Nearly 20 years after the mysterious death of six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey, the little girl’s older brother is going to publicly speak for the first time about his sister’s death.
JonBenét’s body was found in the basement of her Colorado family home on the day after Christmas in 1996.
Burke Ramsey, now 29 and only 9 years old at the time his sister’s body was discovered, will appear on Dr. Phil for a three-day special on Sept. 12, 13, and 19. (Burke is seen in the picture below, at his mother’s funeral in 2006.)
JonBenét’s death, which is easily one of the most debated and high-profile murder cases in American history, remains unsolved to this day. Her parents and Burke were the only other people in the home at the time.
After the pageant queen’s body was discovered, the Ramsey family was put under intense scrutiny by investigators and the media. No evidence was found to incriminate them, and to this day no charges have been laid. They were all cleared of any criminal wrongdoing in 2008.
JonBenét’s father, John, found JonBenét’s body with duct tape over her mouth and a cord wrapped around her neck. A mysterious ransom note was left in the house, demanding the seemingly random amount of $118,000. There was no sign of forced entry into the Boulder home. Authorities stated that the little girl had been sexually assaulted.
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Last year, in an interview with Barbara Walters, John said that both he and Patsy tried to protect Burke from tabloid accusations that he killed JonBenét.
“We tried to shield him from that,” he said.
Patsy Ramsey, JonBenét’s mother, died of ovarian cancer in 2006.
(The three-part Dr. Phil interview with Burke Ramsey airs on Monday, Sept. 12, Tuesday, Sept. 13 and Monday, Sept. 19. Check local listings for exact air times.)
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