Overview
- Burke Ramsey broke a long silence this week in a Daily Mail interview to urge investigators to re-test DNA taken from JonBenét’s body and to send samples to other labs for additional analysis.
- He singled out an unidentified male DNA profile recovered from beneath JonBenét’s fingernails and on her underwear as the strongest physical lead that could identify a perpetrator.
- No new forensic match has been publicly reported and the murder remains unsolved nearly 30 years after JonBenét was found dead in her Boulder home.
- A Diane Sawyer ABC investigation that premiered this week and an upcoming Netflix drama have refocused national attention on the case and coincided with Burke’s public plea.
- Police and forensic experts say new SNP DNA testing and genetic genealogy can solve some cold cases but caution that tiny, mixed samples can be consumed by testing and must be handled carefully to preserve any chance of a verifiable match.