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JonBenét Ramsey Investigation in Question as Boulder Analyst Who May Have Worked Case Pleads Guilty to Mishandling DNA
OK! Magazine ^ | June 26, 2026 | Lesley Abravanel

Posted on 06/26/2026 5:42:26 PM PDT by Red Badger

Former Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) DNA analyst Yvonne "Missy" Woods pleaded guilty to four felonies (cybercrime, perjury, attempting to influence a public servant and forgery). She faces 8 to 16 years in prison, bringing an end to a scandal that impacted more than 1,000 criminal cases across the state.

Woods was a forensic scientist with the CBI during the 1996 murder of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey and was tied to evidence files in the case.

Unidentified foreign male DNA found on the child's clothing has historically been used to clear the Ramsey family, but has yet to identify a perpetrator.

With Woods admitting to deleting or manipulating DNA testing in her cases, the reliability of DNA testing historically handled in the Ramsey file has faced intense scrutiny.

The family has long requested that the FBI or an independent laboratory test the surviving samples.

What Did Yvonne 'Missy' Woods Do?

An internal review revealed that Woods manipulated, omitted, or deleted DNA data to speed up testing in at least 1,045 cases.

Woods is scheduled for sentencing on September 8, 2026.

Police agencies across Colorado are continuing to review evidence and apply evolving forensic technology to affected cases.

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1 posted on 06/26/2026 5:42:26 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

I look forward to the day when her killer is found, sentenced, and on his last days.


2 posted on 06/26/2026 5:46:46 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: FamiliarFace

My theory is and has always been the brother................


3 posted on 06/26/2026 5:51:03 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: FamiliarFace

My theory is and has always been the brother................


4 posted on 06/26/2026 5:51:03 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

Yeah. Brother.


5 posted on 06/26/2026 5:52:14 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: Red Badger

I watched a CBS special about the case many yrs ago, they laid it out in detail why it was Burke who committed the murder..he was upset that JonBenet had taken some pineapple that was meant for him so he smacked her over the head with the flashlight, then the parents covered it up to protect him. Burke was VERY jealous of his sister, he would put his poop all over her toys as payback


6 posted on 06/26/2026 5:57:38 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: MayflowerMadam

That’s why the Ramseys, and especially the mother, were acting so weird.

That godawful ‘ransom note’ that was obviously written by her, on her notepad in her bedroom.

“We’re a small foreign faction...”???????
NOBODY BUT NOBODY WRITES LIKE THAT!!!!!

I believe the boy was jealous of Jon Benet and she probably got a ton of Christmas presents more than he did. Remember it was Christmas night.

She got all the mother’s attention because of her beauty queen aspirations living vicariously thru her daughter.

He probably killed her in a fit of rage after everybody left , the adult children from the father’s first marriage, and mom & dad had gone to bed.

The parents discovered what he had done and in order to not lose him to some juvenile prison and never to get out the mother concocted this crazy kidnapping story to deflect the police from investigating him.

Her thoughts were probably along the line of, “I lost one child, I will not lose teh other!”

This cockamamy plan along with the inept and incompetent Boulder police personnel was enough to get the case sidelined up until this new incident with the DNA....................


7 posted on 06/26/2026 6:03:38 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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I don’t think it would be an unknown male then, but you may be right.

They totally messed up that investigation.


8 posted on 06/26/2026 6:03:40 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: FamiliarFace

My reasoning is in post #7.............


9 posted on 06/26/2026 6:05:32 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

I ain’t reliving all that.


10 posted on 06/26/2026 6:06:15 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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The truth will come out eventually, even if it’s a hundred years from now.................


11 posted on 06/26/2026 6:07:30 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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There is undetermined dna under the idaho’s four fingernails and unknown blood on the railing,but ho hum..they needed a scapegoat.


12 posted on 06/26/2026 6:08:35 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Red Badger

Makes sense.


13 posted on 06/26/2026 6:11:07 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Red Badger

Just like the Kennedy assassination. 40 more years...


14 posted on 06/26/2026 6:12:47 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Who will do the Democrat voting that Americans won’t do? - rightwingcrazy)
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To: Red Badger
I wonder, if they ever prove it was the pedophile down the street, will anyone apologize to the family for the hell they have put them through?

Or will they continue hating on them?

15 posted on 06/26/2026 6:30:01 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

IIRC he brother sued CBS over this and won.


16 posted on 06/26/2026 6:36:45 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

They have no evidence it was someone from outside the home..........


17 posted on 06/26/2026 6:41:25 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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“The truth will come out eventually, even if it’s a hundred years from now.................”

Still waiting for the real Jack the Ripper to be revealed.


18 posted on 06/26/2026 6:48:54 PM PDT by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest holeYou had so much to offer, why didya offer your soul?)
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To: Red Badger
Actually you have no evidence it was someone inside the home. Just a lot of speculation.

People have been beating this dead horse for decades now. Mostly because they think they are the second coming of C. Auguste Dupin.

Probably not.

19 posted on 06/26/2026 6:51:08 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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Boulder has gone downhill since then....


20 posted on 06/26/2026 7:18:33 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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