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♪ >> Lawrence: SO IT'S BEEN NEARLY 30 YEARS SINCE 6-YEAR-OLD JONBENET RAMSEY WAS FOUND MURDERED IN HER FAMILY'S COLORADO BASEMENT. AND THE KILLER STILL HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. RETIRED HOMICIDE DETECTIVE LOU SMITH SEARCHED FOR AN ANSWER INTO THE DEATH IN 2010. HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES ARE WORKING TO TRY TO CLOSE THE CASE. A NEW FOX NATION SERIES GOT UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS INTO THE PROCESS, WATCH.
>> THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY SOLVE THE CRIME. THEY WANT TO FINISH LOWE'S WORK.
>> I'M GOING OUT HERE.
>> OUR LAB AND TESTED.
>> WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF COLD CASES BEING SOLVED.
>> THE TECHNOLOGY OR DNA COME A LONG WAY SINCE 1996. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO SOLVE THE CASE THAN TODAY.
>> Lawrence: JOHN RAMSEY THE FATHER OF JONBENET FEATURED IN THE KILLER'S LIST ON FOX NATION. AND HE JOINS US NOW SIR, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING THE PROGRAM. WE APPRECIATE IT YOU ARE WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Lawrence: I HAVE INTERVIEWED A LOT OF VICTIMS' FAMILIES, MANY OF THEM AFTER YEARS JUST WANT THE NOISE TO STOP AND IT'S JUST TOO TRAUMATIC FOR THEM THEY DON'T GIVE UP BUT THEY JUST WANT SILENCE. YOU HAVE TAKEN A DIFFERENT ROUTE AND YOU HAVE HOPE. WHY?
>> WELL, TWO REASONS. ONE, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE CONTROL CASES LIKE THIS. THE LOCAL POLICE. WE HAVE LOTS OF JURISDICTIONS AND WE HAVE HAD A CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP IN THE BOULDER POLICE SOME OF THE -- FRANKLY, BONE HEADS WERE DISMISSED AND WE HAVE HAD A NEW GROUP AND IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING SECONDLY DNA TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED SO MUCH IN THE LAST 30 YEARS. LOU SMITH, THE DETECTIVE WHO WAS BROUGHT IN BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY EARLY ON, LEGENDARY DETECTIVE, SOLVED OVER 200 HOMICIDES IN HIS CAREER SAID JOHN, THIS CASE WILL BE SOLVED BY DNA. I THINK WE ARE AT THAT POINT NOW IF WE USE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S AVAILABLE.
>> Lawrence: JOHN, LET'S ACTUALLY PLAY A SOUNDBITE OF SOME OF THAT NEW DNA TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE THERE IS A KEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT HAS YET TO BE TESTED. LET'S WATCH IT.
>> THE ONLY WAY THAT THE CASE CAN BE SOLVED IS THROUGH DNA TESTING OF ALL THE ITEMS MOST IMPORTANTLY THE GARAGE NEVER BEEN TESTED. IMPORTANT ITEM OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE BECAUSE IT WAS HAND TIED BY SOMEBODY'S FINGERS AND USED TO STRANGLE JONBENET, THAT'S NEVER BEEN TESTED FOR DNA, TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I HAVE GOT NO ASSURANCE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DONE.
>> Lawrence: YOU THINK THIS IS THE KEY TO SOLVING YOUR DAUGHTER'S MURDER?
>> WELL, THE KEY IS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE TESTED ALL THE CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE TAKEN FROM THE SCENE AT THE TIME. THE OTHER PIECE IS THAT WE NEED TO USE THIS NEW APPROACH TO USING DNA TO INVESTIGATE RATHER THAN JUST TO CONVINCE. YOU KNOW, THE DNA DATABASE WAS SET UP BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 30 YEARS OLD. IT'S ADVANCED SO FAR. THERE IS A NEW APPROACH CALLED FORENSIC GENEALOGY RESEARCH THAT IS -- ALLOWS YOU TO USE VAST AMOUNTS OF DNA INFORMATION TO INVESTIGATE THE CRIME AND THAT'S THE PIECE THAT NEEDS TO BE USED.
>> Lawrence: JOHN, WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER I WAS 2 YEARS OLD WHEN THIS CASE TOOK PLACE AND AS A CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDENT WE ALWAYS STUDIED THIS CASE. I DIDN'T SEE IT GET TO TAKE PLACE IN THE MEDIA. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER AND WHAT YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT IT?
>> WELL, SHE WAS DADDY'S GIRL. AND SHE REALLY -- SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT SHE WAS NAMED AFTER ME AND I WAS, OF COURSE, WAS PROUD OF THAT AS WELL. SHE HAD 100 -- SHE WAS VERY EXTROVERTED LITTLE GIRL. VERY UP AND THE ONE MEMORY I HAVE OF HER IS VERY GOOD BUT I CAME HOME ONE DAY FROM WORK AND I MUST HAVE HAD A FROWN ON MY FACE AND SHE CAME RUNNING UP TO ME AND SAID DAD, I DON'T LIKE THAT FACE. SO I STARTED TO PUT ON FAKE SMILE OKAY, THAT'S BETTER. AND SHE JUST WAS -- SHE WAS A VERY UP, ENERGETIC, VERY AMAZING LITTLE GIRL. AND I MISS HER DEEPLY.
>> Lawrence: STILL FIGHTING TO GET HER JUSTICE. JOHN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME ANSWERS REAL SOON. CAN YOU STREAM JONBENET, THE KILLER'S LIST ON FOX NATION FOR THAT EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT CASE. HELP THE SMITH TAMMY TO SEARCH FOR THE KILLER GO TO THE GO FUND ME LINK ON FOXANDFRIENDS.COM. JOHN, THANK YOU