Who killed JonBenet Ramsey?

You all realize her brother Burke was only 9 years old at the time of her death right???

Burke was known to spread feces specifically in JonBenet’s bedroom. This abnormal behavior suggests that Burke not only had mental issues, but he also may have had jealousy issues towards his sister.

Burke was easy to anger, and had struck JonBenet with a golf club after getting mad, leaving her with a scar on her face. This behavior shows that Burke was capable of being fatally violent with JonBenet.

Burke’s response to questions in his investigative interview are very odd, and they don’t show any feelings of a typical child. Two weeks after the murder, Burke told investigators that he felt safe and didn’t worry that an intruder would come back for him. It is expected for a child to feel scared and unsafe after an intruder has kidnapped and murdered their sister. Most children would feel in extreme danger living in the house that their sister was murdered in.

Burke’s casual feelings would be considered as very unusual, unless he knew that there was no intruder to blame for murdering his sister. This behavior again leads one to believe that JonBenet’s murder was not at the hands of an intruder, but rather someone in the house, and Burke’s mental and anger issues prove him to be capable.

I agree.  I always thought it was weird that Patsy woke up and put on the same Christmas sweater she had worn the night before.  If I remember correctly, she said she went to sleep in her makeup and didn't reapply it in the morning.  If that is all true, Patsy was going to get on a plane and fly to Atlanta in the sweater she wore the night before and in the makeup she had worn the night before. No shower. That doesn't sound like something a former beauty queen would do.

Also if I remember correctly, both Jon and Patsy said that JonBenet was asleep when they came home from their friends' house on Christmas Eve.  Jon carried JonBenet from the car and put her to bed w/out her ever waking up.  However, the police officers found a half eaten bowl of pineapple on the breakfast table and at the autopsy they found pineapple in JonBenet's stomach. 

There is definitely evidence that points to the Ramsey family, but I also think there is evidence that points to an intruder.  If the police hadn't let the Ramseys and their friends wander freely around a crime scene and if they had been open to all theories of who committed the crime, I think there might have been justice for JonBenet.  As it is, we'll never know for sure.

I believe the Grand Jury was correct to vote to indict, yet the DA at the time refused.  Isn't that unheard of?  The DA not following through with Grand Jury conclusions?  A better DA might have been more confident of conviction. He was either corrupt or inept, fighting against the evidence with all the power he had. 

Grand Jury article

I also think Lou Smit went out of his way to discount anything to do with family culpability in favor of miscellaneous evidence that could point to an intruder.  As a professional, he probably should have recused himself from any investigation due to his close ties with the Ramseys even to the point that they pretty much underwrote Smit's expenses for his wife's illness (can't recall if the article said she, too, died of cancer).

AND ANOTHER THING.  I think Mrs. Ramsey was up all night, which would explain the messy make-up and same outfit from the day before. You think she was helping the intruder out?   I suspect it took her some hours to stage the crime scene and write out a rambling ransom note.

I remember that CBS documentary from a few years ago someone here mentioned.  Like many of you, I think the scenario and evidence they laid out points to the brother, with the parent(s) covering up.  But why.  Why, why, why.  Poor little girl. 

Did I say so? I responded to the poster who didn’t seem to believe that children can kill. 

I think the creepy brother did it and the crazy mother covered for him.

I don’t know all the details, but would it be possible that the brother let in a friend of some sort? Maybe brother watched?

Another one in the son did it camp.

Nope, a child being murdered in the home will always be high profile news and more especially if they think a sibling did it. Those things make headlines. The facts are it doesn't happen in this in real life, this is the stuff of fiction and TV shows.


Horrific in every possible way, but totally different, much older stronger boys, 2 of them and a victim much smaller than they were, also not related to their victim, no elaborate cover up by their parents and because they were kids, they did not know to hide evidence of their crimes so things were found like blood on their shoes, DNA evidence etc.

If the Ramsay parents covered it up in that moment of distress when one child isn't dead yet, and the other is a monster, they think of planting DNA? scraping under her nails? Cleaning every aspect of their son, his clothes, shoes etc? What otherwise normal people turn into this in a split second? They don't.

It's all well and good to have a theory, but the facts don't back any of it up.
Read John Douglas' books, especially "The Crimes That Haunt Us", this isn't "my" theory that I have come up with, it's based on the opinions of actual experts who dealt with this murder. know all the details & have seen all the evidence for themselves (evidence that we'll probably never know about) and who also have extensive experience in investigating hundreds of other murders...and I think they know what they are talking about. When *I* say parents don't kill like this...that's not my personal opinion (because I don't have the personal knowledge to base it on), that the opinion of the John Douglas...and he does have the experience to say that.

and the facts say otherwise. No 9yo commits the perfect murder.

Were there any other adults that were close to the family? Patsy having an affair with someone who might have personal info or had been there with her during the night while everyone else was sleeping?

I know very little about this case but it’s been interesting to read this thread.
That being said I’m going with an intruder who was close to the family. Maybe a business associate of dad - or someone who worked on house or a neighbor.

I really don’t think the parents would go to that extreme and cover up for the son in that manner.

I'm interested.  I'm addicted to true crime stories.