Piecing Everything Together
The alleged three-page ransom note demanded $118,000 from the Ramseys for their daughter’s safe return. However, the police had reason to believe that JonBenét’s might have been accidental. Not only that, but it was likely that the girl’s parents had killed her and were just attempting – albeit rather clumsily – to cover up the murder.
This suspicious was based on the time of JonBenét’s death and the sudden, unexplained reappearance of her body after they’d already left.