Patsy Ramsey

Boulder’s Little Beauty The city of Boulder, Colorado, located near the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, was home to John and Patsy Ramsey along with their son Burke, and daughter JonBenet. They lived in a large Tudor style home located in the upscale neighborhood of University Hill, which was filled with elegant older homes. They lived a nearly a quarter of a mile from the campus of the University of Colorado. John Ramsey worked as the chief executive officer for a computer distribution company called Access Graphics located in Boulder (Schiller, 13). Patsy was a stay at home mom who cared for her children. JonBenet enjoyed competing in beauty pageants with her mother and even won Little Miss Colorado in 1995. On a cold December morning

As an innocent six-year-old, JonBenet would lose her life and no one could ever have imagined that twenty years later it would still be a mystery. John and Patsy Ramsey were suspected of being responsible for their daughter’s death soon after the body was found. Also questioned regarding the murder included the housekeeper and people that John Ramsey worked with. Ten years later, John Mark Karr confessed to the murder of JonBenet, but was soon released when he could not be connected to any evidence (Barron). Others suspect that the murderer was someone who might have known the Ramsey’s, or a disgruntled employee who may have been waiting unknowingly inside the house. It is amazing that with all of the technology we have at our fingertips, twenty years later, the mystery of who killed JonBenet Ramsey is no closer to being solved than it was the day she was reported missing. However, the evidence in this case points more clearly to an

According to Douglas, one factor that led them away from the parents was that typically when someone is trying to stage a murder, they would not have the mindset to take time to write a three-page ransom note. Next, JonBenet was sexually assaulted and the DNA found in her underwear and from the skin under her fingernails was not a match to either of the parents, her brother, or anyone else that had given samples. Another factor, was that although the media was reporting that the handwriting samples from Patsy proved that she wrote the ransom note. In actuality, similarities between the two were very few. In fact, Patsy’s handwriting was only similar on the lowest possible scale and countless numbers of people could also fall into that category (Douglas, 449). There was no evidence of the string found tied around JonBenet’s hands and neck in the home. In addition, strange marks on JonBenet’s body resembled burns left from a stun gun and yet authorities did not find one at the scene and neither parent owned one (New York Times). Other evidence that suggested an intruder included a footprint found near JonBenet and a palm print on the door facing of the wine cellar that did not match those from the Ramsey’s or their friends