Posted on 09/20/2013 4:25:17 AM PDT by rickmichaels
A new lawsuit has been filed seeking the release of an indictment on John and Patsy Ramsey, parents of the slain JonBenet, whose death dominated headlines worldwide more than a decade ago.
A reporter from the Boulder Daily Camera and a local press advocacy group filed the lawsuit after reports surfaced a grand jury voted in secret to indict the Ramseys on charges of child abuse resulting in death in 1999. The Daily Camera reports Alex Hunter, the District Attorney at the time, refused to sign the indictment because of a lack of evidence.
JonBenet, a frequent beauty pageant contestant, was only 6 when she was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family home on Dec. 26, 1996. JonBenet’s parents received a ransom note, demanding $118,000 for the girl’s safe return, but it’s unknown who sent it or where it came from.
John and Patsy were officially exonerated of the crime in 2008, though Patsy died in 2006 from ovarian cancer.
John Mark Karr, a former teacher who was facing child porn charges at the time, falsely admitted to murdering the 6-year-old in 2006. DNA tests proved he was not at the scene.
Several theories surrounded the case, and despite DNA testing and a round of fresh interviews in 2010, the crime has never been solved.
Nothing new here. No new evidence...just people finally looking over the obvious and realizing that the story by the parents doesn’t work too well.
If the cops had removed the family from the house as they arrived...the story would have fallen apart within twenty-four hours. Cops were not wise enough to grasp that.
Nothing new here. No new evidence...just people finally looking over the obvious and realizing that the story by the parents doesn’t work too well.
If the cops had removed the family from the house as they arrived...the story would have fallen apart within twenty-four hours. Cops were not wise enough to grasp that.
A dead kid in my basement and NO ONE is charged ?
Child pageants should be outlawed.
I think it was because of this case that the word "prostitot" was coined.
“DNA tests proved he was not at the scene.”
Sorry. DNA evidence cannot prove that anyone was not anywhere; it can show increased liklihood that someone was one place or another, but even then it should be accepted as in inference and not proof.
They could be there and leave no material, or they could be there and their material was not discovered. But it can’t show that they weren’t there.
Well said.
years ago bill kurtis did a great show on the case. i came away totally convinced the parents had nothing to do with the murder or death. still believe that. police obviously totally bungled the investigation, and let it spin into a three ring media circus.
I still think the brother did it and the parents covered up for their son.
Ditto.
The parents were among the highest of the politically elite(Dem’s) in that region and everyone at that level knows where everyone’s bodies are buried(my opinion of course)....thus the case was washed away. God is going to have to split this nation apart right down to the very splinters to get at the rotten folks infesting its heart!
What was the explanation for the bizarre letter?
Didn’t Mark Furman write a book about this case?
What were his conclusions?
Oh it was solved ok. They just never arrested the female perp...........
The father was probably molesting the child..Patsy found out about it and took out her rage on her. Most likely accidentally killing her.
dont remember. but i recall being struck by all the totally absurd explanations, remember the bed wetting thing? it got totally ridicualous and the local police were beyond incompetent.
there was never any indication, let alone evidence, of molestation in the family
The letter to me cannot be explained in any way except being written by someone in the family.
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