Evidence

Crime Scene
(See The House)

The body was found in the wine cellar. Urine-stains indicated that death may have occurred on the carpet just outside of that cellar. It is not known where in the house the assault began. The perpetrator must have entered the kitchen area at some point as that is where the pen was kept. Other areas of possible relevance to the investigation are: JonBenet's bedroom, the dining room and the basement.

Objects
Objects known to be related to the crime:


 * The ransom note: Three sheets of paper torn from Patsy Ramsey's personal notepad, written using the Ramseys' pen. Describes a kidnapping for ransom by a militant "foreign faction".


 * The pen


 * The "garrote": A 20-inch piece of cord tied around the victim's neck with a broken paintbrush from Patsy Ramsey's paint set tied to one end.


 * The wrist-cord:


 * The tape: A piece of black gaffer tape placed on the victim's mouth.


 * The blanket: JonBenet's body was covered or wrapped in a white blanket.


 * The paint tote: The source of the paintbrush used in the garrote, located near the wine cellar door.

Injuries
The autopsy report identified:


 * Ligature strangulation


 * A skull fracture


 * Injuries to the genitals

Experts were consulted on various injuries.

Time of Death
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Victim's Clothing
(See Clothing)

Fiber Evidence
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Items from which trace evidence was recovered: shirt (#5), long johns (#6), neck cord (#8), tape (#15), white blanket (#16), nightgown (#17), comforter (#18), sheet (#19), sheet (#20), black comforter (#22), black velvet blanket (#23), golf club (#26), shards (#28), sheet (#29), sheet (#30), carpet (#63), carpet (#64), rope (#66), carpet (#69), wrist-cord (#166), shirt (#172), blanket (#173), black and white tights (#175), blouse (#176), blanket (#177), duvet from suitcase (#178-D), pillowcase (#251), Barbie doll (#404), Barbie doll (#405)

Fibers from Patsy Ramsey's jacket were found in the paint tray,

Fibers from Patsy Ramsey's jacket were found tied into the ligature found on JonBenet's neck

Fibers from Patsy Ramsey's jacket were found on the blanket

Fibers from Patsy Ramsey's jacket were found on the duct tape that was found on the mouth: "The Colorado Bureau of Investigation labs ran comparison tests and reported that four fibers that had been discovered on the tape were chemically and microscopically consistent with the fibers of Patsy’s jacket." described as "red and black" in schiller - were identified by FBI Special Agent Douglas Deedrick.

Lou Smit claimed to have seen a CBI report indicating that "fibers from the sham and duvet [found inside the suitcase] were on the outside of the shirt" which JonBenet was wearing when found. However, "FBI examiners said the fibers on JonBenet came from a source other than the pillow sham and comforter -- but none of them matched anything else [taken as evidence from] the house".

BLANKET (16)

Axillary hair collected from the blanket - eventually traced to Patsy or her maternal line.

There were also a number of other hairs and fibers collected from the blanket—many of which were consistent with JonBenét and Patsy Ramsey. Others were never sourced. We would find that a number of visitors had used the bed while the child was elsewhere. The hair could have come from any of them, or it could have been transferred through some other contact, such as in a washing machine or dryer.

Blood and Urine
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Traces of JonBenet Ramsey's blood were found on:

Traces of JonBenet Ramsey's urine were found on:

Handwriting Evidence
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Handwriting analysis

Fingerprints/Footprints
By mid-February  the  FBI  and  the  CBI  forensics  technicians  had  concluded  part  of  their  fingerprint  typing  and  fiber  analysis. CBI told  the  Boulder  police  that  no  prints  had been found on the black duct tape that John Ramsey said he removed from his daughter’s mouth and none were found on the broken artist’s paintbrush used to make the “garrote”  found  around  JonBenét’s  neck. The CBI  had  been  able  to  identify  two  fingerprints  found  on  a  white  bowl  on  the  dining  room  table  that  contained  uneaten  pineapple. One print  belonged  to  Burke  and  the  other  to  Patsy.

A palm print on the wine cellar door was identified as belonging to Patsy, and another of Patsy’s prints was found on the door to Burke’s train room, the room with the bro-ken window. A print  on  the  west  patio  door  on  the  main  floor  belonged  to  John. The location  of  the  prints  meant  very  little,  since  Patsy  and  John,  living  in  the  house,  often  visited these rooms and fingerprints are almost impossible to  date. Another fingerprint  on  the  west  patio  door  was  later identified as belonging to Barbara Fernie. Eventually the CBI  told  the  police  that  they  had  been  able  to  match  almost  all  the  fingerprints  the  detectives  had  collected  to  240 people  from  whom  the  police  had  collected  physical  evidence.

Another palm print found on the wine cellar was matched to Melinda in 2002.

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Witness Testimony
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