Based on your research, determine who you believe the killer to be and why. Give at least five reasons/factors (physical evidence) to support your conclusion. Based on my research, I have concluded that Burke, John, and Patsy Ramsey played a part in JonBenet’s murder. Burke Ramsey, JonBenet’s brother who was inside the residence after returning home with his parents from Christmas dinner with friends, may have accidentally knocked his sister JonBenet Ramsey unconscious over the head with a flashlight during a feud over a bowl of pineapples. (Augenstein, 2016) Burke was not asleep upon returning home as John and Patsy reported to the Boulder’s Detectives. The Boulder’s Detectives noticed in the kitchen during their investigation a flashlight …show more content…
Patsy wrote the ransom note, while John carried JonBenet’s body to the wine cellar located in the basement. John in an effort tried to stage the murder as if an intruder broke into the basement window, by breaking out a window in the cellar. John removed Burke from the home to a neighbor's house. When John returned home, Patsy was still struggling to write the ransom note, so he advised her what to write. The Boulder Detectives asked John why he removed Burke from home. I think John removed Burke from the home to keep the Boulder’s Detectives from questioning the child. John knows the layout of the residence; he was aware that if the police were to search the house, they would not find JonBenet’s body in the basement. During the Boulder’s Detectives investigation, they did not see any footprints in the snow near the broken basement window. Everyone knows that it snows in Colorado in December. In an investigation, by an expert document examiner who studies, handwriting and typing on questioned documents to ascertain authenticity source. (Saferstein, 2015) However, exempts John’s hand writing, but Patsy's handwriting, on the contrary, could have possibly been a match for the individual who wrote the ransom note. The Boulder’s …show more content…
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