They also wouldn’t clean up after themselves. An intruder would type the letter out ahead of time and bring it with them. After writing the note, the items were put away. The note was written on a notepad and with a pen from the Ramsey’s house. If they did not know what happened to their daughter already, they would be desperate to cooperate in order to get answers. They immediately hired a lawyer and were never completely forthcoming with investigators about what happened. John and Patsy Ramsey did not cooperate with police. A guilty person inserts themselves into an investigation as much as possible. The old adage that the killer returns to the scene of the crime has some truth to it. This is consistent with how a father would act in a cover up. John Ramsey found the body in the home’s basement. A cover up doesn’t make sense to me… however it does seem more likely than any other scenario. I also don’t think it would have been the end of the world to bring JonBenét to the emergency room and simply say Burke’s temper got away with him and a tragic accident happened. It is hard to believe these parents would be emotionally able to strangle their little girl with a garrote. Thinking JonBenét was already dead or knowing she was fatally injured, her parents finished the job and covered up the murder. This article will explore arguments supporting the theory that JonBenét’s older brother Burke may have gravely injured JonBenét during a temper tantrum. But the evidence doesn’t fit neatly one way or the other. To me, the evidence points to the murder being an inside job to cover up an accidental death. 2 Mar.There are so many strange, strange aspects to this case.įrom JonBenét’s child beauty pageant background to the family inviting friends over to hang out at the crime scene while their daughter was missing to the ransom note, there is nothing straightforward about this case. "Grand jury prepared child abuse indictment against JonBenet Ramse'ys parents, newly released documents show." NBC News, n. "Boulder Involeved in JonBenet Case Often Clashed.
"Ramsey Case Spawns Media Feeding Frenzy and Public Obsession."Fox News. "JonBenet Ramsey." True Crime with Aphrodite Jones. "The Death of Innocence." New York Times, n. Though it had a positive affect on some, many people felt that the Ramseys were trying to “cash in” on their daughter’s death, reinforcing the notion that they cannot be …show more content… "The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey." Crime Library n.pag. The Ramseys thought that if they told their story that they could somehow change they way the world viewed them. The book speaks about their role in the investigation and discusses myths and facts that clouded the case. Another book written by the Ramseys themselves is the “The Death of Innocence” goes into detail on their side of the story. Sarah Churchwell states that “The Ramseys were renamed the Rampikes, Patsy is now Betsy and her daughter recast as bliss (a champion junior ice skater) whose premature sexualization by her ambitious, exploitative mother is at the heart of Oates’s storytelling” (Churchwell). Joyce Carol Oates’s story My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skylar Rampike, shares some striking similarities to the Ramsey case. Even after seventeen years, the unsolved case has become a popular subject in many television documentaries, crime blogs, and even books. Today, the media still takes advantage of printing a Jonbenet story and many other media have been inspired by this case. They feel that the world was fed lies on the case and some say that they will never know the truth in much detail. Many feel that the media was controlled and information they obtained was purposely manipulated to benefit certain theories. Because of their social status and wealth, many people assume that they paid higher officials off and hired high-powered attorneys who had connections with the DA’s office. To this day there are still people that believe that they killed their daughter. Even after being cleared by the DNA evidence the Ramsey’s have remained under a multitude of suspicion from the world. Show More Register to read the introduction… The press is highly responsible for this.