Colorado authorities offered their yearly update on Friday regarding the ongoing investigation into the 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey.

Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn revealed that detectives have pursued several new interviews and revisited previous ones, prompted by incoming tips. Additionally, they have gathered fresh evidence and retested existing items to potentially uncover new insights.

Redfearn withheld specific details about who was interviewed over the past year and did not disclose which new pieces of evidence were examined.

“Both techniques and technology are in a state of constant advancement, particularly in the realm of DNA testing,” Redfearn noted.

Earlier this year, John Ramsey, the father of the victim, shared that he was informed by police that the degraded DNA found on his daughter’s underwear remains unsuitable for genealogy testing due to current technological limitations.

As we approach the tragic anniversary of the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, the Boulder Police Department is providing its annual update about the ongoing homicide investigation.

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— Boulder Police Dept. (@boulderpolice) December 12, 2025

Earlier this year, the slain girl’s father, John Ramsey, said he learned from police that degraded DNA recovered from his daughter’s underwear could not undergo genealogy testing because the technology is not advanced enough.

In 1996, JonBenét Ramsey, 6, was found bludgeoned and strangled in the basement of her Boulder home hours after she was reported missing and a ransom note was discovered at her residence.

John Ramsey has pressed Boulder police to retest evidence with updated genetic technology to obtain new leads in their daughter’s unsolved murder. He also urged the FBI to make child murder a federal crime — allowing the agency to automatically intervene in cases involving children 12 and younger.

Specifically, John Ramsey wants investigators to test external male DNA that federal authorities disclosed in 1997.

“That’s an important meeting. We’re going to have a representative with us for one of these cutting-edge labs to explain what they can and can’t do. Hopefully, he will accept their help,” he told Fox last year, referring to a meeting he was to have with Boulder police in December 2024.

No arrests have been made in the 1996 slaying. The slain girl’s mother, Patsy Ramsey, died of ovarian cancer in 2006.

Anyone with information regarding JonBenét Ramsey’s murder should call or email the Boulder Police Department at 303-441-1974 or BouldersMostWanted@bouldercolorado.gov.

[Feature Photo: Family Handout]