Police in Boulder, Colorado have revealed that this may be the year they finally solve the murder of JonBenet Ramsey.
The case shocked the nation when the body of the six-year-old beauty queen was discovered in the basement of the family home in 1996.
Newly appointed Boulder police chief Stephen Redfearn has reportedly made solving the 28-year-old case a top priority.
An inside source at the police department told the New York Post:
“We f****d the case up from the start, and now with new blood, we can finally fix it.
“He wants it solved and off the books,” the insider claimed.
“He’s assigning officers and resources to solve the murder, which has been a black mark on the Boulder PD.”
“I’m not sure what it will take to bust it wide open but it feels like it’s within reach,” the insider added.
“We’re hoping for 2025; this is our year.”
Ramsey was found on a pile of clothes with a skull fracture and stabbed by a paintbrush fragment.
Suspicion initially was cast on her parents John and Patsy or brother Burke.
However, DNA evidence excluded them in 1997.
DNA found at the scene has been repeatedly tested.
Yet, nothing definitive has ever been found.
A multi-agency task force was established in 2023 to work on the case.
Meanwhile, a new documentary on Netflix has refocused attention on the case.
“The killing of JonBenét was an unspeakable crime, and this tragedy has never left our hearts,” Chief Redfearn said last week.
“We are committed to following up on every lead and continuing to work with DNA experts and our law enforcement partners around the country until this tragic case is solved,” he added.
The victim’s father John Ramsey has not kept quiet about his frustration with the way the case was handled.
During a recent interview on “Today,” he said:
“There have been horrible failures.
“But I believe it can be solved if police accept help from outside their system.
“That’s been their flaw.”
Ramsey urged police to go “deeper” with the samples from the crime scene.
He argues that investigators should “sort the DNA we have today and make more sense of it.”
Ramsey demanded that police finally sample five or six items that were taken from the crime scene but have never been analyzed.
He stated he wants items that have been tested to be resampled due to advances in technology.
The items could then be compared with the public genealogy database to look for a potential match.
This technique has been used in numerous other cold cases.
Ramsey, now 80, had long argued that Boulder PD had been unwilling to collaborate with external experts who might bring fresh perspectives to the case.
However, Ramsey now says he is hopeful the new police chief will accept the outside help needed to finally solve the horrifying case.
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