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The Jon. Benet Ramsey Case http: //jonbenetramsey. pbworks. com/w/page/11682451/Brief%20 Chronology

Jon. Benet Ramsey • Born in Atlanta, Georgia, August 6, 1990 • At 9 mnths family relocated to Boulder, Colorado. • First name combination of father's first and middle names, John Bennett; her first name of her mother, the late Patricia "Patsy" Ramsey- • 6 yr old former Little Miss Colorado & National Tiny Miss Beauty.

Other Ramsey Children - 2 brothers & 2 sisters (1 sister died in a auto accident) - Burke - John Andrew - Melinda - Beth – deceased

Beth Ramsey Daughter from John’s first marriage. Died in a car accident 1 -8 -92 in Chicago, Illinois

Melinda Ramsey Long • Daughter of John from his first marriage She was in Atlanta at The time of the murder

Burke Ramsey A leak to the news media indicate that Burke's voice could be heard in the background of the 911 call Patsy made, although she said he was asleep until after police arrived.

John Andrew Ramsey son of John Ramsey and his first wife, was with his sister Melinda Ramsey Long in Atlanta when his half sister Jon. Benet was found dead. He is not considered a suspect.

Patsy Ramsey Mother: Former Miss West Virginia (1977). She was active in the community of Boulder, Colorado, and was recovering from ovarian cancer around the time of Jon. Benet’s death, & had also become a very religious person during her struggle with cancer. She has since passed away -

John Ramsey Father: C. E. O: Access Graphics; very wealthy businessman - voted Boulder’s “Business Man of the Year” in 1996. John Ramsey, dad of slain child Jon. Benét, weds Jan Rousseaux 5 years after wife Patsy's death

Crime Timline • December 25, 1996: Jon. Benet last seen at 10: 00 p. m. when parents put her to bed. • December 26, 1996 – Patsy Ramsey calls 911, reports her daughter has been kidnapped. She tells the dispatcher that she found a kidnap note on the stairs. The police arrive at 5: 52 a. m. Jon. Benet’s body is found at 1: 00 p. m. • December 27, 1996 – Autopsy conducted. • December 31, 1996 – Jon. Benet is buried in Marietta, Georgia.

• January 4, 1997: Police find notepad similar to the table used for ransom note. • March 6, 1997 – The adult children of John Ramsey eliminated as suspects • March 14, 1997 – Police determine that John Ramsey did not write the ransom note; they believe a female wrote it. • September 29, 1997 – Police execute search warrants on the Ramsey home and find duct tape, rope, and fibers that match those found on the body of Jon. Benet. • October 13, 1999 – The grand jury announces that it has found insufficient proof to indict anyone in the death of Jon. Benet Ramsey.

Critics of the investigation have since claimed that officers also did not sufficiently attempt to gather forensic evidence before or after Jon. Benét's body was found, possibly because they immediately suspected the Ramseys in the killing. Some officers holding these suspicions reported them to local media, who began reporting on January 1 that the assistant district attorney thought "it's not adding up"; the fact that the body of the girl was found in her own home was considered highly suspicious by the investigating officers. The results of the autopsy revealed that Jon. Benét was killed by strangulation and a skull fracture. A garrote made from a length of tweed cord and the broken handle of a paintbrush had been used to strangle her; her skull had suffered severe blunt trauma; there was no evidence of conventional rape, although sexual assault could not be ruled out. The official cause of death was asphyxiation due to strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma.

In December 2003, forensic investigators extracted enough material from a mixed blood sample found on Jon. Benét's underwear to establish a DNA profile. The DNA belongs to an unknown male. The DNA was submitted to the FBI's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), a database containing more than 1. 6 million DNA profiles, mainly from convicted felons. The sample has yet to find a match in the database, although it continues to be checked for partial matches on a weekly basis, as are all unmatched samples

A break in the case came unexpectedly in August 2006, when Boulder DA Mary Lacy announced the arrest of a new suspect — an American school teacher named John Mark Karr. Patsy Ramsey died of ovarian cancer in June, but a family spokesman says Karr attempted to correspond with Patsy before her death

In a startling post-arrest confession, Karr told reporters in Bangkok that he was with Jon. Benet when she died. "I loved Jon. Benet very much, " Karr said. When asked if he was innocent, Karr shook his head and replied, "No. " Her death, Karr said, "was an accident. " But doubts soon surfaced about Karr's alleged confession.

