JonBenét Ramsey case: Police have new persons of interest, report says | NewsNation Now

A new report by The Messenger says police in Boulder, Colorado, are eyeing new persons of interest in the 1996 killing of JonBenét Ramsey. Private investigator Jason Jensen says this is a very solvable case, especially given new DNA advancements.
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[@nikkiej.5875]

This is the one case I really want to see solved. JonBénet Ramsey deserves justice. She was too young when her live was taken from her.

[@ElTigreEsq]

That's just a thing we say to make ourselves feel better. She doesn't get any justice at all. She's dead. I won't GAD about anything at all when I'm gone. Just how it is.

[@hissallymyjack4684]

Even though I believe there is no such thing as justice when it comes evil like this I do believe even when someone is gone from this earth they are not at peace do to certain circumstances. Examplw if they are passed on but their remains havent been found I believe they are not completely at peace until they are. The same comes for truth I belive if truth need ro come out that can keep them from being at peace til it does and their soul contract is impacted by it. So I hope answers do come because even though it's not justice the truth will give Jon Benets soul peace.

[@chivonfortney1656]

I have always wanted to know who killed her. Very sad. Poor girl!

[@IceBankMyself]

Life*

[@toneenorman2135]

I thought someone confessed?

[@carolroe8206]

They really screwed this case from the beginning. For God's sake, solve it already

[@sharonfladeland2621]

I agree!!!

[@patricialavallee8286]

It never will be solved for a reason. Her father is a billionaire.

[@KerryERRN]

@@patricialavallee8286that's every reason to have it solved. Her brother & father have been petitioning for the release of the DNA that they have to do geanology testing for 2 or 3 years against the state's Prostector's officer

[@vwboymom85]

Unfortunately, I don’t think that this case will never be solved. The investigation is a mess. I think if I could have been solved. It already would have.

[@KerryERRN]

@@vwboymom85 too many people in the house for the Christmas Party the night before they wouldn't know if a stranger had slipped in and went into the basement to wait for everyone to go to bed or even someone they knew.

[@rhettlee]

I was a child when this happened and I remember the constant news about the investigation. After all this time for there to not have a solution and all the shit they put that family through is unbelievable. Truly terrible.

[@skelter1153]

Not to mention Patsy (Jonbenet's Mother) passed away without justice.

[@JackieOlantern]

Tunnel vision on the family and horrible police work at the scene are the reasons this case was never solved. Police work 101: clear the house and secure the scene!!! 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@AbolishFamilyCourt]

Yep

[@peteymcclory4248]

It would be wonderful to see this case solved. A shame though that the murderer was able to live a normal life for 25 plus years after committing this crime.

[@jbt8922]

I didn’t hear any break in the case. Only speculation.

[@Dan-z6b3d]

This case should never been handled by the Boulder PD

[@thebeasters]

Yeah Colorado bureau should have taken over immediately. Boulder cops drive around and harass people when Karen's call them in

[@madnessintomagic]

The FBI can’t be *everywhere* all at once.

[@stever1791]

They were the Keystone cops

[@zherin2063]

Well, it was in Boulder so...

[@SynnJynn]

​@@stever1791lol, right!?!?

[@roriemcfadden6097]

I hope they can find the person responsible for this horrible crime while her father is still alive.

[@kazshaw3945]

Linda Arndt,the first responding Officer told then at the time who did it but they didn't want to listen !Go watch her interview !

[@44LillPuffin]

@@kazshaw3945 sadly looking into someone's eyes and feeling like they are the murderer isn't actually evidence of murder.

[@kazshaw3945]

@@44LillPuffin Gut instinct was instilled in man even before we could speak,for safety and self preservation, it's your body warning you, it's there for a reason ,so when it speaks you better listen !Her gut instinct and the threatening look straight into her eyes told her DANGER !Plus why did the Family not seem concerned or even mention it when the time came for the call to come through the phone from the kidnapper?Any other Parent would be say by it waiting but they were oblivious of doing anything !Because they bloody well knew she was in the basement and no call would be coming !Use your brain!

[@65if2007]

Her father knows all about it.

[@65if2007]

@@44LillPuffin Certainly not evidence that can be produced in court but her instinct on the scene in that moment is worth something.

[@yeesh9215]

New developments. Watches article, no new developments.

[@julez8053]

A "new development" in this case would be, if journalists would do their job, and would do a proper research of the topic they cover, bevor spreading such nonsensical 'updates'. This is a criminal case, not a playground.

[@davidwilliams4498]

4 minute joke that just mentioned new DNA testing. They knew that in 2006 last test. Resarchers know the names it seems clear pice never spent enough time to see an prove who was ringleader who snatched JB an murdered beer when she screamed as she tried to run away.

[@maureen298]

They need to solve this and find some justice for this child.

[@janetstotler399]

She needs or knows nothing! Leave it alone!

