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She had sustained a broken skull from a blow to the head and had been strangled; a garrote was found tied around her neck. The autopsy report stated that JonBenét's official cause of death was " asphyxia by strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma ". [1] [3] Her death was ruled a homicide. [4]
Feb 20, 2024 · Nearly three decades after the tragic murder of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey in her Boulder, Colorado home, a glimmer of hope emerges as a dedicated Cold Case Team reexamines pivotal evidence that could finally unveil the identity of her killer.
- Terry Zhou
Dec 26, 2021 · CNN —. It’s been 25 years since the murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey riveted the nation, and now Boulder, Colorado, investigators say they have analyzed almost 1,000 DNA samples to find ...
- Sheila Flynn
- 26 December 1996 - JonBenét is found murdered. JonBenét’s mother, Patsy, called 911 at 5.52am to report her daughter missing from the home on 15th Street they lived in along with JonBenét’s father, John, and brother, Burke, who was nine.
- January 1997 - Parents give first TV interview. At the time, Boulder police were ensuring the community that there was no killer at large. But Patsy disagreed, saying: “There is a killer on the loose… if I were a resident of Boulder, I would tell my friends to keep — keep your babies close to you, there’s someone out there.”
- April 1997 - Parents identified as prime suspects. On 19 April 1997, the Boulder district attorney’s office labeled Patsy and John Ramsey as the main targets of the investigation.
- July 1997 - Autopsy released. JonBenét’s autopsy was unsealed on 14 July 1997. The coroner found “a deep ligature around the victim’s neck and another around the right wrist — evidence she was bound and strangled”.
- December 26, 1996: JonBenét goes missing. 5:30 a.m.: When Patsy gets up to make coffee, she discovers a two-and-a-half page handwritten ransom note on the back stairs leading to the kitchen that says her daughter has been kidnapped, according to the Denver Post.
- December 31, 1996: JonBenét’s funeral is held. The six-year-old is laid to rest in Marietta, Georgia, next to her older half-sister Elizabeth, who had died in a tragic car accident in 1992.
- January 3, 1997: Detectives reveal the ransom note was written inside the house. Detectives announce that the note was written on a paper pad from inside the house, meaning it was likely written after the murder.
- March 7, 1997: A handwriting analysis eliminates John, but not Patsy. Based on expert analysis, detectives confirm that John didn’t write the ransom note, but say there is a chance Patsy may have.
Dec 23, 2021 · O n Dec. 26, 1996, 6-year-old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in the basement of the family’s Boulder, Colo. home, along with a ransom note asking for $118,000....
Jan 13, 2021 · The 6-year-old girl was found dead on the morning after Christmas 1996. By Tom Berman, Denise Martinez-Ramundo, and Muriel Pearson. January 13, 2021, 3:44 AM. 1:27. JonBenet Ramsey is pictured here in this undated photo. RP Studio via ZUMA Wire. Some people call Lou Smit a legend.
