It’s one of the most notorious murder mysteries of the Nineties after six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found dead in a bloody pool in the basement of her Colorado home on Boxing Day, 1996.
And now, almost 20 years after JonBenet’s untimely passing, her 29-year-old brother Burke Ramsey is breaking his silence.
Burke has never publicly addressed the tragic event – until now.
His three-part interview with Dr. Phil promises to “reveal what he knows about his sister’s mysterious murder” and reflect upon the deep impact it’s had on him and his family.
The beautiful blonde beauty queen was discovered by her father John, beaten and strangled with a cord around her neck. It was later confirmed that she was sexually assaulted.
The three-part interview will air at the start of September.
In a terrible turn of events, the focus soon shifted to JonBenet’s parents Patsy and John.
While there was never enough evidence to charge them, that didn’t stop the tide of public opinion turning against them. Reports also alleged Burke murdered his sister.
Patsy and John were finally cleared of any involvement from her death in 2008.
Watch John talk about trying to protect his son in the aftermath of JonBenét’s death in the player below. Post continues after the video…
Last year, John admitted in an interview with Barbara Walters that he desperately tried to shield Burke from the salacious reports which linked him to his little sister’s murder.
“We tried to shield him from that. Friends would ask us, ‘what can we do to help.’ We’d say, next time you go in the supermarket, call the manger over when you see our child on the front cover and ask him to remove it. A lot of them did that,” John explained.
In April, a report from In Touch claimed JonBenet was killed by the hands of 26-year-old Michael Helgoth, whose family ran a junkyard near JonBenet’s hometown in Boulder, Colorado.
Burke and John share a hug at Patsy’s funeral in 2006. Patsy was buried next to JonBenet.
JonBenet would have celebrated her 26th birthday this month.
While this would be a huge breakthrough for the Ramseys, Michael Helgoth took his own life in 1997.
The Ramsey family were dealt another devastating blow when Patsy passed away from ovarian cancer in 2006, just two years before authorities officially exonerated her from the murder of her daughter.
Burke’s tell all is set to air from Monday, September 12.
John and Patsy were finally cleared of any involvement from their daughter’s death in 2008.
