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And my dad told me that jonbenet was in heaven. >> on new years eve in their hometown, atlanta, georgia, the family buried jonbenet. >> i think its the worst thing a human being can experience is the loss of a child. >> but things for john and patsy were about to get even worse. investigators had grown suspicious. >> a lot of things didnt make sense. why would they leave a ransom note with her body still in the house. >> my first impression was that this guy wrote the magna carta. >> you will wi...

>> 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 was written on pages torn out of patsys notepad. >> also exami...

Ransom note and tapped the phone. >> the note said im going to call you between 8:00 and 10:00. >> john ramsey was pacing so they asked him to search the house for clues. >> one of the detectives asked me and my friend who was there to go through every inch of the house. started in the basement. we have one -- one room in the basement that there are no windows in that room. when i opened the door and when i turned the light on, i -- i hoped that she was still okay but i could tell that she proba...

Curious finding in the autopsy. >> the small intestine is described as containing fragmented fruit material, which may represent fragments of pineapple. >> but the ramseys had said they put jonbenet to bed after the car ride home and had no memory of her eating pineapple. >> that became a contentious point. i said, look i could say i forgot i gave her pineapple, but i didnt. thats the truth. >> subsequently patsy ramsey and burke ramseys fingerprints were found on that bowl. >> that led to anoth...

Roadblocks. close the airport. you know, what are we doing here? and you assume the police know what theyre doing. >> the sergeant quickly arrived and read the ransom note. >> speaking to anyone about your situation will result in your daughter being beheaded. i had been a police officer almost 22 years when this happened. i was totally unaware of any other cases like this where you had a child that was taken for a ransom. i called the fbi. they were one of the first phone calls i made. >> denve...

The fifties and sixties known for films like singing in the rain. but in later years younger fans knew her at fishers mother. well brick you more information as soon as we get it. also tonight a shocking murder thats remained a music for two decades. a child beauty queen killed. her family under suspicion. now her father is speaking out. here is clip from tonights cnn special report. >> whats going on there, maum? >> it is one of the greatest unsolved crimes in history. >> we have a kidnapping. ...

>> whats that mean? we looked at psalm 118. 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 pa...

>> whens the last time that you saw jonbenet alive? >> probably in the car. tired. laying down. >> the morning after christmas the ramseys storybook life was shattered. >> police. 755 15th street. >> whats going on, maam? >> we have a kidnapping. hurry, please. >> the note said not to call 911, right? but you did anyway. >> we couldnt have waited. wed of gone mad. >> please, hurry, hurry, hurry. >> the ransom note said the ransom amount betweand would ca

>> and i was thinking, you know, close the roads, roadblocks, close the airport, you know, what are we doing here? and you assume the police know what theyre doing. >> sergeant robert witson arrived and quickly read the ransom note. >> speaking to anyone about your situation will result in your daughter being beheaded. i had been a police officer almost 22 years when this happened. i was totally unaware of any other cases like this where you had a child that was taken for a ransom. i called the ...

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 ...