What's more, detectives are now seriously investigating a lead that was ignored years earlier: a report of an unknown blue van spotted outside the Ramsey house the night before and the day after JonBenet was murdered.
After a murder investigation that went nowhere, the answer to the question, "Who killed JonBenet," is likely in the Denver police department crime lab.
"I believe the technology of today makes it extraordinarily difficult for a killer not to leave his calling card," says police forensic specialist Greg LaBerge, referring to the suspect's complete DNA profile.
He believes he has the DNA for the man he suspects is the killer of JonBenet Ramsey: "It would be very, very helpful to the investigation to have that DNA matched to an individual."
The crime lab has two spots of JonBenet's blood found on the underwear she was wearing the night of the murder. Mixed in with that blood is the DNA of an unknown person. It has taken years to isolate, but forensic scientists in Colorado now have a complete DNA profile of the killer. They know the killer is a male. What they don't know is his name.
Augustin and Gray are convinced that the DNA sample belongs to JonBenet's killer, because of a small amount of matching DNA that also was found under the 6-year-old murder victim's fingernails.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/16/48hours/main661569.shtmlElephant in the room:
Whoever heard of JonBenet before her murder? Aside from her parents' circle of friends, church, school, normal day to day association like the grocery store, beauty parlor etc., and the child beauty pagent people?
Think about it. How would this Karr have known about her?
Has he been linked to any the beauty pagents?
Were any of the beauty pagents held in Atlanta where he could have possibly seen her or seen her pic in the newspaper?
The intruder, if there is one, had to have known her father's first name "John don't try to grow a brain,"
and if his intent was to kidnap her, why murder her?
And why leave a note after the murder or did the intruder first write the note and then accidentally kill her?
You'd think a murderer or a kidnapper would want to get in and out as quickly as possible.