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her brother [Applause] [Music] JonBenet Ramsey Phil has not interviewed the parents
didn't do it anybody [Music] my life has been held from that day's purpose and I want nothing more than to
find out who was responsible for this there would be very few little girls as famous as Blonde six-year-old JonBenet
Patricia Ramsey she was born in Atlanta Georgia on August 6 1990. to parents John Bennett Ramsey and Patricia Ann
Ramsey her name as unique as it was was a combination of her father's first and middle names her Father John was a
wealthy businessman and her mother Patsy was a former beauty queen John Ramsey was a smart calculated and determined
man he graduated from Michigan State University in 1966 with an electrical engineering degree five years later a
master's in Business Administration from MSU John was married before he and his first
wife had three children Elizabeth Melinda and John Andrew but the two divorced in 1978
on November 5th 1980 he married what many considered to be the woman of his dreams 23 year old Patricia Ann Paul
yeah better known as Patsy Patsy attended West Virginia University and graduated with a ba in journalism in
1978. just a year before she won the Miss West Virginia Beauty title in 1977. on January 27 1987 Patsy gave birth to
the couple's first child Burke Ramsey then three and a half years later they welcomed their second child JonBenet
in 1991 the family moved to Boulder Colorado for John's business access Graphics a little background here
John was extremely hard working and driven he was an entrepreneur he started a computer company in the 80s eventually
his company and two other companies merged in 1988. this formed access Graphics the company was then sold to
Lockheed Martin in 1991. John became the chief executive officer and president of
access Graphics thus sparking the family to set up shop in beautiful Boulder Colorado
the Ramses purchased a 7 000 square foot home the address 755 15th Street Boulder
Colorado the home was purchased for five hundred thousand dollars some reports State the home is 11
000 square feet but I believe that would include maybe the basement balconies and
other areas we all know how the real estate listing Game Works they also did a very extensive renovation on the
property as well speaking of which I will do my best impression here it's a beautiful red brick Tudor style home
built in 1927. there are four floors including the basement the basement is made up of a series of small rooms the
home features two staircases one traditional and one spiral there are five bedrooms Burke and
jonbenet's rooms are located on the Second Story jonbenet's room is complete with its own bathroom and balcony
the master suite is above the children's rooms located on the third story the Ramses Patsy in particular loved
this house the Ramses were riding pretty high but unfortunately life is often a series of Peaks and valleys sadly on
January 8 1992 John Ramsey's oldest daughter from his first marriage Elizabeth Ramsey was killed in an
automobile accident in Chicago Illinois she was just 22 years old on December 23
1992 the Ramses purchased a 1731 square foot vacation home in Charlevoix Michigan for 336 thousand
dollars for those unfamiliar this is an absolutely beautiful area Northern Michigan Right Along Lake Michigan
absolutely gorgeous in June of 93 Patsy Ramsey is diagnosed with breast cancer for this she will receive exams at the
Charlevoix community hospital and treatments in Maryland now we're going to go through a pretty
thorough timeline for the Ramsey family some of these events may seem trivial however given the crime that we know is
going to occur these items were included in this timeline because of the possibilities and the suspicions
surrounding this case in 1994 seven-year-old Burke hits his little sister JonBenet on the cheek with
a golf club well let's be clear this is not a situation where Burke decided I don't like you and I'm going to smash
you in the face with a golf club this was purely an accident this wasn't like the time my brother hit me in the back
with a baseball bat because he was trying to kill me I questioned this at first glance because we do know that
children siblings will fight with one another and they can be quite vicious at times plus when they're very young as
they would be in this situation it's an impulsive thing to pick up a club and hit your sister or your brother with it
because they did something mean to you first and Burke only being seven years old he wouldn't be thinking if I hit her
in the face with a golf club I could possibly kill her right this could have lasting consequences
however everything that we could find only indicates that this was just an accident and believe it or not in my own
life I have experienced a situation where one of my friends accidentally hit another friend in the face with a golf
club in the face on the backswing because the person was standing too close as the other person was taking a
swing we don't have the details of this specific accident however again everything indicates that it was just
that an accident right but it was pretty vicious because JonBenet would be left with a scar a short time later JonBenet
underwent plastic surgery at a surgeon in Denver this to correct that scar on the left cheek from the golf club
incident in December of 1994 the Ramsey's giant beautiful home is one of just seven homes in the area to be
included in the historic homes for the holidays tour this is important for a few reasons
mainly this means that approximately 1500 people will participate in a tour of the Ramsey's property and the house
