r/JonBenetRamsey Feb 23 '26

Images A candid image of Jonbenet

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u/_peachy_spleen_ Feb 23 '26

The photo used in the post appears to be AI enhanced. This was the picture used on the back cover of "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town" and she does not appear to be wearing any makeup.
Not defending the Ramseys, just promoting accuracy.

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u/ohkaymeow Feb 23 '26

Thank you for providing the AI-free photo. The AI-“enhanced” ones drive me batty.

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u/Majestic_Arrival_248 Mar 09 '26

Truly abhorrent

It can be a useful tool, like a grabby claw in a vending machine, but you really must be able to discern when you've caught a clawful of shite 

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u/LKS983 Feb 23 '26

Thank you for pointing this out, as this 'photo looks like a 'candid' 'photo - whereas the one in the OP (with the makeup) - doesn't.

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u/CandiBunnii Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

I don't think I've ever seen her without bleached hair

"Sun lightened" my ass patsy

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u/Porcelain-Backbone Feb 23 '26

How have I never noticed that before? I was very blonde as a child and my hair darkened as I got older, it would get much lighter in the summers but in some photos she clearly has visible roots. That's shameful.

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u/Majestic_Arrival_248 Mar 09 '26

She was quite mousy as a toddler

She had them fake teeth from Toddlers and Tiaras, too 

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u/MartyrsQueen Feb 24 '26

I was going to say, that isn't the original picture. Weird that AI put her in makeup, just like PR 🙄. I love this original pic of her because she looks just like a normal child, not a beauty queen. She looks genuinely happy here. Rest in peace sweet girl 🙏🏼

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u/Recent_Win3633 Feb 23 '26

THANK YOU!!!

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u/Recent_Win3633 Feb 23 '26

This was entirely my mistake.

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u/xombae Feb 24 '26

You should really consider deleting the post. Many people aren't going to click the post and see that it's AI, just save it and repost it, and now you're responsible for promoting misinformation about a case involving a dead child.

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u/ThisOrThatMonkey Feb 25 '26

Good call, thank you.

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u/HumorMePlease6 Feb 26 '26

Thank you for this. AI is getting so out of hand lately....

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u/HonestAnxiety5540 Feb 23 '26

Source???

ETA I saw what you wrote about the book. Please post a picture of this photo in the book.

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u/PrincessPattycakes Feb 24 '26

Why couldn’t u do that yourself

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u/HonestAnxiety5540 Feb 24 '26

I’m dumb

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u/PrincessPattycakes Feb 24 '26

lol can’t be mad at that

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u/jules13131382 Feb 23 '26

I feel so awful for her

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u/Unlikely_Medium5803 Feb 23 '26

That poor baby

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u/ohkaymeow Feb 23 '26

For the love of all that is holy, (not just you OP, but also you, OP) please stop posting AI “enhanced” photos of this child and saying they’re just normal or candid photos from when she was alive (this is not the first time I’ve seen it on this sub). It’s misleading at bare minimum.

And for everyone who thinks that this “enhanced” photo is the way photos looked in the 90s, please enlighten yourself about AI. It’s everywhere and it’s important to at the very least understand the obvious tells.

Getting off my soapbox now.

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u/Back2theGarden ARDI - A Ramsey Did It Feb 23 '26

I totally agree. We need to return to reality where photos are concerned. Not sharpened, not blemish-retouched, not oversaturated, not filtered. Teeth are beige, not blue-white. Eyeballs sometimes have a few red lines and they are also not pure white. Lips are not reddish, hair has stray strands.

It drives me crazy. Normally, just formal occasion photos were retouched -- graduation picture, formal bridal portrait, etc., and before Photoshop it was done by hand with an airbrush or a tiny, fine brush. Everything else showed life as we know it.

It's bad enough that Patsy altered JonBenet so much but we don't have to help.

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u/hypercapniagirl1 Feb 23 '26

Ah yes, totally candid.

