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Nearly 15 years ago, I was recruited by the Globe tabloid to investigate the murder of JonBenet Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado.My story was chronicled in Lawrence Schiller's New York Times bestseller, "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town," which featured my tale as a cub reporter immersed in the most sensational child murder case in American history.During my time on the JonBenet Ramsey case, I tracked down the origin of the murder weapon, infiltrated the Ramsey's church, spent nights tracking intruder suspects, worked for the Boulder Police Department as a confidential informant, had secret conversations with District Attorney Alex Hunter, and made presentations to the F.B.I. I even became acquainted with John and Patsy Ramsey.For several years, I secretly hoped I could prove the Ramseys were innocent. Not only did I feel compassion for them in the wake of relentless media attacks, my interaction with them forced me to recognize them as real people instead of mere names in newspaper print.In 20...
New DNA evidence clears family in child beauty queen's 1996 death
The American suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey killing was articulate and polite but was dismissed as an English teacher at a prestigious Bangkok school for being too s...
This week, Charlie Brennan of the Boulder Daily Camera reported that a 1999 Boulder grand jury voted to indict John and Patsy Ramsey for the death of their 6-year ol...
A new book by a lead investigator in the JonBenet Ramsey murder puts forward a new theory: There was no intruder in the home where a wealthy Colorado couple's six-ye...
John Ramsey ( search ) said Monday he is confident the killer of his daughter, JonBenet, will be found.JonBenet Ramsey ( search ) was found strangled in the basement...
The Colorado grand jury probing the death of JonBenet Ramsey voted to indict the murdered 6-year-old beauty queen's parents more than a decade ago, although prosecut...
We have learned, over the years, to suspect the closest — the mother, the father, the boyfriend, even the children. Susan Smith, Andrea Yates, Scott Peterson and so ...
It's Time for the FBI to Take Over the JonBenet CaseTuesday, December 26, 2006By Jeffrey Scott ShapiroE-Mail Respond Print Share: APJonBenet RamseyIt has been 10 yea...
As the world now knows, 41-year-old John Karr says he killed JonBenet Ramsey , six years old, but didn't mean it. However, KGO, the ABC affiliate in San Francisco, r...
Questions Surround Confessed JonBenet Slaying SuspectFriday, August 18, 2006PrintBOULDER, Colo. It's likely John Mark Karr will be extradited to the United States...
Prosecutors Will Not Charge Karr With JonBenet Murder; DNA Not a MatchTuesday, August 29, 2006PrintBOULDER, Colo. Prosecutors abruptly dropped their case Monday a...
Mother of JonBenet Ramsey Laid to Rest Beside Slain DaughterThursday, June 29, 2006E-Mail Print Share:ROSWELL, Ga. Patsy Ramsey , thrust into a national spotligh...
It's likely John Mark Karr will be extradited to the United States within the next few days, but what charges the man who claims he accidentally strangled to death 6...
Patsy Ramsey , thrust into a national spotlight by the unsolved 1996 slaying of her 6-year-old daughter, was remembered Thursday for her strength after JonBenet's mu...
In his first remarks since reports surfaced that a grand jury voted to indict him and his wife for child abuse resulting in the death of his daughter JonBenet, John ...
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Suspect Arrested in JonBenet Ramsey MurderThursday, August 17, 2006PrintBOULDER, Colo. A former schoolteacher was arrested Wednesday in Thailand in the slaying of...
Raw Data: District Attorney's Statement in JonBenet Ramsey Murder CaseThursday, August 17, 2006PrintTranscript of the statement from Mary Lacy, the Boulder County di...
The father of JonBenet Ramsey is making a public plea for help in finding his daughter's killer 13 years after she was found strangled in the basement of her family'...