Indeed, JonBenet's cold and lifeless body, reportedly already stiff with rigor mortis-suggesting she had been dead for at least four hours or more-was reportedly discovered by her father in the spacious home's hidden basement wine cellar during the late morning/early afternoon of December 26th. JonBenet's hands were tightly bound together behind her head, and a piece of black duct tape covered her mouth, according to her father.
The seemingly hastily made ligature fastened tightly around her neck was comprised of a woven white piece of cord, looking similar to a sneaker shoelace, attached to a perhaps six-inch fragment of fashioned wood, which, when turned or twisted, tightened the noose with which she was strangled. In addition, and still not explained, there were two small, distinct dark spots on her body that some investigators believe to have been caused by a stun gun. The exact time of her death is not clear nor are the causes of the injuries from which she died, which included a massive eight-inch skull fracture and a tightened noose around her neck causing strangulation and asphyxiation, the official cause of death. She had apparently been sadistically tortured by the perpetrator(s), possibly sexually assaulted, and, ultimately, killed. So what do we know, 20 years down the line, regarding the possible identity and motivation of the perpetrator(s) of this gruesome evil deed?Īll we really know for certain is that an adorable little blonde girl, who had become a local celebrity because she occasionally competed enthusiastically in beauty pageants for children, was found dead in the basement of her luxurious family home. See my prior post.) The JonBenet Ramsey case is stone cold. Simpson was exonerated by the criminal trial but still believed by many, including a jury in the subsequent civil case, to be responsible.
(There is in this regard some similarity to another infamous case, the bloody murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1989, for which O.J. (See Lacy's official letter to John Ramsey here.) However, some investigators still vehemently dispute these scientific findings as inconclusive, and deem her apologetic letter of exoneration inappropriate and "not legally binding." And there are apparently still no alternative suspects at this point, some 200 having already reportedly been investigated and cleared. In fact, in 2008, based on the results of the most recent "touch" DNA testing, the Ramsey family was publicly and officially exonerated by then Boulder District Attorney Mary Lacy of any complicity or wrongdoing in the death of JonBenet, based mainly on the discovery, according to Lacy, of the DNA of an "unknown male" on key articles of JonBenet's bedclothing. John, Patsy, and Burke Ramsey have always adamantly professed their innocence and denied any involvement in JonBenet's death. Before proceeding, it must, in fairness, be explicitly stated that no charges have ever been formally filed against the Ramseys.
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