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[JonBenet Investigation]

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[JonBenet Investigation]

Info:

JonBenét Ramsey was born at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and moved with the family to Colorado when she was one year old.
Her first name is a combination of her father's first and middle names, John Bennett; her middle name is that of her mother, Patsy Ramsey, who enrolled her daughter in a variety of different beauty pageants in several states. In addition, she funded some of the contests in which Ramsey was involved.
Patsy Ramsey was a former beauty queen, having held the title Miss West Virginia 1977; her sister was Miss West Virginia 1980.
JonBenét Ramsey held a number of child beauty contest titles, including (in alphabetical order) America's Royal Miss, Colorado State All-Star Kids Cover Girl, Little Miss Charlevoix Michigan, Little Miss Colorado, Little Miss Merry Christmas, Little Miss Sunburst, and National Tiny Miss Beauty.

She was from Michigan - Little Miss Charlevoix Michigan.

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[JonBenet Investigation]

Info:

Police investigations within and around the residence discovered the following clues which were, by some, interpreted as evidence of intrusion:

Two dissimilar footprints in the wine cellar that did not match any of the shoes in the residence.
A third footprint of an unknown person on the outer part of the window of the room by the wine cellar (John Ramsey said the window was malfunctioning)
A possible footprint on a suitcase, placed directly below the same window.
A rope that was foreign to the residence found on the bed of the guestroom near JonBenét's room.
Physical marks on JonBenét's body that suggested the use of a stun gun or other.
Blood sample on JonBenét's underwear that did not match any known suspect.

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[JonBenet Investigation]

The police had arrived early that morning.
They had been called at 5.52am, 20 minutes after Patsy had woken up and found a three-page handprinted ransom note at the bottom of the stairs (the Ramseys were up early; they were due to leave for Michigan in their private plane at 7am).
Strange as the ransom note was - long, literate, over-familiar, written with a black marker and paper found in the kitchen and demanding a ransom that was the exact amount of John Ramsey's Christmas bonus - it was taken to be real.
The case was treated as a kidnapping.
Police searched the house and found all most nothing.
At 10am, John went down to the basement: he found a window 1/2 inch open and broken. Beneath it was a suitcase on the floor.
He closed the window and went back upstairs.

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[JonBenet Investigation]

DNA

The forensic technology that cleared JonBenet Ramsey's family of her murder is referred to as Touch DNA. It reads the DNA in skin cells that are left at a crime scene.

Because of the ongoing interest in the Ramsey case, Bode Technology’s success in using a Touch DNA collection method to obtain a DNA profile from the long johns worn by JonBenet Ramsey, created an increased interest in better understanding what Touch DNA is and how it works.

Touch DNA is Not LCN DNA

Firstly, it is important to establish that Touch DNA is not Low Copy Number (LCN) DNA. LCN DNA profiling allows a very small amount of DNA to be analyzed, from as little as 5 to 20 cells.

According to Bode, Touch DNA samples are processed/amplified exactly the same way as blood, semen, saliva etc, and can stand up to scrutiny in court much better than LCN DNA.

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[JonBenet Investigation]

In this case, the new DNA was recovered by guessing where JonBenet's killer might have handled the long johns she was wearing.

"It's not a stain, you can't see it," said Angela Williamson, director of forensic casework at Bode Technology Group in Lorton, Virginia who led the work on JonBenet's Touch DNA.

DNA from two sites on the long johns matched genetic material from the same unknown male that had previously been recovered from blood in JonBenet's underpants. The matching DNA from three places on two articles of JonBenet's clothing convinced the district attorney that it belonged to the killer, and hadn't been left accidentally by a third party. The DA excluded the parents.

John and Patricia Ramsey found their daughter's body in the basement of the family's home in Boulder, Colorado, on Dec. 26, 1996. The child beauty queen was six and had been strangled.

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[JonBenet Investigation]

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[JonBenet Investigation]

12/25/1996

5:00 pm
The Ramseys went to the home of family friends, Fleet and Priscilla White, for Christmas dinner. The Whites lived a mile away.

 9:00 pm
The Ramseys left the Whites' house, delivering Christmas gifts to two families, the Walkers and the Stines, on the way home.

 9:30 pm
The Ramseys arrived home. They said JonBenét had fallen asleep in the car. Without waking her, John said he carried her upstairs and Patsy prepared her for bed.
John said Burke and he worked downstairs on Burke's new model. Earlier rumors had said John read Burke a story.

 10:00 pm
John and Patsy said they went to bed, as did Burke. This is the time they gave for the last time they saw JonBenét alive, asleep in her bed.

