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Who killed JonBenet Ramsey?

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Who killed her?

Mommy did it? Daddy? A stranger?

Ideas...
Moved from "education" to a more correct forum. It may eventually wind up in "conspiracy theories" depending on how this goes.
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I shouted out "who killed JonBenet?"
when after all, it was you and me...
 
let`s talk said:
Who killed JonBenet Ramsey?

Who killed her?

Mommy did it? Daddy? A stranger?
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Not likely either of her parents... any 'evidence' against them appears to be rather flimsey at best. Plus, there are specific reasons that you could exclude the parents...

In the book "The Cases that Haunt Us" by former FBI criminal profiler John Douglas, he points out a few things...
- The body was found by John Ramsey... in most cases where someone murders a family member, the killer will set things up so that somone ELSE finds the body
- The Ransom note was rather, ahem, strange... it asked for a very small sum of money (far less than what the Ramseys could afford.) If the note was made up by either parent to deflect suspicion, why not make it a reasonable amount?

On the other hand, there is plenty of evidence that points to an intruder...
- An opened window in the basement (along with debris, and palm/boot prints that didn't match any of the family's)
- Hair found on the blanket found with the body didn't match anyone in the house
- Duct tape and rope didn't match any found in the house
- There were marks on the body that may have been made by a stun gun
 
fuelair said:
Mommy faked at least a note, so.............
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Ummm... which note would that be?

If you're referring to the ransom note, that's not likely. While there may have been similarities between the mom's handwriting and the note's, the similarities were so broad that millions of people would have been similarly matched. (In other words, the handwriting would have been enough to exclude someone as a susptect, but not enough to include someone as a suspect.)

Furthermore, some of the elements of the note wouldn't match what you would expect a mom to write; it made references to certain action movies that were recently released (not the type of movie a young mother would go see), and the amount of money asked for was very small.
 
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Yeah, I think John Mark Karr has pretty much been eliminated as a suspect...
- The only real evidence that seems to have come up against him is his own confession
- He has not provided any new details about the crime, and some of the stuff he HAS said has contradicted know facts
- There was a statement by an ex-wife that he was actually in Alabama at the time of the murder (http://www.denverpost.com/jonbenet/ci_4203931)
 
Segnosaur said:
Ummm... which note would that be?

If you're referring to the ransom note, that's not likely. While there may have been similarities between the mom's handwriting and the note's, the similarities were so broad that millions of people would have been similarly matched. (In other words, the handwriting would have been enough to exclude someone as a susptect, but not enough to include someone as a suspect.)

Furthermore, some of the elements of the note wouldn't match what you would expect a mom to write; it made references to certain action movies that were recently released (not the type of movie a young mother would go see), and the amount of money asked for was very small.
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I read the wikipedia page, but I could not find reference to it...

When the crime happened, I seem to recall that there were other copies (rough drafts) of the notes found and crumpled in the garbage bin. Was this covered in the book mentioned upthread? If so, what was the author's opinion?
 
Perez Hilton. JonBenet gave the wrong answer to his question at a beauty pageant.
 
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Kel said:
I read the wikipedia page, but I could not find reference to it...

When the crime happened, I seem to recall that there were other copies (rough drafts) of the notes found and crumpled in the garbage bin. Was this covered in the book mentioned upthread? If so, what was the author's opinion?
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The author had explained that the intruder would likely have broken in to the house hours before the Ramsey's arrived home, and as such would have had ample opportunity to compose rough drafts of ransom notes.

ETA: The author does say that one of the unknown questions is why didn't the killer bring a note with him. He suggests a couple of ideas... perhaps the killer did bring one, but decided to re-write it while waiting, or perhaps, if this had been his first 'kill', he may not have thought of a note until later. Its one of the elements that we may never understand.

He also pointed out that it would not have been likely for anyone to compose a ransom note AFTER the murder, since the excitement/thrill/or whatever would have made it difficult for the killer to focus. So, if the mother had done it, she would have had to compose the note FIRST (including any rough drafts), THEN kill the daughter.
 
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