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John Ramsey talks candidly about his feelings on December 26, 1996, the day he discovered his 6-year-old daughter JonBenét Ramsey’s death in the family’s Boulder, Colorado, basement.
“There were no tears when I found JonBenét,” Ramsey says in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE.
“Well, I was upset when I received the call since I had lost my eldest daughter in a vehicle accident a few years before.
I was furious. I was surprised. I refrained from crying. You’re in shock right now, but I sobbed for years after that. I was furious. I was angry with God.
“At least for me,” he continues. Every couple of years, while I was seated alone on an airplane on a work trip, I would start crying. You’re in shock at the time, but it’s the weight of the loss.
When John’s wife Patsy noticed their daughter was gone earlier that morning, she alerted the police. During the call, Patsy—who has now passed away—frantically disclosed that she had found a terrifying ransom letter demanding $118,000 in exchange for JonBenét’s safe return.
It was discovered that JonBenét had been sexually abused and strangled at their house after John discovered her corpse.
A garrote was wrapped over the young beauty pageant queen’s neck, and duct tape was placed over her lips.
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Ramsey feels that the parents’ early emotions led to their rapid suspicion after her death was declared a murder.
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Regarding what investigators thought, Ramsey said, “We did not act right that morning, therefore they’re guilty.” “It’s simply incompetence,”
There have never been any charges against any Ramsey family members in relation to JonBenét’s murder. In 2006, Patsy passed away.
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The matter is still unresolved over thirty years later. In order to “put pressure” on authorities to utilize genetic genealogy and.
DNA technological advancements to apprehend JonBenet’s murderer, Ramsey wants to inspire someone to come forward with fresh information today.
Additionally, Ramsey is speaking out in Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey?, a three-part documentary series that premieres on Netflix on Monday, November 25.
The show examines the mistakes Ramsey believes the police did in the midst of a global media frenzy while looking into JonBenét’s death.