JonBenet Ramsey
JonBenét Ramsey was a six-year-old American girl found murdered in her family's home in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996.
The case became a media sensation due to her participation in child beauty pageants and the circumstances of her death, which remains officially unsolved.
Her name has become shorthand for unsolved high-profile crimes and the darker side of child pageantry: Every few years, someone claims to have cracked the JonBenét case.
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- unsolvedNot yet figured out
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- ransom noteAbductor's payment demand
- basementSubterranean building level
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victim status
JonBenet RamseyTed Bundy
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