{"id":2020,"date":"2026-09-24T14:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2026-09-24T14:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:38:13","slug":"melissa-mccarthy-reveals-her-theory-on-who-killed-jonbenet-ramsey-as-she-prepares-to-play-her-mum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=2020","title":{"rendered":"Melissa McCarthy reveals her theory on who killed JonBen\u00e9t Ramsey as she prepares to play her mum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Melissa McCarthy was asked who she thinks killed JonBen\u00e9t Ramsey as she gets set to play the little girl\u2019s mum Patsy in a new Netflix drama.<\/p>\n

McCarthy<\/a> is best-known for her comedic work, appearing in the likes of Bridesmaids, Tammy<\/em> and The Hea<\/em>t, but the 56-year-old is gearing up to take on a far more dramatic role for The Murder of JonBen\u00e9t Ramsey<\/em>.<\/p>\n

JonBen\u00e9t<\/a> was just six years old when she was found beaten and bound in the basement of her family home in Boulder, Colorado on Boxing Day in 1996.<\/p>\n

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Near the body, the family discovered a ransom note demanding $118,000 for JonBen\u00e9t’s return, pointing towards a kidnapping that had gone wrong.<\/p>\n

The autopsy found that JonBen\u00e9t had died of asphyxia by strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma, and the case was ruled a homicide.<\/p>\n

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JonBen\u00e9t Ramsey was killed when she was just six-years-old (YouTube\/CNN)<\/cite><\/div>\n

However, despite a high-profile and intense police investigation, the killer has never been found.<\/p>\n

The death of JonBen\u00e9t is one of true crime\u2019s most enduring mysteries with several conflicting theories about what happened to the youngster.<\/p>\n

In an upcoming drama series, Netflix<\/a> is set to explore the case with McCarthy playing JonBen\u00e9t\u2019s mum Patsy alongside Clive Owen as dad John<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Variety<\/a>, McCarthy shared her thoughts on the infamous cold case.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust my personal feeling. My heart says no one in the family could have done that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have the ability, or probably the right, to say that, but that\u2019s what my gut says. Which I probably am not supposed to say.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut shooting [the new show], I had to pick. I had to have that for myself, if nothing else.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCarthy came to her conclusion after diligently reading \u2018every police report\u2019 and \u2018every coroner’s report\u2019 about the case.<\/p>\n

However, she said that the drama series isn\u2019t a whodunnit and instead explained it was a \u2018character study\u2019 into those involved in the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis might sound nuts: I\u2019m very fond of Patsy,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have so much compassion for them, what they went through, and go through currently.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Melissa McCarthy is set to play Patsy Ramsay – pictured here with husband John in 1997 (Helen H. Richardson\/ The Denver Post)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Patsy passed away in 2006 after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer.<\/p>\n

John, who was not involved in the new Netflix show, has since remarried and lives with his wife Jan Rousseaux in Michigan.<\/p>\n

The heartbroken father has spoken out<\/a> about the case several times over the years, most recently in Cold Case: Who Killed JonBen\u00e9t Ramsey<\/em> on Netflix.<\/p>\n

Speaking to PEOPLE<\/a> in 2024, he shared his own theory on who was behind the shocking crime but claimed police \u2018blew it off\u2019.<\/p>\n

John told the publication about the case of a masked intruder who broke into the home of a 12-year-old girl in Boulder nine months after his daughter\u2019s murder, and attacked the girl before running off.<\/p>\n

He said he believes the intruder, who was never caught, could \u2018easily have been the same person\u2019 who killed his daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe police blew it off as, \u2018No, it’s not the same,\u2019\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

This year marks 30 years since JonBen\u00e9t\u2019s death and Boulder Police say they are still actively working on the ongoing homicide investigation.<\/p>\n

Last December, they said they had ‘conducted several new interviews as well as re-interviewed individuals based on tips we\u2019ve received’.<\/p>\n

Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn said: “It is never too late for people with knowledge of this terrible crime to come forward, and I urge those responsible for this murder to contact us.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Melissa McCarthy was asked who she thinks killed JonBen\u00e9t Ramsey as she gets set to play the little girl\u2019s mum Patsy in a new Netflix drama. McCarthy is best-known for her comedic work, appearing in the likes of Bridesmaids, Tammy and The Heat, but the 56-year-old is gearing up to take on a far more…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2022,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions\/2022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}