Ramsey was found dead in her Boulder home on Dec. 26, 1996, and an autopsy revealed she had been strangled. Since Ramsey’s murder, detectives have received 21,016 tips, letters and emails and spoken to more than 1,000 people, according to the Boulder Police Department.

In the last year, detectives have conducted several new interviews, reinterviewed some individuals, collected new evidence and tested or retested other pieces of evidence, Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn said in the department����ap .

Police could not say how many new interviews were conducted, according to Boulder police spokesperson Dionne Waugh.

The department asks anyone with information to contact detectives at BouldersMostWanted@bouldercolorado.gov or by calling the Boulder Police tip line at 303-441-1974.

“It is never too late for people with knowledge of this terrible crime to come forward, and I urge those responsible for this murder to contact us,” Redfearn said.

Boulder’s longest-serving district attorney — who defined more than a quarter century of criminal justice for the region and oversaw the early years of the JonBenét Ramsey case — had exhausted all options for medical care after suffering a heart attack in mid-November.

The 89-year-old spent several days in Colorado hospitals, alert and cogent, saying goodbye to colleagues, friends and family.

Then he picked 1:30 p.m. Friday as the time for medical staff to stop the life-supporting medicines keeping him alive. He drifted off and died later that evening, a month shy of his 90th birthday, said his son, Alex “Kip” Hunter III, who is acting as a spokesman for the family.

“He was just crystalline clear,” Hunter III said Monday. “He was intentional and purposeful, gracious and elegant. …He had come to a place where he was totally at peace with the scope of his life.”

Hunter spent 28 years as Boulder County’s elected top prosecutor, serving seven consecutive terms between . He forged a community-driven, progressive, victim-focused approach to prosecution and helped shape Boulder’s reputation as a liberal enclave.

He faced in the late 1990s after 6-year-old JonBenét was killed and, in the ensuing media firestorm, he chose not to bring charges against her parents — even after a grand jury secretly returned indictments against them during his final term.

Hunter kept a picture of the young beauty queen in his office and, throughout, in the city’s highest-profile murder case, his son said.

“He probably suffered more criticism as a result of that than any other moment in his career,” Hunter III said. “And yet he remained confident till he died that that was the right decision.”

In 1997, Hunter named JonBenét’s parents, John and Patsy, as a focus in the investigation into their daughter’s killing. More than a year later, Hunter announced that Boulder County’s grand jury had completed its work investigating the case, and that there was not sufficient evidence for charges to be filed against the Ramseys.

He was during the early years of the Ramsey case, featured in tabloids and The New Yorker. Some called for a special prosecutor to replace him, and a Boulder detective resigned from the case, accusing Hunter of compromising the investigation. Outsiders said Boulder needed a tough-on-crime prosecutor — decidedly not Hunter — to bring justice to JonBenét’s killer.

What Hunter kept secret in 1999 was that the grand jury had on charges of child abuse resulting in death — essentially alleging the Ramseys placed their daughter in a dangerous situation that led to her death — but that he’d declined to sign the indictments and move forward with a prosecution, believing he could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.

That highly unusual detail remained secret until it was more than a decade later.

“It was so like him to refuse the grand jury instruction,” Hunter III said. “Because he believed in his heart that it would have a negative impact on the outcome of the case.”

Over time, Hunter came to realize the Ramsey case , even if he would rather it did not. He was surprised by how it followed him even years after his retirement, Hunter III said.

“Horrible crimes happen every day, and that was a horrible crime, but it����ap had legs, it����ap had a life that I think often surprised Dad in particular,” Hunter III said. “I think that a lot of Dad’s 28 years as the district attorney perhaps got lost in the JonBenét Ramsey case.”

‘Doing the right thing time and time again’

Through the decades, Hunter was attuned to the Boulder community in a way few others ever were — for years, he invited cohorts of random voters into his office on Tuesday nights for candid discussions on crime and the courts, and he often made decisions and implemented policy based on what he heard in those meetings.

He was a master at reading a room and took pride in surrounding himself with good people, said Dennis Wanebo, a former prosecutor in the Boulder DA’s office.

He rarely faced any serious opposition on the ballot.

