The JonBenét Ramsey case has taken one other wild flip following Netflix’s Chilly Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey documentary.
Chatting with the Each day Mail, JonBenet’s father, John Ramsey, mentioned he obtained a letter from a girl claiming her ex-husband killed his daughter. The letter got here within the wake of the Netflix doc, which premiered on Monday, November 25.
“Based mostly on all this publicity, lately I obtained a letter from a woman saying, ‘My ex-husband’s the killer, and I’ve stored this inside for so long as I can – please, please name me,’” John instructed the outlet.
He mentioned he instantly adopted up on the tip however has but to listen to again from the thriller sender. ‘We reached out to her, however she didn’t reply the telephone, so I don’t know,” John added. “We’ve shared, at this level, with a non-public investigator.”
It’s unclear whether or not the letter included the title or whereabouts of the accused ex-husband.
Netflix’s three-part docuseries tells the story of JonBenét, who was brutally murdered within the Ramseys’ dwelling in December 1996. She was discovered within the basement with a fracture to her cranium and indicators of being strangled. She additionally confirmed indicators of being sexually assaulted.
On the time, John and his spouse Patsy Ramsey got here beneath suspicion, although neither of them had been ever charged. In 2008, then-District Lawyer Mary Lacy publicly apologized to the household, noting that proof had cleared John and Patsy and JonBenét’s brother Burke (who was 9 on the time of the homicide). Patsy died in 2006 from ovarian most cancers.
John is featured within the docuseries, the place he recounts the day he found his murdered daughter. He additionally talks about what he believes had been errors made by the Boulder, Colorado, police. John is urging the police to offer the go-ahead for brand new DNA testing, which he believes may tie to an intruder who had reportedly damaged right into a home simply two miles from the Ramseys and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old woman.
“To me, it may simply have been the identical particular person,” John instructed Individuals final month. “I feel the strategy of operation was precisely the identical.”
John instructed the Each day Mail he stays skeptical of the brand new info after having his hopes dashed previously. He additionally mentioned fixing the case “is just not going to vary my life at this level – I simply turned 81 – but it surely’ll change my youngsters’s lives, my grandchildren’s lives.”
“They should have this cloud eliminated, clarified, and a solution. That’s why we’re pushing so arduous to get a solution,” he added.
Chilly Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey, Streaming, Netflix
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