• Thai dermatologist Dr. Setthakarn Attakonpan says that Karr came to his office for laser hair removal in preparation for what Karr told him would be a sex-change operation. The display, a computer image of Karr, was taken in March 2006, according to the clinic

Alexis Valoran Reich Karr has not had a sex change, but refers to himself as a woman and holds a Washington state license under the name Delia Alexis Reich. • http: //www. youtube. com /watch? v=XRy 4 KJu. Ena 4&feature=player_embe dded

Days Prior to Jon. Benet’s Death Christmas function 3 days before Jon. Benet’s death in the 15 -bedroom suburban home - 30 people • Night before Jon. Benet’s death – Christmas dinner at the Whites’ home (family friend)

Morning of Jon. Benet’s Death - December 26 (5: 52 a. m. ) Patsy Ramsey goes into Jon. Benet’s room to find her missing, along with a ransom note on the stairs - Patsy Ramsey notifies police, who arrive 10 minutes later (Officer French) and then soon after Sergeant Reichenbach. When they arrived Patsy was completely dressed, including face makeup - The Ramseys’ family friends come to the home at 6: 30 (the Whites and Fernies) - The Ramseys’ priest also arrived at the home - Detectives Patterson and Arndt arrive at 8: 03 to the scene

At 1: 00 p. m. Detective Arndt asked Fleet White & John Ramsey to search entire house - Jon. Benet found dead in basement at approx. 1: 00 p. m. o Wrapped in a white blanket with a piece of duct tape next to her on a blanket o Arms were both straight above her head with a white cord tying her right wrist o Another white cord was wrapped around her neck connected to a broken paint brush handle that was use as a garrote for strangulation o Mucous stains on the sleeve of her shirt o Her pants and underwear are stained with urine

Autopsy Reports of Jon. Benet’s Death - Ligature strangulation - Ligature of the right wrist - Cranial hemorrhaging and injuries - Abrasions on the body such at the right cheek, left lower leg, left lower back, neck - Abrasion and vascular congestion of vaginal mucosa

Christmas Morning 1996

Basement where Jonbenet’s body was found The blanket wrapped around Jon. Benet's body had been left in the dryer. There was still a Barbie Doll nightgown clinging to the blanket, so it had to have come out of the dryer recently – as stated by Linda Hoffman-Pugh

• Jon. Benet’s bed

n Unidentified marks on left side

Possible marks from a stun gun

Autopsy Report States On the left lateral aspect of the lower back, approximately sixteen and one-quarter inches and seventeen and one-half inches below the level of the top of the head are two dried rust colored to slightly purple abrasions. The more superior of the two measures one-eighth by one-sixteenth of an inch and the more inferior measures threesixteenths by one-eighth of an inch. There is no surrounding contusion identified.

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Top: The rope around her neck Bottom: Broken paintbrush handle Top: Removed rope around wrists attached to ligature Bottom: Rope still attached to wrist • •

Unidentified circular mark on neck

Back of neck after removal of ligature

Front of neck depicting the unusual unidentified mark

Evidence • • • Rope Duct tape Ransom Note Broken paint brush Broken window in Ramsey home Fibers and hairs found on or near Jon. Benet

Ransom Note Is two and a half hand written pages and was written on paper obtained from a tablet in the Ramsey home.

Text of the ransom note Mr. Ramsey Listen carefully! We are a group of individuals that represent a small foreign faction. We do respect your bussiness [sic] but not the country that it serves. At this time we have your daughter in our posession [sic]. She is safe and unharmed and if you want her to see 1997, you must follow our instructions to the letter. You will withdraw $118, 000. 00 from your account. $100, 000 will be in $100 bills and the remaining $18, 000 in $20 bills. Make sure that you bring an adequate size attache to the bank. When you get home you will put the money in a brown paper bag. I will call you between 8 and 10 am tomorrow to instruct you on delivery. The delivery will be exhausting so I advise you to be rested. If we monitor you getting the money early, we might call you early to arrange an earlier delivery of the money and hence a [sic] earlier delivery pick-up of your daughter. Any deviation of my instructions will result in the immediate execution of your daughter. You will also be denied her remains for proper burial. The two gentlemen watching over your daughter do not particularly like you so I advise you not to provoke them. Speaking to anyone about your situation, such as Police, F. B. I. , etc. , will result in your daughter being beheaded. If we catch you talking to a stray dog, she dies.

