I hope no one minds that I'm going to reply and bump this thread. I'm interested in hearing more reasons why people are so fascinated with JonBenet's case.
JonBenet's case is the only true crime case I extensively follow. Yes, I read about Kyron Horman and Hailey Dunn, but I'm definitely not into those cases like I'm into JonBenet's case. I do ask myself a lot, "Why this case? Why doesn't any other case fascinate me like this?" So these are the reasons why JBR's case intrigues me like no other:
The first reason is JonBenet, herself. She was obviously a beautiful child on the outside, as you can see from the picture in my signature, but she was also beautiful on the inside. Her nanny said this about her, "JonBenet was the only happy person in that house. She was a ray of sunshine. She was totally adorable. She really was a pretty little thing." Even the people who talked about the "bad" things JBR did like LHP or the gardener, couldn't find something truly horrible that she did. It was just typical 6-year-old stuff.
Whenever I look at pictures or videos of JonBenet, it's so hard for me to believe that she was murdered. We see all these pictures and videos of an ALIVE JonBenet and then to find out what her fate was, at only 6, it's like, "WHAT!"
People Magazine said this about the case, "Little Jonbenét Ramsey's Life Appeared Almost Unnaturally Charmed, Making Her Murder Seem All the More Darkly Perverse," which I agree with 100%. JonBenet was beautiful, she lived in a huge house, her dad was making bank, she spent summers in Michigan, she had been to more states by age 6 than other people have been to by age 30. We know that JonBenet's life wasn't perfect, but on the surface, it definitely seems like it was. If you get rid of the sexual abuse and the pressure with the pageants, JonBenet was living the life.
Then, it's the actual crime itself that interests me. Now I do believe that someone with the last name Ramsey killed JonBenet but I have absolutely no idea how exactly it went about. So they came home from the White's house, and then what? What were the events leading up to the murder? Who delivered the blow to JonBenet's head? Is it possible that JAR could have been in that house? What happened right after the blow was delivered? Where did this all happen? What time? What's up with the pineapple? Did JonBenet go to bed, and then this all happened? Or did she never go to bed? It's a true mystery.
I also do find it interesting to read about all the political connections going on in this case. The R's legal team was extremely influential and had ties to the Clinton white house. Of course I find it sick that they got away with murder (IMO) because of money and connections, but I can't lie, it is fascinating to read about all the behind the scenes stuff that goes on in this case.
This case seems like it's out of a movie, like it can't be real. It is like Hollywood screenwriters sat down to think of a murder mystery that the public will love, and this is what they came up with. Obviously, child murders happen everyday, but when you think about all the factors this case had, it is crazy.
And...a question...Can anyone think of another case besides JonBenet or Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, where the case got national coverage, and the victims were always murder victims? JBR and Nicole and Ron were never known as missing to the media and public; they were always murder victims. I was going through cases in my head and it seems like in every case that received national coverage, the victims were missing. It may have been for a short while, but they were still missing. I'm not saying it means anything; I'm just curious. (Just thought of one...The Petit family in Connecticut. But can anyone think of a case involving one person who got national coverage, and was always a murder victim?)