John Ramsey, the father of murdered six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey, plans to connect police with independent forensic scientists in hopes of obtaining new testing in the 28-year-old case. Ramsey aims to introduce Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn to representatives from a genealogy research lab in January, hoping they can analyze existing forensic evidence and potentially trace the killer using their genealogy database.
The father of murdered six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey plans to connect police to independent forensic scientists as he campaigns for new testing in the 28-year-old case.John Ramsey, 80, told Fox News Thursday that he will meet with the police chief of Boulder, Colorado in January and will introduce him to a representative from an genealogy research lab. He wants police to allow the independent lab to test the forensic evidence from his daughter's 1996 murder.
'The reason I've done these media interviews—Netflix, that documentary—is to keep pressure on the police. We're not going to go away, folks,' Ramsey said.Ramsey wants police to retest evidence for trace DNA and test other items for the first time.That information would then be fed into a genealogy bank. Even if the killer's DNA is not on police file, they still might be traced by following genealogy records.
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