This is I Fear You, Babe.
Before we talk about how JonBenét Ramsey died, we talk about how she lived.

We stay inside the morning of December 26, 1996.
The house. The staircase. The ransom note. The 911 call. The waiting.
The decisions made in shock. The systems that weren’t built for clarity.
The moment the story changes forever.

This episode does not chase a theory.
It does not rush to a suspect.
It slows down and sits with what actually happened — and what didn’t.

Because this case didn’t fracture because people were evil.
It fractured because humans were trying to survive something unthinkable.

Then the story dives into the investigation itself — the autopsy findings, the garrote detail, the ransom note as evidence, the pineapple timeline, the window debate, the grand jury, the DNA wars, the media frenzy, and the institutional failures that keep this case unresolved.

SHOW REFERENCES & SOURCES

Boulder Police Department — Official JonBenét Ramsey Case Page
https://bouldercolorado.gov/jonbenet-ramsey-homicide

Denver7 — Timeline and investigative overview of the case
https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/jonbenet-ramsey-case-a-timeline-of-events

FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin — Kidnapping and ransom note characteristics
https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/kidnapping-and-extortion-investigative-considerations

Colorado Judicial Branch — Grand jury process overview
https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/self-help/grand-jury

CBS News — Reporting on the grand jury decision and later disclosures
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jonbenet-ramsey-grand-jury-indictment-documents-released/

Associated Press — DNA evidence debate and ongoing testing
https://apnews.com/article/jonbenet-ramsey-dna-investigation-boulder-police-5e6b3c4b6f9b9a1e9b0a8b6a0c9f5d3f

(Links included for transparency and listener reference. This episode prioritizes publicly available reporting and official statements.)

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