Nearly 30 years after JonBenét Ramsey was killed, the horrific murder remains unsolved. JonBenét was only six years old. At the beginning of the investigation, JonBenét’s parents, John and Patsy, and her brother Burke were treated as suspects. They were exonerated in 2008, two years after Patsy passed away.
John has continued to speak publicly about the case, but Burke has stayed out of the spotlight and avoided publicly commenting on his sister’s death for about 10 years. He was nine years old at the time of her death.
In a recent interview, Burke, now 39, addressed the rumors that he was involved in his sister’s murder.
During a recent interview, he urged people to trust the evidence.
He made his rare comments about the case during an interview with The Daily Mail. During the interview, which was published on November 5, he spoke about the speculation about him and his family members. “The DNA says we didn’t do it,” he told the publication. “I know none of my family did it.”
“I didn’t do it,” he continued. “You know, it’s like, stop. There was this energy looking at the family, but the DNA is sitting right there.”
He added that he has “told everybody everything I know” and that he’s open to hearing what else he can do to help with the investigation. “If I can help in any way, I’m all ears,” he said.
The fact that the case continually resurfaces is important, but also distressing.
The unsolved case is something that people continue to talk about. JonBenét’s father has repeatedly spoken about the case to advocate for its continued investigation. Burke spoke about how painful it can be each time the case is revisited.
“It’s the most tragic, personal, awful thing to happen in my life… that anybody could imagine happening to them,” he said during the interview. “And it’s tough to have it come up every 10 years or so.”
He added, “It just brings all that pain back, you know. But I want this solved. So if this helps get this solved, then OK, that’s fine.”
Burke also appears in a new “20/20” special about the case.
Ahead of the release of “JonBenét Ramsey: Race Against Time, Who Is ‘Unknown Male 1?’ – A New Diane Sawyer Investigation,” Burke appeared in a preview for the special. Prior to this interview, he hadn’t participated in an on-screen interview since 2016, which was also the first time he publicly spoke about the case.
In a preview for the special, he spoke about the pain of losing his sister and also dealing with the rumors about his family’s involvement. “To lose a sister and a daughter like that, it’s just one of the worst things imaginable to happen to somebody,” he said. “And then to have the whole world turn against you afterwards…”
“It’s like, how can the world be so unfair?” he added. During his Daily Mail interview, he also mentioned evidence that he think could help finally solve the case: DNA from an “unknown male intruder.”
“We need to find that match,” he said. “It’s the best evidence we have. It was underneath her fingernails, and it didn’t match any of us. It’s probably the person who did it, and it’s the best chance we have to solve this.”
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