in April of 1995 four-year-old JonBenet Ramsey wins the Colorado State all-star kids pageant now she will participate
and win several pageants I'm not going to go through all of them Captain frankly when researched well you get a
bunch of different information so I will just stick to the ones that I can confirm or at least have double checked
October of 1995 was a happy and exciting month for the Ramsey family JonBenet was
crowned Little Miss Colorado Sunburst and John Ramsey was the winner of the entrepreneur of Distinction award yeah
but to be clear I don't think like her whole family was revolved around her winning something I think it was nice
when she won and they devoted a lot of time doing it but I don't think it made the family's year if she got some award
regarding John Ramsey's business keep in mind axis Graphics is doing very well and the company is growing in sales and
staff quite rapidly then it was Patsy's turn to receive some recognition this came when the April
1996 issue of women's magazine profiled Patsy Ramsey this article of course will
include a lot of her personal information but also a lot of personal information about John and the kids
then in July of 1996 JonBenet won America's Royale tiny Miss the following month she finishes second
and the Sunburst National Pageant this pageant was held in Atlanta Georgia on Saturday November 30th
John Ramsey hosts a surprise 40th birthday party for his wife of 16 years and this is truly a surprise as her
actual birthday is not until December 29th this was a big 40th birthday celebration for Patsy held at The Palace
Hotel in Denver there's a lot of speculation though that she was not looking forward to this time and was
actually very upset about turning 40. then on December 6 during the lights of December parade JonBenet appeared on her
own little Miss Colorado float this is an annual Parade Where Spectators enjoy floats created and decorated by local
businesses churches and Civic groups the parade often includes marching bands fire engines holiday carolers and an
appearance by Santa Claus this takes place in downtown Boulder in 1996 Burke was in this parade as well
on Friday December 13th there's a big holiday party at the Ramsey's home this is attended by more than 150 of their
friends from church so again just pointing out another event at their house with a lot of guests so what we
are quickly learning is this is a house that has many people who have been in and is often opened up to many guests
over just the few years that they have owned the home right four days later on the 17th the six-year-old was crowned
Colorado's Little Miss Christmas this is one of the larger pageants that she has participated in and certainly an
achieving moment and in hindsight really kind of just an eerie weird thing that JonBenet would be
named the 1996 Little Miss Christmas now we don't have a date but I want to make
sure that we include this here there is a report that this took place sometime in December of 96 and this
comes from a statement to law enforcement at some time in December JonBenet tells
a gardener this is Brian Scott about her Father John Ramsey she says I really miss him and I wish he was
around more yeah he's working pretty hard probably traveling a lot it's later reported that his net worth at this time
would be roughly 6.4 million dollars December 20th was a busy day for the Ramses on two fronts one access Graphics
had a luncheon party and a celebration for more than 300 employees at the hotel Boulderado and two JonBenet participates
in a school performance at High Peaks Elementary School Patsy attends the performance the access Graphics luncheon
and the performance at the school are going on at the same time so Patsy is not present for the business celebration
because she is at the school now it's important to keep in mind that one of these events could be tied to
jonbenet's death for any number of reasons truth be told none of us really know for sure here's an excerpt from the
book death of Innocence authored by John and Patsy Ramsey in the book John says early in December 1996 Tom Carson came
to my office John I want you to look at these figures I looked up at him standing at the door with a handful of
papers as best as I can tell we're going to hit the billion dollar sales Mark in a
couple of days it's a big milestone a billion dollars my mouth dropped I know we were close but I didn't think we
were there yet it's on top of us he smiled probably in a couple of days I think we should do something to
celebrate I agreed if for no other reason than to congratulate our employees a billion dollars in sales and 600
employees worldwide was a big milestone for Access graphics one of our public relations people
thought we should also contact the newspaper to announce our success I had a gut reaction that the press
release wasn't a good idea I didn't want that kind of visibility outside of the business
still I agreed since our employees deserved the recognition now I wonder if this publicity might
have attracted the attention of the Killer or further irritated the person if he or she had a grudge against big
business access Graphics or me note John's memory of this party in the book states that the luncheon was held on
December 16th according to the Daily Camera business magazine this celebration was held on December 20th
John did a phone interview regarding the company's success and on December 21st the Daily Camera business magazine
publishes the article on axis Graphics reaching one billion dollars in sales alright so why are we going with
