Profiling JonBenét Ramsey's Murder

BY Gregg McCrary

Other Items Found

Other items specific to behavioral analysis include:
The incident occurred at night and on a holiday
The incident occurred in the victim's home
The victim had been covered with a blanket
The victim had been sexually violated
The victim was both strangled and bludgeoned, with the bludgeoning occurring afterward
An unused nightgown lay near the victim's body
The victim was last seen in her second-floor bedroom in a large, four-story house
The other three members of the family had reported hearing nothing
The stick used for the garrote had been grabbed from a nearby box, not brought to the scene
Knowledge that the window was broken (if that was the point of access) because it was covered by a grate
No sign of forced entry (even at this broken window), no footprints in melting snow outside
Pattern injuries on the body resembling those from a stun gun

Injuries on the body resembling those of a stun gun.

The wine cellar is a difficult room to find so, familiarity with house layout
Seemingly disguised printing for the ransom note
Practice note, and possibly the start of a second practice note
Language of the ransom note
Practicing and writing the note inside the home, with materials found there
Leaving a note although victim is dead and left inside home to be found
Statements given by the parents/the 911 call
Behavior of the parents during investigation immediate representation by attorneys, the decision to first search the basement, the father's ability to see a child's body in the dark when another searcher had not, the removal of a number of items from JonBenet's room and clothing from the home

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