'It’s a hurtful thought': JonBenet Ramsey's dad reveals biggest regret about six-yr-old's last Christmas
BOULDER, COLORADO: Murdered child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey's father has opened up about his biggest regret about his daughter's last Christmas. “We went out in the back alley and she rode it up and down the alley a couple of times,” John said of the 1996 holiday at the family’s Boulder, Colorado, home.
However, he recalled how instead of spending time with her while she rode, he rushed his daughter, six, along. He was eager to reach their holiday meal with friends on time. I said, ‘OK, we gotta go, we’re going to be late for dinner,'” John, now 79, told The US Sun. “To which she said, ‘Oh Dad. Please let me go just one more time,’ but I told her no, we’ll do that tomorrow.” The next morning, Ramsey was found dead in the basement of their family home.
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“And that’s what I remember vividly, her asking me to go just one more time, and me telling her no we’ll do it tomorrow,” John reportedly said, adding, “Of course, there was no tomorrow […] it’s a hurtful thought now.” The pain comes back in full force during Christmas for John. “I had a mother write me [years later] and she said your loss made me take that extra five minutes when my child asked for my time because you don’t know. So that’s another life lesson […] don’t be so busy that you say we’ve got to wait until tomorrow. That’s what I remember most from that day," he said.
Over the years, many possibile suspects for Ramsey's murder have cropped up. Significant among these is former school teacher John Mark Karr, who randomly owned up to the murder in 2006. However, he was cleared when the DNA analysis revealed that his profile did not match the one found on the scene.