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[JonBenet Investigation]

12/26/1096

1:03 - 1:05pm
 Det Arndt said that she " saw and heard " Fleet White in the back den crouched at the phone calling for an ambulance.
Moment's later, Arndt saw John Ramsey bringing JonBenét's body up the last three stairs from the basement.
John Ramsey had found JonBenét in a little used basement storage room which had no windows, referred to as a "wine cellar."
He said he removed tape from her mouth, picked her up, and gingerly carried her upstairs. Arndt said she appeared noticeably dead.
Her wrists were loosely bound, and a crude garotte hung from her neck.
She was wearing a knit shirt with a sequined silver star on the front and white longjohns, and Ramsey said her body had been covered by a white blanket.

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Boulder DA Stan Garnett: Another perspective on the release of Ramsey indictment

By Stan Garnett, For the Camera
POSTED:   10/27/2013

The lessons for a district attorney from the tragic murder of JonBenet Ramsey are many. I have studied this case closely both before and after becoming DA.

Because no case has ever been brought against anyone in Ramsey, the community has had no resolution and the tabloid press has been free to speculate, sometimes recklessly, based on only parts of the evidence. There has been no public airing of all the evidence in open court, nor can there be, unless and until a case is filed, which has been an understandable frustration to the community.

Which brings me to the "true bills" from the Ramsey grand jury. I became aware of the existence of these documents when I took office in 2009. I asked my appellate department to review them and was told that they related to charges for which the statute of limitations had run years ago. My staff evaluated the Ramsey case to determine if there was any charge for which the statute of limitations had not run and for which there was conclusive evidence. Because there was none, we focused on other matters (including four murders we tried in 2009, two of which were cold cases). My, or my staff's view of what the evidence in the Ramsey case proves will only be stated in open court if a case is ever filed. In the meantime, everyone, including the Ramsey family, is entitled to the full presumption of innocence.


When the plaintiffs in the recent lawsuit first requested these documents, I checked with investigators as to whether such disclosure would jeopardize the investigation. Being assured that it would not, as the custodian of these archival documents, I responded repeatedly to the plaintiffs that I would not release any document absent a court order to do so, both to protect the viability of grand jury secrecy and due to the extremely unusual nature of this situation for which there is virtually no legal precedent anywhere. When ordered by Judge Lowenbach to do so, we turned over the documents.

These documents mean that this grand jury believed there was "probable cause" (a lower threshold standard of proof than "beyond a reasonable doubt" ) based on the evidence they had heard, that the named defendants had committed the crimes listed. That they were not pursued within the statute of limitations means that the DAs with the authority to do so believed that the evidence did not rise to the necessary level to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at a jury trial. I don't know if I would have made the same decision, but I know how difficult these decisions are.

I will continue, together with my excellent staff, to focus on the cases where we can take action, taking as many as possible to jury trial, as we continue to have the honor to serve the people of the 20th Judicial District.

Stan Garnett is the Boulder County District Attorney.


http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_24389428/stan-garnett-boulder-district-attorney-jonbenet-ramsey-case

[JonBenet Investigation]

Boulder DA Stan Garnett: Another perspective on the release of Ramsey indictment

By Stan Garnett, For the Camera
POSTED:   10/27/2013

The lessons for a district attorney from the tragic murder of JonBenet Ramsey are many. I have studied this case closely both before and after becoming DA.

Because no case has ever been brought against anyone in Ramsey, the community has had no resolution and the tabloid press has been free to speculate, sometimes recklessly, based on only parts of the evidence. There has been no public airing of all the evidence in open court, nor can there be, unless and until a case is filed, which has been an understandable frustration to the community.

Which brings me to the "true bills" from the Ramsey grand jury. I became aware of the existence of these documents when I took office in 2009. I asked my appellate department to review them and was told that they related to charges for which the statute of limitations had run years ago. My staff evaluated the Ramsey case to determine if there was any charge for which the statute of limitations had not run and for which there was conclusive evidence. Because there was none, we focused on other matters (including four murders we tried in 2009, two of which were cold cases). My, or my staff's view of what the evidence in the Ramsey case proves will only be stated in open court if a case is ever filed. In the meantime, everyone, including the Ramsey family, is entitled to the full presumption of innocence.


When the plaintiffs in the recent lawsuit first requested these documents, I checked with investigators as to whether such disclosure would jeopardize the investigation. Being assured that it would not, as the custodian of these archival documents, I responded repeatedly to the plaintiffs that I would not release any document absent a court order to do so, both to protect the viability of grand jury secrecy and due to the extremely unusual nature of this situation for which there is virtually no legal precedent anywhere. When ordered by Judge Lowenbach to do so, we turned over the documents.

