JonBenet Ramsey's parents were indicted in 1999 on charges of child abuse resulting in death in connection to the pint-sized beauty queen's murder, new court documents reveal.
Four pages of grand jury documents released Friday show that John and Patsy Ramsey were indicted on two identical counts each, charging that the couple helped her killer and allowed their daughter to be put in a dangerous situation.
The paperwork was ordered released by Colorado superior court judge Robert Lowenbach in response to a lawsuit brought by Boulder Daily Camera reporter Charlie Brennan and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
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Brennan had reported earlier this year that a grand jury had voted to indict the Ramsey's, but that then-Boulder, Colo. District Attorney Alex Hunter refused to sign the papers and prosecute. The statute of limitations on the charges would have run out in 2002.
The indictment does not directly accuse JonBenet's parents of killing her, but indicates that they helped cause her death.
In count four of the indictment, the grand jury found that the Ramseys "did unlawfully, knowingly, recklessly and feloniously permit a child to be unreasonably placed in a situation which posed a threat of injury to the child's life or health, which resulted in the death of JonBenét Ramsey, a child under the age of sixteen."
Count seven of the indictment states that John and Patsy did "unlawfully, knowingly and feloniously render assistance to a person, with intent to hinder, delay and prevent the discovery, detention, apprehension, prosecution, conviction and punishment of such person for the commission of a crime, knowing the person being assisted has committed and was suspected of the crime of murder in the first degree and child abuse resulting in death."
JonBenet's bludgeoned and strangled body was found in the basement of her parents' home the day after Christmas in 1996. The Ramseys had alerted cops after finding a ransom note demanding $118,000. John Ramsey found his daughter's body covered by a blanket. There was duct tape covering her mouth, a cord around her neck and evidence that the child had been garroted and sexually tortured.
The case made worldwide headlines as glam photos and videos showing JonBenet dressed in adult makeup and suggestive poses were released in the media.
The newly-released indictments came years before the 2008 revelation of new DNA evidence that indicated JonBenet's killer was an unknown male. That same year, the Ramseys and all immediate family, including JonBenet's brother, Burke, were exonerated by Boulder District Attorney Mary Lacy.
John Ramsey had asked the court to release all of the grand jury report, rather than just the unprosecuted indictment portion released Friday. He argued that a partial release would give a skewed view of the case.
John and Patsy, who died in 2006, always maintained their innocence.
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