Geraldo Rivera JonBenét is making amends with Ramsey’s father.
after John Ramsey’s daughter After the six-year-old was murdered in the basement of her family’s Colorado home in 1996, the 81-year-old journalist staged a mock murder trial on television.
on Monday during NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rivera addressed the mock trial broadcast on his daytime talk show, “The Geraldo Rivera Show” in 1997, telling Ramsey, “I deeply apologize for what you and your family have had to endure. “
During the episode, a “jury” of political commentators found Ramsey and his wife Patsy Ramsey liable for the death of their daughter, Per NewsNation,
Rivera continued, “No one deserves to go through what you went through. That’s my bottom line. And when I walk around with stories like yours over the last 54 years of my career, it’s a burden to me. This is a spiritual burden. And again, to every man, to you, I apologize, and I’m sorry for everything you’ve gone through, John.”
Ramsey responded, “Geraldo, I accept your apology and thank you.”
In November, Netflix’s three-part documentary series “Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey?” Ramsey and the tragedy have returned to the spotlight since the release of ., Which premiered on 25 November.
80 year old man has been vocal for decades About what he believes to be mistakes made by authorities during their investigation. John also acknowledged how the media frenzy made things worse at the time.
Ramsey and Patsy, who have since died, became persons of interest after JonBenét was found sexually assaulted and strangled on December 26. Earlier in the morning, Patsy received a ransom note demanding $118,000 in exchange for the safe return of her youngest child.
No member of the Ramsey family, including the couple’s son Burke, who was nine at the time, has ever been charged in connection with the case. Despite many people falling under suspicion, no arrests were ever made.
Today, Ramsey now seeks state-of-the-art laboratories that use genetic genealogy and other advanced DNA techniques to solve cold cases. He claims that there are seven objects from the crime scene that were never tested, or were examined using old methods.
“We’re pleading with the police to get involved,” Ramsey. told people Last month. “There are state-of-the-art DNA laboratories that want to help and that believe they can move the case forward.”
However, the Boulder Police Department denied claims that they were not pursuing all leads and said that progress was in fact being made.
“The claim that there is viable evidence and leads that we are not pursuing – including DNA testing – is completely false,” the department said in a statement. post on xFormerly Twitter, last month.
“Additionally, it was the Boulder Police Department – not the Colorado Bureau of Investigation – that convened the Cold Case Review Panel in December 2023 as part of its investigative efforts,” the post said.
