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JonBenet's parents questioned by cops
30/08/2000 14:35 - (SA)
Atlanta - John and Patsy Ramsey emerged from two days of police questioning
in the slaying of their daughter, JonBenet, and pleaded with
investigators to clear them publicly of suspicion.
"The time has come for the police to come forward and publicly
acknowledge that there's nothing left to do," attorney L Lin Wood
said on Tuesday. "The evidence is not there."
The Ramseys said they co-operated fully and supplied leads to the
possible killer of the 6-year-old beauty queen, who was found
beaten and strangled in 1996 in the basement of her family's
Boulder, Colorado, home.
However, Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner, who led the
seven-member team that questioned husband and wife separately for a
total of more than 10 hours, said the interrogations were "less
than we had hoped for."
The Ramseys did not say what leads they gave investigators.
Patsy Ramsey, addressing the investigators at a news conference,
said: "Whatever obstacles are in your way that make you think I
killed my child, I want to help you get over that."
Wood said the Ramseys had answered all the investigators' questions
except some that covered forensic evidence because they did not
have the results of forensic tests performed by police.
Beckner issued a statement saying the investigators did not cover
all the ground they hoped to because of the conditions of the
questioning. The sessions were held at Wood's office, and the
lawyer had threatened to end the questioning if it became
"overzealous."
"We need some time to digest and debrief the interviews and the
information we obtained, and we're not in a position to draw any
conclusions at this time," the police chief said.
The Boulder team questioned Patsy Ramsey for seven hours on Monday and
a half-hour on Tuesday morning, then questioned her husband separately
for 2 1/2 hours. It was the first time the Ramseys had been
questioned since June 1998.
- Sapa-AP
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