First on Fox: John Ramsey is believed to be Jon Bennett Ramsey’s father. The unsolved murder case of his daughter in 1996 There may be a possible connection to a separate, unsolved 1997 assault case involving a victim who attended the same dance studio as Jon Bennett.
Twenty-eight years have passed. 6-year-old Jon Bennett She was strangled to death in her family’s Boulder, Colorado basement the day after Christmas in 1996, and authorities have yet to identify the person who killed her.
Since the release of a new Netflix documentary about his murder, “Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey,” another case of an attack on a girl who attended JonBenét’s dance studio has received renewed attention. .
“Well, I think there’s a very strong indication that there’s possibly a connection,” John Ramsey told Fox News Digital. “The police initially blew it off, and to my knowledge, never looked at it as an option. The police chief at the time said, ‘Well, it’s not the same because in the other incident this little girl was killed.’ “There was no murder.”
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Ramsey added his belief that “it is likely that it was the same person.”
On September 14, 1997, an unknown suspect broke into the girl’s home – just two miles from Ramsey’s – that evening and attacked her in her bedroom. did, but the victim’s mother heard the whispers and confronted the assailant, who ran out her daughter’s window. As In 2004, 48 hours were reported.
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The Ramsey family’s former home is seen on August 16, 2006 in Boulder, Colo. (Reuters/Mark Leffingwell)
“I think he entered the house while they were out and hid inside the house, so he must have been hiding there for four to six hours,” the victim’s father told 48 Hours at the time.
The victim’s father himself noted similarities to the Ramsey case.
Jon Bennett Ramsey (Polaris/Discovery+)
“The first thing that occurred to us was that this was a parallel to the Ramsey case, because it was the exact same situation,” the girl’s father told “48 Hours.” “I think someone, somewhere, drew a bead on it. Obviously we were put under surveillance that we didn’t know about.”
John Ramsey said he believed “the man’s modus operandi was the same” in both incidents.
“I believe he was at our house when we got home from going out to eat with friends with the kids,” Ramsey said of her daughter’s killer. “We went to bed, and he waited until we were asleep and attacked Jon Bennett. Otherwise, the parents had gone out. They came home, and they set off the burglar alarm. . And the mother heard a noise, and finally went into the child’s bedroom, and there was a man standing over his bed, so that man was in the house because he had set off the burglar alarm.”
While some have pointed to similarities between the two incidents, Boulder police have previously said there is no connection between the two incidents.
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An autopsy performed in 1996 revealed that Jon Bennett died of strangulation and head injuries. (CrimeCon)
“A report published this morning in the Dallas Morning News raises the possibility that The Murder of Jon Bent Ramsey It is related to the unsolved sexual assault of a 14-year-old Boulder girl that occurred nine months later in September 1997. Chief Mark Beckner said Boulder police have known about the case for two years and had previously seen sexual assaults associated with it. Ramsey’s murder,” Boulder police said An August 1, 2000, update. “Although there are some similarities between the two cases, detectives have not found a definite connection at this time.”
Beckner said at the time that the two cases had more differences than similarities, according to the update.
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“However, in this line of work, you don’t rule anything out until you answer all the questions,” he said at the time. “I don’t want to do anything that could possibly jeopardize that opportunity to talk with parents.”
Boulder Police A possible link between the two cases has not been identified since.
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Scanned photo of JonBenet Ramsey from John Ramsey’s personal Ramsey family collection (Discovery+)
BPD Chief Stephen Redfern is the fifth police chief to be prosecuted since 1996, and was officially appointed in September after serving on an interim basis. Chief of the Boulder Police Department Starting in January. BPD detectives have followed up on more than 21,000 tips, emails and letters and traveled to 19 states to interview or speak with more than a thousand people in connection with the case.
“Jon Bennett’s murder was an unspeakable crime and this tragedy has never left our hearts,” Redfearn said in a November statement reflecting on the 28 years since Jon Bennett’s murder. “We are committed to following up on every lead and we continue to work closely with DNA experts and our law enforcement partners across the country until this tragic case is solved. The investigation will always be a priority for the Boulder Police Department.”
Jon Bennet Ramsey, OK. (Ramsey Family)
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Local authorities have partnered with federal authorities — including the FBI — and DNA experts from around the country, according to a November update from the department.
Authorities have sifted through 2,500 pieces of evidence and nearly 40,000 reports documenting the investigation, which spans more than a million pages. According to Redfearn, the Colorado Cold Case Review Team also provided BPD with a list of recommendations for the department.