
After 45 years of work, he said he is still up to the challenge of helping solve some of the most mysterious cases. Spitz is often recognized as one of the most respected forensic scientists worldwide. In court documents, Spitz's attorneys said he should be covered by the First Amendment regardless of what he said. The media company will defend it in a court of law if necessary. CBS said they stand by what was said and the broadcast. "I have no fear of Burke Ramsey clearing his name against the false accusations of Werner Spitz in a court of law," said Wood.īurke Ramsey also field a lawsuit against CBS for $750 million. The lawsuit claims Spitz's theory has deeply harmed Burke Ramsey. The day after the documentary first aired, Burke Ramsey's attorney demanded a retraction. While police never identified a murder weapon, Spitz claimed the weight and shape of a flashlight found on the Ramsey family's kitchen counter was consistent with the skull injury which killed the young beauty queen. It's like he's playing the game of Clue," said Wood.īurke Ramsey was 9 years old at the time of JonBenet's murder. And yet he goes out and says, 'Oh it was the flashlight in the hands of the son in the kitchen. He's never firsthand examined a single piece of actual evidence. He's never spoken to the forensic pathologist. I don't know the why."īurke Ramsey's attorney said Spitz is unqualified to make such claims.

Whether he was jealous or mentally unfit or something. Linn Wood, attorney for Burke Ramsey.ĭuring part of the documentary, Spitz accuses Burke Ramsey of JonBenet's murder, saying, "You cannot come to a different conclusion.

The judge will have to decide if this will go to trial. The case goes before a judge in Wayne County on Wednesday. Werner Spitz for what he said in a CBS documentary about who killed the 6-year-old girl back in 1996.īurke Ramsey's defamation lawsuit against the esteemed pathologist seeks $150 million. However, there is nothing else that would point him towards being a killer, he was just a friendly old man.DETROIT – JonBenet Ramsey's brother, Burke Ramsey, is suing Dr. He asked his wife to mix the glitter with his ashes if he were to die. The gift meant much more to him as no child has given him gifts while playing Santa. The reason for him being a suspect is because his own daughter was kidnapped in 1974, Bill’s wife had written a play about a child getting molested and murdered in a basement.īill even brought a vial of glitter gifted to him by JonBenet into heart surgery. Bill McReynolds - second close suspect in Jonbenét Ramsey’s murderīill visited the Ramsey House two days before the murder of JonBenet Ramsey.

Burke got angry over this and hit her in the head with a flashlight, to which she died. The theory behind this belief that Burke was having pineapples and JonBenet came to him and ate some of his pineapples. Many also believed Jonbenét Ramsey’s brother to be the murderer and the parents covered it up for him. A paintbrush from Patsy’s hobby kit was used to tighten the rope that strangled JonBenét.

The autopsy revealed that JonBenét was bludgeoned to death, but the coroner ruled out that she died as a result of strangling. The crime scene was heavily compromised by people arriving at the scene and thus not much evidence found during the investigation. The police did not search the house, as there was no reason to search the house after reading the ransom note. She was found with duct tape over her mouth and a smooth cord around her neck. The body was found by her father, John Ramsey. JonBenét Ramsey was found in less than eight hours and even stranger is that her body was found inside the house, in the utility room, in the basement of Ramsey Residence. The murder of JonBenét Ramsey - Mysterious Death She won various beauty pageants growing up such as Little Miss Colorado, Little Miss Charlevoix, Colorado State All-Star Kids Cover Girl, America’s Royale Miss, and National Tiny Miss Beauty. She was named after her father John Bennett Ramsey. JonBenét Ramsey was born on August 6th, 1990 to the Ramsey family, John and Patricia “Patsy” Ramsey.