December 20th and not December 16th that's a good question we have a couple of reasons for that one we know that the
luncheon and the school performance occurred on the same day we have statements saying that the performance
the school performance was on the 20th and we also have the fact that the Daily Camera business magazine article comes
out that same year I mean just the day after the party John's book does not come out until
years later and he's going off of memory on December 22nd JonBenet Ramsey is going to be in a beauty pageant in the
Southwest Plaza Mall this is the one that she sings Rocking around the Christmas tree and she has a toy
saxophone sometime in late December the Ramsay family sent out their annual Christmas card with the Ramsay family
updates for their loved ones the 1996 Christmas newsletter reads as follows dear friends and family
it's been another busy year at the Ramsey household I can't believe it's almost over and
time to start again Melinda 24 graduated from Medical College of Georgia and is working and pediatric ICU
at kennystone hospital in Atlanta John Andrew 20. is a sophomore at the University of Colorado
Burke is a busy fourth grader where he really shines in math and spelling he played flag football this fall and is
currently on a basketball bench his little league team was number one he's lost just about all of his baby
teeth so I'm sure we'll be seeing the orthodontist in 1997. JonBenet is enjoying her first year in real school
kindergarten in the core knowledge program is fast paced and five full days a week
she has already been moved ahead to first grade math she continues to enjoy participating in
talent and modeling pageants she was named America's Royale tiny miss last summer and is Colorado's Little
Miss Christmas her teacher says she is so outgoing that she will never have trouble delivering
an oral book report John is always on the go traveling hither and yawn access recently celebrated its one
billion dollar Mark in sales so he's pretty happy he and his crew were underway in the
Port Huron to Mackinac Island yacht race in July if I had to pull out Midway due to lack
of wind can you believe that but his real love is the new old looking boat grand season
which he spent months designing I spend most of my free time working in the school and doing volunteer work
the Charlevoix house was on the home tour in July and will likely appear in one of the Better Homes and Gardens
Publications in 1997. on a recent trip to NYC my friend and I appeared among the throng of fans on The
Today Show Al Roker and Bryant actually talked to us and we were on camera for a few
fleeting moments we are all enjoying continued good health I look forward to seeing you in
1997. one final note thank you to all of my friends and my dear husband for surprising me with the biggest most
outrageous 40th birthday bash I have ever had we'll be spending my actual birthday on
the Disney big red boat over the new year Merry Christmas and much love the Ramses
I I kind of find this whole ritual that people do with the updating of the families it's kind of douchey
well I feel like this is a very upper class typical holiday thing update everybody
with a newsletter I've never and probably will never experience having to put one of these letters
together yeah being just a regular blue collar guy myself what it jumps out to me is that episode of Everybody Loves
Raymond where they write a bunch of really nice stuff about themselves that's not true but here
everything that Patsy and I'm assuming Patsy puts this together as it sounds you know she says I spend most of my
free time it it really points to her upbringing and how polished and Posh she really is
and I everything that she has put here is true and it's just it's just interesting
to see how the other half lives well it just seems like they should get into their douche canoe and paddle down
vanity River I've never lived far from family and friends so maybe this is more common than what I am aware of
on December 23rd this is just two days before Christmas the Ramses hosted a Christmas party with approximately 30
guests attending and with former journalism Professor Bill McReynolds playing Santa Claus
McReynolds was a Ramsay family friend probably one of the more alarming details in this timeline during the
Ramsey's Christmas party at 6 47 PM someone attending the party placed a 9-1-1 call which was answered by police
dispatcher Therese Hillary the caller hung up without saying anything police called back but when
they did no one answered and the call was picked up by the Ramses answering machine
because of this an officer goes to the home at 6 54 pm the officer knocks on the door and is invited in and then
leaves at 7 09 PM this after being assured that there was no emergency this has made people speculate
was the perpetrator of this crime at this party and calling 9-1-1 to see how fast somebody would respond to 9-1-1
call this is one of those items that you you look at it and you just go what is going on here because as you
just pointed out it could mean something very big to this case and to the investigation right if in fact what you
said and what people have speculated toward is true that means the Killer is at this party
or somebody that worked with the Killer is at this party right but you also have
a lot of kids running around is it possible that one of them just picked up the phone and dialed 9-1-1 and then
never confessed to it because they didn't want to get in trouble there is a guest list that you can find
online I have reviewed it myself don't care to go into it here as it sounds quite boring to just read off a list of
