The Unsolved Murder of Jonbenet Ramsey

The unsolved murder of JonBenet Ramsey By: Andee Woodard

History of the family ● JonBenet Ramsey was a six year old girl. Who lived in Boulder Colorado. ● She lived with Mother Patsy, Father John, and Brother burke. ● The Ramsey family was an all american family, wealthy, living in a huge house. ● JonBenet was a young beauty pageant queen, but she was just a normal little girl (Adams).

The Crime- History ● It was December 26, 1996. Patsy woke up to find her daughter missing from her room ● Patsy found a detailed ransom note demanding a lump sum of money in trade for their daughter. ● Patsy made a frantic 9-1-1 call claiming Jonbenet was kidnapped. ● Later that day John, the father, found JonBenet dead in the basement of their home. ● Many people were in and out of the house before JonBenet was found tampering with the scene (Murr).

The ransom note This is a copy of the ransom note left at the Ramsey home. Some of the things that stand out are the amount of money asked for, $118,000, the same amount as the raise that John just got. Also there was many spelling errors (The Forensics Outreach Team).

Theory Number One- The Parents ● JonBenet's parents were two out of the three people home at the time. ● Patsy and John were angry at their daughter for wetting the bed once again, and in a fit of anger bashed her head into something hard. ● They thought covering it up would be better than admitting what they did. ● Patsy wrote the ransom note on the paper that was already in the house. ● It's very convenient that the amount of money needed was the same amount as John’s Christmas bonus. Pictures by Westword

● There were no footprints found as a sign of an intruder (Lovitt).

Theory Number Two- The Brother ● This is the most widely talked about and accepted theory of them all. ● This is called the pineapple theory because it says that Jonbenet ate a piece of pineapple that Burke was having for his late night snack. ● He got mad and struck her with the flashlight found on the kitchen counter. ● They think this because there was undigested pineapple in the stomach of JonBenet and a gash matching the flashlight’s dimensions. ● To add to the fact, he was very smiley during a tv interview when talking about his younger sister. ● The parent helped him cover it up by putting on the rouse (Lovitt).

Theory Number Three- An intruder ● Although it is one of the least popular theories it is an obvious option. ● The biggest piece of evidence is the ransom note. This could have been written by anyone at any time. ● The second biggest piece of evidence is the basement window being left unlocked and open this is an easy place of entry for the intruder to come in and snatch JonBenet out of bed (Lovitt).

Conclusion ● The most plausible theory is that the brother killed his little sister in a fit of anger and his parents covered it up so their son wouldn’t has to face consequences. ● If the the family was not ruled out back in the 90’s they probably could punished now. ● As you can see in this video the brother is still acting weird in this interview 20 years later (Lovitt).

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