[@BelfastManUtdTherapy]

Child Pageantry is child abuse. Parents , please just let your children be children. Poor wee baby 😞 She was too young to choose and make decisions to go into all that pageantry nonsense. There was no choice. Parents must have been narcissists.

[@browngreen933]

Not abuse, but a way to help a child grow and gain confidence. That said, my hunch is that the killer first saw JonBenet at a child pagant and then stalked the family home.

[@tammyirwin703]

Is it child abuse to have your child play sports be a gymnastics being band or orchestra obviously it was something that JonBenét enjoyed

[@PoeLemic]

I love watching these little kids dance around and act like adults. They're just coming into their own, just a little earlier now. They need to be set free and allowed to be teenagers.

[@cesarfigueroa6119]

same with social media now

[@MM-PrayEverydayForUS]

While others disagree, I have to add that allowing children to be social media "influencers" at 12 is irresponsible parenting, bordering on child trafficking. What on earth of value does a kid offer to be an "influencer" and raking in thousands for a paycheck is going to be a harsh reality when the kid grows up and tries to get a real job.

[@rumrunner8019]

I can't believe that if she was alive Jon Benet would be in her 30s now. Where the hell did the time go?

[@u2fkeys665]

Now I feel old😢

[@lorettanericcio-bohlman567]

Ask Jon 😔

[@sonja9813]

Yes! I feel that the older I become, time is speeding up more and more 😮

[@heathermunoz6282]

I know I'll be 50 in two years 😭 I wholeheartedly believe they will find the murder!

[@lorio5003]

i know. i was at the movie theater asking the concession clerk why they made a haunted mansion again. seems like we just had one with eddie murphy. and he said, "that was twenty years ago." and i stared blankly at him going, "no... where did that time go??"

[@karr1111]

I pray that they solve this case. I remember this case and it was a heartbreaking case especially the fact that it involved a child.

[@Mom99004]

Hope we find the truth about who did this. That would be amazing!!!

[@manuellubian5709]

It's always been out there but very quietly said that there was possibly an indication that the parents (at least one of them anyway) might have actually known who did this and that they did a really bad job trying to cover it up. In an effort to not have any blame turned back on them. One theory that I heard from very early, early on was that possibly the parents were in some sort of quiet or covert 'swingers life' if you know what I mean. I had also heard one theory that perhaps they were into some sort of weird lifestyle where they were 'swapping' and 'switching' each others kids if you know what I mean. Just absolutely disgusting stuff. I think the biggest tip-off for me that some of that may hold some water was that one key interview that Patty gave years before she ever died where she was sitting there smoking furiously in front of the reporter and she was just shaking like a leaf. She was mildly angry but I think what I read into her emotions at that time more than anything she was like scared to death as in scared 'oh my God they found out' / 'they figured it out kind of scared. That's what I read into her body language at that time. If her murder was not committed by a complete stranger than I bet a dime to a dozen the mother and the brother possibly knew exactly what happened to her. Another possibility which is my own personal theory is that perhaps it was the brother that had something to do with it. Maybe the brother was out-and-out jealous. If you go back to that time frame that family made almost no mention of them having a son and I don't even really remember that many photographs of the son and the daughter being touted as much as there were tons and tons of photographs of this little girl. Another thing which I always found interesting that no one in the news media ever brought up and that was basically in my opinion, I felt as though the girl was being paraded about before the world, before the media -- mostly by the mother. The mother was pushing this agenda of having her in beauty pageants all the time. No doubt and no argument that she was way, way too young to be pushed in the ways in which she was at that young young age of only 6 years old.

[@JL-lg8tk]

Hope they do so they'll shut up about this.

[@Jes-n3c]

​@@manuellubian5709i agree, I thought it was awfully weird to have her daughter in outfits and makeup and hair all done like she was an adult. Im a mom and I'd never have my daughter paraded around like that. No way

[@GLITTERandSKULLZ]

The parents were cleared by dna YEARS AGO.

[@GLITTERandSKULLZ]

​@@Jes-n3cthere are HUNDREDS of kids that do pageants dressed the same as that child. While you may not agree with it, it is not a reflection on parenting.

[@johnschneider4160]

This really doesn't shed anymore light on the subject. Just more words.

[@MiguelGarcia-hl5jo]

It’s so hard to even start anywhere. The entire investigation was tarnished from the moment that crime scene was contaminated with all those people entering

[@davidwilliams4498]

True though police was clueless they had no idea it was a crime scene 1st cops ransom letter inside child missing. What if Ramsey's got shot or held at gun point walking into basement. The cops an even later the lady detective just mingle with family an forensics ruined. Even later cops walk right by the back basement room door never tried to unlock top swivel an go in an see JB dead body laying just inside the room. Later John was told to go around an look again an he finally checks that old coal room. Entire police there that day clueless that they were in a crime scene.

[@LoCoLorHay]

To know the identity of the creature responsible for the murder of that innocent little girl, on Christmas night, is to know a true monster.

