EXCLUSIVE: The demise of JonBenét Ramsey, the kid magnificence queen who was killed in her household residence in Colorado, has dominated headlines for almost 30 years.
Director Joe Berlinger is reopening the case in a brand new three-part sequence for Netflix.
The streamer has ordered Chilly Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey, which is able to revisit the case with contemporary eyes and perspective and options interviews with key folks from the crime and investigation, together with JonBenét’s father, John Ramsey.
Berlinger has directed true-crime docs together with Netflix’s Conversations with a Killer strand that has informed the tales of Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer as nicely Paradise Misplaced: The Youngster Murders at Robin Hood Hills. The latter is broadly thought-about chargeable for serving to to get three youngsters – the West Memphis Three – out of jail within the case.
The sequence will launch on November 25.
On the morning after Christmas in 1996, John and Patsy Ramsey woke as much as uncover their youngest youngster, six-year-old JonBenét, was lacking, a ransom observe left downstairs.
Later that day, John Ramsey found his daughter’s physique within the basement, revealing the reality that JonBenét had not been kidnapped, however was as a substitute sexually assaulted and murdered in their very own residence. The Boulder, Colorado police rapidly solid suspicion on JonBenét’s household because the more than likely suspects, turning the case right into a nationwide obsession. Twenty-eight years later, that obsession hasn’t gone away, and the homicide of JonBenét Ramsey stays unsolved.
The sequence will study legislation enforcement and the media’s mishandling of the case and exhibits how this crime might be solved, regardless of nearly three many years of thriller.
It’s produced by RadicalMedia, directed by Berlinger, who exec produces alongside Craig D’Entrone, Jon Kamen and Jen Isaacson.
Chilly Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey is the newest non-fiction mission primarily based on the case; CBS aired The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey and A&E The Killing of JonBenét: The Fact Uncovered aired, each in 2016, whereas Netflix had Casting JonBenét, a dramatization of the story in 2017.
Paramount+ additionally lately ordered a restricted scripted sequence primarily based on the case with stars together with Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen.
“Many individuals assume they know the JonBenét Ramsey story and have performed armchair detective for 3 many years, typically callously pointing a finger on the very individuals who suffered such an unthinkable loss. By unprecedented entry and a complete multi-year investigation, we reveal the deep flaws in how the case was initially dealt with, leading to a sea of conspiracy theories that just about destroyed the Ramsey household for a second time,” mentioned Berlinger.
