JonBenet Ramsey’s father calls for child murders to be investigated as federal offenses

FIRST ON FOX: LAS VEGAS – John Ramsey, the daddy of murdered JonBenet Ramsey, acknowledged Saturday that child killings wants to be investigated as federal offenses.

“Now we comprise 1,800 police jurisdictions in this country. Every’s a minute kingdom. They comprise plump authority of the crimes dedicated of their territory, various than monetary institution robberies and some various issues,” Ramsey advisable Fox Info DIgital on the CrimeCon 2022 convention in Las Vegas on Saturday. “But why we make not produce, as a society, the kill of a child be against the law on the highest level and bring all of our resources to undergo on that’s past me. Now we comprise surely some of the highest child kill charges of any industrial country within the arena. We wants to be ashamed of that.”

Ramsey and investigative journalist Paula Woodward, writer of “We Bask in Your Daughter,” spoke Saturday afternoon on the convention featuring hundreds of company and speakers starting from crime victims to high-profile legislation enforcement figures and scientists.

Investigations into federal crimes are led by federal legislation enforcement and prosecutors.

JonBenet’s mother reported her missing to police when she became 6 years extinct on the morning of Dec. 26, 1996, in Boulder, Colorado. She had figured out a prolonged ransom demonstrate disturbing $118,000 in change for JonBenet. John Ramsey figured out her physique later that same day within the basement of her dwelling.

An submit-mortem published that JonBenet died of strangulation and a blow to the pinnacle. The Boulder City Scientific Examiner reported an 8 1/2-poke smash on her skull. Authorities comprise not convicted any suspects within the case.

Ramsey criticized BPD for its “arrogance,” “satisfaction,” “ego” and inexperience on the time his daughter became killed one day of his discussion on the convention. 

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“We are in a position to not let the kill of a child be left up to native police. They’re gorgeous tall ample that they mediate they know every little thing, and they make not,” he acknowledged, adding that if the kill of a child becomes a federal offense, a case like his daughter’s could possibly possibly well be dealt with in any other case.

BPD acknowledged in a December 2021 assertion marking the 25-twelve months anniversary of JonBenet’s homicide that they’ve processed extra than 1,500 objects of evidence and “reviewed or investigated extra than 21,016 tips, letters and emails.”

BPD also acknowledged in its assertion that due to advances in DNA know-how, “loads of suspects comprise been race via the diagram to check for suits” and that investigators comprise updated extra than “750 reference samples with the most modern DNA know-how.”

“Because the Division continues to train new know-how to enhance the investigation, it is miles actively reviewing genetic DNA testing processes to peek if those will also be applied to this case transferring forward,” BPD acknowledged on the time.

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Ramsey also introduced the delivery of a new petition, which garnered extra than 1,400 signatures as of Sunday morning, asking Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to train his “vitality” to intervene within the case and enable for an unbiased DNA diagnosis. 

“Probabilities are you’ll possibly possibly furthermore comprise got the vitality,” the petition reads. “Given the inability of growth by the Boulder Police, we the undersigned petitioners seek files from you to stream DNA choices in this case a ways from the BPD to an unbiased agency so that JonBenét has a final likelihood on the justice she deserves.”

Boulder Police and the difficulty of business of Gov. Polis did not straight reply to Fox Info’ demand for commentary.