Natalee Holloway: A Case That Captivated The Nation

JonBenét Ramsey

The tragic disappearance of Natalee Holloway brought up comparisons of other disappearances and deaths surrounded by mysterious circumstances. Less than a decade before Natalee Holloway disappeared in Aruba, another young girl went missing.

It was Christmastime in 1996 when JonBenét Patricia Ramsey went missing. JonBenét was a beauty pageant queen from Boulder, Colorado. Her parents found a ransom note in their home on Christmas, before finding their daughter’s body in the basement of their house several hours after reporting that she was missing. After the autopsy was done, it was ruled that JonBenét Ramsey had been murdered in cold blood.