“He was there for 28 years,” said Peter Maguire, a longtime Boulder prosecutor during Hunter’s tenure. “And you don’t do that without being the consummate politician who has his finger on the pulse of the community, and by doing the right thing time and time again.”

Hunter was first elected by a narrow margin in 1973 in no small part because he promised to stop prosecuting possession of marijuana as a felony — prompting University of Colorado students to vote for him in droves, said Stan Garnett, who served as Boulder district attorney beginning in 2009.

Hunter was part of a wave of Democratic leadership that swept through Boulder in the 1970s. He hosted his own talk radio show for a while in the 1980s, and ran up Flagstaff Road almost every workday, leaving at 11:30 a.m. and having his secretary collect him at the top and return him to the courthouse. He was media-savvy and funny, charming and articulate.

He declared bankruptcy in the 1970s after a left him $6 million in debt. Hunter married four times and had five children, one of whom, John Hunter-Haulk, died in 2010 at the age of 20 — the “heartbreak of his life,” that Hunter never fully moved past, his son said.

In the late 1970s, after regularly hearing people’s displeasure with plea agreements, Hunter declared that his office would no longer offer plea bargains in any cases, instead requiring defendants to plead guilty to the original charges or take their cases to trial.

The effort quickly failed as the court system buckled under the increased number of jury trials.

“People made fun of him at the time, other DAs mocked him for it and said it was a fool’s errand,” Wanebo said. “And maybe in hindsight it can be looked at that way. And yet there was also a very good secondary effect of that for our office, which was, we got really careful about what we charged people with.”

‘A Renaissance man’

Hunter was moveable when he made mistakes, Maguire said, though he needed to be convinced through either a reasoned or political argument — this is what the community wants — to change his stances.

“Alex was a Renaissance man,” Garnett said. “He was interested in everything. And he was very thoughtful, very kind. He was very ethical.”

Tom Kelley, a former First Amendment attorney for The Denver Post, remembered a time in which he convinced Hunter that he was legally obligated to release some criminal justice records to the newspaper. Kelley swung by the courthouse to pick the records up, and Hunter met him, leading Kelley through the courthouse’s winding back hallways in search of the records.

After he gave the documents to Kelley, Hunter immediately called up the Rocky Mountain News — The Post’s bitter rival — and let them know the records were publicly available, Kelley said.

“That was classic Alex Hunter,” he said. “He was a very decent person and he tried to give everybody a little bit of something… He had a strong political sense.”

For Hunter III, having the DA as his dad was “fantastic,” he said. His dad was regularly on the newspaper’s front page. He was “always the coolest dad in Boulder,” Hunter III remembered.

His father’s death this week feels like a mountain suddenly disappearing.

He cherishes the conversations they had as a family in the days before Hunter died.

“We were in deep conversation,” he said. “And he taught us more in that last week than you could learn in a lifetime.”

According to Boulder police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh, Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn and members of Boulder’s police Operations Division met with family members this week to share updates on the case.

Waugh did not share what the updates were, or any other specifics, citing the fact that it remains an ongoing homicide investigation.

The meeting comes two months after the release a widely seen Netflix docu-series which focused on the “police missteps” and “media circus” that followed the death of the child pageant queen, according to the Netflix trailer.

In 2023, Boulder police announced that the Colorado Cold Case Review Team had completed its digitalization and review of all evidence connected to the case. The department also said that DNA testing continues to be a focal point, but that the slow progress on that front was due to the limited amount of DNA evidence available to be tested.

The DNA profile of an unknown male, recovered from a mixed sample discovered in the girl’s underwear, was entered into the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS, in 2003, but it has never been matched to any other known offender.

In recent years, members of the Ramsey family have pushed for investigators to make use of genealogical testing, also known as genetic genealogy or genetic ancestry testing, which has been valuable in clearing numerous cold cases, most notably that of the notorious “Golden State Killer,” Joseph DeAngelo, arrested in 2018 for a series rapes and murders across California during the 1970s and 80s.

JonBenet was reported missing early on the morning of Dec. 26, 1996, when Patsy Ramsey said she found a ransom note demanding $118,000 for the child’s safe return on a staircase inside their home in the 700 block of 15th Street in Boulder.

