What happen to JonBenet Ramsey?

Answer 1

Sometime during the night of December 25-26, 1996, six year old JonBenet Ramsey disappeared. What first appeared to be a kidnapping turned into a homicide when John Ramsey discovered JonBenet's body in a remote room in the basement of the Ramsey's Boulder, CO home. JonBenet had been garroted,* bludgened over the head, and was the victim of acute and chronic sexual abuse. The body had been cleaned to the point where there remained virtually no physical or forensic evidence. There was no sign of a breakin, a ransom note that was highly suspect, odd behavior on the part of the Ramseys, and a thousand and one other details that pointed the finger of guilt at the parents. This case is less a 'whodunnit' than a 'howtoproveit'. Periodically, there will surface 'new' evidence, even a confession, but none that clear the Ramseys in their daughter's death.

*The killer used one of Patsy Ramsey's paintbrushes as a garrot, the ransom note was written inside the Ramsey house, with discarded 'practice' sheets found in the Ramsey's trash, and a flashlight on the kitchen counter that was thought to possibly be the instrument used to bash in JonBenet's head. The bottom line being, if there was an intruder/kidnapper they came completely unprepared for the crime, using the Ramseys things already in the home. They would have had to spend a large amount of time in the home where at any moment they could have been discovered. They had imtimate knowledge of the Ramseys home. Most of the Ramsey's closest friends did not know about the small room in the cellar where the body was found. I have never heard of a kidnapping for ransom with absolutely no pre-planning at all. Most kidnappers have the note written, entrance and exit worked out for quick escape, and finally the kidnappers forget to take the victim with them.