6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found dead in the basement of her home on Dec. 26, 1996. The Daily Camera’s Mitchell Byars reports on the four pages of the grand jury indictment unsealed this morning.
Indictment: Ramseys permitted person to be placed in a situation that "posed a threat of injury… which resulted in the death of #JonBenet
— Mitchell Byars (@mitchellbyars) October 25, 2013
Also says both rendered assistance to a person "knowing the person being assisted has committed and was suspected of murder" #JonBenet
— Mitchell Byars (@mitchellbyars) October 25, 2013
Reminder: Statute of limitations on both charges is 3 years from knowledge of crime. Would have expired in 1999 #JonBenet
— Mitchell Byars (@mitchellbyars) October 25, 2013
Released indictment names John and Patsy Ramsey on two charges in #JonBenet death http://t.co/Ww1bYVLu7n
— Mitchell Byars (@mitchellbyars) October 25, 2013
Released indictment names John and Patsy Ramsey on two charges in JonBenet death http://t.co/Kn9kQGVkVE via @mitchellbyars
— Daily Camera (@dailycamera) October 25, 2013
A grand jury indictment released today revealed the grand jury prepared charges of child abuse resulting in death and accessory to a crime for both John and Patsy Ramsey in the death of their 6-year-old daughter JonBenet Ramsey.
The four pages released this morning indicated the jury felt that both the Ramseys permitted a child to be “unreasonably placed in a situation which posed a threat of injury to the child’s life or health, which resulted in the death of JonBenet Ramsey” and rendered assistance to a person “knowing the person being assisted has committed and was suspected of the crime of murder in the first degree and child abuse resulting in death.”
A look back at Daily Camera reporter Charlie Brennan’s fight to shed sunlight on the sealed documents:
Charlie Brennan: Why I fought for the Ramsey indictment's release http://t.co/PQ5dB7VzUG
— Daily Camera (@dailycamera) October 25, 2013
More here:
An interactive timeline of the #JonBenet Ramsey case: http://t.co/M6BPDbOSfl #Boulder
— Daily Camera (@dailycamera) October 25, 2013
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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