Police won’t say if they have leads in JonBenét case but say it’s ‘obvious’ they want to solve it
A week after the premiere of a Netflix docuseries on the unsolved death of JonBenét Ramsey, police maintained their dedication to finding the little girl’s killer but refused to say whether they have any promising leads at this time.
A week after the premiere of a Netflix docuseries on the unsolved death of JonBenét Ramsey, police maintained their dedication to finding the little girl’s killer but refused to say whether they have any promising leads at this time.
“It’s obvious that the Boulder Police Department wants to solve this case and the only reason is to bring justice to the victim,” a spokeswoman for the Boulder, Colorado, police department said in an email Monday.
Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family’s stately Boulder home nearly three decades ago. “Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey,” a three-part Netflix documentary, has renewed interest in the death of the young beauty pageant queen whose 1996 killing mesmerized the public, prompting relentless cable news coverage and making headlines around the world.
JonBenét Ramsey at a beauty pageant in 1996.Mark Fix / Zuma PressThe Boulder police spokeswoman declined to answer questions from NBC News about tips authorities were investigating in the case and instead referred to a video statement from last week from Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn in which he said he and everyone else who has worked on JonBenét’s case “would love nothing more than to bring justice to her memory.”
His statement came a day after the release of the Netflix series, which takes viewers back to the morning after Christmas 28 years ago, when JonBenét’s mother called 911 to report finding a rambling ransom note and her daughter missing. It was JonBenét’s father who discovered the girl’s body that afternoon and who then carried her upstairs himself, destroying the integrity of the crime scene and leading to widespread criticism of the Boulder police department’s handling of the case from the start.
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