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(#12) Burke Ramsey Lives A Very Private Life
Unlike his parents, Burke Ramsey managed to stay out of the public eye during much of the murder investigation and its aftermath. In 2016, Burke made public appearances, where he admitted he purposely tried to stay out of the spotlight. As of 2018, Burke is a software engineer who reportedly works from home.
Burke's incredibly private life may account for his odd behavior in rare interviews. After a 2016 interview with Dr. Phil, the doctor had to assure the media that Burke was extremely nervous on camera, causing him to smile when talking about his sister's murder.
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(#11) JonBenét's Aunt Thinks She Knew The Killer
Pamela Paugh, the younger sister of Patsy Ramsey and a fellow beauty queen, had her own theory about her niece's murder. As the investigation continued over the course of several years, Paugh felt certain the murderer was someone JonBenét knew and trusted since there was no sign of struggle in her room. Paugh theorized that jealousy involving the Ramsey wealth led the murderer to kill the young girl. Although the person was likely known to JonBenét, Paugh theorized, the murderer must have been a family friend — certainly no one from the family.
Paugh's theory was plausible, since JonBenét's autopsy found undigested pineapple in her stomach. This finding played into an investigative hypothesis that JonBenét's brother Burke may have killed her. According to a report in Vanity Fair,
The night of the murder, the experts believe, Burke made himself a snack of pineapple with milk, and tea. His fingerprints were found on a bowl, and the teacup next to it. JonBenét, the experts believed, snatched a piece of the fruit (reportedly one of her favorite desserts) directly from the bowl with her fingers, leaving no prints. This, the experts believe, catalyzed the grisly events that followed.
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(#7) Patsy Ramsey Had Cancer
Patsy Ramsey was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1993, a few years before the murder of JonBenét. After chemotherapy, Ramsey's cancer went into remission, and she lived a healthy life for nearly a decade until it came back in the early 2000s.
In a 2012 interview, Ramsey told CBS he felt Patsy wasn't an overbearing mother, and that the media's poor portrayal of her had been an unfair angle. He said, "Patsy had just come out of cancer treatments, I think deep down she didn't know how long she had to live and how much time she had to spend with her child, so she tried to pack a lot into a day."
Patsy died in 2006, when the cancer returned for good.
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(#5) JonBenét's Older Half-Brother Was Briefly Under Suspicion For Her Murder
John Andrew Ramsey was an older son from John Ramsey's first marriage, and he played an unexpected role in the murder investigation. Police found John Andrew's suitcase near the crime scene, which was strange since that's not where the Ramseys typically kept their luggage.
Inside the suitcase was a blanket with John Andrew's semen on it. JonBenét's body showed signs of sexual assault, thus John Andrew was briefly considered a suspect, but ultimately cleared of having any involvement with the murder.
Investigators later theorized that the killer tried to put JonBenét's body in the suitcase, but for whatever reason decided to leave her behind.
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(#13) John Ramsey Remarried
While his relationship with Beth Holloway Twitty came to an end, John Ramsey tied the knot for a third time in 2011. He married Jan Rousseaux, a designer from Las Vegas, in a private ceremony in Charlevoix, Michigan.
Charlevoix was the same town where John and Patsy lived in the years preceding Patsy's death. When People magazine asked John what JonBenét would think of this new marriage, he simply replied, "I have no doubt she will be smiling."
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(#8) Burke Ramsey Still Talks To JonBenét
In a 2016 interview commemorating the 20th anniversary of JonBenét's murder, Burke Ramsey admitted he continued to talk to his sister for years after her death. Not only that, he believed Patsy and JonBenét were reunited in Heaven, and that both were watching over him.
Burke noted that when he was in school, he even asked JonBenét for help on tests, and often wished the two of them could be together.
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When talking about Christmas, people always think of shopping, food, and all kinds of joyous things. But on Christmas in 1996, a murder shocked the world. The body of JonBenét Ramsey, who was only 6 years old and won beauty queen, was found in the basement of her home. An autopsy revealed that Joan Bennett suffered two fatal injuries and was sexually assaulted.
Although many experts and detectives pointed out many suspicious points on the day of the crime, including suspicious conversations and behaviors of the family member, due to the lack of definitive evidence in this murder case, it has not been solved so far. The random tool collected 13 facts about the murder that many people never know.
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