Who Killed JonBenet? Page #3

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I want you to know

that in cases like this

it's natural to look at

the immediate family first.

Eliminate any potential-

That's what John says

the lawyers are for.

To shift focus to where

it should be.

And where's that?

You're the police.

You don't have any leads?

I want to remind you that under-

CRS 41.1:

Non-testimonial evidence only.

No questions.

Excellent.

Glad to see we're

on the same page.

We're here to help.

Will this help find who killed

my daughter?

I hope so.

I didn't kill my baby.

No one said you did.

( shutter snapping )

Today is mommy's birthday.

That's sad.

And let us say "amen".

( All ):
Amen.

Please let the family pass

and then join us afterwards

for a reception.

That's the housekeeper.

Who's handwriting looks

nothing like the note.

Nope.

( crowd clamouring )

...share what you're

feeling right now,

your level of frustration...

( crowd clamouring )

They're in mourning.

( crowd clamouring )

Get the mic out of his face!

( crowd continues shouting )

( bells toll )

( sobbing )

The mind cannot accept

and the heart refuses to grasp

the death of one so young

who was suddenly taken from us

by the cruelty and malice

of some unworthy person.

When a child is lost

one feels a part of the future

is gone.

( reporter ) The Ramseys in

Atlanta today for the funeral

used to be where they lived

until 1991

and where JonBent was born.

The service, relatively small,

was attended by only

close friends of the family

and the Ramseys have continued

to cast suspicion on themselves

by not yet talking

to Boulder police.

Unconfirmed reports also

speculate that the Ramseys

are in fact now planning

to stay in Atlanta

from this point forward.

There are children here.

Hiding behind lawyers, P.I.s

and crisis management firms

is not the answer, John.

You look like O.J.

in the Bronco.

We're not confident in how

the police are handling this.

And we're gonna put up a

$50,000 reward for information.

Like O.J.

What you do in

the next 24 hours

is gonna define

the rest of your life.

You need to come back to Boulder

and talk to the police.

Patsy needs to talk to them.

We do. We all do.

To find out what happened

to JonBent.

You're making it look like...

you're involved.

And we're gonna tell them

we're not.

We've made arrangements

to go on CNN.

CNN?!

And get all this cleared up.

Stop it from getting

out of control.

You need to talk to the police,

not CNN.

Please.

As your friends.

For the both of you.

For Burke.

Come back to Boulder.

When mommy and daddy

went on TV

it was the first time

most people saw them.

But on TV, mommy doesn't even

sound like herself,

and she looked so sad.

We are also assembling an

investigative team to assist.

We have to find-

I want... I want the best minds

this country has to offer.

There is a killer on the loose.

Absolutely.

I don't know who it is.

I don't know if it's

a he or a she,

but if I were a resident

of Boulder

I would tell my friends

to keep...

keep your babies close to you.

There's someone out there.

Mr. Burroughs!

Is it true the Ramseys

are back in Boulder

but still aren't cooperating

with police?

Absolutely not.

The Ramseys are back in Boulder

at an undisclosed location.

They're cooperating extensively,

they've answered

all the questions

the police have for them

at this time.

Answering a page of yes

or no's in legal speak

is not "cooperating".

Look- look at this.

The best recollection.

Neither has a memory.

It is believed.

Look at this.

This is straight out of

Johnny Cochrane's playbook.

Their attorneys are cooperating

with us, Steve.

I don't know what more

you want.

Don't you think you're spending

too much time on this?

I mean, what about John's

disgruntled employee?

Well, yeah, we're looking

at him,

but... the Ramsey's attorneys

are running their own

investigation, Pete,

and it's not to help us.

I'm late, Steve.

They want to cooperate?

Tell them to bring in Burke,

or social services is going

to be at their doorstep

taking him away.

Are you threatening them

after everything

they've been through?

Do you have children, Steve?

He's a minor who's sibling

was murdered in his own house.

I'm not threatening,

it's Colorado law.

Does yours have a moustache?

No.

Does yours have glasses?

No.

Do you usually wake up

when you hear something?

Yeah, like a fridge door.

But you didn't hear anything

at all?

Does yours have grey hair?

No.

How are things since she died?

Fine.

Do you feel safe

after what happened?

Yeah.

Does yours have red hair?

No.

Do you know what did happen?

Yeah. She was killed.

Do you know how?

Someone quietly took her down

to the basement

and took a knife out or

hit her in the head.

And you're not afraid that

they're gonna come back for you

or your family?

No.

Do you have secrets, Burke?

Probably, and if I did

I wouldn't be telling you

because they wouldn't be

secrets anymore.

Hey, that's mine!

I'm sorry.

I can't drink that now.

How about I'll get you

another one

and in the meantime

would you like to draw me

a picture of your family?

I'll be right back.

I thought this would

be quicker.

He's been up there almost

an hour.

I can't tell you what a hole

it's left in me.

John's back at work,

Burke's going back to school.

And me.

JonBent was everything to me.

My little Jonny B.

I can't have any more children.

I had cancer surgery.

I'm sorry.

If I lost Burke I would have

no reason to go on living.

They don't want to take him

from you, Patsy.

They just want to ask him

some questions.

The plane implies remoteness.

Distance.

Small stature Patsy,

insignificance.

Powerlessness.

The fact that JonBent

isn't in it at all,

a week and a half

after the murder?

It's interesting,

but it's psychobabble.

It's not evidence.

He told the doc he was "just

getting on with his life".

He's nine.

We're getting umpteen calls

a day from kids

who are afraid this is gonna

happen to them.

And this kid,

who's just down the hall

from where it did happen,

he's not scared at all?

Look, it's the same thing

I said about John.

There's no such thing

as normal behaviour

after a trauma like this.

It's odd, but it's not evidence.

What I'd like you to do is

listen to the end,

after Patsy thought she had

hung up,

and just write down

what you hear.

I've done the same, so have

my staff, all independently.

Take your time.

Is this the part of the story

where the hero finally figures

out how to save the princess.

( exhales )

Alright, first, a woman. Patsy.

"Help me, Jesus.

Help me, Jesus."

And then a more distant voice.

"Please. What do I do?"

And then a man, John.

"We're not talking to you."

And then that other voice again.

"Well, what did you find?"

The other voice.

How would you describe it?

A young boy.

It's 2:
00 am.

Yeah.

( sighs heavily )

I know.

I'm sorry, I'll be uh...

I'll be right up.

What a terrible thing to look at

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