JonBenet����ap body was recovered from the family’s basement several hours later. The Boulder County Coroner determined she had suffered a fractured skull, been asphyxiated with a garotte and was sexually assaulted.

Anyone with information on the murder is asked to contact detectives at BouldersMostWanted@bouldercolorado.gov or by calling the Boulder Police tipline at 303-441-1974.

As the 28th anniversary of JonBenet Ramsey’s murder approaches, the Boulder Police Department provided its annual update about the ongoing homicide investigation and refuted claims that the department has refused to investigate leads.

In recent years, the Boulder police have posted updates on the case around the anniversary of the murder. This year, a Netflix docuseries was also released that, according to the trailer, “poses a critical question: Will Colorado authorities finally take the necessary actions to bring JonBenet Ramsey’s killer to justice and offer her family the peace they’ve long sought?”

Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn on Tuesday released a statement regarding the case.

“The killing of JonBenet was an unspeakable crime and this tragedy has never left our hearts,” Redfearn said. “We are committed to following up on every lead and we are continuing to work with DNA experts and our law enforcement partners around the county until this tragic case is solved. This investigation will always be a priority for the Boulder Police Department.”

According to the , officers also told residents that “the assertion that there is viable evidence and leads we are not pursuing – to include DNA testing – is completely false.”

Netflix’s “Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey?” takes on Boulder murder in three parts

Additionally, it was the Boulder Police Department, not the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, who convened the Cold Case Review Panel in December 2023 as part of its investigation efforts, according to the post.

Last year, Boulder police announced that the Colorado Cold Case Review Team had completed its digitalization and review of all evidence connected to the case. The department also said that DNA testing continues to be a focal point but the slow progression was due to the limited amount of DNA evidence available to be tested.

“As many of you know, this horrible crime happened in and our officers responded to investigate,” Redfearn said in a video addressing the community. “While I was not at Boulder Police Department 28 years ago … I want to assure you that our agency is doing everything we can to bring justice to JonBenet and hold her killer responsible.”

Redfearn also responded to comments about the police department����ap handling of the investigation in its early stages.

“There are a number of things that people have pointed out throughout the years that could’ve been done better and we acknowledge that as true,” said Redfearn. “However, it is important to emphasize that while we cannot go back to that horrible day in 1996, our goal was to find Jon Benet����ap killer. Our commitment to that has never wavered.”

According to Redfearn, detectives have partnered with multiple agencies across the country over the years to find her killer.

“I know that the community would like to know more information and specifics on our progress, but like any major criminal investigation, there is no way we can share that information publicly without compromising the integrity of this case, and any future prosecution by the district attorney’s office,” said Redfearn. “What I can tell you is that we have thoroughly investigated multiple people identified as suspects throughout the years and we continue to be open minded.”

JonBenet was reported missing early on the morning of Dec. 26, 1996, when Patsy Ramsey said she found a ransom note demanding $118,000 for the child’s safe return on a staircase inside their home in the 700 block of 15th Street in Boulder.

JonBenet����ap body was recovered from the family’s basement several hours later. The Boulder County Coroner determined she had suffered a fractured skull, been asphyxiated with a garotte and was sexually assaulted.

Redfearn encouraged anyone with any information about the case to contact detectives at BouldersMostWanted@bouldercolorado.gov or Boulder Police tipline at 303-441-1974.

“JonBenet would have been 34 years old this year. She deserved to grow up and live her life to the fullest. Instead, it was brutally taken from her,” said Redfearn. “We will continue to do everything in our power along with our partners to solve this case.”

On December 26, 1996, 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found murdered in her family’s Boulder, Colorado, home, sparking one of the most notorious unsolved cases in American history. Despite numerous investigations and suspects, the case remains open. The Daily Camera has provided comprehensive local coverage since the beginning, reporting on developments, investigations, and community impact.

debuts on Netflix on Monday, Nov. 25 — four weeks before the Dec. 25 anniversary of Ramsey’s 1996 murder. The case received immediate attention for its brutality, and the fact that Ramsey was a child beauty queen whose persona contrasted starkly with the nature of the killing.

