JonBenet Ramsey case could benefit from new DNA technology as police renew commitment

It's been astir 30 years since JonBenet Ramsey's haunting Christmastime execution — and there’s renewed optimism that investigators could beryllium person than ever to solving it.

Boulder police, who person made small disposable advancement successful the lawsuit implicit the years, said this period that the probe "remains a apical priority."

"Techniques and exertion perpetually evolve," Chief Stephen Redfearn, of the constabulary section successful Boulder, Colorado, said successful a video statement. "This is particularly existent with exertion related to DNA testing."

JONBENET RAMSEY'S FATHER, POLICE MEET FOR 'IMPORTANT' DISCUSSION OVER UNSOLVED CHILD PAGEANT STAR'S MURDER

This combined representation shows JonBenet Ramsey earlier her 1996 execution arsenic good arsenic her father, John Ramsey, successful a 2022 interrogation with Fox News Digital. The lawsuit remains unsolved, and helium has advocated for years for authorities to behaviour caller DNA investigating connected grounds from the Dec. 26, 1996 homicide. (Left and inset: Courtesy of the Ramsey family, Right: Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

JonBenet's father, John Ramsey, met with Boulder constabulary past January and said it was "an important meeting." He told Fox News Digital earlier this twelvemonth that helium urged the section to judge assistance from a backstage genetics laboratory with a way grounds of cracking different acold cases.

In a September interrogation with Fox News Digital, helium implored President Donald Trump to get progressive successful the case.

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JonBenet Ramsey sits with her begetter John Ramsey successful an undated household photo. (Netflix)

"I told the DA that wealth should not beryllium a restrictor here," helium said during an interrogation astatine CrimeCon successful Denver. "I request to get Donald Trump connected them. He'll disturbance things up 1 mode oregon the other, but someway we've got to get them to bash that."

He said helium believes that ongoing advances successful forensic familial genealogy could beryllium the cardinal to solving the case.

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"I americium perfectly convinced that's the golden modular today," Ramsey said. "So I've been pushing that beauteous hard successful presumption of what I deliberation ought to happen, and I don't cognize that they're doing it. I cognize they listen, but I don't cognize wherever they are mentally, successful presumption of making that happen."

Ramsey echoed his sentiments successful an interrogation this period with the Daily Mail, erstwhile helium added that leaders astatine precocious DNA laboratories had informed him astir however investigative familial genealogy lone requires a minuscule illustration to output results – portion besides insisting helium believes determination is simply a 70% accidental his daughter's slayer could beryllium named wrong months. 

"IGG is simply a precise almighty instrumentality – conscionable usage it," Ramsey told the outlet. "If they bash it and they travel up empty-handed, astatine slightest that mode I tin accidental convey you, you've tried everything you tin truthful far."

"It's that simple. But if you're conscionable pursuing up leads that travel in, that's primitive."

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Ramsey besides pointed to a database of imaginable suspects compiled by legendary homicide detective Lou Smit successful the 1990s, with Smit theorizing his daughter's slayer was idiosyncratic who held a grudge against Ramsey, the outlet reported.

"Lou Smit's database [of imaginable persons of interest] is 700 radical long," Ramsey told the Mail. "There's truthful galore leads – but utilizing DNA makes this lawsuit solvable."

Ramsey, who was antecedently a vocal professional of the Boulder Police Department implicit its handling of the case, is present praising investigators successful airy of the caller developments. 

"It’s encouraging," Ramsey told NewsNation. "The cardinal truly successful advancement has been the summation of caller enactment there. It was not precise bully for 25 to 26 years. And now, knowing Chief Redfearn from the outside, I’ve met with him 3 oregon 4 times. I’m impressed with him. I deliberation he’s sincere and honest.

"The occupation with the aged enactment was the aged guard. These radical that were successful that constabulary section had ne'er investigated a murder."

John and Patsy Ramsey, the parents of JonBenet Ramsey, conscionable with a tiny selected radical of the section Colorado media aft 4 months of soundlessness successful Boulder, Colorado, connected May 1, 1997. (Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Although Boulder constabulary successful the past person been resistant to sacrificing what fewer samples they person near to caller testing, Redfearn is simply a caller person successful the section and whitethorn alteration course.

There are items successful the lawsuit that person ne'er been tested.

"The astir important 1 was the garrote that was utilized to strangle my daughter," Ramsey told the Mail. 

"That had to person DNA grounds connected it due to the fact that it was a precise analyzable knot, I'm told, and the presumption is that this carnal couldn't person tied that wearing gloves – truthful that was a existent portion we privation to beryllium either tested oregon re-tested."

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JonBenet was reported missing by her mother, Patsy Ramsey, connected Dec. 26, 1996, aft uncovering a ransom enactment demanding $118,000. John Ramsey recovered her assemblage aboriginal that aforesaid time successful the basement of their Boulder home.

JonBenet Ramsey, recovered murdered successful her Boulder location successful 1996, whitethorn spot her lawsuit revived arsenic caller DNA exertion offers anticipation for answers. (Courtesy of the Ramsey family)

An autopsy revealed that JonBenet died of strangulation and a stroke to the head, and DNA investigating ruled retired her household arsenic suspects aboriginal on.

Boulder constabulary accidental they've followed up connected "every lead" they've received implicit the years, including interviewing much than 1,000 radical and sorting done much than 21,000 tips.

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Anyone with accusation connected the acold case, including the killer, is asked to interaction the Boulder Police Department astatine [email protected] oregon the department's extremity enactment astatine 303-441-1974.

"It is ne'er excessively precocious for radical with cognition of this unspeakable transgression to travel forward, and I impulse those liable for this execution to interaction us," Redfearn said.