New DNA Evidence Clears Ramsey Family

This is really very sad. It is also very late in coming. Patsy has died, having lived under suspicion for years! Even their then young son was under suspicion.

Every time I hear about botched cases, I think of JonBenet's death. By the way, it says in this article that she died in 2006. That is incorrect. It was  Dec 26, 1996. This is over a DECADE of suspicion by many in the world that this family had to live through. If stress is a factor in Cancer, it may also have contributed to Patsy's death.

Sad. I really wish she had lived long enough to have gotten this apology.

God bless!

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New DNA Evidence Clears Ramsey Family in JonBenet Death

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

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Officials cleared the immediate family of JonBenet Ramsey in her death Tuesday thanks to new DNA evidence that links the murder to a still unknown man.

Boulder (Colo.) District Attorney Mary T. Lacy gave John Ramsey a letter that stated that "significant new evidence convinces us that it is appropriate, given the circumstances of this case, to state that we do not consider your immediate family, including you, your wife, Patsy, and your son, Burke, to be under any suspicion in the commission of this crime," according to a letter obtained by FOXNews.com.

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JonBenet, a 6-year-old beauty contestant, was found dead in her family's Boulder home on Dec. 26, 2006. (SIC) She had been reported missing early in the morning and was found by her father, John, in the family's basement. She'd been strangled and bludgeoned and had signs of sexual molestation.

In the letter, addressed to John Ramsey, Lacy said that a "touch DNA" test by Bode Technology Group, found new DNA evidence on long johns and underwear worn by JonBenet.

"The match of male DNA on two separate items of clothing worn by the victim at the time of the murder makes it clear to us that an unknown male handled these items," Lacy's letter said. "Despite substantial efforts over the years to identify the source of this DNA, there is no innocent explanation for its incriminating presence at three sites on these two different items of clothing that JonBenet was wearing at the time of her murder."

The letter also included an apology.

"To the extent that we may have contributed in any way to the public perception that you might have been involved in this crime, I am deeply sorry," the letter said. "No innocent person should have to endure such an extensive trial in the court of public opinion, especially when public officials have not had sufficient evidence to initiate a trial in a court of law."