JonBenét Ramsey
Film subject
1990 – 1996
Who was JonBenét Ramsey?
JonBenét Patricia Ramsey; was an American child beauty pageant queen who was murdered in her home in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996. The six-year-old's body was found about eight hours after she was reported missing, in the basement of the family home, during a police search of the home. She had been struck on the head and strangled. The case remains unsolved, even after several grand jury hearings, and continues to generate public and media interest.
Colorado law enforcement agencies initially suspected JonBenét's parents and her brother. However, the family was partially exonerated in 2003 when DNA taken from the victim's clothes suggested they were not involved. Her parents were not completely cleared until July 2008. In February 2009, the Boulder Police Department took the case back from the district attorney to reopen the investigation.
Media coverage of the case has often focused on JonBenét's participation in child beauty pageants, her parents' affluence and the unusual evidence in the case. Reports have also questioned the police's overall handling of the case.
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- Born
- Aug 6, 1990
Atlanta - Also known as
- JonBenet Ramsey
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- High Peaks Elementary School
- Lived in
- Boulder
- Atlanta
- Died
- Dec 25, 1996
Boulder
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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