JonBenet Ramsey's parents were occasionally beset with guilt over how their daughter's killing could have been prevented, the child beauty queen's father says in an interview posted online Monday by The Daily Beast.
See some of CBS4's reports when national media attention first swirled around the JonBenet Ramsey case:
See a list of the key dates in the JonBenet Ramsey case: 1996:• Dec. 26: JonBenet Ramsey, 6, is found dead in the basement of her Boulder, Colo., home. Patsy Ramsey says she found a ransom note demanding $118,000 for her daughter. • Dec. 31: Ramsey family hires attorney, publicist and investigators. 1997: • Feb. 24: Ramsey spokesman says family members know they are "at the top of the list of possible suspects."• April 18: District Attorney Alex Hunter says Ramseys are under an "umbrella of suspicion."• April 30: Ramseys interviewed by police in first formal sessions.• May 14: Two detectives, including the first to arrive at the Ramsey home, are removed from the case.• Oct. 10: Police Chief Tom Koby admits mistakes made early in the case. 1998:• June 23-25: Ramseys are questioned by police, their first interviews in more than a year. JonBenet's brother Burke, 9 at the time of her death, is interviewed for six hours.• Sept. 15: Grand jury begins investigation. 1999: • Oct. 13: District attorney says no indictments will be issued, cites a lack of sufficient evidence. 2002: • Dec. 20: New District Attorney Mary Keenan (now Mary Lacy) takes over investigation and promises a fresh look. 2003: • 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.• April 7: Lacy issues a statement agreeing with the judge.• June: Retired detective Tom Bennett is hired by the Boulder district attorney's office to lead a refocused investigation. 2004: • 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. 2006: • June 24: Patsy Ramsey dies at 49 following a long battle with ovarian cancer.• Aug. 16: Lacy says a suspect in JonBenet's slaying has been arrested in Thailand.• Aug. 17: Suspect John Mark Karr says "he was there" when JonBenet died, but that her death was an accident. He is then flown from Thailand to California and booked into jail.• Aug. 24: Suspect John Mark Karr flies from California to Boulder where he is booked into the Boulder County Jail. • Aug. 28: Boulder County district attorney drops charges against suspect John Mark Karr after tests show his DNA doesn't match that of the foreign DNA found on JonBenet Ramsey's body when she was killed. 2008: • July 9: A new type of DNA testing in the summer once again failed to link the family of JonBenet Ramsey to her death. The new results reportedly prompted Boulder County DA Mary Lacy to meet with John Ramsey and to give him a letter of apology, clearing the family as suspects.
JonBenet Media Blitz In Boulder The Death Of JonBenet Ramsey
