The place Are JonBenét Ramsey’s Mother and father and Siblings Now?

The homicide of JonBenét Ramsey in December 1996 nonetheless haunts her surviving members of the family practically 30 years later.

The pageant queen was simply 6 years previous when she was discovered useless in her Boulder, Colo., dwelling the day after Christmas in 1996. Whereas the late 1995 Little Miss Colorado was used to consideration from audiences, within the aftermath of her homicide, it was her household who had been thrust into the highlight.

JonBenét’s mom, Patsy, and father, John Ramsey, in addition to her half-brother John Andrew and brother Burke Ramsey, had been all put below a microscope by investigators in addition to the general public within the seek for solutions about her demise.

In 1999, a grand jury voted to indict John and Patsy Ramsey on costs of kid abuse leading to demise and being equipment to a criminal offense, however they had been later cleared of any legal involvement. JonBenét’s killer has but to be discovered, although investigators and her household are hopeful that DNA proof might establish a suspect ultimately.

Now, the unsolved case is being thrown into the highlight but once more by way of Netflix’s three-part docuseries, Chilly Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey, which is able to premiere on Nov. 25. Forward of the docuseries’ launch, John instructed PEOPLE in an unique interview that he’s hopeful his daughter’s case “will probably be solved.”

Since then, JonBenét’s members of the family have every tried to maneuver on whereas nonetheless making an attempt to get justice for the budding little one mannequin that they misplaced too quickly. Discover out the place JonBenét Ramsey’s mother and father and siblings are actually.

What occurred to JonBenét Ramsey?

At 5 a.m. on Dec. 26, 1996, Patsy discovered a ransom word on the steps of the household’s Boulder dwelling purportedly “from a small international faction,” saying that JonBenét had been kidnapped. The word, written with a Sharpie on a pad from the Ramsey dwelling, demanded $118,000, the precise quantity that John just lately was paid in a bonus from his job as a pc govt, and mentioned to anticipate a name from the abductor. Patsy known as 911 and reported that JonBenét had been kidnapped.

Native officers and FBI brokers from Denver arrived shortly afterward, however no name got here. There have been no indicators of compelled entry on the Ramseys’ property or of their dwelling.

After police left to acquire a search warrant, round 2 p.m., John and an unidentified household buddy discovered JonBenét’s physique in a windowless room of their basement. She had duct tape over her mouth and a garrote round her neck. She’d been struck over the top and strangled and confirmed indicators of potential sexual abuse.

What occurred to JonBenét’s mother and father and siblings following her demise?

JonBenét’s homicide stays unsolved, however a number of suspects and individuals of curiosity have emerged by way of the years, starting together with her mother and father and brother Burke.

After a 12 months of secret testimony, a grand jury voted to indict Patsy and John on costs of kid abuse leading to demise and being equipment to a criminal offense. The grand jury dominated on the time that the pageant princess’ mother and father “unlawfully, knowingly, recklessly and feloniously [permitted] a toddler to be unreasonably positioned in a scenario which posed a menace of damage to the kid’s life or well being.” The Boulder County prosecutor declined to pursue legal costs in opposition to the couple and Burke, nonetheless, saying the proof wasn’t compelling sufficient to implicate them.

In 2008, then-D.A. Mary Lacy cleared Patsy, John and Burke of any involvement within the homicide.

“The match of male DNA on two separate gadgets of clothes worn by the sufferer on the time of the homicide makes it clear to us that an unknown male dealt with these things,” Lacy mentioned in an announcement addressed to the Ramseys. “To the extent that we might have contributed in any strategy to the general public notion that you just may need been concerned on this crime, I’m deeply sorry.”

In 2016, prosecutor Stan Garrett instructed PEOPLE that he did not imagine the Ramseys needs to be thought-about exonerated, however that they nonetheless have the presumption of innocence.

