MICHAEL RUIZ: JonBenet Ramsey investigators are retesting evidence with newer technology, police chief says
Investigators in Boulder are retesting decades-old evidence in the murder of JonBenet Ramsey as her family nears 30 years since the unsolved slaying in their former Colorado home."Chief [Steve] Redfearn and I are more hopeful now than we have been in the past because of the advances in the investigation and the advances in technology," Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty told reporters in a news briefing this week."And I say that based on just how DNA has progressed over time."Her father, John Ramsey, had spent years begging authorities to attempt to solve the case through investigative genetic genealogy, a relatively new technique for ginning up DNA leads that involves combining genetic testing results with genealogy research to identify potential persons of interest.
IGG itself is rapidly evolving as state-of-the-art DNA testing also improves.JONBENET RAMSEY'S FATHER ASKS TRUMP FOR HELP IN DAUGHTER'S UNSOLVED MURDER CASEJonBenet Patricia Ramsey, 4, lies on a white seamless backdrop wearing white lace gloves during a studio session for a commercial ad and actress portfolio in Boulder, Colo., on May 1, 1994.(ZUMAPRESS.com)A cold case review panel was convened in Boulder as local police, state and federal investigators continue to dig into what happened on Dec.
26, 1996, when JonBenet was found strangled and with head trauma in the basement of her home.Although investigators have pursued a number of potential suspects, persons of interest and theories about how she died over the years, no one has been convicted and her death remains one of America's most prominent unsolved cases."It's no secret," Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn told reporters in a sit-down interview earlier this week.
"We're also going back, based on that cold case review, and retesting things that were tested 30 years ago with newer technology."MICHAEL RUIZ: JONBENÉT RAMSEY'S FATHER CHALLENGES DA AFTER REPORT SAYS FAMILY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CLEAREDBoulder Police Chief Steve Re...