# A Family Affair?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-family-affair/370803>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 30, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-family-affair/370803 "2006-08-30T16:48:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-family-affair/370803/1 "2006-08-30T16:48:28Z")

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A profiler expert has disclosed his analysis of the JonBenet Ramsey ransom note.  
He was careful to draw NO conclusions. IIRC there were no footprints in the snow around the house on the morning of Dec. 26th.  
Media comments today are that there will never be a conviction and that the mystery will never be solved.  
Did John Ramsey lie? Why was the brother, 10 years old at the time, never questioned?

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-family-affair/370803/2 "2006-08-30T17:40:23Z")

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[QUOTE=spingears]  
A profiler expert has disclosed his analysis of the JonBenet Ramsey ransom note.  
He was careful to draw NO conclusions. IIRC there were no footprints in the snow around the house on the morning of Dec. 26th.  
Media comments today are that there will never be a conviction and that the mystery will never be solved.  
Did John Ramsey lie? Why was the brother, 10 years old at the time, never questioned?  
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If you would like to read any of the numerous Ramsey threads that have popped up in the last couple of weeks, I think you’ll find that your questions have been answered.

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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-family-affair/370803/3 "2006-08-30T20:01:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Frank]  
If you would like to read any of the numerous Ramsey threads that have popped up in the last couple of weeks, I think you’ll find that your questions have been answered.  
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Thanks for the tip.

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-family-affair/370803/4 "2006-08-31T20:03:09Z")

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You mean, why wasn’t his ten-year-old brother given the third degree? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-family-affair/370803/5 "2006-08-31T20:04:47Z")

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[QUOTE=ouryL]  
You mean, why wasn’t [del]his[/del]the ten-year-old brother given the third degree? :dubious:  
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Revised :smack: