Sneak peek: The Search for JonBenét's Killer | Forensic Files

911 emergency please what's going on there ma' we [Applause] kidnapping H please explain to me what's
going on okay there we have a there's a not left our daughter's gone a note was left and your daughter
is gone how old is your daughter 6 years old she's gone years old she is Forever Frozen in Time John Benet
ramsy six years old dressed for a beauty pageant and we still don't know who killed her the day after Christmas in
1996 John Benet was reported missing with a rambling Ransom note left at the scene several hours later she was found
dead in her own home bludgeoned and strangled it was a media sensation suspicion on her parents John and paty
Ramsey the couple was never charged but early on there was a police theory that py ramsy may have killed her daughter in
a fit of rage over bed wedding and then covered it up now in his 80s John Ramsey
is still trying to clear his and paty's names finding the killer isn't going to change my life at this point but it will
change the lives of my children and my grand children This Cloud needs to be removed from our family's head and
this chapter closed for their benefit so there is an answer I'll have more from that interview later but first a time
capsule a look back at how 48 Hours covered the story in 2002 if our DNA matched anything
significant they would have arrested US in a New York minute take a look at this
I did not kill my child 48 Hours investigates has obtained the police interrogation tapes of John and paty
Ramsey never made public until tonight I don't give a flying flip house scientific go back to the damn drawing
board Aaron morard heads up our six-month investigation I don't think the Ramsey's did
and I think they ought to start looking for people that did 48 Hours investigates searching for a killer

Is there new hope to solve the murder of JonBenét Ramsey? Her father says there's a way. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports Saturday, Dec. 21 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+

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Brief Summary

JonBenét Ramsey's murder remains unsolved; her father seeks closure for the family.

Key points

The Tragic Case of JonBenét Ramsey. JonBenét Ramsey was reported missing in 1996, leading to a sensational investigation.
John Ramsey's Ongoing Struggle. Now in his 80s, John Ramsey seeks to clear his family's name.
Revelations from the Interrogation Tapes. 48 Hours investigates the previously unreleased police interrogation tapes of the Ramseys.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

This Cloud needs to be removed from our family's head.

John Ramsey discussing the impact of the case on his family.

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