The family of JonBenét Ramsey believe there are seven key pieces of evidence which could solve the decades-long mystery of her murder. The child beauty queen was found brutally killed her family's Boulder, Colorado home on December 26, 1996. Her stricken parents had initially reported her missing after they discovered a rambling ransom note and their daughter gone.
![[The child beauty queen was found brutally killed her family's Boulder, Colorado home on December 26, 1996]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/19/93437049-14222081-image-m-63_1734983501283.jpg)
Her father, John Ramsey, later found the six-year-old girl battered and strangled to death in their basement. Her killer has eluded police ever since, but her grieving dad, who is now in his eighties, still holds out hope that advanced DNA testing on several items found at the crime scene could hold the key to tracking them down.
![[This ransom note was found by JonBenét's mom Patsy shortly before her daughter was discovered dead in the basement]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/19/93437149-14222081-image-a-64_1734983522630.jpg)
'Finding the killer isn't going to change my life at this point,' he told CBS. 'But it will change the lives of my children and grandchildren. This cloud needs to be removed from out family's head.'. John, his late wife Patsy – who died in 2006 at the age of 49 – and their son, Burke, who was nine years old and home at the time of the killing, were largely convicted in the court of public opinion following JonBenét's death, despite the Boulder DA officially clearing them and apologizing in 2008.
![[Ramsey would like the garotte used to kill his daughter retested for DNA evidence]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/19/93437041-14222081-image-a-65_1734983529920.jpg)
Ramsey is confident that DNA left at the scene from an unidentified male will lead to the identification of a suspect. Here DailyMail.com breaks down the evidence which could be used for testing. John, Ramsey, father of JonBenét Ramsey, believes there are seven key pieces of evidence which could solve the decades-long mystery of her murder.
![[The grieving father believes developments in DNA testing could unlock the mystery of his daughter's killing. Pictured: JonBenét Ramsey with family, top left-right: stepsister Melinda (stepsister), her dad and stepbrother John. Front center: Mom Patsy and brother Burke]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/19/93438143-14222081-image-m-69_1734983717361.jpg)
