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The team also investigated the 911 operator, who was  Weirdly enough, he announced his finding before even
only interviewed now for the first time. What she had turning on the light. Her body was then carried and put
was that from minute one, she has a sunken feeling in the middle of the living room. Witnessing policemen
that something was not right; she thought the parents also stated that John Ramsey called his pilot to prepare
had an attitude of “we have called the police, now the plane before even being investigated by the police –
what?”. The operator also listened closely in the seconds why now when his daughter was just killed?
that followed the call and suggested that the few lines Ø  Ramsey’s Grander
shared by the Ramsey family were of direct contrast to When asked, the Ramsey’s gardener made a remark
the hysterical tone of the call. about how after the OG Simpson case, Patsey said, “you
  can get away with murder in this country”.
Ransom Note Ø  Family Friend
The note started with “listen carefully”, which the A family friend claimed that Patsey was not the same
analysts claimed is a given if you have a missing child. after the incident. She would repeatedly say, “who
The amount of the ransom money was also very could have killed my baby, who could have done this?”.
specific, $118,000, which, weirdly enough, is the amount Apparently, it circled in their group of friends that no
of John Ramsey’s bonus of that year. On another note, one was to talk to reporters or police, but this particular
John was a millionaire, so asking for just this amount of friend thought that that was unfair to the girl, so she
money for his daughter is odd. Many of the sentences of was cut off after she talked to the police/reporters. She
the letter were actually borrowed from movies, and also thought the whole thing was a “hoax”, seeing that
76% of it was unnecessary and it actually could have Patsey asked for mayor protection, who also stated that
been summed in 4 lines. Hence the fact that it was there was no murders around.
three pages long made it seem, to the professionals, as
though it was a sales job. The linguistic profile of the Autopsy
writer indicated that they 1) have a high writing ability, JonBenet had a crack on the right side of her head,
thus mistakes were purposeful, seeing that relatively meaning she was not killed by the assumed
hard words were spelt correctly, 2) are native speakers, asphyxiation. The team thought the weapon of murder
3) are 30(+), 4) are a female, seeing the maternalistic was a flashlight, which was seen in the pictures of the
language used throughout. Another thing to note is crime scene. Her hands were tied, but oddly over her
that the pen and pad were found in the home. clothing, which indicates that if she was alive, she could
have easily removed it from her hand.
When the team tried to rewrite the note, just Interviews
mechanically it took 21 minutes, which is more time When asked about the kidnap and if they believe it was
than a criminal would risk inside a home they are legitimate, the Ramsey’s answered “Yes”, but John also
breaking into; this led to them thinking that the note threw in, “we are a loving family” and “we are a gentle
was staged and was more of a “red herring”. family”, which are completely out of context. John
Another notable thing is that in the note, it stated “we additionally posed the question of “why this happened”,
are a small foreign faction”, which is unusual for a as if he already knew who did it. The Ramsey’s tone
criminal, as you will always want to make the victims gave off a vibe which suggested that their talking to the
assume you have authority and power. police about their daughter 120 days after it happened
Community Investigation was an accomplishment.
Right after Patsey Ramsey called the cops, she invited
friends and family over to mourn with her. When the Still, all these theories are merely theories, and the case
detectives told John Ramsey they were going to search still remains-- unsolved.
the house from top to bottom, he took one of his
friends, Felt White, and went for the basement, where
he then found JonBenet dead on the floor, covered in a
white blanket in the wine cellar.
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