[@davidwilliams4498]

Few people who resarchers believe. Ring leader possible the housekeeper. The creep straight across neighbor who was staying in there basement. The Santa creep who wife not long before wrote a sick book about a child murder in a basement. Did he play that out. The electric worker who had worked in Ramsey's house a know child abuser cops was going to talk to him he was found suicide though not proven he could have been taken out he had told a friend a money grab at Christmas fell thru. Anyone even a cop might have taken him out because they just need he murdered JB. These are biggest names in case. John older son a biz rival of John is other suspects don't have a clue if cops tried to web this all together. Obviously not we still don't know who killed that poor 6 yr old girl.

[@rebekkad.2092]

Boulder will never live down the ineptitude of their local police department on this one. For such a wealthy town they sure did not have the brightest or the best.

[@zherin2063]

interesting correlation to make. "wealthy town" doesn't have anything to do with the people on the police force.

[@superjaded1738]

@@zherin2063the Ramsey’s were treated differently by law enforcement because they were wealthy.

[@JodyLuvsHumanity777]

Looks like a cover up to me after watching another video about this. Curious if Boulder PD and family and friends are willing to submit to DNA testing?🤔

[@karenmullins4396]

Finally using DNA ancestry data bases. It will be solved. About time they used this method!

[@ilse-u6x]

They are SUPPOSED TO TAKE ALL MURDERS SERIOUSLY!

[@JasonJensenPI]

Awesome coverage, awesome update on the JonBenet Ramsey. We feel very optimistic that this case can be solved even though it's 27 years old.

[@nikkishears6402]

No one is going to solve this case, because of who John Ramsey is. The boulder PD knows who did this, and they have no intention of solving this case. It's been 27 years of cover-up.

[@mpalmer7800]

It can be her dad said there’s dna evidence

[@nikkishears6402]

@@mpalmer7800 , it's touch DNA: skin cells. It's not accurate the way bodily fluids are. Many of the boulder PD believe they NEVER should have been exonerated, especially since the experts believe Patty wrote the ransom note.

[@JJones-cl4dm]

Talk about crying wolf. I've heard "potential break" about 100 times since this happened and no answers yet.

[@audreydaleski1067]

Cops bungled it early on.

[@BelfastManUtdTherapy]

The officers didnt, they did their job. Its higher up who 'bungled'.

[@margaretconnery7422]

Ramsay's contaminated the scene by inviting the neighbour's over

[@thebeasters]

​@@BelfastManUtdTherapyThey literally let the family and cops and everybody stomp all over the place and evidence and destroy tons of evidentiary value, go lick more boots

[@thebeasters]

​@@margaretconnery7422the scene should have been taped off and secured off by the cops which is literally day one police work 101

[@williamrae9954]

​@@margaretconnery7422Moscow Idaho, "cough" 😂

[@chriswirges5202]

If you're going by the ransom note, the mother wrote it. I always felt her brother killed Joan by accident. I think the parents covered it up because they couldn't stand the thought of loosing both their children.😢

[@celia6564]

From the very beginning my Mother also thought the brother did it.

[@oanamunteanu4744]

The mother wrote The letter, det father sexually harassed her and her brother killed her while arguing 😢🥺😬

[@Arginne]

Stop blaming a little boy you all are fucking sick. Who SAed her then

[@Arginne]

@@oanamunteanu4744leave her brother alone he was a little boy you all are really sick. Did he sa her too?

[@nmartin5551]

Wow. What part of the investigative team were you on that you KNOW the note was written by Patti Ramsey?

[@judylee1860]

I hope this gets resolved.

[@dianejohnson4732]

Justice for JonBenet and her family

[@PaiviProject]

Wow. I sure hope this case would finally be solved.

[@jodievukmir3187]

There is no break in the case...law enforcement screwed up from the beginning..not much hs chmged yhere in boulder co...look at the missing mom case and barry morphew

[@meaowsandwhistles]

I had just given birth to my younger son when Jon Benet" was murdered, praying for some answers for family and the world

[@protochris]

He said " we don't know if the DNA was from a handler in the contamination process" meaning no new information. I don't know who committed the crime, but we can be sure who covered it up.

[@AgentAO7]

Everybody knows it’s the brother Burke

[@julez8053]

@@AgentAO7 Unfortunately that is, even after 26 years, not the case.

[@brandonman1315]

@@AgentAO7No, it wasn’t. Hence the reason all 5 media outlets pulled the story and paid Burke settlements.

[@deelite5176]

When John Ramsey removed JonBenet’s body from the room where she was found and brought her to the living room… that’s where DNA got messed up. She should have remained in the room she was found. Yes I understand if they tried to do CPR ans check vitals.. but the crime scene was reuined with him moving her.

[@tmariepi1472]

So convenient for him.

[@alleycat616]

Who can blame him though it he’s not the murderer. What would any of us have done if we found our small child lifeless on the floor with any hope they might still be alive and be saved?

