JonBenét Ramsey — The Unsolved Mystery
“I want to be a doctor or a nurse to help people get well.” — JonBenét Ramsey.
It was Christmas 1996, when a panicked phone call was made from the residence of Patsy and John Ramsey to 911 emergency services, stating their daughter, JonBenét was missing.
At the time of this case, the 24-hour news cycle was not as immediate as it is today, and with it being the week between Christmas and New Year, stories were notoriously slow in breaking. But in the case of a young, white pageant girl, from an opulent family, the news was picked up quickly by the outlets of the day and rapidly travelled to all corners of the globe. What followed became one of the most notorious and unsolved cases of modern times.
The Ramsey family
On the 6th August 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia, JonBenét was born to parents Patsy and John Ramsey. With her mother’s training, JonBenét started to compete in children’s beauty contests from an early age, winning multiple titles including Little Miss Colorado Sunburst in 1995.
Patsy Ramsey, born Patricia Paugh in 1956, was a former pageant performer herself, winning Miss West Virginia in 1977. Attending West Virginia University, Patsy graduated with a B.A in Journalism in 1978. Two years later, Patsy married…
