John Ramsey, the father of JonBenét Ramsey has met with police in Boulder, Colorado, and said that the meeting has left him with optimism.
The father of the 6-year-old beauty queen who was found murdered at her home in 1996 said that it is the first time in almost 30 years that he feels confident in the leadership of those investigating his daughter’s death, CNN reported.
She was found strangled and beaten to death in the basement of her family’s home on Dec. 26, 1996, Fox News reported.
On Monday he met with Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn.
He said he asked police to conduct a review of the case and perform new tests of evidence gathered from the crime scene.
John Ramsey told CNN after the meeting, “I’m very satisfied and impressed with the leadership now in place and believe they are committed to do all that can be done using the latest technology and available resources to identify the killer. That is all we can ask for.”
A police department confirmed the meeting between John Ramsey and the department’s operations division but did not answer specific questions because it “is an active and ongoing homicide investigation.”
John Ramsey said the key to solving the murder of his daughter lies with genetic genealogy, which was not available when JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in the basement of the family’s home. It combines DNA evidence and traditional genealogy to find connections between people.
“I think it is the key. I think it’s the only way this case will be solved. Because the technology is there, and we’re going to insist and beg the police to use it. It’d be absurd not to,” he said.
Fox News reported there are more than 20 items that have not been tested including the garrote found on JonBenét’s body, a note found in the house and a suitcase found in the basement.
No one has ever been charged in her death and John Ramsey, his now-deceased wife Patsy and JonBenét’s older brother were all cleared in 2008.
John Ramsey told Fox News that he will meet with Redfearn again in December and that he sits down with them at least once a year for an update on the case.
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