Ramsey suffered a fractured skull, was asphyxiated with a garotte, and was sexually assaulted, the , after her body was discovered in the basement of her home on Dec. 26, 1996.

“When you dress your child up, you might innocently attract a predator,” says an unnamed woman in a voiceover in the doc’s trailer, which raises questions of motivation for the crime. It started as a kidnapping with a ransom note demanding $118,000 for her return, and ended when a few hours later in the basement, according to family members and police.

“Was there an intruder, or was the family involved?” an unseen voice speculates in the trailer.

The Netflix documentary contains reports from The Rocky Mountain News and (as seen in the trailer) and other Colorado news media, although it was the national tabloids that pushed the most scandalous conspiracies and lied about the Ramsey family’s past, according to interview subjects. Charlie Brennan, a former reporter and now part-time editor at the Daily Camera, will also be featured in the documentary, according to the Camera.

“Cold Case” contains dozens of new interviews as well as TV footage, home movies, police calls, and other media that approached the story from various angles, with suspects (including the Ramsey family members) and theories being developed, dismissed and reconsidered as police and residents look for answers. Boulder Police and the news media are criticized heavily for mishandling and tainting evidence, and the investigation at large, as well as pushing false information.

“If this case is ever going to be solved, we might be looking at the best chance right now,” says a male voice in the trailer. “We’ve been ruling people out for the wrong reasons. Everybody needs to be back on the table. We have to go deeper.”

Boulder police in 2023 said the Colorado Cold Case Review Team had finished digitalizing evidence and completed review of all related items in the case, the Camera reported. DNA testing continues to be a focal point, officials said.

The new documentary is not the only JonBenet media arriving on streaming services, and it’s just the latest in a long line of such projects. The 2016 show “Getting Away with Murder” and Netflix’s 2017 experiment “Casting JonBenét” were the latest notable ones, at least until September when Paramount+ said it’s producing a new streaming TV series based on the unsolved murder to mark the 30th anniversary of her killing, will star Melissa McCarthy as JonBenét����ap mother, Patsy, and Clive Owen as her father, John.

On Oct. 2, the “Cold Case Live” show (no relation to Netflix) also visited the Boulder Theater for a stage show about the murder and serial killer crimes.

The limited series, which is being produced to mark the 30th anniversary of her killing, will star Melissa McCarthy as JonBenét’s mother, Patsy, and Clive Owen as her father, John. They were immediate suspects in the brutal murder of the child beauty queen on Dec. 25, 1996, when she was found dead in the basement of her Boulder home.

A long ransom note, and the still-unsolved nature of the case, continue to prompt lurid fascination in the entertainment world. The crime has inspired documentary and narrative shows such as 2016’s “Getting Away with Murder” and Netflix’s 2017 experiment “Casting JonBenét,” amid many others before that. That last show casts local actors from Boulder to “offer multiple perspectives on her 1996 murder as they vie to play roles in a dramatization of the case,” Netflix wrote.

The Paramount+ series will take the dramatization route.

“(The Series) follows the Ramsey family, before and after the tragedy as they go through the painful loss of a child while facing intense public scrutiny caused by a media frenzy that caused this case to captivate an entire nation,” according to .

“At the heart of the series, it is the story of Patsy and John Ramsey – exploring the unbreakable partnership of these two complex people – as husband and wife, as mother and father – who had committed themselves and their children to building the narrative of a perfect, privileged life only to have it destroyed one Christmas night in 1996.”

The show will be produced by 101 Studios and MTV Entertainment Studios, with production beginning soon in Calgary, Canada, according to the studio.

“JonBenét Ramsey continues to be one of the country’s most fascinating unsolved murders,” said Jeff Grossman, executive vice president of programming at Paramount+. “The incredible talent of Melissa McCarthy, Clive Owen and the creative team led by (showrunner) Richard LaGravenese will illuminate her story with the acuity and nuance it deserves.”

McCarthy is primarily known as a comedian, but has also taken on dramatic roles.

There is no release date for the show.

The Colorado Cold Case Review Team spent the past year preparing for the review, Boulder police said in a news release Thursday. The review team includes experts from the FBI, Colorado Bureau of Investigation and public and private forensic laboratories.