[@deelite5176]

But the police were already there.. I believed he moved her because he DID know who killed her.

[@edsalinas9996]

One big "Nothing Burger"!

[@elisabethschwartz160]

I don't believe there was a stranger, the person would have to be from Boulder or near by, how the person would have know the exact amount of John Ramsey's bonus and walk in the mansion at night, strangled the child using her mother paint brush, leaving the body in the basement and leaving without a trace? Don't forget was Christmas and snowing outside no footprints? Also, if the parents were sleeping as they claimed, they sure dressed very fast when they called her missing and all of their friends walked in to distroyed any evidence that might been used. Who wears shoes inside their own homes? They were! I believe the brother did and the parents covered up!

[@BelfastManUtdTherapy]

High society 'groups' aren't what they seem. High society are groups cover each other. High society know what happened. High society groups will never serve jail time. Jonbennet had no choice, she was told she had to be a child pageant. Poor baby, i just hope for her sake i wish the truth would come out. Maybe oneday we will know, but those involved will have passed away and so not face any investigation

[@ilse-u6x]

Great research, I never knew this stuff!

[@ilse-u6x]

I can dress in a New York second!

[@freddie3206]

@@ashleyn8946 Patsy wrote that RN. Take it from there.

[@darcymoon2109]

I sadly wear shoes in my house. That’s not, like, a thing.

[@maryjanegreen7601]

Why aren't all unsolved child murders this important?

[@caesarvolz6945]

I expected News Nation to report she was killed by aliens.

[@Quetzalc08L]

Good lord. The grand jury knew exactly who did this. The DA was just too scared to bring the charges.

[@CONCERNEDcitizenforever]

Then who did it???

[@desertsunset8025]

? Who did it . Brother , father , mom . ?

[@patricialavallee8286]

Exactly. Cold case from jump street. More than likely the rabbit hole runs deep. Billionaires don't run in the same circles as the average bear. In more ways than one

[@KerryERRN]

@@desertsunset8025all ruled out by the DNA

[@65if2007]

Well, he may have been "scared" and he may have just made a professional decision that it would be difficult to prove beyond a reasonable doubt before a jury of twelve. But yeah. The grand jury probably got it right.

[@steveknick1978]

They want to use genetic genealogy tech to identify the unknown male DNA on her undergarments. If it wasn’t for that unknown DNA, the parents would still be in a tough spot due to the following: - it’s the only known case where a ransom note was found in the same house as the deceased subject - The notepad used came from inside the house - The Sharpie used came from inside the house - The murder weapon was fashioned from materials inside the house - The ransom amount was almost a perfect match for a bonus the father got at work the previous year

[@auntijen3781]

All of those points are extremely explainable by imagining the culprit has broken in early that evening & had hours & hours to wait for the family to return home from the Xmas party (after midnight)

[@ST-rj8iu]

i totally get what you are saying, but the Idaho murders being so random makes me now believe anything is possible. Why randomly kill 4 students with supposedly no connection to you? Maybe there really is a person that was deranged and did what they did to JonBenet.

[@steveknick1978]

@@ST-rj8iuKohberger was a vegetarian & Mogen & Kernodle worked in a local restaurant that catered to vegetarians. I know the restaurant owners are claiming there’s no connection, but I’m not ready to concede that he didn’t meet (& stalk) one of them from there.

[@steveknick1978]

@@auntijen3781 not the first point though…”it’s the only known case where a deceased victim was found in the same house as the ransom note with her as the subject”. It’s a literal outlier - unless you admit that the family did it & the note was authored after she was deceased as a cover up attempt. Also a 3 page ransom note (with the father’s bonus as the ransom amount) is rare.

[@sean6977]

​@@ST-rj8iuBK case is not a random act of violence! He found victims to kill and also stalked them. Random would be having no knowledge of the person or property your going to enter. BK from the so called evidence may have followed in social media, visited where they worked and may have been around them in a bar. The jon Benet case is an inside job and covered up by the police cuz of who the family are.

[@candyh9876]

That whole family was squirrley from the very beginning things that were done to that baby was over the top disgusting and in their own home their explanations never made any sense and their emotions were blank!!!!

[@lynnewright31]

It's called Shock!

[@Now4wheels]

I hope they catch the killer.

[@65if2007]

After 27 years, the killer might well be dead, and indeed, the killer may very well have died in 2006.

[@shiffault]

I hope the killer gets caught. I've followed this case all my life since i was a kid 💔💔💔

[@tonika7543]

Hoping this case will finally be solved and the Ramseys will get justice.

[@Randysgirl]

Sadly, the mother died never knowing who killed her child.

[@white_genocide2050]

​@@Randysgirland people still blaming her for the murder SMH 😢

[@farmcat3198]

@@Randysgirl She knew who did it.

[@steelerj2000]

The justice they will get, is death for murdering their child. I hope so too BLM troll.

[@65if2007]

The last thing the Ramseys want is justice, though one of them may be facing it in a higher tribunal.

