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John Ramsey: We've Got JonBenet's Killer's DNA – Why Hasn't It Been Tested?

November 11, 2026 · 49 min

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John Ramsey, father of JonBenet Ramsey, joins investigative reporter Anne Emerson following ABC’s 20/20 special with Diane Sawyer, for this revealing interview, sharing what he believes about "Unknown Male #1" and what DNA evidence the killer left behind 30 years ago.

In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, John Ramsey and Nicky Ali Jackson, Ramsey family friend and Executive Director of the Center for Justice and Exoneration Network, walk through the full JonBenet Ramsey case, from the accusations against the Ramsey family to the clues left at the crime scene. They also discuss coping with loss and Christmas after JonBenet's death. John Ramsey details the $118,000 bonus figure from the ransom note, FBI profiler John Douglas telling him the writer was extremely angry at or jealous of him and wrote the note before the murder while inside the house for hours, and his belief the intruder came in Christmas night and waited. He also questions why the Boulder Police Department has not sent the DNA found at the crime scene to be tested and how close they are to identifying it now that the technology exists.

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