The JonBenet Ramsey case is a tragic one. Not only is it still unsolved, but after so many years her mother tragically died of cancer without her knowing what really happened to her daughter. I feel for John and Burke Ramsey the two left behind in the wake of this terrible event.
If I were a journalist and was presented the dossier of a suspect being questioned repeatedly about JonBenet Ramsey's murder, I would need to know a few things before I would report it. I would want to know what kind of evidence the police had. Most importantly if they had DNA evidence. We know that the last person arrested for her murder, John Mark Karr, caused a media fiasco and tests ultimately showed his DNA did not match the evidence found at the crime scene. Without DNA this is a story that simply should not reach the light of day. It has become over the years such a media spectacle and to report it without hard evidence such as DNA would be an embarrassment to the journalist as well as the paper. Most importantly, the family has been through enough tragedy to where journalists owe it to the family to get the story right this time.
NB C-notes
14 years ago
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Good post, but why is it no one dares asks why the media went with such gusto after a woman who could pass the old Miss West Virginia background check and a man who served his country as a Navy fighter pilot during the Vietnam war era and whose father was a WWII ace? This was way beyond a ratings grab to be sure.
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