Arrest Made In JonBenet Ramsey Case (CBS Story)

WFRV ^ | 8/16/06

[Mr. Brightside]

Aug 16, 2006 3:37 pm US/Central

Arrest Made In JonBenet Ramsey Case

CBS News Interactive: The JonBenet Case

(CBS) DENVER A man arrested in Thailand is being held in connection with the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, U.S. law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

Federal officials familiar with the case, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the man was being held in Bangkok on unrelated sex charges.

Details on the arrest are developing, according to CBS affiliate KCNC-TV in Denver.

Patsy Ramsey made the 911 call on December 26, 1996, telling police that her daughter was missing. "There's a note left and our daughter's gone," she said breathlessly.

Ramsey said she found a ransom note on the back staircase of the family's home demanding $118,000 for the safe return of JonBenet.

Boulder police responded immediately to Ramsey's call for help, and what first looked like a kidnapping quickly became a murder investigation, when JonBenet's body was found by her father in a small storage room in the basement of her house.

An autopsy concluded JonBenet suffered a skull fracture, and was strangled and beaten.

Because of the bizarre ransom note, and the fact that JonBenet was killed in her own home, detectives focused on her parents, John and Patsy, as their prime suspects.

Boulder police brushed aside many of the leads that came in, and dismissed the possibility that an intruder had somehow slipped inside the house and committed the murder.

The police chief said the parents were "under an umbrella of suspicion," but a grand jury did not indict the couple for murder.

Throughout lengthy and sometimes hostile police interrogations, both in 1998 and 2000, the Ramseys maintained their innocence. A 2005 48 Hours report found that DNA evidence ruled out the parents as suspects and investigators were no longer focusing on the Ramsey family.

The couple wrote a book, "The Death of Innocence," which was published in 2000.

They later left Colorado and had residences in Atlanta and in Michigan, where John Ramsey unsuccessfully ran for a state House seat in 2004. The Ramseys discussed their daughter's death during the campaign.

"We can't just hold our breath and hope the killer will be found and then go on with our lives," Patsy Ramsey said in 2004. "We have to move ahead now. We can't let evil win."

Patsy Ramsey died in June 2006 from complications from cancer in Atlanta.

[brytlea]

Wow....
susie

[dubie]

Thailand???

[pissant]

Thailand?

[hadaclueonce]

I think the Brother did it. Just my opinion.
Mom knew and took it to her grave.

[WV Mountain Mama]

Man, I lived there during that time. Too bad her mom didn't live long enough to see this...

[P from Sheb]

Wow, not "Some Peurto Rican guy"??? Or was it Costa Rican?

[A CA Guy]

Reminds me of when the McMartins were blackballed (bankrupted when they used to be millionaires) by the government prosecutors and how due to that, the business of child care to go through hell and lots of raises in insurance premiums.

[holymoly]

Ramsey said she found a ransom note on the back staircase of the family's home demanding $118,000

I always thought that was odd.

Why $118,000? Why not $100,000, or $150,000?

[WV Mountain Mama]

*snicker*

[A CA Guy]

If he had a machine gun, that would be Costa Rican...

[Captain Rhino]

Hate to ask the obvious question but has any information been posted as to where the father and brother are at present?

[SamAdams76]

Thailand? Who'd of thunk it?

[gridlock]

I had no idea John Ramsay was in Thailand...

[WV Mountain Mama]

IIRC, that was the amount of a bonus that Jon Ramsey got that year, or something along those lones...

[Mordacious]

Thailand???

One of the many meccas for pedophiles and assorted deviants. Surprising, but not really.

[kassie]

Wasn't that the amount of Mr. Ramsey's Christmas bonus?

[stevio]

I always thought they were somehow responsible. I this is true, I regret my assumptions.

[WV Mountain Mama]

lones=lines

[Froufrou]

Thailand?

[Mr. Brightside]

If I recall, $118,000 was the exact amount of a bonus John Ramsey received from his company.

Coincidence?

[rabidralph]

Did you say, "Thailand"?

[evets]

Bangkok?

[pissant]

Yes, Thailand

[Last Dakotan]

Maybe OJ should go to Thailand to find the "real killer" too.

[reagan_fanatic]

THAILAND????

[pissant]

SIAM

[Billthedrill]

Thailand??!?

[rabidralph]

Wow--Thailand!

[holymoly]

Wasn't that the amount of Mr. Ramsey's Christmas bonus?

I think you're right. But after 10 years, my memory begins to fade.

[msnimje]

Thailand is awfully far for the Denver police to go to arrest someone without concrete evidence.

This police department would not even look at anyone outside the family so this is indeed a very intriquing turn of events.

[pissant]

I'm Thai-erd of this now.

[areafiftyone]

Thailand???

 

[rightinthemiddle]

Siam?

[msnimje]

[DainBramage]

"They keep saying Thailand? Damn FleeRepubric!"

[Calpernia]

I admit, I am guilty. I suspected the Ramsey's all along.

[Kozak]

Bangkok?

That would hurt...

[jrg]

Why $118,000? Why not $100,000, or $150,000?

Because 1 and 1+8 = 19 which, according to Calypso Louis is a very bad number????

[Froufrou]

Bangkok?

Um, no, the article just said sex charges. It did not stipulate whether they were male or females involved...

[WhiteGuy]

yeah, ten years ago.....................

[shield]

That's where creepy OLD MEN go to have sex with children!!! Boys and Girls....

[maggief]

[js1138]

If I recall, $118,000 was the exact amount of a bonus John Ramsey received from his company. Coincidence?

That is why the police suspected the parents/family. It almost has to be someone who knows them.

Else, how do you pick up some random person in Thailand? It's either family, someone known to the family, or a very resourceful stalker. Someone known to the police for other reasons.

[Rte66]

Hmmmmm ... anxious to see how this works out. I might have a further comment when we find out who this is. Hmmm. A globe-trotting pedo who may frequent the Thai child sex trade. Hmmm.

[brytlea]

For the most part I didn't want to believe they had done it (heck, I didn't want to believe Scott Peterson killed Laci either), and I went back and forth on what I believed. However, it's not surprising most people probably think they did it (or the son did it) considering the way the media portrayed it.
susie

[pissant]

It's a Thaidal Wave.

[Mr. Brightside]

has any information been posted as to where the father and brother are at present?

This is on the MSNBC site:

Break in JonBenet case?

Aug. 16: JonBenet Ramsey’s father says an arrest has been made in the murder case. MSNBC’s Monica Crowley and MSNBC’s Dan Abrams discuss.

[Perdogg]

The creepy OLD WOMEN get teaching jobs instead. ;)

[Rte66]

TV news is saying the suspect will be back in the US in two days. An update from Denver supposedly coming shortly.