Who Killed JonBenet? Page #4

Synopsis: This Lifetime Original Movie revisits the infamous murder of pint-sized beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey and the lurid details that captivated the nation.
Genre: Crime
Director(s): Jason Lapeyre
Production: Everywhere Studios
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.2
NOT RATED
Year:
2016
86 min
410 Views


right before you go to sleep.

I don't think I could do it.

Do what?

Have kids.

We left for dinner

at the Whites'

at approximately 4:30 pm.

The last thing she ate

was cracked crab.

At the Whites'.

She fell asleep in the car.

I carried her up

and put her in bed.

No, I did not check the doors

or the windows that night.

I don't know if Patsy slept

on the covers or under them.

I did not write that note.

Where was Burke when you

found the note and called 911?

Asleep.

Every puzzle can be solved,

except sometimes

you lose the pieces,

or forget where

you put them.

Or put the pieces

from one puzzle

in the box for a different

puzzle.

But if you find

all the right pieces

you can solve the puzzle

for sure.

He didn't ask anything about

the investigation, the autopsy,

how his daughter

was killed...

nothing.

His daughter was just murdered.

And that's the second daughter

he's lost.

He's numb.

Traumatized.

What's happening

with the 911 call?

We're reaching out

to some private firms

with some more

cutting-edge-

Hey. We've got the marker

that wrote the note.

It's an exclusive match

from the pot of pens

not far from the pad

in the kitchen.

( sighs )

They staged it.

It was an accident

and they staged it to look like

a blown kidnapping.

Don't jump to any conclusions.

I don't see a motive there.

And if it was an accident,

then how? And why?

To avoid bad press?

A kidnapping isn't any better.

We're just looking at the

evidence we have in front of us.

And why such a horrific staging?

Ok, what else are we pursuing?

Are we tracking the pedophiles

who may have attended

her pageants?

Yeah, it's uh... it's a lot

to process.

Well, what's going on

with the housekeeper?

We're doing a handwriting

analysis.

Ok, well don't get locked

into only one theory,

Keep pushing on all fronts.

We need to talk to them.

To the Ramseys.

Separately and unprepared.

Which isn't gonna happen

at this time.

The DA's words, not mine.

And according to the Ramseys'

new lawyers

they'll take written questions

but they want to review

everything in our case file

before they talk to the police.

What?

Get some questions written up.

Dammit!

( knocking )

The DA has suspended any

trace testing at CBI.

On what grounds?

No one was charged.

We can test anything

we want.

John's lawyer asked them to.

There was male DNA

found in her panties

that still has not

been identified.

It could be direct evidence

of the perpetrator.

This is absurd.

Who's side is the DA on?

I'll take care of it.

Linda?

We're taking a lot of heat

for the way this all went down.

Well, maybe if the DA would...

No.

Four months into this thing...

I just can't keep

this much manpower-

No.

I need to do this.

Commander, please.

I made mistakes, I wanna

make good on them.

I'm building a relationship

with Patsy,

I can be invaluable to this.

I'm sorry, Linda.

( slams door )

( cacophony of news voices )

Mommy always said lots of people

would see me.

What's going on?

I'm not staying

on a damn desk job.

I'd rather quit.

Promise me.

Promise me you'll

see it through.

I'll see it through.

What happened after the

funeral with John, Fleet?

Nothing.

I told him to come back here.

No fight? Altercation?

Well, I was agitated.

I had a disagreement

with John's brother

and one of his team asking me

to stay out of things.

He's one of my best friends

and Priscilla and I just went

in and spoke our minds.

It was no fight.

Did someone say there was?

I just need you to confirm

a couple things we went over.

Sure.

Can anyone other than Priscilla

corroborate your story

that you didn't leave your house

that night?

Anyone at all?

Woah, woah, woah.

Wait a second.

I want a public statement

that neither Priscilla nor I

are suspects.

Mr. White, I can't comment--

Look, we've given you

handwriting,

hair, blood, fingerprints,

DNA.

We gave you a pound of flesh

for that little girl.

Just tell me one thing.

Did John and Patsy suggest

we had anything to do with this?

I can't comment on an

ongoing investigation.

Make the statement.

It is the opinion of the FBI

child abduction

and serial killer unit

that the Ramseys conditions

were inconsistent

with sound investigative

practices and would not

likely lead to a productive,

investigative interview.

When the DA still forces us

to show our entire hand

the 911 tape stays with us.

Ok?

They're bringing in

an outside investigator.

A guy named Lou Smit.

Lou Smit?

Yeah, he's a legend.

Heather Dawn Church case.

And 149 others.

The DA won't call

a Grand Jury yet,

but they're bringing on Smit to

advise and organize their case.

Yeah.

I couldn't sleep.

You think anyone will actually

read the police's statement?

I'm not looking

at the statement.

Last summer, months

before this happened,

Barb Fernie pointed out

that damaged door to Patsy.

We thought someone

had tried to break in.

She said it had been

John traveling,

always forgetting his keys.

Possible point of entry?

She knows!

She knows what that is!

People may not have liked

the pageants or the sexy outfits

or everything that Patsy

was putting JonBent into,

but an innocent six

year old girl is dead!

We fed her her last meal.

Who is going to start standing

up for the truth around here?

We are.

Detective Smit?

Lou.

Steve.

Thomas.

It's an honour.

Is that JonBent?

Yeah.

I've told her that

we're gonna solve this.

Let me show you something.

These are all cases I've been

privileged to help solve.

We're gonna get her

in there, too.

Yes, we are.

Can I show you around?

Lou?

We're about ready

to pull out.

You done?

I don't think I've ever seen

a more compromised crime scene

in my entire career.

Yeah.

There were mistakes made.

These were your people.

"Contaminated" doesn't

even describe it.

How do you account for that?

They thought they were

showing up to a kidnapping.

Just a kidnapping.

Basic police work.

Fundamentals.

No wonder the Ramseys

feel exposed.

I would, too.

I made a drawing once at school.

My teacher thought

it was a horse

and my friend thought

it was a fish.

It was a picture of me.

But nobody saw that.

I wish someone would

have seen that.

Beautiful day, Steve.

Why the cloud?

Did you hear the Ramseys

are moving to Atlanta?

Yeah.

Had to give them

our entire case file.

They're gonna be prepared

for anything we ask.

No surprises.

But Steve,

I don't think the Ramseys

had anything to do with it.

Here's how I see it.

He spotted her at

one of her pageants

or the recent Christmas parade.

He waited 'til they were gone

and then entered the house.

While they were out,

he familiarized himself

with the complicated layout

and then, knowing

he had time, sat down,

wrote the note, and waited.

( shutter snaps )

Around midnight

he crept upstairs

and immobilized

her with a taser.

( shutter snaps )

Lou, a taser is seriously loud.

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