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Patsy Ramsey: The Murder Of Jonbenet Ramsey

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JonBenet Ramsey Case On the morning of December 29th, 1996, Patsy Ramsey got dressed and went downstairs to start getting prepared for the day. What she was not prepared for was the ransom note that was left for her at the bottom of the stairs. Jonbenet Ramsey, Patsy’s six year old daughter, had been kidnapped. The note said that if Patsy and the rest of her family did not listen and do what was on the note then Jonbenet would be killed. The abductors wanted a ransom of 118,000 dollars, the Ramseys’ were not allowed to contact anyone including the police, and that they were going to call the house in a few hours to collect their money. Patsy disregarded what the note said and called the police to report a kidnapping. Not even 8 hours later …show more content…

Everyone was watching, waiting to see how the case progressed. Everyone was waiting for the theories to lead somewhere and see who was going to be charged with the crime. It started on December 26th of 1996. Patsy Ramsey came down the stairs in the morning to start getting ready for the day, but she found a ransom note on the bottom of the stairs. The note itself was very detailed as it was almost three pages long. First it was addressed to John Ramsey and it was written by a group of individuals that said they represented a small foreign faction. Next is the amount of money they requested. They requested 118,000 dollars which is exactly the amount that John Ramsey got as a bonus that year. Not only was it an unusual amount to request but the way that it was requested was also a little weird; in the note they said’ “You will withdraw $118,000.00 from your account. $100,000 will be in $100 bills and the remaining $18,000 in $20 bills,” (Statement Analysis). The note also said that if the Ramseys deviated from the instructions that were provided their daughter would be killed and her remains would not be returned to them for proper burial. After Patsy had finished reading she disobeyed what the note said and called the police; not long after they …show more content…

He was the first officer that arrived at the scene that morning; he arrived, read over the ransom note, and conducted a quick search of the house. He found nothing that was of suspicion, but he said in interviews that were conducted later that he was only searching for a point of entry and he missed some rooms that he should have checked. While more officers and detectives arrived on the scene so did some of the Ramsey’s close friends. Not only did the officers leave the crime scene fairly open for others to be there, but they didn't even stop the friends of the Ramsey family from cleaning things up around the house. It has been said that a few friends got together and made breakfast in the Ramsey kitchen and then cleaned and disinfected the countertops. There could have been crucial information to the case in the kitchen and they were allowed to just wipe it away like it was nothing. When the detectives were getting statements from everyone a couple of officers noticed that John Ramsey seemed restless. They asked him and one of his friends if they wanted to do a search of the house; they needed to give him something to do to keep him occupied. John Ramsey made a beeline to the basement where, almost 8 hours after the initial call, he found Jonbenet wrapped in a white blanket in one of the rooms. He started to yell out to the others in the house; he carried

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