Daphne’s Case Files 🫆

#BREAKING | After nearly 30 years, the DNA of JonBenét Ramsey’s killer is still sitting in evidence… and new genetic genealogy tech could finally put a name to “Unknown Male 1.” But Boulder PD is hesitating because the samples are tiny and mixed. Here’s what just came out of the new ABC investigation and why this matters now 👇. On December 26, 1996, 6-year-old JonBenét was found murdered in the basement of her Boulder, Colorado home after a lengthy ransom note demanding $118,000. She had been sexually assaulted, suffered blunt force trauma, and was strangled with a makeshift garrote. The family was intensely scrutinized for years. In 2008, touch DNA from her pajama bottoms matched DNA inside her underwear and pointed to the same unknown male — not any Ramsey family member. Then-DA Mary Lacy wrote a letter clearing John, Patsy, and Burke Ramsey (Patsy had already died of cancer in 2006). Some later criticized that letter, but the DNA has never matched the family or anyone in CODIS. Now the technology has advanced again. SNP testing (single nucleotide polymorphism) combined with forensic genetic genealogy can pull usable profiles from microscopic or degraded samples and match them to distant relatives in public and law-enforcement databases. This is the same approach that has solved other high-profile cold cases. Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn (in his first on-camera interview about the case) told Diane Sawyer’s team that the department is in talks with labs about forensic genetic genealogy. The problem: some remaining samples are very small and complex (mixed DNA). Testing could consume what’s left. Redfearn said they may only have “one shot” and won’t risk it until they’re confident the tech will actually move the case forward. JonBenét’s brothers are pushing. Burke (who has largely stayed quiet) and half-brother John Andrew both want action. John Andrew said there’s “a mountain of evidence,” the DNA is in their favor, and “it’s not a question of if, but when.” The killer’s DNA has been known for years. The gold-standard tool for cold cases exists. A 6-year-old was murdered in her own home and the person who did it is still free. What are your thoughts — should Boulder send the samples to a specialized private lab immediately, or is the caution justified? 💭 You can watch it tonight at 7:00pm #JonBenetRamsey #TrueCrime #DNA #ColdCase #ProtectOurChildren #NeverStopSearching