Craig Hill
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Oracle of DelphiWho Killed JonBenet Ramsey?
August 19th 2006 01:42
In late 1996, six-year old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found dead in the basement of her parent’s Colorado home. For years, the circumstances surrounding this little girl’s death have remained a mystery. Some believe her parents were involved. Others believe it was the work of a professional killer. Ten years later, a new suspect has been charged but still no one is able to answer the question - Who killed JonBenet Ramsey?
On 26 December 1996, Patsy Ramsey, mother of the tiny beauty queen, was hit with a horrible reality. She had found a ransom note demanding US $118,000 in exchange for her daughter. She reported this to the police and under 8 hours later, her daughter was found dead.
The autopsy report showed that JonBenet had been strangled to death. There was also indication of a fractured skull and possible sexual assault.
The evidence pointed in lots of different directions. Firstly the ransom note was analysed by experts. There were no fingerprints but the writing resembled the handwriting of Patsy Ramsey. Secondly, the note demanded $118,000 which authorities believed was extremely low for a ransom note. Strangely, when police searched the crime scene they found that a bible owned by JonBenet’s father, John Ramsey, had been turned to Psalm 118. Thirdly, footprints were found in the wine cellar near the basement where JonBenet was found. These footprints did not match any of the suspects’ footprints. And finally, there was blood on JonBenet’s underwear that also did not match that of any of the known suspects.
Eventually, forensic investigators were able to establish a DNA profile from the blood samples they obtained. They said the DNA belonged to an unidentified male and when this info was entered into the FBI database, still there was no match.
Throughout the years, JonBenet’s family has maintained that this was the sick work of an outsider. Right up until the end, when Patsy Ramsey died of ovarian cancer on 14 June 2006, she fought to find the person responsible. The Ramseys pleaded with the community on national television to help find their daughter’s killer and hired their own investigators to take on the case.
For some time following the murder, the media was in a frenzy over whether or not the Ramsey’s could do this to their own daughter. But the grand jury never convicted them of any crime and the family won a number of defamation law suits as a result.
Then on 16 August 2006, the media found themselves in a frenzy again. This time it was over a new suspect – John Mark Karr. He was arrested in Bangkok after a string of emails regarding JonBenet’s murder were traced back to him.
On arrest, he allegedly confessed to being with JonBenet when she died but said that it was an accident. However, since his arrest, doubt has been cast over his role in the murder. Karr’s ex-wife has said that she was with him in Alabama at the time, making it impossible for him to be the one responsible.
So who exactly is this man whose face is plastered all over our newspapers and TV screens? He’s a 41-year-old former school teacher who grew up in Alabama. At age 19, he married a 13 year old girl then divorced her 1 year later. At age 24 he married a 16 year old girl. They also divorced 12 years later, when Karr was charged with possession of child pornography.
After being deported from Thailand to US, Karr is now facing charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of a child.
Did John Karr kill JonBenet Ramsey? We’ll soon find out.
On 26 December 1996, Patsy Ramsey, mother of the tiny beauty queen, was hit with a horrible reality. She had found a ransom note demanding US $118,000 in exchange for her daughter. She reported this to the police and under 8 hours later, her daughter was found dead.
The autopsy report showed that JonBenet had been strangled to death. There was also indication of a fractured skull and possible sexual assault.
The evidence pointed in lots of different directions. Firstly the ransom note was analysed by experts. There were no fingerprints but the writing resembled the handwriting of Patsy Ramsey. Secondly, the note demanded $118,000 which authorities believed was extremely low for a ransom note. Strangely, when police searched the crime scene they found that a bible owned by JonBenet’s father, John Ramsey, had been turned to Psalm 118. Thirdly, footprints were found in the wine cellar near the basement where JonBenet was found. These footprints did not match any of the suspects’ footprints. And finally, there was blood on JonBenet’s underwear that also did not match that of any of the known suspects.
Eventually, forensic investigators were able to establish a DNA profile from the blood samples they obtained. They said the DNA belonged to an unidentified male and when this info was entered into the FBI database, still there was no match.
Throughout the years, JonBenet’s family has maintained that this was the sick work of an outsider. Right up until the end, when Patsy Ramsey died of ovarian cancer on 14 June 2006, she fought to find the person responsible. The Ramseys pleaded with the community on national television to help find their daughter’s killer and hired their own investigators to take on the case.
For some time following the murder, the media was in a frenzy over whether or not the Ramsey’s could do this to their own daughter. But the grand jury never convicted them of any crime and the family won a number of defamation law suits as a result.
Then on 16 August 2006, the media found themselves in a frenzy again. This time it was over a new suspect – John Mark Karr. He was arrested in Bangkok after a string of emails regarding JonBenet’s murder were traced back to him.
On arrest, he allegedly confessed to being with JonBenet when she died but said that it was an accident. However, since his arrest, doubt has been cast over his role in the murder. Karr’s ex-wife has said that she was with him in Alabama at the time, making it impossible for him to be the one responsible.
So who exactly is this man whose face is plastered all over our newspapers and TV screens? He’s a 41-year-old former school teacher who grew up in Alabama. At age 19, he married a 13 year old girl then divorced her 1 year later. At age 24 he married a 16 year old girl. They also divorced 12 years later, when Karr was charged with possession of child pornography.
After being deported from Thailand to US, Karr is now facing charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of a child.
Did John Karr kill JonBenet Ramsey? We’ll soon find out.
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