Unsolved Mysteries

One very interesting unsolved mystery that I have been intrigued by since I was young is the murder of JonBenet Ramsey.  The story that surrounds this name is the murder of a six year old girl that still remains unsolved today.  In 1996 JonBenet’s parents found her in their basement of their Colorado home on Christmas morning and she was dead.  One detail about this crime that was very strange to police is that a ransom note with strange writing was also found in the family’s home.  However, there is no reason for a ransom note when JonBenet was already dead and still in the family’s home.  John and Patsy Ramsey, the parents, were under suspicion for a very long time and in 2009 they were officially taken off the suspect list.  Many lingering questions remain, such as who would kill a beautiful six year old beauty queen and why? I believe this is such an interesting mystery because this little girl’s story is so widely known, almost 17 years has gone by and still no one knows what happened.  Also, I find this very interesting because the police will probably never get the person or people who did this if it really is John and Patsy Ramsey.  Patsy died in 2006 and whatever she may have known went with her. 

                The other unsolved mystery that I find very interesting is the murder of Beth Short, otherwise known as “The Black Dahlia.”  Beth Short’s murder occurred in January of 1947.  She was found cut in half and left in a parking lot in Hollywood.  What I find very interesting about this story is that the crime is slightly similar to murders in The Poet.  In the novel, the victims were cut into many pieces and this resembles the way that Beth Short was murdered.  Also, I think that it is very interesting that there was so much support on this case.  In that time it was still socially unacceptable with most people to sleep around or for people to know that you’re sleeping with someone, especially if you are not married to that person.  The rumors are that Mrs. Short was an aspiring actress and that she slept around in Hollywood.  It was said that this was part of the name that she obtained the nick name “The Black Dahlia.”  The police in that time could have wrote her off and not tried as hard to find the killer of someone more prestigious.  However, the case of The Black Dahlia has gained much support through the years and has become very famous.

Melissa Brown