so there is a mixture here that's not just a single profile. >> reporter: which is precisely what mary lacy knew before she exonerated the ramseys. this report went to lacy's office three months before she cleared the family. of the two spots on jonbenet's long johns the report says it's likely more than two people contributed to the mixtures. after eliminating jonbenet's contributions should not be considered a single-source profile. >> she knew based on your investigation that this dna wasn't necessarily from one person, and that it, in fact, was potentially a accumulated dna. she knew it at the time. why she used this evidence to clear the ramsey family then, a clearance that has continued something i can't explain, and she should explain. >> it gets more confusing every time you hear so much stuff. now, mary lacy has never talked about her decision to exonerate the ramseys. she hasn't responded to k usa's request for an >>> drivers in some cities are no longer getting the boot. how technology is helping you settle up faster and get back on the road. >>> unreal. she wasn't alone. why a p

mary lacy exonerated the family based on her questionable interpretation of scientific evidence. so now what? understanding the dna evidence ramsey means understanding this. everywhere we go we leave little bits of ourselves. >> merely talking 15 to 30 seconds is enough to detect a dna profile on the desk in front of you. >> reporter: that reality challenges one of the central tenets of the dna evidence in the jonbenet ramsey case, the prosecution saying there's no explanation for genetic ri >> my guess is that if we took your shirt and did some dna testing on it at the level of sensitivity involved in this case, we'd find your dna and some other people's as well. >> reporter: lacey's exoneration letter said she had concluded foreign dna on jonbenet's clothing could not have gotten there inadvertently, something our experts say just aren't true. they say there are plenty of clothing could be innocent, with nothing to do with murder. >> you shed 40,000 cells per hour. you are leaving your dna everywhere. wherever you go physically you leave a small part of yourself. >> reporter: m

mary lacy succeeded hunter as a strong supporter of the intruder theory. when she issued the exoneration letter and apologized to the ramseys, she created the impression that if someone could ju found, the case would be solved. >> we now have pretty irrefutable dna evidence according to the district attorney's office, and that's the most significant thing to me, and certainly they acknowledged that based on that we certainly couldn't have been involved. >> reporter: 9 wants to know and the daily camera took the same lab results to forensic ever been independently evaluated, and the experts agree the dna results don't come close to proving that an intruder killed jonbenet. >> it's certainly possible an intruder was the killer, but it's not for sure. >> it's not positive of the presence of a perpetrator. there is foreign dna, but that foreign dna could easily be acun innocent mechanisms. >> reporter: male dna was originally identified in jonbenet's underwear in testing in the late 1990ings and early 2000s. new tests were ordered in 2007 and 2008 on the long

mary lacy succeeded hunter as a strong supporter of the intruder theory. when she issued the exoneration letter and apologized to the ramseys, she created the impression that if someone found, the case would be solved. >> we now have pretty irrefutable dna evidence according to the district attorney's office, and that's the most significant thing to me, and certainly they acknowledged that based on that we certainly couldn't have been involved. >> reporter: 9 wants to know and the daily camera took the same lab results to forensic experts. the first time th ever been independently evaluated, and the experts agree the dna results don't come close to proving that an intruder killed jonbenet. >> it's certainly possible an intruder was the killer, but it's not for sure. >> it's not positive of the presence of a perpetrator. there is foreign dna, but that foreign dna could easily be innocent mechanisms. >> reporter: male dna was originally identified in jonbenet's underwear in testing in the late 1990ings and early 2000s. new tests were ordered in 2007 and 2008

then-boulder district attorney mary lacy cleared the family in 2008, saying dna testing had proved the ramsey's weren't involved -- and authorities had the the killer. we took the evidence to experts ... and they say the dna evidence in the case is not conclusive -- may not even be the killer's -- and may not even be a profile of a single person. not only that ... the documents obtained include a report given to the da's office before lacy cleared the ramseys saying the dna on jonbenet's clothes was likely a mixture of material from at least three people. those involved in the case at the time -- including former governor bill owens -- said the findings shocked commented on the findings. lin wood, the attorney for the ramsey family, said he stands by her decision. tonight 9wants to know will take a look at what may have led to the decision to exonerate the ramseys and ask what's next. a former rocky ford police officer now knows his punishment for shooting a man to death. james ashby will spend 16-years behind bars. he was sentenced to to five years of parole for the ashby was on duty

