So very sorry to hear this. I never followed the case thoroughly but never believed that she nor her family were in any way guilty.
The police certainly botched the investgation badly...I mean how stupid could any PD be?
I honestly do not believe it was stupidity on the part of the PD. Boulder has an incredibly low murder rate with investigators who have little to no experience dealing with a crime scene such as this.
Put that together with the national attention this case got and you have a recipe for disaster.
The stupidity on the PD was not bringing in until much later agencies who had solid experience dealing with murder cases.
Secondly was the ego factor that got into the way. They knew the Ramsey's did it, they only wanted evidence that proved it and when evidence came up that didn't fit into their scenario, it was ignored, this greatly harmed the case. Add that to a prosecutors office that also was so sure the Ramsey's did it and ignored any information to the contrary and we have a murderer who is free to kill again.