An “active investigation continues” into the unsolved murder case of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey with the help of “multiple private DNA labs,” Boulder, Colorado police said in response to the discovered documents.
On Friday, Fox News Digital reported on a DNA test discovered in 1997 showing that DNA evidence recovered from under fingernails and clothing did not match family members and others close to the home just weeks after the crime.
The document has resurfaced as part of a trove of old case files discussed in a forthcoming book about the late investigator Lou Smit, “Lou and JonBenet: A Legendary Lawman’s Quest to Solve a Child Beauty Queen’s Murder,” by John W. Anderson.
“We recognize that many articles and books have been written about this tragic homicide,” Boulder public information officer Dionne Waugh said in a statement. “We have not read this newer book which apparently contains allegations from the late 1990s.”
JONBENET RAMSEY CASE: NEWLY DISCOVERED DOCUMENTS REVEAL DNA DID NOT MATCH EARLY KEY PLAYERS IN UNSOLVED MURDER
The murder that shocked America: On December 26, 1996, JonBenet Ramsey, a child beauty queen, was brutally murdered in her home in Boulder, Colorado. (Polaris/Discovery+)
According to the author, the findings were turned over to a Boulder detective about three weeks after JonBenet’s death, but he waited months before sharing them with prosecutors, and police spent years with the parents under suspicion despite the findings.
Patsy Ramsey reported her 6-year-old daughter missing on the morning of December 26, 1996 in Boulder, Colorado, after discovering a ransom note demanding $118,000 in exchange for her return. John Ramsey found her body later that day in the basement of her home.
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An autopsy after JonBenet’s death found that she died from strangulation and a blow to the head. The Boulder City Medical Examiner reported an 8 1/2-inch fracture to his skull.
John Ramsey talks to Paula Woodward at CrimeCon 2022. (FoxNews)
The investigation into the unsolved murder is still active, Waugh said, and police are receiving outside assistance.
“To this day, this active investigation continues to receive assistance from federal, state and local partners,” he said. “Boulder Police are working with multiple agencies, including the FBI, the District Attorney’s Office, the Colorado Department of Public Safety, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and various private DNA labs across the country.” .
Last year, the petitioners asked Gov. Jared Polis to share the DNA evidence with an independent agency so it can be reexamined with modern technology.
JonBenet Ramsey was mysteriously murdered at her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado in December 1996. (Ramsey Family Collection/ Discovery+)
John Ramsey, JonBenet’s father, has since met with the state’s director of public safety and a new review of the case began in November.
“This cold case review that they’re going to do … at first I didn’t know how robust it was going to be, but I’ve heard that a number of people on the team are very experienced homicide detectives,” he told Fox News Digital. last week.
JONBENET RAMSEY MURDER: FAMILY ‘LIVED’ BY RENEWED INTEREST IN CASE, POSSIBILITIES FOR DNA TESTING
John and Patsy Ramsey, the parents of JonBenet Ramsey, meet with a small select group of local Colorado media in Boulder, Colorado on May 1, 1997. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Boulder police say they’ve investigated tens of thousands of leads over the years and interviewed more than 1,000 people in 19 states.
Authorities ask anyone with information related to the JonBenet investigation to contact 303-441-1974, BouldersMostWanted@bouldercolorado.gov or Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
The cover of John W. Anderson’s upcoming book about the investigation of JonBenet Ramsey and former detective Lou Smit. (John Wesley Anderson/WildBlue Press)
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Anderson is a former El Paso County Sheriff and author of several books. His latest work is scheduled for publication by WildBlue Press on February 28.
Fox News’ Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.