names the other thing I question though too Captain is what kind of staff was working this party would we have had
people helping out whether it be Caterers or somebody answering the door valeting cars you know so it could
extend beyond the guest list for whoever called 9-1-1 I'm with you I think that there's a very likely possibility that
with all these kids running around one of the older kids wants to do something funny in front of the
younger kids and calls 9-1-1 you know and gets scared and hangs up well and there's two other things some people
have 9-1-1 on a speed dial so you have people working a party did somebody pick up the phone to call this is 1996. they
don't have cell phones most people don't have cell phones so did somebody work in
the party go to make a call hit the wrong button and it speed dialed 9-1-1 that's something I couldn't find
information from on the internet the other thing to one of my speculations and we'll have to get into this later is
it possible that little JonBenet Ramsey herself called 9-1-1 because something happened at that party
[Music] foreign [Music] we're back cheers mates cheers captain and today we are drinking Citra Noel
happy holiday ale by Columbus Brewing Company this is an American strong ale strong enough for even the best holiday
parties ABV 7.3 garage grade four and a quarter bottle caps out of five thank you to everyone who has donated to the
Beer Fund in 2019 happy holidays and just to be clear about this party we're not for sure it's been reported multiple
ways that the person claimed Santa Claus got a tour of the house from JonBenet Ramsey some people speculate that
happened in 1996 some people say that happened in 1995. so Bill McReynolds was considered a
family friend of the Ramses and someone that he wasn't just somebody that was hired to play Santa Claus they they knew
this man on some level right he had played Santa Claus at their holiday party before and as you said it's a bit
confusing on the stories that you hear even over 20 years later where some people will say JonBenet gave
Bill McReynolds a tour of the home at some point during the party on in 1996 some people say that it may have
happened in 1995. we also have a situation where it is said that JonBenet gave Bill
McReynolds a gift and he would say years later that out of all the times that he played Santa Claus
out of all the parties that he attended as Santa Claus that JonBenet was the only child to give him a gift again he's
receiving this gift a couple days before her death so that's something that obviously would stick out to you other
and the only other gift that he probably ever got was like maybe a stinky lap from some dirty kid on Christmas Eve
December 24th an article appeared in the Daily Camera regarding the Ramsay's Christmas party
apparently this Daily Camera is just watching and Reporting everything going on in the Ramses world
during the day on December 24th JonBenet played at a friend's home this is Megan
costanex house and told Megan's mother Barbara about a secret visit from Santa now this wasn't just her running up and
saying hey Santa's going to visit me there was a discussion had between Megan's mother Barbara and little
JonBenet right Barbara questioned JonBenet as to when Santa was going to pay her this secret
visit because we are on Christmas Eve you can imagine the natural conversation that would be had an adult and a small
child the adult is going to say something to the effect of yes you've been good all year and when you go to
bed tonight Santa's going to visit you and when you wake up you're going to find all your presents under the tree
through this conversation what Barbara would learn is that JonBenet explains to her no I'm not talking about you know
she wasn't talking about the traditional visit from Santa Claus as we all know it
right duh that's already gonna happen she says no this is going to be a secret visit after Christmas and of course at
the time this doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary for Barbara or strange right it would only be until a
few days later that this is really going to set off some alarm bells one that's what's so difficult about this case is
there's so many little points of you can't even call them evidence just points of speculation that could mean
everything or could mean nothing at all the other thing too here Captain is I'm sure there's a lot of people out there
right now that if they did not know of this detail already their mind is immediately jumping to Santa Claus Bill
McReynolds who we just discussed playing Santa Claus at the Ramsay's home on the
23rd I think that's a natural fit we should keep in mind here though how many Christmas events has this
little girl attended just in the recent weeks right how many Santa Clauses did she come into interaction with we talked
about the parade that she attended that she sat on the float the main attraction
was Santa Claus she could have spoke to a Santa Claus there or just somebody dressed as Santa Claus right or a Santa
Claus at the mall or yeah the mall pageant that she attended there was the school event this is the second of the
Ramsey's Christmas parties and who knows how many parties they attended as a family right but let's just say that
she's spent a little more time than some of the kids with the family friend playing Santa and he just casually says
she she might have said something to him like well yeah I know you're going to visit me on Christmas what but what
about after that and he's like oh well I'll I'll pay you a special visit after Christmas
not didn't mean anything but would mean the world to a six-year-old just like the 9-1-1 call that came from the Ramses
home on the 23rd this mention of a secret visit from Santa Claus after Christmas could
mean a lot it could mean nothing at all in regards to the investigation on December 24th later that day the
Ramses attended the Twilight service at St John's Episcopal Church in Boulder Colorado
around 9pm John Ramsey retrieves a brand new silver girls bicycle stored at a neighbor's home this is Joe Barnhill's
garage and he places it under the Christmas tree for JonBenet and then both John and Patsy Ramsey get
stashed Christmas gifts out from their basement it's listed here as the basement area and place these under the
tree as well this is interesting for a few reasons one it shows that at 9 pm on the 24th both a rant both Ramsay adults
both parents went down into the basement to retrieve these hidden Christmas gifts
for the kids right their basement as we mentioned earlier is made up of a series
of rooms there's several small rooms in this basement it's my understanding that
the large room was more of a play area now given the size of this home I don't know that a designated play area means
that it was frequented by the children often or if it was just a once in a while type
thing well their house is very interesting to me because it's so large but it's so blocked off in little
sections it's almost like a maze and also when you see pictures or video footage when they had the little tours
for the houses the Christmas tours their house looks immaculate it looks amazing
but but when you see crime scene photos of the house it looks every room looks like it's in a disarray looks like to me
I would say every room needs to be cleaned every room needs to be organized based off those pictures so it's a it's
a very interesting house couple quick thoughts here before we move on Captain often you know this was a home built in
1927 and often when homes are added to over the years they end up looking like that where it's a it's a lot of smaller
rooms rather than a few giant rooms yeah and I also wondered and I couldn't find
I I know that there's blueprints of this house online and I've found like the top
floors but I couldn't tell the basement and like you said this house has been added on to but a lot of times the
basements aren't added onto so let's say it's a 7 000 square foot home well that
basement only might be 1500 square feet the reason why I pointed out that the basement was a series of rooms as well
as question how often the basement was in actual use by either the parents and or the kids is that my assumption here
is that the parents are hiding the gifts from their kids they could be possibly hiding gifts from
one another as well right but just wanted to point out that on Christmas Eve both parents state that they went
into the basement of that home now I question how often the children would be in the basement because
we're going to have a lot of questions going forward about a very small room that's well tucked away in this basement
don't go down there very often there's no need to hide these gifts to that extent they could have just hid them in
the quote-unquote playroom yeah but it's pretty common knowledge that this room that they quote unquote called The Wine
Cellar is a room that was unfinished it was to be come a wine cellar never happen
and that's often where they would hide gifts because that at least that part of the basement we know that the kids
didn't go to so we we have do we have something stating that the the gifts were hid in this wine cellar
no but what we have from John Ramsey is when he was explaining to the police officers this is you know this is what
we call The Wine Cellar but it's not finished yet it's going to be The Wine Cellar right now it's just used for
storage and sometimes we put presents there for the kids on December 25th 1996 this is around 6 a.m the Ramses wake up
later in an interview Patsy will say it was six-ish probably the Ramses John Patsy Burke and JonBenet will partake in
the normal Christmas morning activities exchanging and opening gifts breakfast and you know Captain I feel like the
Christmas morning cup of coffee is the best one of the year I love when the parents stop everything and say look
we're not opening up anything and so I get my first cup of coffee right right make them wait
at noon John is going to leave the house this is to go and check on the airplane
keep in mind they have a planned flight for early the next morning sometime between 2 and 3 P.M John Ramsey
returns to the home from checking the plane so the family with the exception of John
leaving for a bit this is pretty much just a really great Christmas Day at home now you had touched upon something just
a few minutes ago where you said when you see the crime scene photos that the house is in disarray that it's just a
mess well first off with my standards with two young children in the home and having a
big Christmas I would say a big lavish Christmas because the parents have all kinds of money and they can buy these
children all kinds of stuff one would anticipate to see a mess especially when they're not hosting anything you know
they've already hosted their Christmas get together one would expect to see a mess however I
do want to point out that there were several people close relatives of the Ramses that
stated that the house was kind of always in a mess even though that the house had
a housekeeper and that they had some help that would come in and take care of some things for them the house was
always in a mess this again in part two young children will do that to a home right but messy house messy mind
