Timeline

Note that anything marked with an asterisk (*) comes from testimony which has not been independently verified.

Timeline of the Crime

December 24th, 1996

 * The Ramseys drive around looking at Christmas lights

December 25th, 1996

 * Burke wakes up first, then wakes up JonBenet.


 * Christmas presents


 * Pancakes


 * Neighborhood kids arrive


 * John Ramsey goes to airport


 * Bike-riding. John is present.


 * Changing for the Whites' dinner.


 * The Whites' dinner.


 * The Stines


 * The Ramseys arrive home


 * JonBenet consumes a small amount of pineapple from the bowl on the kitchen table


 * The Ramseys claim they went to bed

December 26th, 1996: "Day One"

 * John Ramsey claims he was the first person awake.

January
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February

 * Alex Hunter suggests hiring someone to "index and catalogue" the casefile. Police Chief Koby agrees, as long as the DA’s personnel do not "interfere, second-guess, or reinvestigate". This eventually leads to the hiring of Lou Smit,who extensively reinvestigated the case from the point of view of the intruder theory.

March

 * March 17: Lou Smit and Steve Ainsworth officially start work for the District Attorney's office, appointed by Alex Hunter. They begin investigating intruder suspects the very same afternoon. Smit is announcing the Ramseys' innocence "within 72 hours" (Schiller).

April
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May
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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