Boulder DA confirms arrest in JonBenet case
By Charlie Brennan, Rocky Mountain News
August 16, 2006
A man arrested in Thailand is being held in connection with the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, law enforcement officials said today.
Federal officials familiar with the case, who spoke with the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the man was being held in Bangkok on unrelated sex charges.
A source close to the case identified the suspect as one-time resident of Conyers, Ga., and said he was a school teacher.
The source said that authorities had been focusing on him for some time and that Patsy Ramsey had been made aware prior to her death on June 24 that his arrest was being pursued.
Boulder District Attorney Mary Lacey confirmed arrest Aug. 16, 2006, following several months of a focused and complex investigation. John and Patsy Ramsey both were consulted during the course of the investigation.
The Ramsey family has been notified of the arrest, Lacey said.
The district attorney's office has scheduled a news conference Thursday at 2 p.m. at the justice center.
The girl was found beaten and strangled in the basement of the family?s home in Boulder, Colo., on Dec. 26, 1996.
Law enforcement officials from Boulder were flying to Bangkok to present Thai authorities with documents in the slaying of the 6-year-old beauty pageant contestant, officials in Washington said.
They asked to remain anonymous pending an announcement in Colorado.
The girl?s parents, Patsy and John Ramsey, had been under an "umbrella of suspicion" in JonBenet?s death. The Ramseys said an intruder killed their daughter. A grand jury investigation in Boulder ended with no indictments, and no arrests had been made in the case.
In 2003, U.S. District Judge Julie Carnes in Atlanta concluded that the evidence she reviewed suggested an intruder killed
JonBenet. That opinion came with the judge?s decision to dismiss a libel and slander lawsuit against the Ramseys by a freelance journalist, who the Ramseys had named as a suspect in their daughter?s murder. The Boulder district attorney at the time said she agreed with Carnes? declaration.
The district attorney?s has established a web page for information on the case: www.co.boulder.co.us/da
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
By Charlie Brennan, Rocky Mountain News
August 16, 2006
A man arrested in Thailand is being held in connection with the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, law enforcement officials said today.
Federal officials familiar with the case, who spoke with the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the man was being held in Bangkok on unrelated sex charges.
A source close to the case identified the suspect as one-time resident of Conyers, Ga., and said he was a school teacher.
The source said that authorities had been focusing on him for some time and that Patsy Ramsey had been made aware prior to her death on June 24 that his arrest was being pursued.
Boulder District Attorney Mary Lacey confirmed arrest Aug. 16, 2006, following several months of a focused and complex investigation. John and Patsy Ramsey both were consulted during the course of the investigation.
The Ramsey family has been notified of the arrest, Lacey said.
The district attorney's office has scheduled a news conference Thursday at 2 p.m. at the justice center.
The girl was found beaten and strangled in the basement of the family?s home in Boulder, Colo., on Dec. 26, 1996.
Law enforcement officials from Boulder were flying to Bangkok to present Thai authorities with documents in the slaying of the 6-year-old beauty pageant contestant, officials in Washington said.
They asked to remain anonymous pending an announcement in Colorado.
The girl?s parents, Patsy and John Ramsey, had been under an "umbrella of suspicion" in JonBenet?s death. The Ramseys said an intruder killed their daughter. A grand jury investigation in Boulder ended with no indictments, and no arrests had been made in the case.
In 2003, U.S. District Judge Julie Carnes in Atlanta concluded that the evidence she reviewed suggested an intruder killed
JonBenet. That opinion came with the judge?s decision to dismiss a libel and slander lawsuit against the Ramseys by a freelance journalist, who the Ramseys had named as a suspect in their daughter?s murder. The Boulder district attorney at the time said she agreed with Carnes? declaration.
The district attorney?s has established a web page for information on the case: www.co.boulder.co.us/da
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
