Vindicated

A few years ago, I was very interested in the JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation. I read books about it, followed the news and participated in some Internet groups devoted to discussing the horrible murder of the innocent little girl.

One thing that always bothered me was the large, vocal contingent of people who believed that one of the Ramseys, either her mother, father, or brother, Burke, were responsible for the murder. The theories of their guilt were broad, numerous, exotic and twisted the most innocuous details into evidence of a conspiracy of murder. I believed that the evidence pointed to the Ramsey's innocence and that's what I argued. The Ramsey's had experienced any parent's worst nightmare and then they were blamed for it. I'm frankly amazed that they survived.

Yesterday, additional DNA tests on the clothing JonBenet was wearing while sexually assaulted and murdered confirmed that an unknown male, who was not a Ramsey, had contaminated her clothing with DNA in three separate areas; very strong evidence of the Ramsey's innocence and enough for the Boulder Police Department to publicly apologize to the Ramseys. It's about time.

I don't have much certainty that we'll ever know who killed the little girl, but I will always hold out hope that justice will one day be served.