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JonBenét Patricia Ramsey
August 6, 1990- December 25, 1996 (body found December 26th)
Patricia Paugh Ramsey
December 29, 1956-June 24, 2006
Saint James Episcopal Cemetery
Marietta, Georgia
33 57 19 N 84 33 21 W Cemetery
33 57 15 N 84 33 22 W Grave
Most people think of JonBenét Ramsey as a Coloradoan and while she may have lived more of her six years in Colorado than
anywhere else her family's roots are definitely East Coast, particularly West Virginia and Georgia. JonBenét is the subject
of one of the most puzzling unsolved murder cases of all time. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia to wealthy businessman John
Bennett Ramsey and beauty queen Patricia Ann "Patsy" Ramsey (née Paugh). After the family moved to Colorado when
JonBenét was nine months old, her mother entered her in a number of child beauty pageants in different states. Among those
she won were America's Royal Miss, Colorado State All-Star Kids Cover Girl, Little Miss Charlevoix, Michigan, Little Miss
Merry Christmas, Little Miss Sunburst, and National Tiny Miss Beauty.
JonBenét was found strangled in the basement of her parents Boulder Colorado home on December 26, 1996. Her parents became
suspects almost immediately, but no significant evidence has ever been found. Part of the reason that the unsolved case has
been in the public eye for so long is the odd relationship between JonBenét and her parents. The world of child beauty contests
has become a hot discussion topic often circling around parents depriving their children of a normal childhood so the parents
can cash in (directly and indirectly) on their child's celebrity status. From time to time new evidence and theories have
emerged but none have led authorities to the murderer.
JonBenét's mother Patsy was a beauty queen whose most notable title was Miss West Virginia (1977), a title she won after
winning the Miss Parkersville Area contest. She went on to the Miss America Pageant and won a non-finalist special talent
scholarship. Patsy married John Ramsey in 1980, gave birth to a son Burke in 1987 and to JonBenét in 1990. In 1993 Patsy was
diagnosed with ovarian cancer, but with treatment it went into remission. She suffered a relapse of the cancer in 2003 and
ultimately died of the disease on June 24, 2006. She is buried in front of JonBenét and beside a number of other family members
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