The shocking death of JonBenét Ramsey in 1996 shocked the whole country and put her family in the public eye. Over the years, John Andrew Ramsey, her older half-brother, has become one of the loudest people who want solving her case. Take a look at where John Andrew is now and how he is still trying to get his younger sister justice.
Who is John Andrew Ramsey?
John Andrew Ramsey is JonBenét’s older half-brother from their father John Ramsey’s first marriage with Lucinda Pasch. At the time of Jan. Benét’s death, he was 23 years old and not living with his family. According to Vanity Fair, he grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, with his older sisters Elizabeth Ramsey and Melinda Ramsey. They heard about the terrible event while on their way to Colorado to spend the holidays with their stepfamily. John Andrew—who is now 51 years old—has spent a lot of his life keeping Jon Benét’s case in the public eye.
John Andrew said that JonBenét was a happy, smart child who made everyone around her happy. He talked about how she would bring the family together in an interview on 20/20 in 2021. He said “JonBenét was the kid that kept the conversation at the dinner table going.” He told them that her death had turned their whole world upside down.
Calling for Justice
John Andrew has been unhappy with how the Boulder Police Department has been investigating Jon Benét’s death from the start. He has always pointed out the problems with the case and asked that new technology be used to focus on it again.
In an interview with Westword in 2023, John Andrew talked about how new DNA technology and genealogical research could help find the killer. He suggested focusing on child sex offenders who lived in Boulder in 1996. This would help narrow the search to people who fit the description of a “sadistic pedophile” who could do such a horrible crime.
“They watched as this six-year-old girl was killed,” John Andrew told 20/20. „They need to find the killer, they know how to do it, and we want them to do it.
John Andrew Ramsey and his father, John Ramsey, both appeared in the Netflix documentary series Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey? in 2024. The show brought the case back to people’s attention and showed how they are still fighting for justice. On TV, John Andrew defended his father and his late stepmother Patsy Ramsey, who were suspected of something but later found not to be involved. He said that the police were wrong to try to charge them without any proof: “They did their damndest to bring charges against John and Patsy; there was nothing there.”
John Andrew wants these public appearances to remind people that the case is still open and that it’s not too late to find answers.
John Andrew’ sisters
John Andrew has two sisters from the first marriage of his father. Melinda Ramsey keeps her private life private and doesn’t talk about the case very often in public. In 1992, Elizabeth Ramsey, another sister—died in a terrible car accident. She was 22 years old.
John Andrew is still determined to clear his family’s name and find Jon Benét’s killer—even after years of public scrutiny. He is still there for his dad—fighting for justice and using his voice to get things fixed.
Even though the case is still getting a lot of attention, John Andrew is still hopeful that advances in DNA technology could finally reveal the truth. His work shows how much his family still wants justice to be done and for Jon Benét’s killer to be caught.
John Andrew said, “We lost our sister and our daughter, a family member.” “People who we thought would protect us made fun of us because we were victims.” It’s time to find the real killer.
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