If you alert bank authorities, she dies. If the money is in any way marked or tampered with, she dies. You will be scanned for electronic devices and if any are found, she dies. You can try to deceive us but be warned that we are familiar with law enforcement countermeasures and tactics. You stand a 99% chance of killing your daughter if you try to out smart [sic] us. Follow our instructions and you stand a 100% chance of getting her back. You and your family are under constant scrutiny as well as the authorities. Don't try to grow a brain John. You are not the only fat cat around so don't think that killing will be difficult. Don't underestimate us John. Use that good southern common sense of yours. It is up to you now John! Victory! S. B. T. C

A key piece of evidence in solving Jon. Benet’s murder is the ransom note. The police as well as the Ramseys believe that whoever wrote the note is probably the killer. If the police can match the handwriting in the ransom note to a suspect's handwriting, the case is solved. The problem has been they have not found a match. Even without a positive match, the ransom note is still the key to solving this crime.

The Ransom Note Cords or Bindings are significant in some religious redemption ceremonies; signifying Satan’s hold over a person. S. B. T. C. Well known acronym in church subculture. It stands for Saved By The Cross. Sacrifice Plays a large part in subculture religious groups. It is believed that the only way one can truly cleanse themselves of one’s sins is by spilling the blood of another person or animal. Victory is used as a verb in the ransom note. It is seen as the result of actions taken by believer to bind and overcome Satan’s power primarily in the areas of physical health.

Autopsy also revealed Jonbenet had eaten pineapple only a few hours before the murder. Photographs of the home, taken the day Jon. Benét's body was found, show a bowl of pineapple on the kitchen table with a spoon in it, and police reported finding Patsy's fingerprints on it. However, neither Patsy nor John claim to remember putting this bowl on the table or feeding pineapple to Jon. Benét.

DNA • http: //www. webbsleuths. org/dcforum/DCF orum. ID 70/7. html

Wood said the DNA from the underwear was commingled with a spot of blood, making any theory of point-of-manufacture contamination "nonsensical. " He also contended there as many as a halfdozen genetic markers in common, between the DNA recovered from Jon. Benet's underwear and her fingernails

Fiber Evidence Fibers matched to the red sweater Patsy was wearing that night were found in places key to the crime: paintbrush caddy she kept her art supplies in, blanket used to wrap Jon. Benet's body, on the sticky side of the duct tape placed over Jon. Benet's mouth, and tied into both knots of the ligature used to strangle Jon. Benet.

Patsy denies she ever went near these places wearing that sweater. In the interviews with Boulder prosecutors in August, 2000, prosecutor Bruce Levin summed up the evidence: MR. LEVIN: "I think that is probably fair. Based on the state of the art scientific testing, we believe the fibers from her jacket were found in the paint tray, were found tied into the ligature found on Jon. Benet's….

neck, were found on the blanket that she is wrapped in, were found on the duct tape that is found on the mouth, and the question is, can she explain to us how those fibers appeared in those places that are associated with her daughter's death. And I understand you are not going to answer those. “ In reality cross transfer is highly likely – as Patsy was later cleared of the crime

• Observers claim the police made several critical mistakes in the investigation, such as not sealing off the crime scene and allowing friends and family in and out of the house once a kidnapping was reported. • Critics of the investigation have since claimed that officers also did not sufficiently attempt to gather forensic evidence before or after Jon. Benet's body was found, possibly because they immediately suspected the Ramseys in the killing

Who did it? • • • The Ramsey family The Ramsey children John Ramsey Patsy Ramsey Outside Suspects Linda Hoffman-Pugh John Ramsey’s employees Pedophile from the pageantry Other

Questions to think about: 1. What necessary measures should have been taken, (think of those related to fibers too) or not been taken, in order to help solve the Jon. Benet murder? (What was done incorrectly in the case? 2. Based on the information given from the case, who do you believe killed Jon. Benet Ramsey? What evidence would lead you to this conclusion? Is there enough evidence?

On July 9, 2008, the Boulder District Attorney's office announced that as a result of newly developed DNA sampling and testing techniques, the Ramsey family members are no longer considered suspects in the case. In light of the new DNA evidence, Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy gave a letter to John Ramsey the same day, officially apologizing to the Ramsey family:

• June 24, 2006 Patsy Ramsey dies of Ovarian Cancer • More

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