Investigators are closer to finding out who killed 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey nearly two decades after the child was found dead, sources told ABC News.
ABC News reported that unidentified sources briefed on the investigation said a team of experts has been assigned to look at remaining evidence in the case and to “apply the most modern scientific and cold case techniques to try to solve the crime.”
In December 1996, JonBenet’s mother called 911 to report her daughter missing, saying she had found a ransom note. A few hours later, JonBenét was found dead in her home in Boulder, Colorado. The child’s skull was fractured and, according to her autopsy, she had been sexually assaulted and strangled. Her parents and brother have been cleared as suspects and nobody was ever prosecuted. The unsolved murder has remained a high-profile case since 1996.
After Netflix released the three-part series “Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey” last week, which criticized how police handled the crime, Boulder police denied claims they were not pursuing viable evidence and leads. Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn said in a video press release that the department can’t share specific information publicly to avoid compromising an open investigation.
“We have thoroughly investigated multiple people as suspects throughout the years and we continue to be open-minded about what occurred as we investigate the tips that come into detectives,” Redfearn said.
JonBenét’s father, John Ramsey, told CNN he believes up-to-date DNA technology could help solve the case, and in 2022, he supported an online petition asking Colorado’s governor to intervene and put an outside agency in charge of DNA testing. In 2021, police said they hadn’t ruled out DNA to help solve the case.