. >> mary lacy has not commented on findings. decision. tonight 9 wants to know what may have led to the decision to exonerate the ramseys and ask what's next in this case. >>> a mother tells police her 13-month-old from wyoming was given to a man to go fishing. today investigators are looking for the toddler in a landfill. they say the landfill is in welt county 08-miles from where the child is from in cheyenne. his grandfather called police after he disappeared weekend. the child's mother told police her boyfriend gave him to a man to take him fishing. detectives believe he was dumped in a trash bin at the community college. >>> everybody is safe this morning after vice presidential candidate mike pence's plane skidded off the runway at the airport last night. it was a scary moment for the campaign. donald trump has more to focus on today than just that. just like the rest of the week, the battleground states are in play today. >> that's right. all the colors, red, blue, in between here north carolina and ohio the two battleground states

. >> mary lacy has not commented on he -- for the family in georgia says he stick hypothetical question by her -- says he sticks to the decision by her. >>> a judge sentenced james ash by to 16 years in prison incompetent requested of shooting and killing a person in civil lawsuit against the city claiming ashby was hired by the police department without proper vetting. . >>> it is 6:40 now. big changes are coming to colorado's health insurance exchange going to mean fewer choices for those needing health insurance. we are live out there with more. this change is particularly troubling for people on the western coast . >> r it will have impact for many of you. 14 of colorado's 64 cities will now only have one carrier choice. that's including all of the conties on the western slope. that one choice is going to be anthem blue i don't say blue shield. this is very different than when it started in 2014 at that point, every county had three carrier choices. some had eight. jefferson county will have five carriers to choose from. in our immediate area you'll have a lot of choices. when hit c

former boulder district attorney mary lacy exonerated the ramsey family saying there is no innocent explanation of genetic material girl's underwear and longjohns. she claims the dna evidence could not have gotten there inadvertently. experts say it only takes 15 to 30 seconds to leave traces of dna behind. >> you shed 40,000 cells per hour. you are leaving your dna everywhere, wherever you go physically, leaving a small part of yourself. your quantity of dna is very small, the profile is extremely complex. the one thing this case is not, it is not a dna case pure and simple. >> lacy issued the exoneration the lab that did the testing for the office later provided her with a report showing that the unknown dna on the longjohns was likely a mixture of genetic material from at least three people. but that was never before made public until now. just last month, ramsey lawyer, lynn wood, news the exoneration to challenge news reports that suggested it might be a family member, not an intruder, who killed jonbenet. >>> a former rocky mounta longs peak has died. 60-year-old jim dedilinger's body was

then the former d.a., mary lacy spoke to abc. she said i was scared to death that despite the fact that there was no evidence e, to sigh cop think, and no motive, that it was a train going down the track and the ram zseys were tied to e so the ramsey family is not excluded. a 20-year-old cold case, the death of the baby, and no one knows who did it. >> we asked the ramsey attorney. >> i continue to rely on the statements of law enforcement officials. and am not particularly moved by this media report that suggests that perhaps they may have been wrong. >> he's not moved by how much difference could this report make? mpbl it could. people want to know what happened to this baby, what happened to this little girl. the dna is in question, perhaps they'll reopen the investigation. >> never ends. thank you, sunny. >>> a major lawsuit against amazon. coming from family whose home burnt down after a hoverboard fire. what happened here? million-dollar house burned down. a near-death escape for the kids trapped inside. it adds up to a $30

and then the former d.a., mary lacy did speak to abc.cared to death that despite the fact that there was no evidence, no psychopathy, and no motive, that it was a train going down the track and the ramseys were tied to the track. now you have three new forensic experts that say that dna evidence was worthless. that dna result is a composite. so the ramsey family is not excluded. so now we have a 20-year-old cold case, the death of a baby, and nobody knows who did it. >> we asked the ramsey attorney. we'll show you what he had to say. >> i continue to rely on the statements of law enforcement officials. and am not particularly moved by this media report that suggests that perhaps they may have been wrong. >> so he is not moved by it. how much difference could this report make? >> it could. people want to know what happened to this baby, what happened to this little girl. now that we know that the dna is in question, perhaps they'll reopen the investigation. and continue looking at potential suspects. >> never ends. thank you, sunny. >>> a

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