PMPT is a good place to start. You can still rent the DVD of the movie version, too, but the book has obviously more detail. Steve Thomas' boo is a good one, too, but the most recent book is by James Kolar and he brings out some details that were previously not known. If you want to read up on the case online, the best place is
http://www.acandyrose.com
They have tons of photos, police interviews, etc. You have to scroll down to the JonBenet archives because the site features other crimes as well.
DeeDee's right, and she's a great resource herself. My favorite of the three mentioned is Kolar's - fills in all the gaps, and leads us to look carefully at the
behaviors of the R's. I followed this case lightly over the years and bantered back and forth with my sleuther Dad about whodidit, now passed on, who was an RDI from the beginning.
But after JR's "Other Side...." book came out asking us to consider his suffering again, AND he tied it into his now professed rock solid Christianity, it tripped my gag reflex to the point of deciding to do what I could to keep the R family from fading into a glorious sunset as they laughed all the way to the bank with proceeds from book sales.
I am permanently convinced JR (AKA "Lizard Lips, which other posters also use as his nickname due to his interviews showing him 'lip-licking' so much = a body language indication of lies and guilt) could be prosecuted for Felony Murder in this case. I also have to believe Patsy was complicit. And at this time, I am giving consideration to Burke having some sort of participation in the events leading to the conclusion of the crime.
But I want to think Burke was also a victim of the household/family sexual behaviors to the point that he did not know WHAT the PROPER behavior of a boy his age should have been within his own family structure. I think the R family was a very sexually/emotionally/behaviorally defunct family - possibly both JR and PR bringing history of improper sexual boundaries/activities into their lives from the start.
JR was 14 years older than Patsy when he married her. He is 13 years older than his current wife. I think he might have been closer in age to his first wife, but their marriage ended due to an affair on his part. (I would bet a few bucks the gal was some years younger than him.) Also, John's Dad married his first wife's (Cindy) mother. Not illegal for sure, and they did have the grandkids in common, and I hope not to offend those who might be in a similar situation, but it just seems unusual to me. So, I see JR demonstrating a preference for "youth" all along. I know I might ruffle some feathers of those who have no problem with the May-Decembers, but multiple choices of these just kind of make me uneasy.
The evidence and facts of this case that are available to the public are all that we have to really form educated opinions, but I have to consider
behaviors to understand motive. Some crimes are truly accidentally based, but IMHO, this crime was no total accident. Even if it might have started out that way, responsible Christian people with proper moral ethics and values would NEVER have taken it to the end result that caused such an injustice to a child.
I think DeeDee might have said this already, but here goes again: "I hate this case."