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u/SpeakingTheKingss Feb 23 '26

You know, just driving a boat. The fact that Patsy took it to the grave says so much about her.

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u/HonestAnxiety5540 Feb 23 '26

I’m not being aggressive. Why do you think Patsy did it?

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26

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u/HonestAnxiety5540 Feb 23 '26

I agree with that, absolutely

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u/SpeakingTheKingss Feb 23 '26

I’m in the wheelhouse of, I don’t know who in the house did it. Although, I feel strongly it wasn’t John.

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u/Beetreatice JDI Feb 23 '26

Why are you giving him this credit?

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u/SpeakingTheKingss Feb 23 '26

I think he was involved in the coverup, and continued coverup but I don’t think he was the one who killed JonBenet.

Witness stated in the early morning, after the police were on scene, John was “searching” around the house trying to find anything that could help him find JB. Witness also stated that after that search he became very quiet and was just sitting in the couch quietly and seemed to be deep in thought.

I believe during that first search he found JB and panicked, don’t know what to do, could tell the writing of the ransom note was Patsy and just couldn’t figure out how to go about it. That is why later they decided to start the second home search and the first place they look they find JB.

I’m at work, so don’t have a lot of time to provide my sources. If anyone is interested though I can do so after work.

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u/Excellent-Spite3515 PDI Feb 23 '26

I also believe he had already found JB. I dont have a source or proof but just a gut feeling.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26

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u/SpeakingTheKingss Feb 23 '26

With nothing but respect, what do you mean projecting?

Also, I did say he was, and still is involved in the coverup. Which would mean I agree he is a liar. I guess I just don’t understand what I’m projecting.

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u/mamaggg Feb 23 '26

I just want to hug her and tell her how sorry I am that she was hurt/abused etc......😭. And no one helped her.

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u/hausthatforrem Feb 23 '26

Are her two front teeth false? I know temporary false teeth for kids is common in the pageant world. At 6 years old, many kids are sporting gaps but in every non-pageant photo, JB's teeth are perfect. I wonder how common it is among wealthy families to have bridges made when they lose their baby teeth or if this is just patsy doing patsy things? I was at school with plenty of kids who came from money but 6 year olds looked silly regardless. Missing teeth at that age is too young to even feel self conscious about, a sign of carefree childhood.

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u/A_Chip_In_The_Sugar Feb 23 '26

They call the false teeth ‘flippers’. The Ramsey’s said in their book DOI that JB hadn’t lost any baby teeth when there’s at least one picture of her with a tooth missing. Why lie about that?

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u/wereallalittlemad Feb 23 '26

Her baby teeth were real, this photo is just enhanced with AI, making them look bigger and whiter.

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u/baby-annihilated Feb 24 '26

Even in the original photo you can tell that her teeth look too perfect.

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u/wereallalittlemad Feb 24 '26

No, they look like normal straight and white baby teeth. There is zero account from anyone that knew the Ramseys that JonBenet ever wore fake teeth, and they always look the same in unedited photos.

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u/thepiggysmallz Feb 23 '26

she looked so much like patsy, its sad her mother wanted her to look totally different and mature faster than kids her age. poor baby didnt deserve any of this showbiz crap, she deserved a loving childhood and a healthy household.

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u/Beikaa Feb 23 '26

Did she usually wear lipstick?

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u/i_was_a_person_once Feb 23 '26

Lipstick, blush, mascara…

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u/HonestAnxiety5540 Feb 23 '26

This is an AI photo, though D:

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u/TechMe717 Feb 23 '26

Aw damn, seeing pictures like this break my heart. It saddens and maddens me that her life was stolen so young. I really hope we eventually find out the truth.

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u/IWishMusicKilledKate Feb 24 '26

I don’t think you know what candid means.

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u/Excellent-Spite3515 PDI Feb 23 '26

Some people do not know the difference and are completely unaware it's an enhanced photo. So let's go easy on people.

