A defense attorney has claimed the tragic unsolved investigation of JonBenét Ramsey’s murder was botched by Boulder Police Department authorities who mishandled crucial DNA evidence, RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal.
JonBenét was reported missing from her home on the morning of December 26, 1996. Her body was discovered hours later in the basement of her family’s home, after dozens of police, investigators, and family friends searched through the home.
Was Police ‘Woefully Incompetent’?
According to defense attorney Adam Frank, who represents Michael Clark, 50, a suspect in the 1994 murder of Marty Grisham in Boulder, has sought to review the Boulder Police Department files of the crucial 48-hour time period of JonBenét’s investigation.
Frank insisted in court documents the records could prove officers at the time were “woefully incompetent” – and detectives “committed colossal mistakes” while gathering evidence following the 6-year-old beauty pageant queen’s killing, in which she was taken from her bed, assaulted, bludgeoned, and garroted inside her home.
DNA Mishandled
Frank has ramped up scrutiny of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation after longtime lab tech Yvonne ‘Missy’ Woods was placed on administrative leave in 2023 and eventually criminally charged for allegedly mishandling more than 1,000 DNA samples…