karr was a guy who had been obsessed with the jonbenet case for many years. it was another bizarre turn to the bizarre case. i always knew that whatever this guy had to say wasn t going to hold water, unless he was the source of that dna in the panties. so investigators followed the physical evidence. comparing a small amount of unidentified dna found on jonbenet s underwear with karr s dna. there was no match. after two weeks of drama and false hopes, john mark karr was not the killer. turned out that he was just a nut case. he d arrived back from thailand and got one at the expense of the state. after the john mark karr debacle, the case stalled again. then, in 2008, jonbenet was back in the headlines. new dna tests have cleared
she said she still had her tiaras and her gowns. patsy was once a beauty queen and had been crowned miss west virginia. john was a navy pilot and a divorced father of three children when he and patsy met. they married and had a son. burke was like, you know, typical boy. and a daughter, jonbenet. she was very proud that she was named after me because my name is john bennett ramsey. she had this effervescent personality like patsy. tah-dah, here i am. home had been atlanta, georgia, where jonbenet was born in 1990. the family moved to boulder the next year to expand john s software company. the business grew quickly. the ramseys owned a private plane and bought this 7,000 square foot house in town. do you remember the first time you ever came here? i do. it was a christmas party.
the family of the child beauty queen jonbenet ramsey new touch dna evidence was found by guessing where jonbenet s killer handled her pajama bottoms. forensic scientist angela williamson led the work. whoever committed this offense pulled down her long johns then pulled them back up because she was found dressed. technicians tested on both sides of the long johns waistband. it s the same dna. it s the same male that s in the underpants that s on the side of the long johns. tests a decade apart revealed the same unknown male on two pieces of jonbenet s clothing. this led to one of the most controversial moments in this sensational case. a letter of apology to the ramseys from the boulder d.a. to come out and say we definitely conclude that these folks can be exonerated is an inaccurate portrayal of the evidence. current boulder d.a., stan garnett, says an apology to the
the skull fracture, 8 1/2 inches long. this was a forceful impact. this was not something that could be done by just normal rough housing or playing around. following that impact the assailant placed a tightly applied ligature around her neck. slowly torturing her, and then when they were through they pulled that cord very hard and strangled her. the report had another gruesome detail. there were spots of blood on jonbenet s underwear, a possible sign of sexual assault. there are injuries to the genitalia. typically a sexual assault of a child like this would result in more profound and significant injuries. yet rumors floated that john ramsey sexually abused his daughter. john denied the accusation and
going. this was the last photo taken of jonbenet. it is forever etched in her father s memory. i remember that, that she wanted to keep riding her bike and, oh, we ve got to go. we had to go out to some friends and so, daddy, please, just one more time. let s do it one more time. i said, well, we ll do it later. of course, there was no later. the family drove home after christmas dinner with friends. we left about 9:00, 9:30, something like that, because we knew we had to get up early in the morning. jonbenet was asleep? she had fallen asleep in the car so she was asleep when we got home. so i carried her upstairs and laid her on her bed and then patsy came up and got her into bed. later burke told police about the last night with his sister.