Case Story
JonBenét Patricia Ramsey born August 6, 1990 (– December 25, 1996
was an American Child Beauty Pageant contestant who was murdered in her
home in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996. Her body was found in the basement of the
family home nearly eight hours after she was reported missing. She had been
struck on the head and strangled. Her mom found a ransom note from the
killer(s), at the foot of their stairway the morning of her disappearance.
On August 16, 2006, 41-year-old John Mark Karr (now Alexis Reich),
a former schoolteacher, confessed to the murder while being held on Child
pornography charges. Authorities reportedly tracked him down using
the internet after he sent e-mails regarding the Ramsey case to
Michael Tracey, a journalism professor at the University of Colorado Once
apprehended in Bangkok, Thailand. He confessed to being with JonBenét when she
died, stating that her death was an accident. When asked if he was innocent, he
responded, "No."
No evidence has ever
come to light that placed Karr near Boulder during the Christmas 1996 crime.
The murder of JonBenét has never been found.
By Julie Refsgaard Larsen
Wauw, thats an impressive case discription Julie. Well done!
SvarSletterrible that the killer has never been found!
SvarSletVery tragic case, but what punishment do you think that her killer should have gotten if he was found?
SvarSletThat is quite hard to answer. Im not sure of what i think. But of cause does he deserve many years behind bars but, there will/would be multiple charges against him so he would be sent to jail for decades for what he did. All in all he should definitely be sent to jail for a whole lot of years. I think a life/death sentence is a bit hard. Im not sure why, but that is just what comes to my mind.
SvarSlet