John And Patsy Ramsey's Crime And Crime In The Ramsey Case

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Register to read the introduction… Could she have been up all night trying

to figure out how she was going to cover up the death of her daughter?

If your child were murdered then as a parent you would do anything to assist the

police in finding the murderer. Not in the Ramsey case. John and Patsy Ramsey

immediately sought legal protection the very same day their daughter was found

murdered in their basement. They dodged police interviews for several months after the

murder and would not cooperate with the police. The Ramseys would not participate in

an interview with the police for many months after the event. This is not the act of

innocent parents. Before they were ever suspects they chose to hire lawyers. John

Ramsey hired a lawyer for himself, another lawyer for his wife, and also lawyers for all

his children and ex-wife. It seems that the Ramsey’s did there best to dodge any contact

with the police.

Despite instructions from the ransom note, Patsy Ramsey immediately called

friends and family to come aid her in her time of distress. The ransom note clearly stated

that “any deviation of their instructions would result in JonBenet being beheaded”.
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The crime scene and the body had

been too badly contaminated for the police to do a thorough investigation. Everything had

been compromised.

Patsy Ramsey knew what happened to JonBenet the night she was murdered.

Nothing adds up in this case. The acts of the Ramsey’s never seemed to be to help the

police solve the crime. Is it because they did not want it solved? So much time has

passed since JonBenet Ramsey was murdered the only way it will be solved is if the killer

confesses. Patsy Ramsey died of ovarian cancer on June 24, 2006 so there will never be a

confession.

Works Cited

Bardsley, Marilyn. “Someone Outside the House.” 2002. CrimeLibrary.com. 25 Feb.

2008 .

Beavers, J. Personal Interview. 26 Apr. 2008.

Maloney, J.J. and J. Patrick O’Connor. “Suspision Mounts.” 14 Apr. 2003

Maloney, J.J. and J. Patrick O’Connor. “The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey.” 14 Apr. 2003

< http://crimemagazine.com/jonbenet.htm>

Montaldo, Charles. “JonBenet Ramsey Investigation.” About.com. 25 Feb. 2008

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Ramsey, John, and Patsy Ramsey. “The Death of Innocence.” Nashville: Nelson, 2000.

Thomas, Steve and Don Davis. “JonBenet: Inside the Ramsey Murder

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