I was surfing the net when I came across the article regarding the arrest of 41-year-old John Mark Karr. He was suspected of killing JonBenet Patricia Ramsey a decade ago. He confessed details about the murder that only the FBI knew about. Her unsolved murder was ranked second in the world's unsolved mysteries, only to be outranked by Jack The Ripper. That was how 'spectacular' her murder was. It whipped everyone up and to think that a child was no longer safe to be tucked into her own bedroom for bed was sensational and it scared parents all over the world. It opened the eyes of all parents about the possibility of a child being sexually abused. Pedophilia was a rare occurrence at that time. I bet no one or maybe a small number knew about the existence of such sick preference.
I was looking through her photos and she was an angelic little thing. I swear she was one of the prettiest young girls that I have ever seen. She has perfect features, really. I just touched me that someone that young and innocent was murdered. Worse still was that her family was tormented and accused as being the murderers. Even her brother who was about 4 years older then her was not spared of the media frenzy.
I learn about the media and such but to be the focal point of such media attention when you have just lost you only daughter is not what any humans deserve. Truly, I grieve with the family. If JonBenet was alive this day, she would be a beautiful 16-year-old teenage. Probably blossoming into a wonderful young adult.
However, she was not a regular child. She was a 'beauty-queen'. Beg your pardon, I do not encourage this. But, maybe the child loved being in the spotlight. JonBenet was never forced to enter the pageants or anything like that. Though I must insists that I have a definite feeling that her mother had something to do with her early introduction to the glamorous world of the beauty pageant world. Her mother, Patsy Ramsey was a beauty queen herself. Patsy passed away due to ovarian cancer in June 2006, just a few months before.
Looking at the picture above, JonBenet looks so innocent, participating in a pageant for young girls. But where will this stop? Do we know the thin border that we should not cross. She is what im sure thebf will describe as lil miss goody two shoes. And she is. but then take a look at the next photo of her...
This young lil miss was dressed up as marilyn monroe. Not exactly the person a young girl of 6 should be looking up to, let alone dress up and act as. She was a spirited girl that pranced on stage singing and acting very much like an adult with her sultry moves and "seductive" act. She is 6 for goodness sake. She shouldn't be doing this sort of stuff. She should not be associated with the words sexy, sultry or even sudective. She should be scraping her knees at the playground and still thinking that guys are the worse species ever to land on earth. But look at her now.
This picture just scare the bejeepers out of me. No harm intended but look at her. Her face is the perfect illustration of what an angel should look like. Can you notice however, how very much adult her face is? She looks like a mini me of some cheerleader with a babyface.. But i have a surprise for you guys...
Doesnt it shock you to see how grown up her eyes look? Children are suppose to be fun loving and carefree. This is the only period in time where they truly have people looking after them and making mistakes are their full time job. It makes my heart stop to see a mere 6 year old with vacant eyes like hers. this photo is haunting. You can feel her charm and enigma pulling you into the empty vortex that you see reflected in her eyes alone. What is this child thinking?
But I am sure she will always be remember as JonBenet, the lovely 6 year old in ponytails and enjoyed school so much she was dancing on the way to her first day in kindergarten. However, we grieve that she never lived to see what 1st grade was like.
It tears my heart to know that children are never safe anymore, not even in their own houses. After being hassled and beleaguered by the media, even to the point of being accused of killing JonBenet, the family was still living with the hope to see the killer being brought to justice.
John Mark Karr even had the cheek to say that he did not kill her as it was unintentional. How stupid can an adult of his age get? Intentional or not, the bottomline was bacause of his pedophilic nature a child is dead. And he even told the media that he loved the child. Yes Mr. John Mark Karr, we know your intentions for the child is not exactly as pure as snow. It must have been tarred with your lustful behaviour towards her. Stop me if I start being incoherent, but why in the world would a man of 31 years break into a house to be with the child if he loved the girl like his own daughter. Utter crap. He even confessed to bringing the child down to the basement... To do what? read her a bedtime story? Gosh.
Well,10 years after the killing, some light are finally being shone on the case again. Let us hope that the killer will be brought to justice and pay for the crimes he committed. Well, since JonBenet died at such a young age, she’ll probably go straight to heaven =) Its our believe that when a child dies when he/she has not even reach the age of puberty then they will end up straight in heaven.