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JonBenet Ramsey cold case focus of upcoming TV programming

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2000 file photo, John and Patsy Ramsey leave their attorney Lin Wood's offices during a break in the Ramsey's questioning by Boulder, Colo., authorities in Atlanta. CBS is getting in the true crime business by investigating the JonBenet Ramsey murder in an upcoming six-part docuseries, the network announced Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. Their six-year-old daughter was found dead in her Colorado home on Dec. 26, 1996 after her parents reported her kidnapped. (AP Photo/Gregory E. Smith, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2000 file photo, John and Patsy Ramsey leave their attorney Lin Wood's offices during a break in the Ramsey's questioning by Boulder, Colo., authorities in Atlanta. CBS is getting in the true crime business by investigating the JonBenet Ramsey murder in an upcoming six-part docuseries, the network announced Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. Their six-year-old daughter was found dead in her Colorado home on Dec. 26, 1996 after her parents reported her kidnapped. (AP Photo/Gregory E. Smith, File) FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2000 file photo, John and Patsy Ramsey leave their attorney Lin Wood's offices during a break in the Ramsey's questioning by Boulder, Colo., authorities in Atlanta. CBS is getting in the true crime business by investigating the JonBenet Ramsey murder in an upcoming six-part docuseries, the network announced Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. Their six-year-old daughter was found dead in her Colorado home on Dec. 26, 1996 after her parents reported her kidnapped. (AP Photo/Gregory E. Smith, File)

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – Twenty years after the murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, two networks are dedicating programming to the unsolved case.

CBS will air a six-part docuseries, “The Case of: JonBenet Ramsey,” the network announced Wednesday. Original investigators will team up with new experts to re-examine the evidence using today’s technology and forensics. They will also rebuild the crime scene, conduct interviews and offer new theories.

“The Case of: JonBenet Ramsey” premieres Sept. 18 (8:30 p.m. EDT).

Lifetime also announced Wednesday that it has started production on “Who Killed JonBenet?” The film will premiere later this fall.

JonBenet, a child beauty queen, was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado, on Dec. 26, 1996.