JonBenét Ramsey | |
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Born |
JonBenét Patricia Ramsey August 6, 1990 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Died | December 25 or 26, 1996 (aged 6) Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
Cause of death |
Asphyxia by strangulation Craniocerebral trauma |
Body discovered | Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
Resting place |
St. James Episcopal Cemetery Marietta, Georgia, U.S. 33°57′18″N 84°33′23″W / 33.95501°N 84.55637°W |
Parent(s) |
John Bennett Ramsey (father) Patsy Paugh (mother) |
JonBenét Patricia Ramsey (/ˌdʒɒnbəˈneɪ pəˈtrɪʃə ˈræmzi/; August 6, 1990 – December 25 or 26, 1996) was an American child beauty pageant queen who was killed in her family's home in Boulder, Colorado, on the night of December 25–26, 1996, at the age of six. A lengthy ransom note was found in the house, and her father, John Ramsey, found JonBenét's body in the basement of their house about eight hours after she was reported missing. She sustained a broken skull from a blow to the head and had been strangled; a garrote was found tied around her neck. The autopsy report stated that the official cause of death was "asphyxia by strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma". Her death was classified as a homicide. The case generated nationwide public and media interest, in part because her mother Patsy Ramsey (herself a former beauty queen) had entered JonBenét in a series of child beauty pageants. The case still remains an open investigation with the Boulder Police Department.