Argumentative Essay On The Murder Of Patsy Ramsey

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Emma Reyes
Mrs. Ouellette
Honors Junior English
16 May 2023
The Beauty Pageant Mystery Kidnap. Child. Murder. Three words a parent never would want to hear. It is a parent’s nightmare to hear that their child is dead and that they will never see them again. Unfortunately for the Ramsey family, their worst nightmare came true on the morning of December 26, 1996. As Patsy Ramsey woke up early that December morning, she assumed it would be like any other day. She’d wake up, make a cup of coffee, and wait for her children to leave their bedrooms. However, she never got the chance to make her coffee because she found something much worse. A three-page note was left on their spiral staircase, a ransom note. It demanded $118,000.00 or else six-year-old, …show more content…

Police put them under heavy observation since the family refused to talk to them at first. The Ramseys were under such heavy suspects that in 1999, a grand jury almost indicted Jonbenét’s parents on charges of child abuse. However, there was not enough evidence to support it. (The Tragic Murder 00:07:14-00:07:26). Evidently, JonBenét was strangled and beaten in the basement of her home. Someone like Patsy or John could have strangled their daughter since the weapon used to do so was handmade inside their home. A broken paintbrush and rope were used together to make a garrote and kill JonBenét. During the investigation, it was found that the paintbrush was taken from Patsy's craft kit. Not only that, there were fibers stuck on the tape that belonged to Patsy (Inside the Day 00:03:09-00:03:46). Furthermore, when police asked John to see if anything was missing, he decided to check the basement first, which just so happened to be where JonBenét was killed. Unfortunately for the investigation, much of the evidence found was contaminated, especially when John took the tape off JonBenét’s mouth and brought her up the stairs (JonBenét Ramsey). Based on this evidence, I believe that Patsy and John both had something to do with the murder of JonBenét. The fact that the items used to physically hurt JonBenét were from Patsy, and John knew exactly where to look first, cannot be a

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