JonBenet Ramsey’s dad bashes Colorado cops for refusing to use ‘modern technology
JonBenet Ramsey’s father slammed Colorado cops for refusing to use the most state-of-the-art DNA technological innovation and failing to go after suspects exterior of the child’s relatives, according to a report Wednesday.
John Ramsey explained to NewsNation that the Boulder Law enforcement Office has turned down help from 3rd get-togethers who are much more geared up to address his daughter’s 1996 case — which include with slicing-edge genetic databases and superior DNA labs.
“We’re not asking the govt to do anything at all that they shouldn’t be carrying out,” Ramsey mentioned. “Just do your work, and do it as best it can be done. With today’s contemporary engineering.”
Ramsey — who final 7 days launched a petition demanding an impartial investigation into his daughter’s strangling demise — claimed the technology at the law enforcement section is out-of-date.
“You know, the police reported, ‘Well, we have DNA persons,’ [but] they never have the newest engineering, they genuinely do not,” he said. “There’s criminal offense scene proof that has in no way been tested, that ought to be tested [and] most most likely was handled by the killer.”
Even the feds aren’t up to velocity on the hottest genetic technological innovation, he mentioned.
“We experienced a assembly with the FBI a pair of months back, and they said, ‘You know, glance, we really don’t even have the hottest technological innovation in federal government,’” he reported. “They reported you have to go to an outside the house lab of which there is possibly less than a few or four in the state that are very able of executing this really subtle DNA investigation.”
Genetic database sleuthing has in the latest decades served clear up a long time-previous cold instances — primary to the arrest of Golden State Killer Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. in 2018, for example — but quite a few legislation enforcement departments are not yet properly-versed in the technology.
In the NewsNation job interview, Ramsey known as the Boulder Police Division unwell-outfitted and “arrogant” for refusing enable with the probe.
“They did not have a murder detective when this transpired. So they experienced no knowledge, and I really do not fault them for that. What I do fault them for is they turned down aid from men and women that understood what they had been undertaking. And they keep on to do so now,” he said.
“That that kind of arrogance and ego … is a authentic challenge,” Ramsey said.
Soon after JonBenet was found dead, he said cops simply just “decided” a loved ones member was responsible — then labored backward to demonstrate it.
“They decided, I think, frankly, the to start with day that the household did it there in the dwelling,” he claimed. “And then they went about: Alright, now let us set with each other some proof to establish it.”
“And, you know, the identical folks are there these days that perform this take care of this circumstance, 25 decades in the past? They ended up young novices then, and I don’t know if they learned a whole lot far more considering the fact that,” he explained.
JonBenet, a 6-12 months-previous attractiveness pageant competitor, was identified strangled to loss of life in the basement of her parents’ property on Dec. 26, 1996.
The subsequent many years ended up rife with false investigative starts off — like finger-pointing at her father, mom and brother — together with wild conspiracy theories but no resolution.
On Sunday, the Boulder Law enforcement Office responded to John Ramsey’s petition for an independent probe, saying, “Our investigation with federal, condition and local associates has by no means stopped. That includes new techniques to use DNA technology.”
The Boulder Law enforcement Office did not immediately return a request for comment Wednesday.
