Filmmaker Joe Berlinger's Netflix docuseries Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey has once again opened the case of the 6-year-old who was found dead in the safety of her own house in Boulder, Colorado.
On December 26, 1996, John and Patsy Ramsey discovered their daughter Jon was missing after the Christmas dinner. Later, John found her daughter's body in the basement.
While the killer was never caught, the chilling details about her murder shocked everyone in the nation. Here's a look at all the evidence related to the murder of JonBenét Ramsey.
Exploring Netflix's Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey. What were the pieces of evidence found in the Ramsey case?
1) The Ramseys were suspected of fabricating the Ransom note and the 911 call
The ransom note demanding $118,000 for their daughter's return and the 911 call made by Patsy were the primary pieces of evidence in the Ramsey murder case.
Considering the length of the note and the specific amount asked (which coincided with John's Christmas bonus), the police suspected that the family drafted the ransom note. However, no fingerprints were on the pages to support this theory.
Patsy made a 911 call about her missing daughter to Boulder Police at 5:52 a.m. The then operator, Kim Archuletta, alleged that the call looked rehearsed,
“It sounded like she said, ‘Okay, we’ve called the police, now what?’ And that disturbed me. So I remained on the phone, trying to hear what was being said. It sounded like there were two voices in the room, maybe three different ones ... To me, it seemed rehearsed.”
2) Unidentified Male DNA on JonBenét Ramsey
While the Ramseys were the primary suspect in the murder of their 6-year-old daughter, a discovery led the then-DA Mary Lacy to exonerate the family.
An unidentified DNA sample was found on the girl's clothes and fingernails, which proved that the killer was an unknown male outside the family. However, since this evidence was found years after the murder, it was labeled 'compromised' and was not used.
3) Jon was strangled with a garrote and was found duct-taped
Another important piece of evidence in the Ramsey case was the handmade garrote John found on his daughter when he discovered her dead body in the basement.
The garrote was made using a cord and a broken paintbrush handle from Patsy’s art supplies and was used to strangle the kid.
As told by John, her daughter was also found with a piece of duct tape glued to her mouth, which he took off when she discovered her body,
“She had tape over her mouth, and her hands were tied behind her back, and I immediately pulled the tape off, and I tried to untie her hands, but the knot was tied really tight, I couldn’t get it undone.”
4) An unidentified bootprint and a suitcase in Ramsey's basement
The Boulder police also found a partial bootprint with the words “Hi-Tec” in it in Ramseys' basement, where their daughter was found dead.
While the print did not match any family member, it proved that the house had an intruder that night.
John also told in Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey that he broke the basement window after losing the key but got it fixed. But they found the window broken again with a suitcase lying under it,
“It (the suitcase) was set there like it was a step because the window was fairly high ... you needed a ladder or a stepstool or something to get up through it.”
Catch the 3-part docuseries on Netflix now.
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