The case file on on Dec. 26, 1996, spans more than 1 million pages, 21,000 tips and 1,000 interviews, according to Boulder police.

The review is meant “to generate additional investigative recommendations and determine if updated technologies and/or forensic testing might produce new intelligence or leads to solve the case,” according to the release.

JonBenét’s family reported her missing from her home in the 700 block of 15th Street in Boulder after finding a ransom note, according to Boulder police.

Her body was later found in a basement room inside the home with evidence showing she had been hit in the head, strangled and sexually assaulted.

The case drew international attention, but no one has ever been charged in her death.

The department did not disclose the specific recommendations from the cold case review team, but said police and the district attorney’s office are “currently in the process of reviewing and prioritizing the team’s recommendations,” according to the news release.

DNA testing is still a focal point of the investigation, according to the department, particularly as it rapidly evolves.

“The Boulder Police Department is working with leading DNA experts from across the county to ensure the latest forensic techniques are used to analyze remaining DNA samples,” officials said in the Thursday release. “The evidence has been preserved and will continue to be ready for testing when there is proven and validated technology that can accurately test forensic samples consistent with the evidence available in this case. Detectives are actively taking steps to prepare the evidence for testing when possible.”

In a statement, Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said she is grateful for the review team’s independent assessment and recommendations.

“We will continue to pursue all leads and explore technology advancements to identify JonBenét����ap killer. I also commit to providing the community and family with investigative updates as new evidence emerges,” Herold said.

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The decision to submit the case to outside review coincided with the reassignment of a detective who had long held primary responsibility for its investigation.

Boulder police said Thursday that the November 2022 reassignment of Commander Thomas Trujillo had no connection to the Ramsey case. It did, however, generally coincide with the department’s agreement — just after Trujillo’s reassignment — to welcome greater involvement by other investigating agencies. Trujillo was assigned to the detective bureau at the time of JonBenet’s December 1996 murder. He was one of two lead detectives on the perplexing case throughout much of its duration.

On Nov. 1, 2022, after an internal probe into the Investigations Unit found that multiple cases had not been pursued, or fully investigated, by former detective and current patrol officer Kwame Williams — whom Trujillo supervised.

Also last November, Boulder police  — a collection of one analyst, one forensic investigative genetic genealogy analyst, two DNA scientists, one latent prints forensic scientist and a supervisor, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigations website. 

The police also said they would continue to work with the FBI, the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office, the Colorado Department of Public Safety, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and several private DNA laboratories across the nation.

Boulder police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh wrote in an email that the reassignment of Trujillo had “absolutely nothing to do with the JonBenet investigation” though, “some tabloid reporters mistakenly believe it����ap connected.”

‘Frustratingly slow business’

John Andrew Ramsey, the 47-year-old stepbrother of JonBenet Ramsey, who was out of the state at the time of JonBenet’s death, said his father petitioned Gov. Jared Polis last year for new DNA testing to be conducted, for the case to be removed from the Boulder Police Department, and for it to be handed over to the CBI’s Cold Case Team and Cold Case Task Force.

The Cold Case , but the investigation remains under the Boulder Police Department’s ultimate control.

Ramsey said Friday that the family’s lawyers have submitted letters and other possible evidence or information they’ve received over the years to the police in order for it to be digitalized for submission to the CBI.

After meeting with Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold and Deputy Chief Stephen Redfearn in January of this year, Ramsey said he’s “very satisfied with the actions they’re taking.”

“It can be a frustratingly slow business, is the reality,” Ramsey said in reference to cold case investigations. “I’m glad the work is being done. It����ap just to get a fresh look and get an outsider’s perspective and unbiased expert opinion on what steps should be taken. With any problem where you get stuck in the hole or rut, you turn to outsiders for help.”

While Ramsey did not say if he thought Trujillo specifically delayed the murder probe, he said he was not satisfied with his meetings with the detective.

“You can draw the diagram,” Ramsey said. “Detective Trujillo is in charge of this thing for 26 years up until November, December of last year, and then poof, we have this very different stance from the police. So… it����ap different.” 

