The reason for this is because, for nearly three decades, the sadistic, brutal murder of his little girl, six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, on Boxing Day 1996, was brushed aside by police as the finger of suspicion continued to point squarely at her immediate family: at John, now 81, his wife Patsy, who died of cancer in 2006, and even their son, Burke, who was just nine at the time.
JonBenet Ramsey's father reveals stunning breakthrough in hunt for man who tortured, sexually assaulted and killed the six-year-old beauty queen in 1996 - as he opens up on the pain of being blamed for the brutal murder for 30 years John Ramsey received a letter recently from a woman naming her ex-husband as his daughter JonBenet’s killer.
And that, John says, can only bring them closer to finally getting justice for JonBenet.
Yet still the cloud of suspicion lingered, and the police investigation stalled.
‘I’ve kept this inside for as long as I can - please, please call me,’ she wrote and left her number.