I also want to point out that in years past we have video footage of the Ramses Christmas on I believe it was 1994 and I
maybe some footage on 95 I don't know if that was released to the public but on 1996 what they claim is I think they
woke up and the battery was dead of the camcorder so that's why they didn't take
a video that day between 5 and 6 PM the Ramses left their house this is all four
of them John Patsy Burke and JonBenet and they are in route for the home of their dear friends Fleet and Priscilla
White this is for a Christmas party I've seen this reported to be as early as 4 P.M but most often it's said to be
in the five o'clock hour now this is your typical Christmas party but at an unknown time
the Ramses leave this party right on the drive home from the party JonBenet and her brother Burke fell asleep in the car
and the Ramses made some stops along the way to drop off gifts this is to Stewart
and Roxy Walker's home and then to Glenn and Susan Stein's house because we don't know exactly what time
they left the party and what time these stops took place we also don't know exactly what time the
Ramses arrived back at their house right they claim it was between 9 and 9 30. we would have several stories about what
would take place once the Ramses arrive at their home one of these stories says that John put
JonBenet Ramsey to bed and then he went and played a game with Burke afterward and eventually Burke goes to bed
the Ramses later reported to the Boulder Police Department officers that JonBenet
Ramsey was last seen by Patsy Ramsey in The Residence at approximately 10 pm according to Boulder Police Department
detective Linda arndt John Ramsey said JonBenet was last seen by him at approximately 2200 hours 10 p.m either
way both of these statements put JonBenet as being last seen in her bed at 10 o'clock right and a lot of people
think how it went down was they get home she's still asleep they don't want to wake her up and John carries her to her
bed that's where he would say good night and then supposedly this is where Patsy Ramsey comes in to
check on her and and says good night to her as well John would tell two Boulder police officers separately that he read
to both children before they went to bed now later he would deny both of those statements yeah because I've I've heard
him say several times that he carried her to bed and she was asleep when he carried her to bed
yeah I just don't know here Captain I could see either of these situations being very likely kids fall asleep in
the car you don't want to wake him up you put them straight to bed it's also Christmas night you know thinking back
to my childhood you remember when you get like something super cool like like a Super Nintendo or really big gift
right and then your parents are like here's your Super Nintendo with a couple of games
oh we gotta leave and go to somebody's Christmas party and you're like the last thing I want to do is leave so the
kitchen yeah they could have still been excited and when they got home either situation
makes makes sense to me what doesn't make sense is that the stories aren't the same or similar enough yeah and I
would say look if you're Burke hey look at the story they both fell asleep on the way home nine-year-old Burke wakes
up and guess what he wants to do he wants to play with one of his cool toys that he got just like you just said
JonBenet Ramsey is she's six years old and think about the amount of stuff she has done she she's been a on in
competitions she's been Prof in performances she's had to be run all over to this family gathering this
friends and family gathering I'm assuming that this six-year-old is wiped out and there is a picture that was just
recent in the last couple years released to the public which is supposedly the last picture of JonBenet
that was ever taken and she looks tired in the picture and that was taken at the
party before they left to go home so and also like I said early claims from John Ramsey this is what happened
later claims from John Ramsey this is what happened I'm going to go with that story around
10 to 10 30 p.m Patsy goes to bed now according to Patsy's statement John goes to bed at 1003 to 10 33 p.m what we're
basing this off of is that Patsy says quote John came to bed shortly thereafter then asked do you recall if it was 15
minutes or a half an hour right Patsy Ramsey says it was probably just a few minutes so we are tacking on three
minutes either way to that statement 1003 to 10 33. John and Patsy both claim that they were not awakened during the
night they're both in bed yeah but I heard it reported somewhere I want to say maybe it was John Douglas that John
Ramsey claims that he took some kind of sleeping aid that night I believe that to be correct
as well as I think that was a pretty regular thing for John Ramsey either way by both accounts we have both of them in
bed between 10 10 30ish 10 33 at the latest yeah I've not seen any reports like growing up when I was a kid my father
would go through and check the windows and check the doors now we didn't live in a 7 000 square foot
house but I wonder if John Ramsey had some kind of routine that he would check the perimeter of the house it has been
said that he did that night and it has been said by people that were close to the family and their housekeeper that
the Ramses were quote good I believe the quote is actually really good about locking their doors
but it's interesting because they're not using their alarm system they have alarm
system but it seems like that was not a common practice for the Ramses it would have been at one time the
