JonBenet's Dad Interrupts Burglary at Atlanta Home

Feb. 20 -- The father of slain child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey interrupted an apparent burglary at his Atlanta-area home today and suffered minor injuries in a scuffle with the intruder, his attorney said.

John Ramsey returned home from a nearby store at around 11 a.m. EST today and interrupted what seemed to be a burglary in progress, attorney Lin Wood told ABCNEWS.

An altercation took place with a male intruder, Wood said. Ramsey has no serious injuries stemming from the incident, Wood said, just some scratches and bruises. "John is okay," he said. "He did not suffer any serious injuries although I think he may have suffered some blows to the face."

After the altercation, Ramsey was locked in a bathroom for some time, said Atlanta Police Deputy Chief C.B. Jackson, although he was able to break out and call 911.

The intruder escaped from the home with two full bags of items, Wood said, although Ramsey did not know the contents of the bags. Police also said an upstairs bedroom was ransacked and some guns that the Ramseys owned were stolen.

Wood believes the intruder entered through the back door of the Ramsey home, but said he did not know whether the Ramseys were intended to be specific targets or if it was a random act.

JonBenét was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's Boulder, Colo., home on Dec. 26, 1996. John Ramsey found his daughter's body several hours after his wife Patsy called police saying she found a ransom note demanding money for JonBenét's safe return.

Police have not named suspects in JonBenéts murder, but authorities have said her parents remain under an "umbrella of suspicion."

The Ramseys have suggested that an intruder may have been responsible for their daughter's slaying.

The Ramseys moved to the Atlanta area after their daughter's killing.