The missing child. The ransom note. The pointed fingers.
Few cases have transfixed and befuddled quite like that of murdered six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey.
Twenty years on, US network CBS has decided the world’s most famous unsolved murder is ripe for a revisit, and it’s just released the first trailer.
The Case of JonBenét Ramsey will be a three-part, six-hour documentary series that aims to answer the many questions that still linger over the case.
Including, of course, the big one.
“This little girl’s homicide to this date has not been resolved. In my opinion, I think we can change that right now,” says retired FBI special agent James Fitzgerald in the trailer.
Fitzgerald is just one of the numerous experts CBS has rolled out for the series, including forensic scientists, a statement analyst, a forensic linguist and a former New Scotland Yard behavioural analyst.
JonBenét Ramsey vanished from her Colorado home on Boxing Day, 1996. Image: Getty
The trailer shows the group pouring over the results of the original investigation, as well fresh information provided by new witnesses (including a 911 operator who says she could have "turned the case around"), new evidence made possible by then-unavailable technology and even a making use of a complete, true-to-life reconstruction of the Ramsey's house.
Whether a humble television show can manage to meaningfully contribute to an obviously complex crime remains to be seen.
Although having seen the power of series' like Making a Murderer, it might not be all that far fetched.
The Case of: JonBenet Ramsey will air in the US on September 18. No word yet on where/when it will screen in Australia.
Featured image: CBS (still)
Top Comments
The thing that struck me was the mother's denial and how similar it was to another famous denial - that of a former US President:
Clinton, "I did not have sexual relations with THAT woman...
Ramsey, "I did not kill JonBenet. I love THAT child...
Who refers to someone they love as 'that'?
Well, case solved then!
If you think that that is sufficient evidence to solve a 20 year old missing-person-mystery then you have more problems than missing a rational thinking brain.
As an amateur sleuth, I have done a lot of reading on this case and I really don't think the parents did it. The cops botched the investigation, they did not collect evidence and overlooked things like the obvious signs of a break in, they did not follow up on similar crimes in the area and their early focus on the parents blotted out any other potential suspects, failing to interview several people that had had access to the house.
There use to be this great Crime Library website that had all sorts of reports, documents and stuff on this case, but it's gone now, unfortunately.
Wow great comment.....