Could JonBenét Ramsey murder finally be SOLVED? Colorado cold case investigators have made secret new recommendations to cops they hope could crack child pageant queen’s 1996 slaying

New hope has arisen that the infamous cold case of murdered child queen JonBenét Ramsey can be solved after Colorado police said they were reviewing new “recommendations” in the 1996 case.

Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was reported missing after her family found a ransom note in their Boulder home on December 26, 1996.

Her body was later found by her father John Ramsey in the basement of the family's luxurious home, brutally beaten and strangled. Her death was ruled a homicide, but has remained unsolved for 27 years.

However, the Boulder Police Department (BPD) announced Thursday that it was reviewing and prioritizing recommendations from a team of outside experts gathered to review the case.

The Colorado Cold Case Review Team has spent the past year digitizing all existing evidence in the case, including more than 21,000 tips, more than 1,000 interviews, samples from more than 200 different individuals, including handwriting, DNA, fingerprints and shoe prints .

Police said in a statement that DNA remains an area of ​​investigation as the science behind testing samples taken at the time continues to evolve.

The team included professional, investigative, analytical and forensic experts from across Colorado, including the FBI, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the Boulder County District Attorney's Office and “numerous other entities with expertise in cold case murder investigations.”

The BPD explained that the panel of outside experts was convened to review the high-profile case to “generate additional investigative recommendations and determine whether updated technologies and/or forensic testing could provide new information or clues to crack the case.” unload'.

While the panel's specific recommendations will not yet be made public, the department said it is committed to implementing the recommendations from the review.

“I am grateful for the Cold Case Review Team's independent review and recommendations regarding this tragic case,” said Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold.

Adding: “We will continue to follow all leads and investigate technological advances to identify JonBenet's killer.

“I also commit to providing the community and family with investigative updates as new evidence emerges.”

The grim murder case gripped Colorado and the rest of the country due to the shocking nature of the crime and JonBenét's fame in her local community, where she was known as the winner of Little Miss Colorado.

The child was found under a white blanket with a nylon cord around her neck, her wrists tied above her head and her mouth covered with duct tape.

There was no clear evidence of rape, but police did not rule out sexual abuse.

A bizarre ransom note was also discovered demanding $118,000 from her family.

The coroner determined that JonBenet died of “asphyxia due to strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma,” meaning she had been strangled and beaten.

The Boulder City Medical Examiner revealed after an autopsy was performed that the little girl had an 8 1/2-inch skull fracture and was struck in the head.

No one has ever been charged with the murder before, but there have been several suspects over the years.

Among them was John Mark Karr, 58, who claimed he was with JonBenét when she died 17 years ago.

Karr was extradited from his home in Thailand following his 'confession', in which he claimed that JonBenét had died 'accidentally'.

In 2006, Karr claimed he drugged JonBenét and then had sex with her, but her autopsy revealed no drugs or alcohol in her system on blood tests.

During his interrogation, he knew details about the murder that had not been made public.

But authorities were unable to link him to the scene of the crime and he was released. Karr later suggested that he had lied about his confession to cover for someone else.

And despite his claim that he sexually assaulted Ramsey, no semen was found on her body. However, the little girl did have minor vaginal abrasions.

Karr's confession was ultimately deemed an elaborate lie by investigators.

For years, JonBenet's parents and brother, Burke, who was just nine years old at the time of his sister's death, were also under a cloud of suspicion.

However, in 2008 they were finally acquitted and formally removed from the suspect list.

In 2019, Burke sued CBS for $750 million over a documentary it aired that pointed the finger at him for his sister's death.