20 years later, JonBenet Ramsey case remains open

With the 20th anniversary approaching in less than four months, Boulder police Chief Greg Testa released a video statement Thursday saying the department remains focused on the investigation into the death of JonBenet Ramsey.

“The Boulder Police Department is committed to finding justice for JonBenet through a methodical and comprehensive investigation while looking at all aspects of the case”, Testa said.

If there is something interesting about the 45-second spot, it’s the different path the A&E project seems to be taking on whether or not Ramsey’s murder was the result of a home invasion.

The unsolved murder case has not faded from public fascination that once put JonBenet’s parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, under an “umbrella of suspicion”. Oh, and of course, there will be, we’re told, “more than 500 rarely seen personal photos and home videos from the Ramsey family archives” and “never-before-seen crime scene footage from inside the house, captured in the moments after JonBenet was found”. An autopsy declared she died of strangulation.

During the police investigation, it was widely rumored that her parents John and Patsy were suspects in the case. No charges were ever filed in the little girl’s murder.

The documentary promises to reveal “never-before-seen case details, including Burke Ramsey’s 1998 interview tape detailing his first-hand account of the events at that time, organized by the District Attorney’s office and never aired publically, accompanied by new analysis from an independent child psychologist”.

In 2008, then-Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy said DNA uncovered in the case had a “genetic profile (that) belongs to a male and does not belong to anyone in the Ramsey family”.

Patsy Ramsey died of ovarian cancer in 2006.

Received and reviewed or investigated more than 20,000 tips, letters or emails. ‘This is an open investigation’. Her husband remarried in 2011. It is the first time the 29-year-old has spoken publicly about his sister’s death. Those who have information but wish to remain anonymous may contact the Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).