Jonbenet Ramsey Case Study

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The case of JonBenet Ramsey is a case that has been unsolved and open for 21+ years. There are many different theories to what could have happened the night of December 25, 1996, or the early morning of December 26, 1996. So what could have actually happened to JonBenet? A beloved young who was murdered tragically.
JonBenet, the daughter of John and Patsy Ramsey, was murdered in the basement of her home in Boulder Colorado. Little Miss. Colorado was found in her utility room the morning of December 26, 1996, by her father John. A ransom note was written and placed on the staircase only directed to John Ramsey saying “We respect your business but not the country that it serves “ saying that “group of individuals’’ do respect the Ramseys but …show more content…
The police were called at 5:52 am by Patsy Ramsey to report JonBenet as missing but her body was found less than 8 hours later. The crime scene was heavily compromised by people arriving at the scene. JonBenet was found with duct tape over her mouth and a smooth cord around her neck. The police don't search the house because there was no reason to believe that JonBenet was in the house because of the ransom note was written. At the time of her death, she was a well-decorated beauty pageant competitor winning 5 high profile competitions. The autopsy found that JonBenet was bludgeoned to death but the county coroner ruled that JonBenet had died of asphyxiation. Her death ruled to be a homicide. A paintbrush from Patsy's hobby kit was used to tighten the cord that killed JonBenet. There were 2 sets of unidentified footprints found at the scene. The group of people that killed her did a practice note in the household of the Ramseys. Some words that were taught to be easy were misspelled but word such as attache with an accent on the e was spelled right giving the theory that the ransom note was a hoax and combined with the evidence of an intruder this case becomes even more
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