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JonBenét Ramsey’s Dad Urges Police to Test DNA Ahead of New Docuseries: ‘We’re Begging’

JonBenét Ramsey's dad is urging Colorado police to test DNA connected to his dauther's death ahead of a new Netflix docuseries.

Now, speaking to People ahead of the three-episode series, which premieres on Monday, Nov. 25, he urges officials to test items that the presumed killer left behind, including a ransom note, a suitcase and the garrote used to strangle JonBenét. Others believed former school teacher John Mark Karr, who confessed to the 1996 strangulation in 2006, as a prime suspect; the family housekeeper Linda Hoffman-Pugh; or the town’s Santa Claus Bill McReynolds as the potential killer. The Daily Mail reported in 2019 that longtime suspect and convicted pedophile Gary Olivia confessed to “accidentally” killing the six-year-old in a series of letters.

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