June 4: The Ramseys' attorney says DNA found in JonBenet's underwear did not match any samples in an FBI database of convicted violent offenders. June: Retired detective Tom Bennett is hired by the Boulder District Attorney's Office to lead a refocused investigation. March 31: A federal judge in Atlanta concludes that the weight of the evidence is more consistent with the intruder theory than with the theory that Patsy Ramsey killed JonBenet.Īpril 7: Keenan issues a statement agreeing with the judge. 20: New District Attorney Mary Keenan takes over investigation and promises a fresh look. 13: District attorney says no indictments will be issued, cites a lack of sufficient evidence.ĭec. JonBenet's brother Burke, 9 at the time of her death, is interviewed for six hours. June 23-25: Ramseys are questioned by police, their first interviews in more than a year. 10: Police Chief Tom Koby admits mistakes made early in the case. John Ramsey later files his own suit against CBS in Michigan state court.Oct. Burke had filed a separate defamation lawsuit against Spitz in October, stemming from a comment the doctor made during a radio interview. JanuThe Boulder Daily Camera reports that in 1999 the grand jury voted to indict John and Patsy Ramsey on charges of child abuse resulting in death, but Hunter decided there was not enough evidence to file charges and did not sign the indictment.ĭecemAfter CBS airs a docu-series about the case suggesting that JonBenét's brother, Burke Ramsey, may have been the culprit, Burke files a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the network, the production company that made the documentary and one of the experts featured in the special, Dr. OctoPolice investigators conduct new rounds of interviews.
JBoulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy says no one in the Ramsey family is considered a suspect and formally apologizes in a letter to John Ramsey.įebruary 2009 - The Boulder Police Department resumes its status as the lead agency investigating the case. Prosecutors later drop the case after DNA tests fail to link him to the crime scene. Karr allegedly told an American investigator that he drugged JonBenét and sexually assaulted her before accidentally killing her. JPatsy Ramsey, age 49, dies of ovarian cancer.ĪugOfficials announce that 41-year-old John Mark Karr has been arrested in Bangkok, Thailand as a suspect in the case. OctoBoulder County District Attorney Alex Hunter states that no indictments will be issued due to a lack of evidence in the case.ĭecember 2003 - A new DNA sample is submitted to the FBI database in the hope of finding new leads. JanuJonBenét's parents decline to participate in a second interview with detectives, saying that they won't cooperate unless police allow them to review evidence in the case. JanuReports reveal that JonBenét's skull had been fractured.ĪpPolice conduct their first formal interviews with John and Patsy Ramsey.ĭecember 1997 - Boulder police say John and Patsy Ramsey remain under "an umbrella of suspicion." JonBenét's mother, Patsy, says she found a ransom note demanding $118,000 for JonBenét's return. Her body is found in her basement that same day. She is buried in Marietta, Georgia, beside her mother, who died from ovarian cancer in 2006, and her half-sister Elizabeth Ramsey, who died in a car crash in 1992.ĭecemJonBenét is murdered in her Boulder, Colorado, home. She won the following beauty pageants - Little Miss Colorado, Little Miss Charlevoix, Colorado State All-Star Kids Cover Girl, America's Royale Miss, and National Tiny Miss Beauty. JonBenét was named after her father, John Bennett Ramsey, and her name is pronounced in a French style. Siblings: Burke Ramsey John Andrew Ramsey, (half-brother) Melinda Ramsey Long, (half-sister) Elizabeth Ramsey, (half-sister), died in 1992 at age 22 Parents: John and Patricia "Patsy" Ramsey