JonBenét RamseyThe death of – and the ongoing murder investigation – have been difficult for his brother, Burke Ramseywho preferred not to discuss her or the case.

“Burke is not talking about the affair. Never. He doesn’t talk about JonBenét at all. “It’s not a topic of conversation within the family, and he’s never said anything about it,” a Ramsey family source exclusively said. Us every week before the release of Netflix Cold Case: who killed JonBenét Ramsey Monday, November 24.

The insider recalled that Burke was affected by any mention of JonBenétadding: “When he was younger, even the name upset him, because it was really painful and he didn’t know what to do with it. And then, when he was in high school, he knew all the whispers.

As the search for JonBenét’s killer continues decades later, Burke chose to step down.

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“He doesn’t read anything about the case, doesn’t watch anything about it. If he sees a show about it, he changes the channel. He’s not interested in watching documentaries at all,” the source continued. “He’s not going to watch this one (from Netflix). Absolutely not. It triggers him, and there’s no benefit to him .

Burke was 9 years old when her 6-year-old sister was found dead in the basement of their Colorado home. Her skull was broken and a tourniquet was tied around her neck. Official cause of death for JonBenét It was asphyxia by strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma, and his death was considered a homicide.

Boulder police have investigated numerous suspects over the years. JonBenét and Burke’s parents, Pigeon And John Ramseywere even named as persons of interest in the case, with a grand jury voting to indict both men in 1999. The indictment was never signed by the Boulder County District Attorney, however, because there was a lack of evidence. The couple was exonerated in 2008 when tests helped investigators determine that DNA found on JonBenét’s body came from an unrelated man.

Three years after JonBenét’s death, police and the Boulder District Attorney publicly stated that Burke was not a suspect, but online detectives continued to investigate. spread unfounded theories about him.

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“Burke had a very painful and very lonely upbringing,” the source said. We. “The family did their best to protect him, but you can’t protect a child from the fact that his sister was murdered and everyone thinks his family did it. Or that he did.

Burke and his family were also not thrilled with how it took the police a long time to publicly confirm his innocence.

“He spent his formative years under investigation, and all the while the cops knew the DNA wasn’t his, but they didn’t want to release it,” the family member noted of the evidence found on JonBenét’s body. “What the Boulder police did to (John and Patsy) was reprehensible, but what they did to Burke is unforgivable. They helped destroy the life of a vulnerable little boy.”

Burke once spoke out in a revealing interview with Dr. Phil in 2016. The same year, he sued CBS for $750 million after their documentary series The Case Of accused him of killing his sister. The defamation suit was settled in 2019 and Burke has not spoken publicly since, but he still released a statement for Netflix’s latest doc.

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“Citing treatment by the media and web sleuths, Burke Ramsey rejected our request for an interview,” reads a message at the end of Cold Case: who killed JonBenét Ramsey.

According to the family source, Burke continued to maintain relationships with those close to him.

“He gets together sometimes with (his father John) and they talk about things,” the source explained, noting that JonBenét is the only topic Burke won’t speak on. “It’s not on the table. If we were to talk about it, he would just stop. He doesn’t want to talk about that. Never.”