Gov. Jared Polis’s office has agreed to review a new petition calling on the Colorado governor to transfer decisions involving DNA evidence in the unsolved JonBenét Ramsey case from the Boulder Police Department to an independent investigatory agency.
Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said in the statement that JonBenét’s death was a tragedy and that his office will “work tirelessly to secure justice.”
The murder case captivated the nation after the 6-year-old was reported missing on Dec. 26, 1996, and her parents John and Patsy reported they had found a ransom note inside their Boulder home demanding $118,000. JonBenét’s body was later found in a basement storeroom, with evidence showing she had been hit in the head, strangled and sexually assaulted.
The Ramseys initially were considered by Boulder police to be under an “umbrella of suspicion,” but were by then-District Attorney Mary Lacy, who cited DNA evidence in the case that matched an unknown male.that the grand jury that had investigated the case more than a decade earlier had voted to indict JonBenét’s parents on charges of child abuse resulting in death, but that the DA at the time, Alex Hunter, refused to sign the indictment and disbanded the panel without ever telling the public about the secret vote.
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