Photos: JonBenet Ramsey murder case – 1999 grand jury indictment released
October 24, 2013
Patsy Ramsey holds up a reward sign for any information leading to the arrest of the murderer of daughter JonBenet Ramsey. The couple met with a small selected group of the local Colorado media after four months of silence. Their 6-year-old daughter was murdered on Christmas night 1996. Photo by Helen H. Davis, The Denver Post. ( RAMSEY 6 )
This is an undated file photo of JonBenet Ramsey, who was found dead in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colo., Dec. 26, 1996. (AP Photo/Boulder Police Department, File) ( JONBENET RAMSEY )
In this May 24, 2000 file photo, Patsy Ramsey and her husband, John, parents of JonBenet Ramsey, look on during a nws conference in Atlanta regarding their lie-detector examinations for the murder of their daughter. A Colorado judge on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 ordered the release of the 1999 grand jury indictment in the killing of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, possibly shedding light on why prosecutors decided against charging her parents in her death. Patsy Ramsey died in 2006. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File) ( JonBenet Lawsuit )
The grave of JonBenet Ramsey, is shown decorated Monday, Dec. 17, 2001, at the St. James Episcopal Church in Marietta, Ga. People have been hanging ornaments on a tree near the grave. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal Constitution, Andy Sharp) ( JONBENET GRAVE )
Patsy Ramsey holds a rock someone left at the grave of her daughter, JonBenet Ramsey at St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery in Marietta, Ga., Monday, Dec,. 17, 2001. On the rock the writing says "God Bless the Sweet Heart of JonBenet Ramsey. 7/01/01." Patsy Ramsey, along with a sister and friends of her family, were there to plant pansies and hang ornaments around the grave at rear with the items placed on it.(AP Photo/Atlanta Journal Constitution, Andy Sharp) ( JONBENET GRAVE )
Candles surround a portrait of JonBenet Ramsey outside her home after a candlelight vigil on the one-year anniversary of her murder Friday, Dec. 26, 1997, in Boulder, Colo. About 60 people gathered for the vigil. (AP Photo/Michael S. Green) ( JONBENET RAMSEY )
Boulder District Attorney Alex Hunter speaks at a press conference the day after a grand jury in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case failed to hand down any indictments before being dismissed Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999 in Boulder, Colo. Despite the fact that the grand jury had been meeting fo 13 months but failed to find sufficient evidence to bring charges against anyone, Hunter vowed, ' We are not going to give up on this case'.(AP Photo/Boulder Camera/Marty Caivano) ( JONBENET RAMSEY )
Flowers rest in the snow outside the home of JonBenet Ramsey on the one-year anniversary of her murder, Friday Dec. 26, 1997, in Boulder, Colo. A candlelight vigil was scheduled for later in the evening. (AP Photo/Michael S. Green) ( JONBENET RAMSEY )
John and Patsy Ramsey sit on a porch swing with their 10-year-old son, Burke, at an undisclosed location in this Aug. 16, 1997 file photo. Nearly a year after the Dec. 26, 1996 murder of their 6-year-old daughter, JonBenet, police have named no suspects.(AP Photo/The Rocky Mountain News, Ellen Jaskol, FILE)
Caption: Patsy Ramsey wipes tears off her face during a small press conference the couple held in Boulder. The couple invited a select group of people from the local Colorado media to meet with them after nearly four months of silence since the murder of their 6 year old daughter JonBenet on Christmas night 1996. Photographer: Helen H. Davis The Denver Post ( RAMSEY 7 )
District Attorney Alex Hunter, right, answers questions, Feb. 13, 1997, about the murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey during a news conference with Boulder Police chief Tom Koby in Boulder, Colo. Nearly a year after the Dec. 26, 1996, crime, no suspects have been named.(AP Photo/Joe Mahoney, FILE)
Patsy Ramsey speaks as her husband John Ramsey listens during a short news conference,Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2000 in Atlanta, after answering questions from Boulder, Colo., police authorities about the death of their daughter, JonBenet. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith) ( RAMSEYS INTERVIEW )
Patsy Ramsey answers a question during a press conference in Atlanta Wednesday, May 24, 2000 about her lie-detector examination concerning the murder of her daughter JonBenet as her husband John Ramsey looks on at right. The Ramseys presented lie-detector test results they said showed they were not 'attempting deception' when they denied killing their 6-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Ric Feld) ( RAMSEYS LIE DETECTOR )
Boulder County Sheriff George Epp refers to his notes during a news conference in Boulder, Colo., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997, where he announced that two people were arrested in connection with the sale of crime-scene photographs in the death of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey. Boulder County District Attorney Alex Hunter, left, listens. Lawrence Shawn Smith, a processor with Photo Craft Laboratories, and Brett Allen Sawyer, a former deputy, were booked and released. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) ( BOULDER SLAYING.B1420 )
A police officer sits in her cruiser on Friday, Jan. 3, 1997, outside the home in which 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in Boulder, Colorado on Dec. 26, 1996. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) ( JONBENET RAMSEY )
Boulder Sheriff's Department cadets V. Montez, left, and E. Hill stand outside the home in Boulder, Colo., on Dec. 27, 1996, in which 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found dead on December 26. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) ( JONBENET RAMSEY HOME )
A Boulder Police Department detective leaves the home of John and Patricia Ramsey in this Jan. 3, 1997 file photo in Boulder, Colo. A complete autopsy report on the 6-year-old beauty queen was made public Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1997 despite police objections that it could jeopardize the investigation. It confirmed much of what has been made public, but did not provide an estimated time of death. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) ( JONBENET RAMSEY )
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