In December 2021, police instructed PEOPLE that they’d “acquired, reviewed or investigated greater than 21,016 ideas, letters and emails and detectives have traveled to 19 states to interview or communicate with greater than 1,000 people in connection to this crime.”

When did Patsy Ramsey die?

Within the years that adopted JonBenét’s homicide, the Ramseys moved to Atlanta and Patsy underwent remedy for ovarian most cancers, which she’d beforehand endured years prior. She died from ovarian most cancers in 2006, two years earlier than she and John had been cleared of wrongdoing of their daughter’s demise.

The place is Burke Ramsey now?

In 2012, John instructed PEOPLE that Burke, then 25, labored as a software program engineer, had a girlfriend and lived a typically quiet life. Describing his son as “fairly quiet,” he famous, “He is definitely matured. He is received a 401(okay) plan and an IRA, and he did all of it on his personal.”

In September 2016, Burke spoke publicly about JonBenét’s homicide on Dr. Phil, telling Dr. Phil McGraw that he is aware of some individuals suppose he or his mother and father killed his youthful sister. He and his mother and father have at all times maintained their innocence.

Burke additionally mentioned that when police arrived at his household dwelling after Patsy known as 911, he did not depart his bed room and initially did not imagine that JonBenét died when John broke the information to him, pondering his little sister was simply “hiding someplace.” He mentioned he thinks a “pedophile from the pageant circuit” killed JonBenét and that they might have entered the house whereas the household was out on Christmas Day.

Later that month, CBS aired a particular titled The Case Of: JonBenét Ramsey that floated the idea that Burke hit JonBenét with a flashlight, unintentionally killing her, and that his mother and father aided in protecting up his guilt. The investigative group within the present pointed to Burke’s demeanor throughout questioning on Dr. Phil as an indicator of his guilt, a degree with which different consultants took problem.

Authorized analyst Scott Robinson instructed PEOPLE, “I am astonished on the conclusions that folks could make about somebody’s guilt or innocence based mostly on an interview they see on tv. He was awkward and did not present a lot emotion, however that does not essentially imply something.”

That December, Burke sued Dr. Werner Spitz and different consultants featured within the particular for $150 million, citing defamation, in addition to CBS for $750 million. In January 2019, the Related Press reported that Burke and CBS settled the lawsuit, although the small print weren’t disclosed.

The place is John Andrew Ramsey now?

JonBenét’s older half-brother, John Andrew Ramsey, has been vocal about his sister’s case through the years and expressed criticism of the Boulder Police Division’s dealing with of the pageant star’s homicide. Nonetheless, he’s hopeful that DNA proof will support find the killer.

Describing himself as “a numbers man,” he instructed Westword in July 2023, “A simple approach to enhance the chances [of catching JonBenét’s killer] is to establish and examine any little one intercourse offenders dwelling in Boulder in 1996. To additional slim the sector, we’re searching for a really uncommon breed of pedophile. A sadistic pedophile. A creature so craven they acquire pleasure by torturing and very often killing younger kids.”

The place is John Ramsey now?

After Patsy’s demise, John briefly dated Natalee Holloway’s mom, Beth Twitty. In 2011, he married his third spouse, designer Jan Rousseaux.

As of 2016, John and Jan break up their time between Michigan (the place the Ramseys moved when Burke was in highschool) and Las Vegas.

Chatting with PEOPLE in 2024, John claimed the reply to his daughter’s homicide might already be within the arms of the police. Nevertheless, Boulder police have not accredited the DNA testing of genetic materials left on the garrote used to strangle JonBenét and different gadgets on the crime scene.

“We’re begging the police to have interaction,” Ramsey mentioned. “There are cutting-edge DNA labs that wish to assist and who imagine they will transfer the case ahead.” 

He added of his daughter’s case: “If it stays within the arms of the Boulder Police, it is not going to be solved, interval. In the event that they settle for assist, all the assistance that is on the market, that is obtainable and provided, it will likely be solved. Sure, I imagine it will likely be solved.”