ATLANTA (AP) — Doctors have diagnosed a recurrence of ovarian cancer in Patsy Ramsey, the mother of slain child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, the family attorney said.
The diagnosis came after Ramsey's annual examination earlier last week in Bethesda, Md., attorney Lin Wood said.
Ramsey, now 45, was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1993. She had been free of cancer for 8 1/2 years before doctors noticed the recurrence last week, Wood said in a statement Friday.
Doctors are optimistic because the new cancer appears confined to a small area, Wood said.
It has been more than five years since 6-year-old JonBenet was found strangled in the basement of her family's home. Police have said the child's parents remain under suspicion, but no one has been charged her death. The Ramseys maintain that an intruder killed their daughter.