Ramsey said he thought that for a significant part of the almost 27-year-old investigation, the case was in the hands of biased detectives.

“I think up until the beginning of this year, it resided with detectives who had long ago formed a bias,” Ramsey said. “They had been involved in the case for its entirety and the case required new leadership, fresh perspectives, and that lack of a bias.”

Ramsey added that with BPD’s recent efforts, he believes they have the “best shot” at solving the puzzle now, due to the availability of forensic genealogy testing — which enables law enforcement to create a DNA profile from evidence that can then be compared to public databases in order to identify matches.

The 2018 arrest in California of Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. as the long-sought Golden State Killer, is one of the better-known examples of that technique delivering results. DeAngelo pleaded guilty in 2020 to 13 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of kidnapping, receiving multiple consecutive sentences of life in prison with no chance of parole.

The benefit of outside experts

In the November 2022 Boulder police news release, the department said the DNA evidence available for analysis is extremely small and complex, and could be consumed by DNA testing. 

“Whenever there is a proven technology that can reliably test forensic samples consistent with the samples available in this case, additional analysis will be conducted,” Waugh wrote in the release. 

Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said the police department has brought together a multi-agency team that has been working hard on the murder probe. 

“At times, investigations can benefit from the perspective and input of outside experts — especially with advances in technology and forensic tools,” Dougherty said, in an email about the police’s efforts to present the investigation to the Colorado Cold Case Team. 

“It is absolutely the right course of action,” Ramsey said. “JonBenet was a 6-year-old little girl who was taken from her bed and brutally murdered and there needs to be accountability for that and we need to hold that person responsible.

“The chief [of police] is doing the right thing here, is the bottom line. Through all the politics and everyone’s opinion on this, she is absolutely doing the right thing.”

JonBenet was reported missing in a phone call by her mother, Patsy Ramsey, early on the morning of Dec. 26, 1996, when she said she found a ransom note demanding $118,000 for the child’s safe return on a staircase inside their home in the 700 block of 15th Street in Boulder.

JonBenet����ap body was recovered from the family’s basement several hours later. The Boulder County Coroner determined she had suffered a fractured skull, been asphyxiated with a garotte and was sexually assaulted.

The Daily Camera learned in 2013 that a grand jury to indict both her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, on charges of child abuse resulting in death and accessory to the crime of first-degree murder — an indictment not announced at that time. No charges were ever actually filed in the case, however, based on then-District Attorney Alex Hunter’s decision that there was insufficient evidence to support a conviction.

Patsy Ramsey died in June 2006, after a long battle with cancer.

In the 2022 release, Boulder police said detectives have investigated leads stemming from more than 21,000 tips, letters and emails and traveled to 19 states to interview more than 1,000 individuals.

After JonBenet’s death, the Ramsey family never spent another night in the Boulder house where she was killed, formerly addressed as 755 15th St., but now identified as 749 15th St.

The selling price of the property has dropped by about $700,000 since . It is currently listed at almost $6.25 million, according to the LIV Sotheby’s International Realty website. 

On December 26, 1996, 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found murdered in her family’s Boulder, Colorado, home, sparking one of the most notorious unsolved cases in American history. Despite numerous investigations and suspects, the case remains open. The Daily Camera has provided comprehensive local coverage since the beginning, reporting on developments, investigations, and community impact.

Almost 20 years after it was last purchased, the 5-bedroom house at 749 15th St. was listed for sale Wednesday. The 7,240-square-foot house has been up for sale, on and off, since 2008. It was last listed for sale in 2014.

The on Zillow, posted by LIV Sotheby’s International Realty, prices the property at $6.95 million — a big jump from the 2014 asking price of $2 million.

“Stately and modernized 1920’s Tudor estate in an epic Boulder location, on three lots, stunning curb appeal with amazing Flatiron views,” the listing says. “Surrounded by luxury homes, a beautiful stroll to Pearl Street shops, restaurants, CU and easy access to Denver. An impressive Boulder estate with timeless appeal in an unbeatable location.”

The Ramseys purchased the house, then known as 755 15th St., for $500,000 in 1991, according to Boulder County assessor records.