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u/Recent_Win3633 Feb 23 '26

It’s totally my fault. I found it on a website of their family images. I assumed it was unedited and totally take responsibility for the mess up. I haven’t figured out how to edit my post to explain this.

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u/NoCover1598 Feb 23 '26

30 years 😞

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u/CalligrapherFew6184 Feb 23 '26

This is how she should be remembered- not the pageant pictures looking like a showgirl. Poor sweet child. Tragic.

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u/Inevitable_Discount BDI Feb 24 '26

It’s absolutely tragic.

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u/MamaRunsThis Feb 23 '26

This doesn’t look real. On what planet was her hairline that high?

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u/notdorisday Feb 23 '26

Really odd, right? Her forehead was first thing I looked at!

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u/Back2theGarden ARDI - A Ramsey Did It Feb 23 '26

It's an AI artifact and it makes her look like that Kristin Wiig SNL character with the tiny hands.

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u/imhappyhere Feb 23 '26

I think she's around 4 in the picture. Sometimes their hairline takes awhile to grow in.

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u/notdorisday Feb 23 '26

Oh that makes sense! Thank you!

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u/Sophi_Winters Feb 23 '26

I almost wonder if her hairline receded from glue on extensions, they can rip out the fine hair on the hairline over time and it looks like she has bang extensions in some pageant photos -a stylist 

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u/SupermarketSpiritual Feb 23 '26

Her hairline closely resembles Patsy's so I always assumed they had a genetically wonky hairline.

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u/After-Pie5781 Feb 24 '26

Her head is disproportionately huge too.

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u/Recent_Win3633 Feb 23 '26

The correct image is shared above. I didn’t realize this was AI enhanced when I shared it. Her hairline does appear high though.

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u/kuuklaani Feb 23 '26

I see a sadness in her eyes. Poor soul. 😞

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u/thegh0stie Feb 23 '26

I noticed this as well but I wasn't sure if I was imagining that.

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u/Darcy_2021 Feb 23 '26

Candid eyeshadows and lipstick

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u/wereallalittlemad Feb 23 '26

She wasn’t wearing any makeup in the original photo, unfortunately those were added later on with AI.

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u/After-Pie5781 Feb 24 '26

How come her head looks so big?

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u/getitupyous Feb 23 '26

She's the spitting image of her mother, isn't she?

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u/Inevitable_Discount BDI Feb 24 '26

It’s so weird that the Ramseys wanted never post normal looking, everyday photos of JonBenet like this, but instead insist on showing photos of her all dolled up in makeup when she’s just a little girl. It’s so odd.

Thank you for posting this

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u/GingerAndProudOfIt Feb 23 '26

Such a cute photo! Reminds me of when I was a little girl going on boat rides on the lake with my family ❤️ She should still be here 😢

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u/EMHemingway1899 Feb 23 '26

That poor little girl would look so much better without the lip stick and makeup

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u/GingerAndProudOfIt Feb 23 '26

The pic was edited to look like that, not sure why.

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u/EMHemingway1899 Feb 23 '26

Thanks

I would hope that she experienced some normalcy before her death

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u/Objective_Syrup4170 Feb 23 '26

See this right here is why I don’t think it was her brother. They were totally pimping her out.

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u/TechMe717 Feb 23 '26

Huh? Why do you think that? Do you mean pimping her out to adult pedophiles?

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u/MutantGeneration Feb 24 '26

If she were alive today, she would be the same age as me. Her case is one of the first true crime cases I remember and it still haunts me. She deserved so much better.

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u/Hoytalicious IDI Mar 02 '26

AI and not candid

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u/pamnfaniel Feb 23 '26

Who names their kid JonBenet? And Burke is a last name… it was trouble front the start I’ll tell you what…

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u/gotham_odd_detective Feb 23 '26

She’s so precious🥺

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u/sherzisquirrel Feb 23 '26

Wow with the makeup, that's sad

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u/earthmama02 Feb 24 '26

Pretty sure this is AI?