"We made a terrible mistake - won't happen again."
Posted on 07/09/2008 5:14:51 PM PDT by Pinkbell
Boulder District Attorney Mary T. Lacy issues the following announcement with regard to the investigation of the murder of JonBenet Ramsey.
On December 25-26, 1996, JonBenet Ramsey was murdered in the home where she lived with her mother, father and brother. Despite a long and intensive investigation, the death of JonBenet remains unsolved.
The murder has received unprecedented publicity and has been shrouded in controversy. That publicity has led to many theories over the years in which suspicion has focused on one family member or another. However, there has been at least one persistent stumbling block to the possibility of prosecuting any Ramsey family members for the death of JonBenet – DNA.
As part of its investigation of the JonBenet Ramsey homicide, the Boulder Police identified genetic material with apparent evidentiary value. Over time, the police continued to investigate DNA, including taking advantage of advances in the science and methodology. One of the results of their efforts was that they identified genetic material and a DNA profile from drops of JonBenet's blood located in the crotch of the underwear she was wearing at the time her body was discovered. That genetic profile belongs to a male and does not belong to anyone in the Ramsey family.
The police department diligently compared that profile to a very large number of people associated with the victim, with her family, and with the investigation, and has not identified the source, innocent or otherwise, of this DNA. The Boulder Police and prosecutors assigned to this investigation in the past also worked conscientiously with laboratory analysts to obtain better results through new approaches and additional tests as they became available. Those efforts ultimately led to the discovery of sufficient genetic markers from this male profile to enter it into the national DNA data bank.
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Parents encouraging their cute little girls to perform is as old as time...calling it perverted is new....That’s the difference.
You're not clear.
Exactly what are you saying?
No, the difference it that childhood performances in the past preserved the "child," and did not attempt to turn them into sultry little adults. My childern performed an may school and other plays and musical, but they were children, and it was their very childlikeness that was their charm.
You reall think these are "childlike?"
She was only 4 years old. Is that what a 4-year old should look like?
Those who would steal a child's childhood to make a buck are worse than murderers. God, I would have done anything to have saved that child, and let her live a normal life, which perhaps means, to have let her live.
Hank
You must be incredibly dense.
Exactly what are you saying?
Lou Smit's theory of an intruder is BS.
No, your grammar is bad.
hypothesized about a break-in turned out not to be true.
And that comment is just plain dumb.
Lou Smit’s theory of an intruder is BS
No, it isn’t and you obviously dont know $hit about this case. I have followed it from the very beginning and early on it was clear to me that this was a case of sexual homicide that the parents had nothing to do with. I would be MORE than happy to address any issue with regard to the case you think is important though I suspect it will be a waste of my time.
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