Burke Ramsey urges new testing of DNA in sister’s murder

Burke Ramsey is urging investigators to continue testing DNA evidence from his sister JonBenét Ramsey’s 1996 murder, saying samples found beneath her fingernails and on her underwear did not match his family and could help identify the killer. His interpretation and proposed next steps are his own; the reports do not establish that the DNA identifies the person responsible. In a recent interview, Burke, now 39, said authorities should send the samples to different laboratories and keep testing until they find a match. He described the DNA as the best evidence available and said learning the scientific details of the case is emotionally difficult. No law-enforcement announcement about new testing or a resulting match is reported. JonBenét was six when she was found dead in the basement of her family’s Boulder, Colorado, home on December 26, 1996. Burke was nine. Her father discovered her body hours after her mother reported finding a ransom note in the house. The note demanded $118,000, and police initially treated the case as a possible kidnapping. Burke has said the DNA did not match members of his family and maintains that none of them killed JonBenét. The evidence and his...