372:. These suits were brought by two persons named in the book as having been investigated by Boulder police as suspects in JonBenét's murder. The Ramseys were defended in those lawsuits by Lin Wood and three other Atlanta attorneys, James C. Rawls, Eric P. Schroeder, and S. Derek Bauer, who obtained dismissal of both lawsuits, including an in-depth decision by U.S. District Court Judge Julie Carnes that "abundant evidence" pointed to an intruder having committed the murder.
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In 1999, a grand jury voted to indict the parents of murdered 6-year-old beauty pageant winner JonBenét Ramsey on charges of child abuse resulting in death and of being accessories to a crime. The indictment alleges that between
Christmas Day and Dec. 26, 1996, John and Patsy Ramsey “unlawfully,
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in an interview that the death of JonBenét and the ensuing investigation and cost of the case had drained his finances. He also claims that because of the notoriety of the case he now finds it very difficult to find work.
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knowingly, recklessly and feloniously permit a child to be unreasonably placed in a situation which posed a threat of injury to the child’s life or health,” which resulted in her death.
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582:"Father of slain Colorado girl has ties to Okemos and MSU"
1006:"Ramsey father runs for election to Michigan State House"
1123:"JonBenet's Dad & Natalee Holloway's Mom Together"
788:"Colorado Murder Mystery Lingers as Police Press On"
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688:"JonBenet Archive: Details emerge in slaying"
615:"John Ramsey's deposition from Oct. 20, 1998"
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911:"Family cleared in JonBenet Ramsey's death"
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218:in Michigan. In 1966, he graduated from
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950:"Boulder police take back Ramsey case,"
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970:"Searching: The Interrogation Tapes,"
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1024:"2004 Michigan Election Results"
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527:"Ancestry of JonBenet Ramsey"
269:Case file for JonBenét murder
1193:"The Fogies of 'South Park'"
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444:Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
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