These documents mean that this grand jury believed there was "probable cause" (a lower threshold standard of proof than "beyond a reasonable doubt" ) based on the evidence they had heard, that the named defendants had committed the crimes listed. That they were not pursued within the statute of limitations means that the DAs with the authority to do so believed that the evidence did not rise to the necessary level to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at a jury trial. I don't know if I would have made the same decision, but I know how difficult these decisions are.

I will continue, together with my excellent staff, to focus on the cases where we can take action, taking as many as possible to jury trial, as we continue to have the honor to serve the people of the 20th Judicial District.

Stan Garnett is the Boulder County District Attorney.


http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_24389428/stan-garnett-boulder-district-attorney-jonbenet-ramsey-case

What the Grand Jury did not have to made a final report.

Then late last year, prosecutors turned over long underwear JonBenet was wearing to the Bode Technology Group near Washington, which used a new technique called "touch DNA" to find previously undetected DNA evidence.



Touch DNA involves scraping genetic material that could not otherwise be seen. Two samples were found on the sides of her long underwear, in an area where an attacker would have pulled them down.

 The results, reported to prosecutors in March, indicated the newly discovered DNA matched the DNA found earlier, and was not from the Ramsey family. Lacy said the presence of the same male DNA in three places on the girl's clothing convinced investigators it belonged to JonBenet's killer, and had not been left accidentally by an innocent party.

All so:

District Attorney Hunter's continued reference to a "runaway" grand jury. This is a very importance statement said about the Grand Jury by a person that had all of the case information at that time.

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[JonBenet Investigation]

THE 911 CALL

It was 5:52 a.m. when Mrs. Patsy Ramsey called 911 from a wall phone in her kitchen to report her daughter was missing.

Patsy:“Police.”

911:“What's going on ma'am?”

Patsy:“755 15th street.”

911:“What's going on there ma'am”

Patsy:“We have a kidnapping. Hurry, please!”

911:“Explain to me what's going on. Ok?”

Patsy:“There. We have a, there's a note left and our daughter's gone.”

911:“A note was left and your daughter's gone?”

Patsy:“Yes!”

911:“How old is your daughter?”

Patsy:“She's 6 years old. She's blonde, 6 years old.”

911:“How long ago was this?”

Patsy:“I don't know I just got the note, and my daughter's gone.”

911:“Does it say who took her?”

Patsy:“What?”

911:“Does it say who took her?”

Patsy:“No! I don't know. There's a, there's a ransom note here.”

911:“It's a ransom note?”

Patsy:“It say's SBTC. Victory! Please!”

911:“Okay, what's your name? Are you Kath...?”

Patsy:“Patsy Ramsey, I'm the mother. Oh my God! Please!”

911:“Okay, I'm sending an officer over OK?

Patsy:“Please!”

911:“Do you know how long she's been gone?”

Patsy:“No I don't! Please we just got up and she's not here. Oh my god! Please!”

911:“Okay, Cal....”

Patsy:“Please send somebody.”

911:“I am honey.”

Patsy:“Please.”

911:“Take a deep breath and...”

Patsy:“Hurry, hurry, hurry!”

911:“Patsy? Patsy? Patsy? Patsy?”

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[JonBenet Investigation]

BEAR:

On January 28, 1999 DA Alex Hunter issued a press release, launching a nationwide search for the origins of a stuffed white bear in a Santa suit. He asked for the public's help "in identifying the manufacturer of, and/or retail outlets that sold, in 1996 or earlier, a toy teddy bear dressed in a rather unusual Santa Claus suit."

Hunter would not say why this information was needed. The whereabouts of the bear are unknown. Family members say the bear, pictured in a BPD crime scene photo, did not belong to JonBenét Ramsey.

There were over 10,000 responses to Hunters plea within the first 24 hours, and it was reported that a similar bear had been turned in to the DA's office by a Denver woman.

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[JonBenet Investigation]

2006

DENVER — The Boulder police chief has defended his department's investigation of the murder of JonBenet Ramsey in several published reports, saying more than 160 suspects were investigated and $2 million spent.

Today it is still a cold case.

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[JonBenet Investigation]

DNA:

Now, The discovery of DNA from an "unidentified male" in three places on JonBenet's long johns allowed investigators to rule out the possibility that a single sample of this DNA found earlier belonged to a worker at a clothing factory (this was the original police theory).
They also concluded that this stranger—not any of the people in the Ramseys’ circle, who were previously tested—was the murderer.

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