problem was or it's been reported as such that having two little kids in the home the children were constantly
setting off the security system which created all these false alarms and anybody that has a security system knows
that those false alarms they start to come with fines that can get fairly fairly steep right fairly quickly from
law enforcement Now we move on to December 26th captain sometime around midnight neighbor Scott
Gibbons says he looked out his kitchen window toward the Ramsey residence and observed
that the upper kitchen lights were on and dimmed low again another one of those things that
could mean something it could mean nothing at all now the whereabouts of John Andrew
Ramsey this is John's son from his first marriage his whereabouts will come into question
so it is important for us to note here that between midnight and 1am at least three people put him at the home of
Lucinda Johnson in Marietta Georgia later he is at another home again in Georgia
just to be perfectly clear here captain these sightings these Alibis for John Andrew Ramsey are 100 percent confirmed
right yeah they were actually cleared by the police which they haven't cleared a lot of people in
this case so for them to clear him that that's important and we have confirmation of people being with John
Andrew Ramsey up until 8 36 A.M at 1am neighbors Andrew Vermeer and Luke Vermeer they went to bed this is after
watching movies they say that before they went to bed all the way up to 1am they did not hear anything
unusual they didn't see anything unusual everything was typical for that time of
night according to Boulder detective Steve Thomas neighbor Melody Stanton says she
heard a scream between midnight and 2 A.M this seems quite interesting to me but I
do want to take this a step further and point out that this same woman did say at the very early stages of the
investigation that she had nothing to offer she did not want to get involved then later she claims that she heard a
scream between the Midnight Hour and approximately 2 am yeah I heard when I heard about these screams is that
they heard some screams multiple screams not just one but they heard multiple screams and thought okay well
surely the the parents of this girl are home because they she thought the screams were from a little girl that the
parents are home and they'll take care of this and that's why they stopped hearing the screams also around 2 A.M I
want to point out that the whites regarding the activity at their friend's Fleet in Priscilla White
everyone including their guest are reported to have gone to bed by 2 am at 5 30 a.m John Ramsey wakes up
the family planned to get up early that morning because they were to fly to Charlevoix Michigan for a family
vacation Patsy Ramsey got up quote a few minutes later while Mr Ramsey took a shower Mrs Ramsey
put back on the same outfit she had on the night before she put on some makeup and she went down
to the second floor and then went down the spiral stairs to the kitchen now there's two different versions of
this story there is one that states that she went to check on JonBenet on her way
downstairs and JonBenet was not there right the other story says that she went she attempted to go straight down to the
ground level floor now either way they're on the spiral stairs she found on a step near the bottom of
these stairs she discovered a handwritten note on three sheets of paper laid out side by
side that indicated that JonBenet had been kidnapped Patsy Ramsey told detective
aren't that she found a note at the bottom of the staircase at approximately 5 45 AM
she says she read only a few lines stating that JonBenet was kidnapped but safe and unharmed and demanding 118
thousand dollars for her return Mrs Ramsey immediately screamed and then ran to check jonbenet's room which she
found to be empty after hearing Mrs Ramsey scream John Ramsey ran downstairs and met Patsy
Ramsey in the stairwell together they checked on Burke who appeared to be asleep in his room
John Ramsey then went downstairs to read The Ransom note he told Patsy to call the police 9-1-1 logged the call at 5 52
A.M oh [Applause] how old is your daughter she's gone six years old how long ago was it I don't know
each other [Music] I don't know there's a ransom note here it's a ransom though it says it's BTC
victory [Applause] foreign [Applause] do you know how long she's been gone please we just got out the machine right
here oh my God please okay I am honey please take a deep breath away okay hurry hurry
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Brief Summary

The episode details JonBenet Ramsey's life, family background, and the events leading to her tragic murder.

Key points

Little Miss Colorado. JonBenet Ramsey wins the title of Little Miss Colorado, showcasing her early fame.
The 911 Call Mystery. A mysterious 911 call made during the Ramsey's Christmas party raises questions about the night.
JonBenet's Gift to Santa. JonBenet was the only child to give Bill McReynolds a gift, a poignant detail before her death.
The Secret Santa Visit. JonBenet mentioned a secret visit from Santa, raising questions about its significance.
Contrasting Appearances. The Ramsey home appeared immaculate, but crime scene photos revealed a different reality.
Household Chaos. Despite having help, the Ramsey home was often messy, raising questions about their lifestyle.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

There would be very few little girls as famous as blonde six-year-old JonBenet.

Highlighting JonBenet's unusual fame at a young age.

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