[@dianejohnson4732]

I believe this will be solved soon!

[@willmc42]

Private investigators would never admit it is unsolvable... they would be shutting down the cash flow .

[@babs3652]

Maybe the answers are within the four walls of the house, not outside.

[@HappyMealBieber]

Burke probly hit her . And they concocted a big silly ransom story . Patsy wrote a crazed ransom note and they all just played their parts. ' the The *We Dont Know* act has been going on for almost 30 years. Patsys writing is matched to the note. 100% sure she wrote it. and the father is playing *Hey Everyone IDK what happened* . They all are. its an inside the family case . There was not an intruder.

[@PoeLemic]

That's my take too.

[@chatita9527]

I believe this, too.

[@79bewareofpuppies97]

@@chatita9527 You, @PoeLemic, and @HappyMealBieber are more psychologically comfortable with blaming JonBenet's murder on a child than you are with blaming it on an adult.

[@Juliet7245]

The Ramsey's sent Burt to a neighbor's house that morning after the police arrived at the house so he wouldn't be home while all the early (botched) investigation was going on. I think that would be very risky sending their son to a neighbor's house right after he killed his sister just hours ago and parents worked so hard to cover it up. I would think that the Ramseys would have worried that Burk would tell the neighbors he accidentally hurt/killed his sister. If they were covering up for Burk I don't think they would take a chance sending him over to neighbor's house. If I covered up a sibling murder I would keep the son (Burk) as close to me that day as possible in fear he would talk.

[@jillieg1013]

100% believe this!!

[@tinyginger]

I thought they said the brother did it a few years ago. Am I missing something?

[@danieltice3428]

boulder pd's second rate team bungled this entire thing the second they stepped on the scene. disgusting.

[@StamperWendy]

3 child predators were active in the neighborhood at the time. Read the book!

[@jillieg1013]

I've read the book. I still think it was Burke.

[@joeyjoe7930]

Which book? The one the Ramsey’s wrote? 😂😂😂

[@AgentAO7]

@@jillieg1013I agree.. It has to be him. I would be surprised if it wasn’t..

[@kathybates1751]

How did they know exact amount of bonus. Only someone very navie would write exact amount. Had to be brother.

[@valeriekehrt7566]

Too bad it was'n t solved already. Hope they solve it now. Hate to seea child murdered & nobody answering for it. 🙏🙁

[@badgyald769]

Click bait

[@soumias04]

People heard sickening screams of a little girl that nignt.some said it was horrific,then everything stopped.she had a violant death at her parrents home!

[@kabbystevens5167]

Dna will solve this!!

[@lorettanericcio-bohlman567]

Let us know when you solve it already

[@SimoneNC]

What happened to the guy that confessed to his buddy?

[@BelfastManUtdTherapy]

theres been loads of them

[@JasonJensenPI]

Gary Oliva is still a suspect in my investigation. His handwriting is shown to match the Ransom note

[@zherin2063]

The DNA hasn't been determined to be pure. It could be a mix of one, two, or people's. And it's allegedly a very small amount. @@paulthomas963

[@SimoneNC]

Reason I ask because the ransom note matched his hand writing

[@janethardy3208]

This is absolutely nothing!!!

[@5p674]

They've been talking about this technology for a couple of years but they have said they are afraid of using up their last bit of evidence on current testing.

[@jadamian75]

I pray that they find her killer while her father is alive.

[@halfadozenangels]

