JonBenet Ramsey
The 6-year-old beauty queen killed in their family home in Boulder, Colorado via asphyxia by strangulation.
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August 6, 1990
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December 25, 1996
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Atlanta, Georgia
JonBenet Ramsey was a young American beauty pageant queen who gained notoriety in 1996 after her brutal murder at the age of 6. She was crowned Little Miss Colorado the same year and her death remains unsolved to this day. Ramsey’s tragic story has been the subject of numerous documentaries, TV specials and true-crime podcasts. The case has also generated intense media attention and public scrutiny, leading to multiple investigations and conspiracy theories. Other notable works about JonBenet Ramsey include books by true-crime authors and journalists.
JonBenet Ramsey was named after her father, John Bennett Ramsey. Her first name was a combination of her father’s first and middle names, while her middle name was the maiden name of her mother, Patsy Ramsey.
One interesting and lesser-known fact about JonBenet Ramsey’s murder case is that an unidentified male’s DNA was found on her clothing, but to date, no one has been matched to the DNA or identified as a suspect based on this evidence. Despite numerous investigations and thousands of tips, her killer has never been found.
