The Bloodstained Tiara
David Pietras
- 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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