The Bloodstained Tiara

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  • JonBenet
  • was
  • reported
  • missing
  • Dec.
  • 26,
  • 1996,
  • in
  • a
  • frantic
  • 5:52
  • a.m.
  • 911
  • call
  • in
  • which
  • Patsy
  • Ramsey
  • told
  • Boulder
  • police
  • she'd
  • found
  • a
  • ransom
  • note
  • demanding
  • the
  • head-scratching
  • figure
  • of
  • $118,000
  • for
  • her
  • daughter's
  • safe
  • return.Instead
  • of
  • paying
  • a
  • ransom
  • and
  • getting
  • their
  • daughter
  • returned,
  • JonBenét’s
  • lifeless
  • body
  • was
  • discovered
  • early
  • that
  • afternoon
  • in
  • a
  • little-used
  • room
  • of
  • the
  • family's
  • cellar
  • by
  • her
  • father
  • and
  • a
  • family
  • friend.JonBenet
  • was
  • discovered
  • with
  • tape
  • across
  • her
  • mouth,
  • a
  • ligature
  • buried
  • deep
  • in
  • the
  • skin
  • of
  • her
  • neck
  • through
  • use
  • of
  • a
  • garrote
  • fashioned
  • from
  • cord
  • and
  • a
  • broken
  • paintbrush
  • taken
  • from
  • her
  • mother's
  • art
  • supplies.
  • Some
  • of
  • the
  • same
  • cord
  • was
  • loosely
  • bound
  • around
  • her
  • right
  • wrist.
  • Not
  • noticed
  • until
  • the
  • autopsy
  • was
  • that
  • she'd
  • also
  • suffered
  • a
  • linear
  • fracture
  • to
  • the
  • right
  • side
  • of
  • her
  • skull,
  • likely
  • the
  • result
  • of
  • a
  • single
  • blow
  • from
  • a
  • blunt
  • object.
  • And
  • some
  • believe
  • that
  • she
  • was
  • sexually
  • abused. So
  • many
  • interpretations
  • have
  • been
  • advanced
  • over
  • time
  • of
  • the
  • forensic
  • evidence
  • in
  • this
  • case,
  • made
  • only
  • worst
  • by
  • a
  • highly
  • contaminated
  • crime
  • scene.
  • It
  • quickly
  • came
  • to
  • resemble
  • a
  • criminalist's
  • darkest
  • nightmare,
  • each
  • piece
  • of
  • the
  • puzzle
  • easily
  • lending
  • itself
  • to
  • the
  • perspective
  • of
  • the
  • person
  • reviewing
  • it.We
  • will
  • look
  • beyond
  • the
  • facts
  • of
  • the
  • crime
  • as
  • they
  • became
  • known
  • in
  • the
  • days
  • immediately
  • following
  • the
  • discovery
  • of
  • her
  • murder,
  • we
  • will
  • also
  • examine
  • the
  • behavior
  • of
  • JonBenét’s
  • parents,
  • viewed
  • as
  • unusual
  • by
  • police
  • and
  • by
  • the
  • public
  • at large.
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