In 1998, the Ramseys sold the house for $650,000 to a group of investors. In 2001, the address was changed and big tress and fencing added to discourage curiosity seekers.

The home’s current owners, Tim Milner and his wife, Carol Schuller Milner — the daughter of “Hour of Power” televangelist Robert H. Schuller — purchased it for $1.05 million in 2004.

JonBenet Ramsey was found dead Dec. 26, 1996, in the basement of the home several hours after Patsy Ramsey called 911 to say her daughter was missing and that a ransom note had been left behind.

No charges have ever been filed in the case, which .

Ramsey house timeline

• November 1991: John and Patsy Ramsey buy the house at 755 15th St. for $500,000.
• Dec. 26, 1996: JonBenet Ramsey is found dead in the basement of the home. Her family never spends another night there.
• February 1998: A group of investors buys the home for $650,000, pledging to resell it and donate profits to the JonBenet Ramsey Children’s Foundation.
• 1999-2001: E.J. “Doc” Kreis, the University of Colorado’s speed, strength and conditioning coach, rents the house before being fired and moving to California.
• June 2001: The address is changed to 749 15th St.
• May 2004: Tim and Carol Milner buy the house for $1.05 million.
• July 2008: The house is listed for sale at $2.68 million.
• May 2009: The house is listed for sale at $2.29 million.
• February 2011: The house is listed for sale at $2.3 million.
• 2014: The house is listed for sale at $1.98 million.
• 2023: The house is listed for sale at $6.95 million.

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Additionally, the department also has changed policy regarding investigators’ caseloads and how investigators are supervised.

Kwame Williams, formerly a detective and now reassigned as an officer, is also suspended for five days without pay, .

None of the cases that the detective was supposed to be handling are homicide cases, said Boulder spokesperson Sarah Huntley.

As part of a review of the department’s case management system, requested by Police Chief Maris Herold, police officials “became aware of cases assigned to a particular detective that had not been investigated or investigated fully between 2019 and the present,” the release said.

In July, Herold brought the findings to the Professional Standards Unit and the Independent Police Monitor, with allegations of several different rule and policy violations made against Williams and four of his supervisors.

A subsequent internal Professional Standards Unit investigation found all five officers had committed the alleged violations.

In August, that investigation was sent to the Office of the Independent Police Monitor and the civilian Police Oversight Panel for review prior to a disciplinary determination, which was imposed by Herold on Nov. 1.

Commander Thomas Trujillo, who has worked on the JonBenét Ramsey case, received an involuntary transfer to night patrol, as a commander, and a three-day suspension without pay. He was placed on a Performance Improvement Plan.

Commander Barry Hartkopp was given a one-year letter of reprimand and is receiving additional training.

Sgt. David Spraggs retired by resignation. The chief accepted the resignation and ordered that the termination that had been recommended be held “in abeyance.”

Sgt. Brannon Winn was suspended for one day without pay.

Huntley said Trujillo, Hartkopp, Spraggs and Winn were Williams’ supervisors “with oversight responsibilities.” The city website describes as the head of the investigations unit and as the commander of the professional standards unit.

“I regret that this happened and consider it a serious situation,” Herold said in the release. “We had an employee who apparently became overwhelmed. He has since been reassigned from the Investigations Unit.”

The department has taken additional steps in the aftermath of the investigation, including rewriting “its investigations’ case management policy to provide for workload standards, including limiting the number of cases any one detective may handle, ensuring a regular review of open cases by supervisors, and imposing time limits for investigations,” according to the release.

“Our department understands the tremendous responsibility it has to investigate reported crimes diligently and in a timely manner. This is a sacred trust our community has placed in us,” Herold said. “We take this responsibility seriously.”

The Boulder County District Attorney’s Office is conducting an independent audit of the cases. The release did not state how many cases Williams was supposed to be handling.

“The District Attorney’s Office regards this as a serious matter and will conduct an independent audit of the cases in question,” Shannon Carbone, a DA’s office spokesperson, wrote in an email. “These cases had been assigned to a particular detective and had not been investigated or investigated to completion. Once the independent audit is completed, the case numbers and our findings will be shared with the media and our community.”