DNA clears Ramsey family

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

DENVER | The Boulder District Attorney yesterday exonerated the family of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey as suspects in her death, pointing to new DNA evidence that excludes the Ramseys and implicates an unknown male as the killer.

District Attorney Mary T. Lacy also apologized to John Ramsey, JonBenet's father, for the longstanding public perception that he, his wife Patsy or son Burke was involved in the girl's gruesome death.

"To the extent that we may have contributed in any way to the public perception that you might have been involved in this crime, I am deeply sorry," said Mrs. Lacy in a three-page letter to Mr. Ramsey.

"We intend in the future to treat you as the victims of this crime, with the sympathy due you because of the horrific loss you suffered," said Wednesday's letter.

Mrs. Lacy, who was not serving as district attorney at the time of the 1996 murder, gave the letter to Mr. Ramsey in person in a meeting at her office.

In an interview with KUSA-TV, the Denver NBC-TV affiliate, Mr. Ramsey said he hoped the new DNA match would lead authorities to the murderer.

"Certainly we are grateful they acknowledged, based on that [evidence], that we certainly could not have been involved," said Mr. Ramsey. "But the most important thing is we now have very, very solid evidence, and that's always been the hope, at least in the recent past, that that will lead us to the killer."
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If they could do that now they could have done it then. They really botched this investigation.
 
tkj24 said:
If they could do that now they could have done it then. They really botched this investigation.
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Not so, New methods of checking for DNA have been discovered. This newer methods can check for what is called "touch DNA" something they didn't have before. Also, they can match DNA more today than in the past. I saw just yesterday on A&E's Cold Case Files where a rapist almost got away with it because of the statute of limitations, but just a few days before that was up, new DNA procedures were able to place the suspect at the scene. There were six cases of rape, but five had run the course and couldn't be prosecuted, but the sixth was.
 
buckaroo said:
Not so, New methods of checking for DNA have been discovered. This newer methods can check for what is called "touch DNA" something they didn't have before. Also, they can match DNA more today than in the past. I saw just yesterday on A&E's Cold Case Files where a rapist almost got away with it because of the statute of limitations, but just a few days before that was up, new DNA procedures were able to place the suspect at the scene. There were six cases of rape, but five had run the course and couldn't be prosecuted, but the sixth was.
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They have put this poor family through pure h*ll.
 
I am so glad that this has finally proved their innocence. I lived in the same Northern Michigan town where thay had their summer home and found them to be both very nice and upstanding citizens. It's too bad Patsy passed on before her name was cleared.
 
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