Killer Broke Girl’s Skull, Reports Say

The killer of a 6-year-old beauty queen fractured her skull before strangling her with a cord, and used paper from a pad inside the Denver house for the ransom note, according to news reports. The Rocky Mountain News also said the alarm system was not operating in the expensive home where JonBenet Ramsey’s body was found in the basement Dec. 26. Police have refused to release many details of the slaying, saying that the former Little Miss Colorado died by asphyxiation. The Denver Post said the paper used for the three-page ransom note appeared to have been torn from a pad in the Ramsey house.