(NewsNation) — JonBenet Ramsey’s father strongly believes his daughter’s murder case will be solved soon after new evidence has been revealed.
A report from The Daily Mail states that several key items collected during the original investigation, which were never tested for DNA or were tested using outdated methods, could hold the key to solving the case.
One of the items is a garrote that was found embedded in JonBenét’s neck and a still-unidentified male DNA profile that was recovered from her clothing and beneath her fingernails. Other items included a suitcase found beneath a broken basement window, a climbing rope discovered inside a paper bag in a guest bedroom and a backpack that none of the Ramsey family recognized.
“The most important one was the garrote that was used to strangle my daughter,” John Ramsey said. “That had to have DNA evidence on it because it was a very complex knot, I’m told, and the assumption is that this creature couldn’t have tied that wearing gloves. So, that was a real piece we want to be either tested or retested.”
JonBenet Ramsey was found dead in the basement of her parents’ Colorado home, strangled and with her skull fractured, after she was reported missing from her home on Dec. 26, 1996.
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Boulder, Colorado, police last week said they have new evidence in the case and had conducted several new interviews based on tips received.
The department acknowledged that, over the past year, they had retested other pieces of evidence using evolving DNA technology, which has left John Ramsey feeling optimistic.
“It’s encouraging,” Ramsey told “Banfield”. “The key really in progress has been the addition of new leadership there. It was not very good for 25 to 26 years. And now, knowing Chief (Stephen) Redfern from the outside, I’ve met with him three or four times. I’m impressed with him. I think he’s sincere and honest.”
Ramsey added he was advocating for Boulder police to use Othram Labs to help solve the case. Othram, which became famous for helping solve the Bryan Kohberger murders, is one of the few cutting-edge labs that can do investigative genetic genealogy.