JonBenet Ramsey’s Father Breaks Silence After Death of DA Who Led the Cold Case (Exclusive)

JonBenét Ramsey’s father, John Ramsey has broken his silence following the death of former Boulder District Attorney Alex Hunter, the prosecutor who oversaw the earliest phase of the still-unsolved 1996 murder case. He tells the National Enquirer he credits Hunter for maintaining professionalism as public pressure intensified in the months after his daughter’s death.

“The district attorney’s office had a very competent staff which was a credit to Alex Hunter’s leadership,” Ramsey, 81, says. “They brought professionalism and common sense to our situation after we lost JonBenét and continually challenged a dysfunctional police department to do the same.”

As the National Enquirer previously reported, Hunter died at age 89 after suffering a heart attack and served as Boulder County’s district attorney for nearly three decades. He became one of the most scrutinized figures in the JonBenét investigation after he refused to sign a true bill grand jury indictment against John and Patsy Ramsey in 1999, saying he didn’t believe there was sufficient evidence to file charges at the time.

Hunter’s decision not to pursue charges infuriated Boulder Police detectives who long suspected the Ramseys, who have never been charged with any crime in connection with their daughter’s death. However, others close to the case, including members of the district attorney’s team and late independent investigator Lou Smit, have said Hunter allowed evidence of a possible intruder to be fully presented to the grand jury.

Hunter’s death adds to the growing number of witnesses, investigators and persons of interest who have died since JonBenét was found murdered in the basement of her Boulder home on Christmas Day 1996, a reality that some experts say could complicate any future prosecution if a suspect is ever identified.