ALL statements are allegedly: Okay - let's break this down... 1. A little girl is found dead in her home in the basement on Dec 26th, coroner said she died between midnight and 1:30 a.m. BUT HER PARENTS put Dec 25th on the tombstone? Why? Cause they knew she died shortly after returning home from a Christmas party. 2. The only evidence of an intruder was the broken window which was immediately thrown out because the father said he did that. 3. So no forced entry, nothing broken outside, no footprints in the snow or mud 4. All statements are allegedly from here on... 5. So what do we have now? There was no intruder 6. Three people in the house had the time to kill her 7. Who had motive? *Burke -he hated his sister. He had assaulted her physically the year before with a golf club so bad that he made a scar on her face. He smeared feces all over her xmas candy, some walls, her bed, and various other things - possibly some of her gifts. He has mental issues - anyone seeing ANY of his interviews can pick up on that real quick. 8. Does Burke know what he did? 9. Burke had a huge explosive type of anger about him when it comes to sharing anything with anyone. This is proven in the video of his actions with the child psychologist when she tried to drink his Coke. 10. He smiled through 99 percent of the funeral services like his dream of her being gone had come true. 11. Pineapple is on the table in a bowl of milk and glass of tea (Burke and Patsy's prints are all over them). So we theorize, she made it for him. 12. He had gotten in trouble at some point - cause there was ripped presents in the basement not far from where Jonbenet was later found. 13. Patsy could have accidentally woke her daughter up when she was trying to put different undergarments on her (expecting her to pee as she usually did so perhaps using the size 12 panties a cousin had given them because P knew in the next few hours they'd be peed in anyway, and all her good panties was already packed for the trip the next day- side note -Burke also peed and pooed the bed a lot and he was 3 wks shy of being 10 years old! (Signs of chronic abuse or mental disturbance). 14. When JonBenet was awakened she ran downstairs and her mom went to her and her husband's room to pack more. She hears a blood -curdling scream and runs back down the stairs. 15. "What did you do? What did you do?" Patsy seeing Burke sitting at the table with his food and a flashlight that had been on the bar. (or he could have knocked her down the stairs - though the flashlight is thought to be the murder weapon 16. "She stole my pineapple!" Burke could have yelled. *Patsy, "GET UP STAIRS and I don't wanna see you again till morning!)" *Then she knelt down to help her daughter but thinks her daughter is dead cause she is knocked out and limp. She screams for John to help her. * John and Patsy are beside themselves bawling etc. and feel their daughter is dead so in order for Burke not to got to prison (or one of the parents not going to jail over accidentally hitting her or dropping her) to jail of some of some kind, they must cover it up and make it look like some sicko came in and killed her. They figure a ransom note would work cause they could report the child missing and the cops would take a statement and leave. They had thought about taking her somewhere but they wanted a Christian burial for her so they did the ransom note which had to have taken an hour, as their were multiple practice ransom notes in Patsy's notebook and then the famous 2 and half page final draft that had over 21 similarities from the crime book she was reading (book beside her bed). AND THE tablet and pen was placed back in the drawer! *John was ex navy - he knew knots and how to make a garott... so he did but as he is making it, P possibly said, they need it too look like a s.a. creep did stuff to her. So they put it in the a delicate area of the girl victim getting DNA all over the garrot and then they tied it around her neck - this is actually the murder, she was strangled. *She would have died of the blow to the head, but she hadn't died of that yet and possibly could have had help...but her parents took things in their own hands. Then put tape over her mouth (tape that proved it was put there after she was dead.). The mom ran to get JB fave blanket out of the dryer. It secretly had JB nightgown stuck to the other side of it, and P laid it on her daughter, covering up her body. ** **other notes: there should have been 20-50 prints in the snow and and mud outside and throughout the house, from the parents running all over and around and around that property looking for her. But there was NONE? *They knew she was in the basement because they put her there. The flashlight was wiped down, as were the batteries inside of it! *Other theories: Another theory was that Burke had was finished with his snack, and she just helped herself to it cause when she came downstairs Burke wasn't there, so maybe the girl heard him in the basement and went to spy on her brother. She finds him sneaking peaks of the presents hidden downstairs and yells she is gonna tell. He might have turned and whacked her with the flashlight then. Another scenario could be when John put the girl to bed he was m"M" her and P walked by asking if he wanted to take his e flashlight his son had gotten him, on the flight the next day, did he want her to pack it. She turns and sees John doing something inappropriate, she screams NOOOOOOOOOO, and goes to hit him with the flashlight but he dodges and P accidentally hits JB. Regardless, I do believe it was an accident. I do believe she and possible y the boy was chronically abu..s..se.. d. *I know P wrote the ransom note and John told her what to say and she filled it in here and there with parts of her book she was reading which was super dumb. Or, John could have dropped her on the stairs as he was carrying her up, and they thought she had died... and they staged it ... regardless... they staged the kidnapping and wrote the note. NOBODY was looking for that girl frantically around and around that property or it would have been a muddy mess from going back and forth, and mud would have been in the house. *Over a decade and a half ago, I went through a night from hell where I thought someone had taken my daughter. I KNOW, a woman, any mom in that position does not sit in the living room for 6-7 hours just sitting there? NOT even looking at the clock when the bad guys said they would call. In my case, thank God literally there was no bad guy, I just had a 15 year old who snuck out and scared me half out of my mind. But I will NEVER forget driving up and down our city streets going 50 mph looking for her and praying I wouldn't see a lump in the grass somewhere that was her lifeless body. I KNOW, parents, parents who DO NOT KNOW where their child is, do NOT sit quietly... and that is what they were doing. They knew she was in the basement cause they put her there. I wish they had just called the ambulance, and we might still have JB today as a healthy wonderful person alive and well.

[@kathyvenne8208]

I don't believe it. I don't believe they're ever going to get the monster who did this to this precious little girl 😢

[@lauralaladarling3775]

I too have hoped for this mysterious and heinous murder to be solved and the perpetrator to be named whether alive or not but hopefully alive. I wish the team good fortune in finding Justice for this beautiful, little girl who was grossly made up to look like a 20 year old and paraded about in a horribe manner. Xxx

[@suel5914]

I believe they'll solve it with new technology . . . they should have retested years ago ;(

[@jmfs3497]

Wait... what was the development?

[@dragapro]

its the note that does not make sense to me

[@58christiansful]

I continue to believe it was an inside job - one of the family. The ransom note is an obvious fake.

