JonBenet Ramseyfather, John Ramseystill believes there is a chance of solving her murder nearly three decades after the discovery of DNA.
“We are encouraged that police will finally use the skills and resources of the FBI to help solve our case,” John, 81, said. American Sun Thursday, December 26, marks the 28th anniversary of John Bennett's death.
John plans a meeting with the new chief of police in Boulder Stephen Redfern About this issue. They will specifically discuss enlisting the FBI's help and Using a new DNA test To narrow the list of suspects.
“Suppose they are now using cutting-edge DNA laboratories to develop a DNA profile in the appropriate format for family genealogy research,” John noted. “In this case, we have very good odds of finding the identity of the killer.”
Netflix's Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey includes interviews with some — but not all — of JonBenet Ramsey's family members. This three-part docuseries, which premiered Monday, November 25, explored the decades-long quest for justice for the young beauty queen, highlighting the mistakes that derailed the murder case. The cold case: who killed (…)
John and Redfern are expected to meet in January to address the assistance provided by advanced forensic experts, according to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”. today. DNA analysis involving genealogy work has proven successful in the past in high-profile cases such as the Golden State Killer case.
Renewed interest in JonBenét's case comes after Netflix They released their three-part docuseries Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey. JonBenét was found dead at the age of 6 in 1996 in the basement of her home hours after she was reported missing. Her official cause of death was asphyxia due to craniocerebral trauma, and her death was ruled a homicide.
Over the years, Boulder police have looked into many suspects and theories, including her brother, Burke Ramseyand John Bennett's parents, Patsy and John. Grand jury They voted to indict the pair In 1999, but the indictment was not signed by the Boulder District Attorney due to lack of evidence. The couple was acquitted in 2008 and I continued calling In order to find JonBenét's killer. (Patsy died of ovarian cancer in 2006.)
“What we're advocating for – and we've been doing this aggressively over the last year or so, is to know that there were five or six items that were taken from the crime scene. They were sent to the lab to take samples from the crime scene,” John told the camera in the three-part document. DNA and they were not sampled.” “We want to sample those items. We want to retest what was sampled. Then use a public genealogy database to search not just for a match, but for a similar relative. This has been used with great success in the last few years by police departments to find the killer of very old cold cases.
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A Boulder PD spokesman said Us Weekly In a statement issued in November, they said they were “vigorously investigating the case and pursuing all avenues.” Meanwhile, a source familiar with the authorities reported we That there were “fresh sets of eyes” on the case trying to find “anything that could have been overlooked”.
“No one is off the table. The insider noted that this case remains wide open. “We are seeking the truth, whatever it may be. We will not leave any stone unturned. The best thing we can do for the Ramses family is to solve this problem.”
