December 26th

On this day - 26th December 1996 - Six year old JonBenét Ramsey found murdered

Ramsey was a six year old American child pageant who was murdered on the 25th of December 1996. She was found in her parents basement on the 26th of December, 8 hours after she was reported missing. Her mum had reported her missing after finding a ransom letter in their staircase which asked for $118.000 in exchange for her return. This was the exact amount her dad had received as a bonus earlier the same year. The murder created lots of media attention due to Ramsey's participation in child pageants. Her parents were first suspected, but due to DNA evidence were they cleared in 2008 and the murder is still unsolved.

Investigators into the case and the parents have written books about the case, the investigation and the period after the murder.