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We Have Your Daughter: The Unsolved Murder of Jonbenét Ramsey Twenty Years Later by Paula Woodward
hlbovard7's review
2.0
So much information. You could really tell the author felt the Ramsey's were innocent and the media was too blame for much of their demise. Which is pretty odd considering she herself was a member of the media during the time this was all going on.
finnwittrocky's review
4.0
it's organized oddly and has a lot of repetition because of that organization and some minor details are emphasized repeatedly (mostly those that point to an intruder) while others aren't. I did change my mind about the Ramseys' guilt based on this and I feel so badly for a family that just got fully condemned in the press and I feel badly for a little girl who was much more than a "pageant queen" and a garrotted murder victim found in her own basement.
DNA will solve this one day. Test rape kits, work for federal and state felony testing. We'll get him
DNA will solve this one day. Test rape kits, work for federal and state felony testing. We'll get him
dontwritedown's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I am writing this barely a month after the Uvalde School shooting and there is just so much parallel for all the wrong reasons.
That being said, as a member of the media, I do feel like the JonBenét case is just like the live coverage of 9/11: a 1-0-1 case of what not to do, legally, morally, and ethically. The media within the first few days were just as much to blame for giving the Ramsey's grief as the detectives who tried hard to pin the murder on them.
I have always been fascinated by this case, mostly because I was born only two-ish months before her death. I feel like Woodward cared for JonBenét's case like it was her own daughter's and I feel her reporting shows that. She breaks down all the mistakes all the misconceptions and even adds in little pieces of evidence that might be nothing but also might be something.
And I feel it really says something about because towards the end, she addresses a note to the killer, about taking a keepsake. Was it a lock of hair? We don't know as readers, but it says something about Woodward that she was able to get close enough to someone in the case, either Smit or John, that would trust her enough with this information.
As for the mystery....I'm at the point to where I don't think it'll ever be solved. No. I don't even think a deathbed confession or a weird DNA break.
Great book though.
That being said, as a member of the media, I do feel like the JonBenét case is just like the live coverage of 9/11: a 1-0-1 case of what not to do, legally, morally, and ethically. The media within the first few days were just as much to blame for giving the Ramsey's grief as the detectives who tried hard to pin the murder on them.
I have always been fascinated by this case, mostly because I was born only two-ish months before her death. I feel like Woodward cared for JonBenét's case like it was her own daughter's and I feel her reporting shows that. She breaks down all the mistakes all the misconceptions and even adds in little pieces of evidence that might be nothing but also might be something.
And I feel it really says something about because towards the end, she addresses a note to the killer, about taking a keepsake. Was it a lock of hair? We don't know as readers, but it says something about Woodward that she was able to get close enough to someone in the case, either Smit or John, that would trust her enough with this information.
As for the mystery....I'm at the point to where I don't think it'll ever be solved. No. I don't even think a deathbed confession or a weird DNA break.
Great book though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Rape
booksmacked's review
3.0
Chantel recommended this, and it really was an eye-opener. It reminded me of the book 'Columbine'-- I thought I knew everything and really knew nothing. I take everything with a grain of salt, because this author obviously has her opinion set about the Ramseys, but she was there much more than I was, and a lot of the evidence was really misrepresented in the press.
The author compares the actions and information from the police, etc, to policies and procedures that are best practices, and they really come up short-and prejudiced. If this is true, the Ramseys were really ruined by something that was not their fault.
I guess only a few people really know what happened, and I am not one of them. Still an interesting book.
The author compares the actions and information from the police, etc, to policies and procedures that are best practices, and they really come up short-and prejudiced. If this is true, the Ramseys were really ruined by something that was not their fault.
I guess only a few people really know what happened, and I am not one of them. Still an interesting book.
anpanini's review
2.0
There are so many sides to this story...I really appreciated this one tho, the father did sound sincere so this puts me into a dilemma.