Logan Bokor
Mr. Malgieri
Forensics
2 November 2016 The JonBenet Ramsey Case
JonBenet Patricia Ramsey was a six year old beauty queen who was murdered in her family's home in Boulder, Colorado on December 25th, 1996. She was the daughter of a wealthy businessman and a socialite. She won five different beauty pageants and is currently buried in Georgia next to her mother who died from ovarian cancer and her half-sister who was in a fatal car crash. JonBenet's body was found by her father in the wine cellar, tied up and covered with a blanket. She had various wounds on her face and back, duct tape over her mouth and a rope around her neck. Asphyxiation by strangulation was the official cause of her death. There were various suspects that got convicted but no one was ever charged. Her parents were suspected in the beginning but it was later found that some DNA at the scene was part of a male that was unrelated to the Ramsey family. In the 20 years since the murder occurred, there were more than 140 suspects who were investigated by police.
One suspect …show more content…
A forensic investigator Werner Spitz examined the autopsy and included that the blow to the head was by a "perfectly rectangular defect"(Rolling Stone). It was assumed that a flashlight was the weapon, but there was no evidence. A theory also showed that a slice of fruit was taken from Burke's bowl by JonBenet, concluding the reason for the undigested piece of pineapple in the stomach. She was hit out of anger and it was later found that the wounds on his sister's back matched up with one of his toy train tracks. Out of the Boulder Police Department, the individuals who helped were Detective Linda Arndt, Officer Karl Veitch, Officer Rick French and the prosecutor: Mary Lacy, the Boulder County District
Mr. Malgieri
Forensics
2 November 2016 The JonBenet Ramsey Case
JonBenet Patricia Ramsey was a six year old beauty queen who was murdered in her family's home in Boulder, Colorado on December 25th, 1996. She was the daughter of a wealthy businessman and a socialite. She won five different beauty pageants and is currently buried in Georgia next to her mother who died from ovarian cancer and her half-sister who was in a fatal car crash. JonBenet's body was found by her father in the wine cellar, tied up and covered with a blanket. She had various wounds on her face and back, duct tape over her mouth and a rope around her neck. Asphyxiation by strangulation was the official cause of her death. There were various suspects that got convicted but no one was ever charged. Her parents were suspected in the beginning but it was later found that some DNA at the scene was part of a male that was unrelated to the Ramsey family. In the 20 years since the murder occurred, there were more than 140 suspects who were investigated by police.
One suspect …show more content…
A forensic investigator Werner Spitz examined the autopsy and included that the blow to the head was by a "perfectly rectangular defect"(Rolling Stone). It was assumed that a flashlight was the weapon, but there was no evidence. A theory also showed that a slice of fruit was taken from Burke's bowl by JonBenet, concluding the reason for the undigested piece of pineapple in the stomach. She was hit out of anger and it was later found that the wounds on his sister's back matched up with one of his toy train tracks. Out of the Boulder Police Department, the individuals who helped were Detective Linda Arndt, Officer Karl Veitch, Officer Rick French and the prosecutor: Mary Lacy, the Boulder County District