Perfect Murder, Perfect Town : The Uncensored Story of the JonBenet Murder and the Grand Jury's Search for the Truth

In Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, Lawrence Schiller thoroughly recreates every aspect of the complex case of the death of JonBenét Ramsey. A brilliant portrait of an inscrutable family thrust under the spotlight of public suspicion and an affluent, tranquil city torn apart by a crime it couldn't handle, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town uncovers the mysteries that have bewildered the nation. Why were the Ramseys, the targets of the investigation, able to control the direction of the police inquiry? Can the key to the murder be found in the pen and writing pad used for the ransom note? Was it possible for an intruder to have killed JonBenét? In Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, Lawrence Schiller thoroughly recreates every aspect of the complex case of the death of JonBenEt Ramsey. A brilliant portrait of an inscrutable family thrust under the spotlight of public suspicion and an affluent, tranquil city torn apart by a crime it couldn't handle, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town uncovers the mysteries that have bewildered the nation.-Why were the Ramseys, the targets of the investigation, able to control the direction of the police inquiry' -Can the key to the murder be found in the pen and writing pad used for the ransom note' -Was it possible for an intruder to have killed JonBenEt' This account of the investigation of the murder of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey on Christmas day 1996 in Boulder, Colorado, tells of the conflicts between her parents and the local law enforcement, between the District Attorney and the Boulder police, and among the tabloid media. "The reader is drawn into the ... anguish, the blunders, the rivalries, the jealosies, and the peripheral victims on every side."--Jacket