resting_place death_date death_place birth_place resting_place_coordinates relatives name parents birth_date image article_title education birth_name death_cause
st. james episcopal cemetery marietta , georgia , u.s. 25 december 1996 boulder , colorado , u.s. atlanta , georgia , u.s. 33.95501 -84.55637 burke ramsey -lrb- brother -rrb- jonbenét ramsey patsy and john ramsey 6 august 1990 file : jonbenet-ramsey . jpg murder of jonbenét ramsey
 high peaks elementary school jonbenét patricia ramsey asphyxiation due to strangulation , craniocerebral trauma
murder of jonbenét ramsey

jonbenét patricia ramsey ; -lrb- august 6 , 1990 -- december 25 , 1996 -rrb- was an american girl who was murdered in her home in boulder , colorado in 1996 .
the six-year-old 's body was found about eight hours after she was reported missing , in the basement of the family home , during a police search of the house .
she had been struck on the head and strangled .
the case remains unsolved , even after several grand jury hearings , and continues to generate public and media interest .
colorado law enforcement agencies initially suspected ramsey 's parents and her older brother burke .
however , the family was partially exonerated in 2003 when dna taken from the victim 's clothes suggested they were not involved .
her parents were not completely cleared until july 2008 .
in february 2009 , the boulder police department took the case back from the district attorney to reopen the investigation .
media coverage of the case has often focused on ramsey 's participation in child beauty pageants , her parents ' affluence , and the unusual evidence in the case .
reports have also questioned the police 's overall handling of the case .
several defamation suits have been filed against several media organizations by ramsey family members and their friends over reporting of the murder .
on october 25 , 2013 , previously sealed court documents were released , showing that a colorado grand jury had voted in 1999 to indict john and patricia ramsey with the murder of six-year-old jonbenét ramsey on charges of child abuse resulting in death and being accessories to a crime .
however , then-district attorney alex hunter decided not to sign the indictment , saying the evidence was insufficient .
