- #TIME LINE OF THE JONBENET RAMSEY CASE SERIAL#
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#TIME LINE OF THE JONBENET RAMSEY CASE TV#
But on TV it was kickstarted, with a bang and several burps, by The Jinx, the 2015 docuseries that focused on alleged killer Robert Durst.
#TIME LINE OF THE JONBENET RAMSEY CASE SERIAL#
The current chapter in our country’s long obsession with true crime began in late 2014 with the popularity of Sarah Koenig’s Serial podcast. With more of these kinds of true-crime sagas coming to television, I worry that this signals a tipping point for the genre that, if left unchecked, could send it careening toward the totally grotesque. Simpson: American Crime Story, The Case Of: JonBenét Ramsey sunk to a new low for this genre and flat-out ignored the qualities that made those aforementioned shows so excellent. But in its attempt to ride the wave of buzz and awards generated by The Jinx, Making a Murderer, and The People v.
There’s certainly an element of the lurid in any crime series, even the very best ones. The real purpose of that “demonstration” was pure shock value. The fact that the pseudo-attack left an indentation similar to the one on Ramsey’s actual skull proves next to nothing about the crime. The moment was flabbergastingly tasteless, disrespectful to both the dead and the living, and, like so much of this miniseries, which concluded Monday night, ultimately pointless. Then Jim Clemente, a retired FBI profiler and one of the two lead investigators, announced: “We thought it would be good if we brought in a child who was about 10 years old, to do the demonstration with him.” Astonishingly, a young boy entered the room and hit that fake JonBenét head hard, with a flashlight like the one found in the Ramseys’ kitchen. You also presumably witnessed one of the more ghoulish, disgusting things to recently happen on television.Īs part of their attempt to determine whether Ramsey’s head trauma may have been caused by the impact of a flashlight, possibly wielded by her then-10-year-old brother Burke, investigators decided to re-create that hypothetical blow, using a skull covered with pigskin and a blonde wig as the target. If you tuned in to that CBS “investigation” - and there’s a good chance you may have since roughly 10.4 million Americans watched - then you followed along as a select team of former FBI agents, forensic pathologists, behavioral analysts, and other criminal experts hashed over evidence from the famously unsolved post-Christmas-morning murder.
#TIME LINE OF THE JONBENET RAMSEY CASE SERIES#
Simpson were collecting multiple Emmys for their thoughtful reexamination of one of the most famous murder cases in American history, CBS was airing the first installment in its two-part series about another killing that caused a 1990s media circus: the death of 6-year-old Colorado beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey. On Sunday night, while the makers of The People v. 16: District Attorney Mary Lacey says a suspect in JonBenet's slaying has been arrested in Thailand.Jim Clemente, Laura Richards, and James Fitzgerald analyze crime scene photos in The Case Of: JonBenét Ramsey. June 24: Patsy Ramsey dies at 49 after a long battle with ovarian cancer.Īug. June 4: The Ramseys' attorney says DNA found in JonBenet's underwear did not match any samples in an FBI database of convicted violent offenders. June: Retired detective Tom Bennett is hired by the Boulder District Attorney's Office to lead a refocused investigation. March 31: A federal judge in Atlanta concludes that the weight of the evidence is more consistent with the intruder theory than with the theory that Patsy Ramsey killed JonBenet.Īpril 7: Keenan issues a statement agreeing with the judge. 20: New District Attorney Mary Keenan takes over investigation and promises a fresh look. 13: District attorney says no indictments will be issued, cites a lack of sufficient evidence.ĭec. JonBenet's brother Burke, 9 at the time of her death, is interviewed for six hours. June 23-25: Ramseys are questioned by police, their first interviews in more than a year. 10: Police Chief Tom Koby admits mistakes made early in the case.
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