBenet Ramsey Case for a time said in a reddit AMA regard to John Mark Karr, that “ His confession, once they shared it with us, did