Geraldo Rivera is making amends with the daddy of JonBenét Ramsey.
After John Ramsey’s daughter was discovered murdered at 6 years outdated within the basement of her household’s Colorado residence in 1996, the journalist, 81, staged a mock homicide trial on tv.
On Monday, throughout NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rivera addressed the mock trial that aired on his daytime discuss present, “The Geraldo Rivera Show,” in 1997, telling Ramsey, “I deeply apologize to you for what you and your family have suffered.”
Through the episode, the political commentator’s “jury” discovered Ramsey and his spouse, Patsy Ramsey, liable for his or her daughter’s demise, per NewsNation.
Rivera continued, “No one deserves to go through what you went through. That’s my bottom line. And when I walk around and it is with stories like yours in my head over the last 54 years of my career, I, it is a burden to me. It’s a soulful burden. And again, man to man, to you, I apologize, and I am sorry for everything you have gone through, John.”
Ramsey responded, “Geraldo, I accept your apology and thank you.”
Ramsey and the tragedy has been again within the highlight for the reason that November launch of the Netflix three-part docuseries “Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey?”, which premiered on Nov. 25.
The 80-year-old has been vocal for many years about what he considers to be missteps made by authorities throughout their investigation. John additionally acknowledged how the media frenzy solely made issues worse on the time.
Ramsey and Patsy, who has since died, grew to become individuals of curiosity after JonBenét was discovered sexually assaulted and strangled to demise on Dec. 26. Earlier that morning, Patsy discovered a ransom word demanding $118,000 in alternate for her youngest baby’s secure return.
No member of the Ramsey household, together with the couple’s son Burke who was 9 on the time, has ever been charged in reference to the case. Regardless of a number of folks falling below suspicion, no arrests have ever been made.
Right this moment, Ramsey now needs state-of-the-art labs that use genetic family tree and different superior DNA know-how to crack the chilly case. He claims that there are seven objects from the crime scene which have by no means been examined, or have been examined with outdated strategies.
“We’re begging the police to engage,” Ramsey instructed Folks final month. “There are cutting-edge DNA labs that want to help and who believe they can move the case forward.”
Nonetheless, the Boulder Police Division disputed the claims they weren’t pursuing all leads and mentioned progress is, in reality, being made.
“The assertion that there is viable evidence and leads we are not pursuing — to include DNA testing — is completely false,” the division mentioned in a press release submit on X, previously Twitter, final month.
“Additionally, it was the Boulder Police Department — not the Colorado Bureau of Investigation — who convened the Cold Case Review Panel in December 2023 as part of its investigation efforts,” the submit added.
