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EXCLUSIVE: The death of JonBenét Ramsey, the child beauty queen who was killed in her family home in Colorado, has dominated headlines for nearly 30 years.
Director Joe Berlinger is reopening the case in a new three-part series for Netflix.
The streamer has ordered Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey, which will revisit the case ith fresh eyes and perspective and features interviews with key people from the crime and investigation, including JonBenét’s father, John Ramsey.
Berlinger has directed true-crime docs including Netflix’s Conversations with a Killer strand that has told the stories of Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer as well Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. The latter is widely considered responsible for helping to get three teenagers – the West Memphis Three – out of jail in the case.
The series will launch on November 25.
On the morning after Christmas in 1996, John and Patsy Ramsey woke up to discover their youngest child, six-year-old JonBenét, was missing, a ransom note left downstairs.
Later that day, John Ramsey discovered his daughter’s body in the basement, revealing the truth that JonBenét had not been kidnapped, but was instead sexually assaulted and murdered in their own home. The Boulder, Colorado police quickly cast suspicion on JonBenét’s family as the most likely suspects, turning the case into a national obsession. Twenty-eight years later, that obsession hasn’t gone away, and the murder of JonBenét Ramsey remains unsolved.
The series will examine law enforcement and the media’s mishandling of the case and shows how this crime can be solved, despite almost three decades of mystery.
It is produced by RadicalMedia, directed by Berlinger, who exec produces alongside Craig D’Entrone, Jon Kamen and Jen Isaacson.
Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey is the latest non-fiction project based on the case; CBS aired The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey and A&E The Killing of JonBenét: The Truth Uncovered aired, both in 2016, while Netflix had Casting JonBenét, a dramatization of the story in 2017.
Paramount+ also recently ordered a limited scripted series based on the case with stars including Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen.
“Many people think they know the JonBenét Ramsey story and have played armchair detective for three decades, often callously pointing a finger at the very people who suffered such an unthinkable loss. Through unprecedented access and a comprehensive multi-year investigation, we reveal the deep flaws in how the case was originally handled, resulting in a sea of conspiracy theories that nearly destroyed the Ramsey family for a second time,” said Berlinger.
