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Jonbenet Ramsey Research Paper

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JonBenét Ramsey, a six-year-old beauty queen daughter of Patsy Ramsey and John Ramsey found murdered in her home on December 26, 1998. This murder has yet to be solved, and as the years go by, the case seems to get colder and colder. As a result, there have been many conspiracy theories in this case. Many people have started to believe that an intruder murdered her, but what if it was someone in the house? Maybe someone very familiar with this home. Perhaps even a family member of JonBenét Ramsey.
It was around 5:00 a.m. on December 26, 1998, and Patsy walks down the stairs. She finds a two and a half page ransom note lying on one of the last three steps. This note is written with one of Patsy's notepads and a writing utensil in the home. …show more content…

Burke Ramsey was a nine-year-old at the time of this murder happening. There were many theories that Burke possibly was jealous of how his family would treat JonBenét so much better than him and them giving her more attention, so maybe he wanted to kill his sister, and his parents helped him hide it. "According to an old family friend of the Ramseys, Burke was easily angry and had struck JonBenet with a golf club after getting mad, leaving her with a scar on her face (CBS Real Crime). This behavior shows that Burke was capable of being fatally violent with JonBenet. Burke’s response to questions in his investigative interview are very odd, and they do not show any feelings of a typical child. Two weeks after the murder, Burke told investigators that he felt safe and did not worry that an intruder would come back for him. (CBS Real Crime). According to former FBI profiler Jim Clemente, these responses and feelings were, “very unusual for a child” (CBS Real Crime). It is expected for a child to feel scared and unsafe after an intruder has kidnapped and murdered their sister. Most children would feel in extreme danger living in the house that their sister was murdered

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