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Almost relieved. and i saw everyone was sad inside. 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...

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 that 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 prob...

>> 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 >> in the note, the kidnappers specified a ransom amount between $8 and $...

And i saw everyone was sad inside. 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 wr...

Jonbenet, was gone. now john read the letter. >> i read it very fast. i was out of my mind. it said, dont call the police. i told patsy, call the police immediately. and i think i ran through the house a bit. >> we went to check our son -- >> checked our sons room. sometimes she sleeps in there. >> there was no sign of jonbenet in her brother, bourkes, room. >> did you tell patsy to make that 911 call? >> yeah. she was standing by the phone. >> police, send a sergeant. >> whats going on there, m...

Suspicious about the ransom note. the ramseys had submitted multiple handwriting samples. >> johns definitelyly was cleared and i scored a 4.5 out of 5. 5 is definitely no match. >> there are investigators who say patsy ramsey could not be excluded as an author. its very subjective. >> three months after jonbenets murder, police were no closer to an arrest. the d.a. made a bold move, hiring veteran homicide detective lou schmidt. >> perhaps at first i leaned towards the parents doing it, but as ...

>> and police were still suspicious about the ransom note. the ramseys had submitted multiple handwriting samples. >> johns definitively was cleared. >> yours was not? >> mine scored 4.5 out of 5. 5 is no match. >> there are investigators who say patsy ramsey could not be excluded as an author. its very subjective. >> three months after jonbenets murder, police were no closer to an arrest. the d.a. made a bold move, hiring veteran homicide detective lou schmidt. >> perhaps at first i leaned towa...

$118,000 equated to your christmas bonus? >> it didnt, initially, because thabo news 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 examination of that pad showed that...

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 another police theory. >> im just wondering if at some point jonbenet came back down to...

Probation, but again, a hug at the end of all of it. thank you so much for joining us tonight. next on cnn, a cnn special report. "the murder of jonbenet." then, he was the star of the personal transformation moment, but james arthur ray pushed too far. "enlighten us," a cnn film tonight at 9:00. im poppy harlow in new york. ill see you back here tomorrow night. have a good night. the following is a cnn special report. >> police. 755 15th street. >> whats going on there, maam? >> it is one of ...