Jonbenet Ramsey Research Paper

“ Does someone actually think I would kill my daughter because she wet the bed?” said Patsy Ramsey, JonBenet Ramsey’s mom. JonBenet Ramsey’s murder in 1996 still shocks the world today.

On August 6, 1990 JonBenet was born, in Atlanta Georgia. The daughter of a fashion designer and a wealthy businessman. Her mom’s name was Patsy Ramsey and her dad’s name is John Bennett. She was the youngest of two children. She had a brother named Burke Ramsey who was born in 1987. In 1991 her and her family moved to Boulder, Colorado. She was a 6-year-old beauty pageant queen. (5)

On the morning after christmas in 1996, After finding a ransom note that was 3 pages long demanding $118,000 for her daughter to be returned safely Patsy called the police. However, later that afternoon JonBenet’s body was found in

Then, JonBenét was discovered with a rope around her throat, tightened by a garrote which had been made out of a painting tool taken from Patsy’s personal paint kit that wasn’t too far away. Next, the craziest ransom note was found. Patsy said she discovered a two-and-a-half page long ransom note on a step down the staircase that directed to the basement where JonBenét’s body was discovered. Written in weird very detailed words. That seemed encouraged by classic crime films, the note demanded that the next day by 10 a.m $118,000 be accustomed to the "foreign faction”, police figured out that the same amount on the Ransom note was the same amount John Ramsey’s received as a Christmas bonus from his company Access Graphics. Investigator Steve Thomas said that Patsy wrote the note herself after panicking and realizing she messed up by killing JonBenét. It was determined, that paper from Patsy’s desk, inside the home, and Patsy’s pen was used to write the ransom note.