Loved ones of JonBenét Ramsey are still searching for answers nearly 30 years after she was murdered in her home in Boulder, Colorado, in December 1996. With the case still unsolved, Ramsey’s father, John Ramseyhe measured DNA testing in the light of former Colorado DNA analyst Yvonne “Missy” Woods pleading guilty to falsifying data in hundreds of cases over the past 18 years.
“Well, we heard about this at first. It was a rumor that there were problems in the CBI DNA area, and we looked into it at the time. It was about a year ago, and it appeared that Ms. Woods was not involved in our case, so we just dropped it,” John, 82, said of the situation while leaving NewsNation. Jesse Weber Live Thursday, June 25.
John added that “the DNA in our case was originally crime scene evidence,” “it was sent to an outside lab, not to the CBI.”
“They found the DNA of an unknown man in JonBenét’s panties and elsewhere, that was a big problem for the police because they started putting everything together, I don’t know exactly which one, but now they have found the DNA of an unknown man to explain,” he continued. So DNA, whoever did DNA at the time, did us a huge favor by finding it. And then, more was found in 2006 when it was tested using other crime scene evidence, tested using the latest technology at the time.”
John then said that he does not believe that his family is “suffering from bad behavior,” adding that “they know that many things at the crime scene were sent for testing, many were not tested.”
“We always wondered why, we saw things that should have been sampled,” he said. “I don’t know if it was a matter of cost or if they already found the DNA of an unknown male, so why is it going on?”
John considered the use of DNA testing in his daughter’s case just two days after Woods pleaded guilty to cybercrime, perjury, attempting to influence a public servant and forgery on Tuesday, June 23, according to CNN. As part of his plea, a number of other charges against him were dismissed.
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He filed his plea after authorities accused him of changing information to cover up fraud, as well as removing information that showed he had failed to solve problems during the test. Woods was also accused of not properly recording the tests performed in the case records.
DNA testing played a major role in JonBenét’s case, and Boulder police have confirmed that the former queen’s death is “still significant” in December 2025.
“Strategies and technology are always changing,” Boulder Police Chief Sgt Stephen Redfearn said earlier in the video statement. “This is especially true with technology related to DNA testing.”
John also told Fox News that he believes ongoing advances in genealogy could help solve the case.
“I’m absolutely convinced that’s the gold standard today,” he told the outlet in September 2025. “So I’ve been really pushing for what I think needs to happen, and I don’t know if they’re doing it. I know they’re listening, but I don’t know where they are mentally, in terms of making that happen.”
