# Which ONE Crime Would You Like The True Answer To?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 8, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101 "2010-01-08T00:25:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-crime-would-you-like-the-true-answer-to/524101/117 "2010-01-11T02:05:53Z")

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> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#):
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> I don’t claim to be an expert on the JonBenet Ramsey murder.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> There was also some weirdness in the amount demanded in ransom being identical to the father’s recent bonus.
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> 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.
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> If I am wrong about anything factual here, please feel free to correct me.
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> And yes, I would indeed like to know who _did_ commit the crime.

I think I remember that the stationary or writing paper that the uber-bizzare “ransom note that wasn’t actually a ransom note” ('cause the kid’s dead body was still in the house) was written on proved to be taken from the Ramsay’s own home.

If some random stranger (or disgruntled employee or even a pedo who was specifically targeting JonBenet) comitted this crime, would they really search the house for writing paper (either before, during or after a murder) and then take the time to hand write a multi-page note?

You are right that the Ramsay family was under microscopic scrutiny, but my sense is that the family was somehow involved in JonBenet’s death (which in my mind was probably accidentally caused by one of the parents) and were actually able to get away with it.

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