[@frangordon9215]

I don’t believe this case will ever be resolved.

[@micheleh4016]

The Boulder Police Dept made a mess of this case from the onset. She deserved far better than that.

[@robappeldorn2162]

I thought this might be clickbait, and I was right.

[@KiKa-rr3mm]

Fortunately, this may indeed still be resolved, even though a lot of time has already passed.

[@jo72257]

DNA unfortunately will not solve this case.

[@ashleyc506]

No, it won’t. Because DNA alone doesn’t tell the story of how it happened.

[@edw8889]

Her family knows what happened

[@sandygibbon2761]

I read the coroner's report... horrendous sexual abuse ... The brother could have been jealous to the point of rage one day ... or a very frustrated mother could have lost the plot - maybe she wanted her daughter ( = her the mother, onprojection) to be a SUPER STAR and things weren't travelling in that direction so blame the daughter and punish the daughter... They never split the family members apart for questioning...

[@lisakemp7352]

None of the DNA matched family members! The family have been pushing for this case to be solved

[@lisasaims3007]

If the police on this case just watched Law & Order they could’ve done a whole lot better! Securing the crime scene etc, etc 😢 RIP JBR

[@seviregis7441]

Hope they find the killer of that poor exploited little girl

[@connor_flanigan]

in between golf games, Burke is out looking for the real killer

[@79bewareofpuppies97]

I know that blaming JonBenet's murder on Burke, a child, rather than on an adult makes you feel so incredibly noble and brave.

[@jowhite4048]

@@79bewareofpuppies97 you just keep posting the same comment, anyone would think you’re a bot

[@79bewareofpuppies97]

@@jowhite4048 So? I love to mock and ridicule BDIs.

[@BeddysCommissaryFund]

Boulder PD screwed the pooch on this one. The poor Ramsey's.

[@rosiesingleton6480]

The mother wrote that ransom note - the brother killed JonBenet.

[@martinedalo5595]

You know what's funny where are those physics that see everything or that new york lady that appears everywhere?

[@imcopper]

It's all in the handwriting !

[@freddie3206]

@imcopper, Patsy, what nice handwriting you have.

[@willswalkingwest7267]

The culprit died some years ago, everyone knows who did it. She's dead now and God has sorted her out.

[@littleadventures2802]

I still think it was Burke accidently killing her using the maglight to hit her on the head and the parents covered it up.

[@j.c.4120]

Unfortunately I always leaned towards that too. He may have got upset at her for eating his pineapple??? The autopsy showed that she had it in her stomach. I wish they would solve it for closure for the family. And to finally exonerate the brother if it was an outsider. I followed the case as did a lot of people. And more than a few think it was him, and mom tried to cover up the crime.

[@A.Krispy]

Folks there was a “garrote” strangle device choked around her neck; tf makes you think her brother done her like that.

[@j.c.4120]

@@A.Krispy that’s just it. There are questions. The paint brush from her mothers supplies? The Olivas guy who has confessed. That is very compelling. I just don’t know. I feel for the family.

[@deniseelsworth7816]

​@@A.Krispywhat makes you think a brother wouldn't have done that? It's highly possible to me. As kids we made all sorts of make shift weapons that people wouldn't believe us capable of. He was no toddler.

[@gr122]

@@deniseelsworth7816 he learned knots from being a boyscout, he was carving wood all the time

[@DR-mq1vn]

Oh come on! All of us who are older and remember when this happened. We all know who is responsible.

[@avephoenix6637]

Who is that? Inside job?

[@stewpot6998]

Really?

[@KiKa-rr3mm]

Do we? I don't.

[@hannaleamoore8680]

no, we don't. or they'd have been arrested. arm chair detectives really think they know more than those working the case, it's embarrassing

[@avephoenix6637]

@@KiKa-rr3mm Hahahaha. Neither do I.

[@shaf60]

You wonder who was at the back of a lot of them photos .

[@sharonw4325]

No new people on the radar.

[@jasminefrichtl806]

I already heard about this last year its not new news, but its good for others to know in case did not hear about it last year

[@davidwilliams4498]

This case is just awful. Poor Patsy she was a state beauty pageant winner though she knew to her grave she shouldn't dress up a baby girl trotting across the stage as a 19, yr old hottie. This creates a deep jealousy an pedophiles with their sick drool.aldo feel for next door neighbor. No doubt in my mind now they wish they called police when night before heard a loud scream then a loud metal object hit concrete which some resarchers believe as evil murderer run away ran into a ladder beside house concrete porch. Never would been time for the long ransom letter cover up night if police called. Remember that fact . 1st cop on scene she never had a clue that kidnapper hiding in house or that a dead 6 yr old girl laying on a cold basement floor. These 2 things is why we don't know what happened. Boulder police surely know know you get a call like this you get everyone out an go back in with guns drawn looking under every bed closet attic basement cellar locked door. John NEVER should have been the 1 to find his daughter dead on floor when they called police that child missing. I know a huge majority believe Patsy wrote the ransom an Burke hit with flashlight an the long cover up night...I don't I just don't see a parents stage there absolute beautiful baby girl an leave her dead body on a dark back basement floor. My opinion this was an evil well planned staged frame against the Ramsey's.

