Jonbenoet Murder Case Study

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The Murder of JonBenét
On the night of Christmas everyone was nestled snug in their beds in the Ramsey house- that is, except JonBenét. The six-year old pageant queen was supposedly sleeping in her bed. The morning after JonBenét’s mother, Patsy, found a ransom note demanding $118,000 for her return. Later that day JonBenét was found in the wine cellar. Her skull was fractured, she was strangled with a garrote made with one of Patsy’s paint brushes, and she had been sexually assaulted. Two decades later the murder of JonBenét has still not been solved. The real question is: what if it was JonBenét’s family all along? Burke Ramsey, her brother, murdered his sister and his parents and the police had a part in covering up JonBenét’s death.
We can start the case at the window where the perpetrator allegedly came in. The father says that the man who killed his daughter came in through the unlocked window in the basement. Samson and Graeme said “shards of glass which had been on the windowsill since the father broke it months previously would have been brushed off had someone climbed through. On top of this, a grainy 1996 crime scene video
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"So Is the Murder of Jonbenet Finally Solved?." Sun, the, 26 Sept. 2016, p. 28,29. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=7EH117481523&site=src_ic-live.

Mellissa, Block. "After 10 Years, Arrest Made in Jon Benet Murder." All Things Considered (NPR), n.d. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=6XN200608172104&site=src_ic-live

Pete Samson; Graeme, Culliford. "Jonbenet's Killer Was in the House." Sun, the, 21 July 2012, p. 24,25. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=7EH62143439&site=src_ic-live.

Bane, Vickie. "20-YEAR MURDER MYSTERY WHO KILLED JONBENET RAMSEY? (Cover Story)." People, vol. 86, no. 8, 22 Aug. 2016, p. 42. EBSCOhost,

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