The world will never stop wanting answers. JohnRamsey He found the strangled body of his 6-year-old daughter JonBenetOn December 26, 1996, she was found in the family’s basement in Boulder, Colorado — with her wrists tied with a rope, her mouth covered with duct tape, and a makeshift chokehold around her neck — and the image of the little beauty queen appeared in countless newspapers and newspapers. magazines since then. Like Lawrence Schillerthe author of Perfect Murder, Perfect Town“This case keeps coming back,” he said of the public’s obsession.

That may be because almost three decades later, this brutal murder remains unsolved. But a new three-part Netflix documentary series, Unsolved Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey?Set to be released on November 25, it brings new attention to the mystery. Documentarians re-examine what critics say was a botched investigation by police inexperienced in handling murders and the ensuing media frenzy that cast the Ramseys – John, now 80, and Patsy, who died of ovarian cancer in 2006 – as prime suspects. Amidst their grief and incessant scrutiny, John said, “Our family was destroyed.”

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Boulder police have long been the subject of criticism. “The case was a complete and colossal failure from the beginning.” Paula Woodwardjournalist and author of the book, Unsolved: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey 25 Years Latersaid in contact Using details from the 3,000-page case file, Woodward claimed the media was lied to and the evidence was “manipulated” in what he believed amounted to a massive cover-up.

The DNA found under the little girl’s fingernails has always been an important piece of evidence. Multiple suspects, including local Michael Helgoth (who died by suicide in 1997), former teacher John Mark Karr (who confessed to murder in 2006) and convicted sex offender Gary Oliva (who admitted to being obsessed with JonBenét) were all cleared, along with the Ramseys, because their DNA did not match.

However JonBenét’s father questioned repeatedly Why didn’t the police do further testing on the DNA of an unidentified male found in the throat? “(I worry) the only logical reason they don’t test anymore is this: because they lost it“he said in contact In June. (The Netflix docuseries also raises the issue of missing evidence.) Last December, the Boulder Police Department announced that it had convened a panel of outside experts to review the case, noting that “DNA testing remains the focus of the investigation” and that the evidence was “returned.” It was “preserved” in the hope that improving technology would allow them to “analyze the remaining DNA samples.” But it’s unclear whether the murder weapon has been retested since then.

John is hopeful that justice will be served for JonBenét. “I think about him every day,” he said in September. “I have a photo on my cell phone that reminds me that he was somehow with me.”