[@uptonogood1893]

Burke had previously hit Jonbenet in the face with a golf club and had spread feces on her xmas presents. If she didn't die when he hit her before, why would he think it would kill her the next time? It's plausible he hit her, jabbed her with the train track to check if she was faking (which caused the mark on her side. Supposedly the stun gun mark.) When she didn't respond she was probably still alive but dying. Her parents thought she was dead so Patsy started on the ransom note while Jon staged her body. There was something under her nails. She probably responded to what Jon was doing. If she wasn't killed by the blow, the follow up from Jon certainly did. If the higher ups tried to initially cover up an "accidental death" is one thing. But if later, they realized that JonBenet was still alive when her father strangled her, that is something else. That makes the higher ups knowingly covering up a murder.

[@traciemarsh1611]

a family member did it. its so obvious

[@sandyrose2398]

Detective Lou Smits showed us how the murderer got into the basement thru a broken window - and said the Ramseys were innocent. Of course the people investigating the murder "something they never handled before" kept blaming the Ramseys.

[@zherin2063]

False. He showed how someone COULD have fit through the window. You say "the murder" like you're so sure there was only one person involved. How do you know that? You don't. None of us do.

[@davidwilliams4498]

Lou had great points though they didn't come thru that broken window police found let marks on a back house entry kitchen door an a basement window was unlocked an no alarm wire for it

[@gr122]

so he fit through that window that means nothing because to pass through that window the web should of been knocked down, and Lou was even skinny yet his leg rubbed against that corner where the cobweb was. Nothing was disturbed so no one came through that window

[@mollymollie6048]

FYI: Your timeline says the Grand Jury didn’t indict, they did indict and Alex Hunter told the public that they did not. Many years later, some came forward and said they returned a true bill for Patsy and John covering up (not sure the particular crime) but NOT for murdering JonBenet…grand jurors who spoke out, frustrated with the many lies, state that they believed that P&J covered up for their younger son. So, nothing was returned on the younger son because he was below the age to be charged in Colorado (at that time, no idea the age now) but those were the reports from the grand jurors.

[@gr122]

the parents probably didn't know he could not be charged at the time, or even if they did they didn't want their son to be branded as the killer of his sister, so they covered it up

[@juliesnuffin9807]

Imo, brother did it. Patsy covered it up. Dad dont know what happened. He believes Patsy.

[@79bewareofpuppies97]

You're more psychologically comfortable with blaming JonBenet's murder on Burke, a child, than with blaming it on an adult like yourself.

[@AgentAO7]

@@79bewareofpuppies97It was an accident. And covered up by the parents to protect Burke from the guilt that could affect him as a young child.

[@glittergrl71]

Just get on w the testing. Sheesh !

[@catmother4214]

I was thinking that too. So, what IS the new evidence?

[@ivyyoung521]

I hope that DNA will get them close to JonBenet's killer.

[@davidwilliams4498]

They have defense DNA from JB fingernails. Hardly enough for a test. Only DNA left to do anything.

[@JohnnySmithHistory]

Whoever wrote the ransom note does not mean that the same individual killed her. Those are two different acts of the same crime.

[@DIBZ111]

True but the person that wrote the letter more than likely had SOMETHING to do with the murder. It may not mean the letter writer did the actual murder. But if it was the family writing that letter than they tried to cover up whatever happened.

[@stlounsbury]

Maybe Patsy wrote it bc she thought the kid did it?

[@tammyirwin703]

@@fidneusdiller8123 where is your proof unless they did a hand writing analysis and it was not her handwriting, so where is your information coming from because I’d like to see it in print that it was her that wrote it and not just your opinion

[@freddie3206]

@JohnSmith10012, Patsy wrote that RN. Either she killed her or Burke accidently hit her and John and Patsy covered it up.

[@tammyirwin703]

@@freddie3206 where’s your proof? I’d love to see your source.

[@grama9094]

The Dad has been begging for this for years now.

[@richardclark5187]

Do the Wealthy, Ever get Punished for Anything ???

[@JesgateOnDown]

So the guy who recently confessed was lying?

[@gr122]

yes just like John Mark Karr

[@HeelsInTheAir]

So last month it was Gary Oliva.....

[@edwardhumphries8806]

Other source with no comments suggested another case 5 mins away around same time involving young girl was this person found

[@Cynthia-rt2mz]

This IS SO OLD, cobwebs have cobwebs, compacting decades of webs, and yawning we HAVE NEW NEWS regarding our inefficiency: as the police force pat themselves on the back, for their 'best they can do' performance! This is beyond sad!

[@michellelang1724]

I think her brother did it and the family covered it up.