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She looked beautiful everywhere she went. she said she still had her tiaras and her gowns. >> patsy was once a beauty queen and had been crowned miss west virginia. john was a navy pilot and a divorced father of three children when he and patsy met. they married and had a son. >> burke was like, you know, typical boy. >> and a daughter, jonbenet. >> she was very proud that she was named after me because my name is john bennett ramsey. she had this effervescent personality like patsy. tah-dah, he...

Boulder, colorado, a college town surrounded by the rocky mountains. >> the ramseys were kind of an anomaly in town in some ways because they were from the south. i dont think they ever felt entirely comfortable in the sort of granola haven of boulder, a place that disdained mink coats. >> its a beautiful spot but very different than what we were used to. we were business people in a near socialist economy. it was very strange. >> it was an adjustment for patsy ramsey as well. family friend, pam...

>> the grand jury decision 14 years earlier was not as it had been portrayed. jurors had actually voted to charge john and patsy ramsey. brennan wanted to get ahold of the grand jurys decision, himself. he went to court. >> i dont think most could believe it. he won and they unsealed those grand jury records in 2013, and it was quite illuminating. >> 17 years after jonbenets murder, the court released four true bills or written decisions from the grand jury. the jury recommended indicting john a...

Of jonbenet and her outfits. juxtaposing that with the horrendous killing and it took off from there. >> you were a stage mother, honestly? >> probably. whats wrong with that? >> those pageants were really turned around on you. >> that was something jonbenet and patsy did for fun. we loved our children dearly and yet people dont like rich people so we kind of became that character for people to hate. >> john ramsey says that sentiment was spurred on by the cops in boulder. >> we just didnt trust...

Built for business. ill always remember the day after christmas 1996. >> the juxtaposition of the crime scene tape and the oversized candy canes straddling the sidewalk. >> it was noon. six hours had passed since patsy ramsey had called 911. their little girl, jonbenet, was still missing. police combed the house trying to figure out how an intruder could have gotten in. one possibility, an open window in the basement, but that was dismissed quickly. >> the window well has cobwebs. you cant go ...

Nearly two years after the murder of jonbenet ramsey the investigation was frozen. the boulder district attorney convened a grand jury. the proceedings were top secret, but what we do know is that for the next 13 months jurors heard testimony covering every detail of the case. john and patsy ramsey were not asked to testify. >> we were fully prepared to be indicted at the end of the grand jury. i mean, we dealt with a custody letter for burke. he was going to go with my brother. we signed the pa...

Well, thats absurd. thats just absurd. >> there are those who speculate that someone else was burt. jonbenets big brother. he sat down for his very first interview ever with dr. phil. >> what do you need to start looking for the person who actually did it? >> you know, burt didnt act right. he was smiling when he was talking. come on. burt is a wonderful young man. im very proud of hi >> ramsey says accusations like this motivate him to keep trying to solve the case. >> because patsys been accus...

Was it a biblical reference? where did this number come from? >> when did it hit you that the $118,000 equated to your christmas bonus? >> it didnt initially because that bonus had actually occurred a year earlier, in january of 96, but it was on every pay stub that i got. >> police asked the ramseys for handwriting samples. john gave them two note pads. >> these pads were pads that were kept by the telephone and each -- john and patsy had their own pads. >> detectives concluded the ransom note ...

Time you ever came here? >> i do. it was a christmas party. every room was decorated with huge trees. patsy gave us a personal tour of every room. you couldnt help but be excited and happy with patsy around. she used to always have fun. >> energetic and beautiful, jonbenet seemed to be following in her mothers footsteps. >> she loved to perform. my hope was she didnt run off to hollywood and be a movie star. >> i think patsy wanted her daughter to have the same opportunities she did. i dont beli...

Murder of jonbenet ramsey the investigation was frozen. the boulder district attorney convened a grand jury. the proceedings were top secret, but what we do know is that for the next 13 months jurors heard testimony covering every detail of the case. john and patsy ramsey were not asked to testify. >> we were fully prepared to be indicted at the end of the grand jury. i mean, we dealt with a custody letter. for burke. he was going to go with my brother. we signed the papers to do that. >> finall...