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Boulder County DA Says Ramseys Shouldn’t Have Been Cleared in JonBenet’s Murder
Dougherty said investigators are still pursuing leads, with thousands of interviews and advanced DNA testing still underway in the unsolved case.
- On Tuesday, Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty and Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn held a press conference discussing the unsolved 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey, with Dougherty stating he has not cleared the Ramsey family as suspects.
- The case, spanning nearly 30 years since the kindergartner's death in her Boulder home, has frustrated investigators despite thousands of interviews conducted across at least 17 states and leadership changes involving five police chiefs and four district attorneys.
- Officials are focusing on a 50-50 mixed DNA sample found in the victim's underwear, which remains a technical challenge requiring advanced forensic investigative genetic genealogy technology to unlock the evidence described as "not unlimited."
- John Ramsey, the victim's father, expressed optimism following recent discussions with the district attorney and police, urging the Boulder Police Department to utilize private labs capable of testing the small, compromised DNA samples.
- As the 30th anniversary approaches on December 26, Redfearn emphasized the department has only "one shot" at testing the evidence, balancing caution with the pursuit of justice for JonBenét.
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MICHAEL RUIZ: JonBenet Ramsey's father challenges DA after report says family shouldn't have been cleared - NEW YORK TIMES POST
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! JonBenet Ramsey’s father has issued a fiery response to a report that a Colorado prosecutor now handling his daughter’s cold case murder would not have ruled the family out as suspects if he’d been in charge when a predecessor did so in 2008, even as the family [...]
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