cops were there within 3 minutes of 5:23am call.
body not found until eight hours later - by the father, not the cops.
Wiki links really?
Here’s another time line
5:30 a.m. — Patsy Ramsey gets up to make coffee and reports finding a two-page note on the back staircase stating that JonBenét had been kidnapped. The note claims to be from “a small foreign faction” demanding a ransom of $118,000 in cash.
5:45 a.m. — Shortly after finding the note, Patsy calls family friends Fleet and Priscilla White and John and Barbara Fernie.
5:52 a.m. — Patsy finally calls the police, detailing the supposed kidnapping and the demands on the ransom note.
5:59 a.m. — Officer French arrives on the scene — the first of many from the Boulder Police Department to respond to the call.
6-8:00 a.m. — Four more officers arrive at the Ramsey residence: policemen Veitch, Weiss, and Barcklow, and their supervisor, Reichenbach. JonBenét’s parents have friends come to help search the home, including the aforementioned Whites, Fernies, and Reverend Hoverstock. Victim advocates and crime scene investigators are also present in the house.
8:10 a.m. — The first detective on the case is Linda Arndt, who immediately begins her investigation. She fails to secure the crime scene.