In a case that shocked the country, 6-year-old JonBenet disappeared from her Boulder, Colorado home the day after Christmas in 1996. Upon discovering a lengthy ransom note on their back steps, her mother Patsey called 911, but, just 8 hours later, father John Bennett found the girl's corpse in the cellar. The junior pageant queen had been struck on the head and strangled to death, causing authorities to investigate her parents. Though a handwriting test of her mother remained inconclusive, lead investigator Lou Smit suspected an intruder, and the eventual trial ended with the decision not to indict the family. Later, police theorized that JonBenet's brother had likely accidentally caused her death, leading the family to cover up the crime, but it remains open with the Boulder Police Department.
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