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JonBenet Ramsey’s father calls for child murders to be investigated as federal offenses

JonBenet Ramsey's father calls for child murders to be investigated as federal offenses

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FIRST ON FOX: LAS VEGAS – John Ramsey, the father of murdered JonBenet Ramsey, said Saturday that child killings should be investigated as federal offenses.

“We have 1,800 police jurisdictions in this country. Each one’s a little kingdom. They have full authority of the crimes committed in their territory, other than bank robberies and a few other things,” Ramsey told Fox News DIgital at the CrimeCon 2022 convention in Las Vegas on Saturday. “But why we don’t make, as a society, the murder of a child be a criminal offense at the highest level and bring all of our resources to bear on that is beyond me. We have one of the highest child murder rates of any industrial country in the world. We should be ashamed of that.”

Ramsey and investigative journalist Paula Woodward, author of “We Have Your Daughter,” spoke Saturday afternoon at the conference featuring thousands of guests and speakers ranging from crime victims to high-profile law enforcement figures and scientists.

John Ramsey speaks to Paula Woodward at CrimeCon 2022.
(Fox News)

Investigations into federal crimes are led by federal law enforcement and prosecutors.

JonBenet’s mother reported her missing to police when she was 6 years old on the morning Dec. 26, 1996, in Boulder, Colorado. She had discovered a lengthy ransom note demanding more than $118,000 in exchange for JonBenet. John Ramsey found her body later that same day in the basement of her home.

An autopsy revealed that JonBenet died of strangulation and a blow to the head. The Boulder City Medical Examiner reported an 8 1/2-inch fracture on her skull. Authorities have not convicted any suspects in the case.

Page one of the JonBenet ransom note.
(John Ramsey)

Ramsey criticized BPD for its “arrogance,” “pride,” “ego” and inexperience at the time his daughter was killed during his discussion at the convention. 

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