Post Mortem | JonBenét Ramsey
48 Hours Correspondent Erin Moriarty and Producer Mary Murphy discuss the cold case of JonBenét Ramsey, who was murdered at home when she was just six years old. They discuss 48 Hours' decades long reporting, false leads on suspects, and a new interview with JonBenét's father, who believes genetic genealogy could identify the killer.
- Duration
- 19m
- Broadcast on
- 24 Dec 2024
- Audio Format
- other
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[MUSIC] Welcome back to another episode of Postmortem. I'm your host, Anne-Marie Green, and today we're discussing the unsolved case of John Panay Ramsey. Joining me now is 48 hours correspondent, Erin Moriarty. Erin, you have been covering this for over 20 years. Of course, producer, Mary Murphy. We have a lot to discuss, including a new interview that Erin did with John Ramsey, John Panay's father, and the latest developments on the investigation. So let's get going. Welcome. I'm so happy to be here to talk about this. I really care about this case. Thanks so much for having us. But first, I want to remind you guys, if you have not listened to the 48 hours episode yet, you can find the full audio version just below this episode on your podcast feed. So go and take a listen and then come on back so you can join our discussion. All right, Erin, like I said, you've been covering this case for over two decades. You first spoke to John Panay's parents, John and Patsy Ramsey back in 2002. That was just six years after John Panay was murdered. It was a really interesting time. The murder was rife with speculation and conspiracy theories, and the Ramses were right in the middle of that. Why do you think they were so willing to talk to 48 hours? Well, in a way, in 2002, 48 hours and the team that I worked with, we were a bit of outliers because they actually did polls back then and showed that most people in America thought that John and Patsy Ramsey had something to do with it. But we had really been looking at the real facts, not the rumors, not the things that appeared in the tabloids. And we were really open to the idea. There was a lot of evidence pointed to the fact that an intruder could have come in the home. And so they opened their doors to us and we got incredible access. You know, at that time, Patsy was undergoing chemotherapy again, you know, her cancer had come back. And she took us and showed us her paintings that showed great pain. And then the other thing that I will never forget, she did the interview with Makeup and a wig, as I learned. And then after the cameras are off, she flips off the wig and there she is. You know what, she's bald. Wow. And it really told you what she was going through, but she also said many times that's nothing compared to losing a child. I may have cancer, but the real pain is losing a child. I think that's so interesting because she, in particular, was the one that took a lot of heat. There was a lot of suspicion towards her.
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48 Hours Correspondent Erin Moriarty and Producer Mary Murphy discuss the cold case of JonBenét Ramsey, who was murdered at home when she was just six years old. They discuss 48 Hours' decades long reporting, false leads on suspects, and a new interview with JonBenét's father, who believes genetic genealogy could identify the killer.