I don’t claim to be an expert on the JonBenet Ramsey murder.
But what I have learned about it has convinced me that the Ramseys were not involved, and were victims of a particularly brutal instance of being tried in the media. The police were shockingly sloppy in securing the crime scene, which was probably to blame for the killer’s evasion.
There was a time when I thought otherwise. Their hiring of a lawyer right after the murder sounded fishy to me. But I’ve since learned, as a cop friend told me at the time, that’s what rich people do when they are in any way involved in a crime, even if they’re innocent victims. The creepiness of those children’s beauty pageants certainly raised a lot of people’s eyebrows. But while JonBenet’s exposure in those contests may have been a factor in her being targeted, I don’t think there was anything worse than the age-old situation of an ex-beauty queen (Mrs. Ramsey was a former Miss West Virginia) wanting to live her youth over again through her kid.
There was also some weirdness in the amount demanded in ransom being identical to the father’s recent bonus.
But the Ramseys were scrutinized *very *closely. Nothing in their past - either one of them - indicated the kinds of disorders that could lead to such a crime.
If I am wrong about anything factual here, please feel free to correct me.
And yes, I would indeed like to know who did commit the crime.