a story to explain their innocence. During a press conference, the Boulder district attorney called JonBenet's parents "the focus" of his murder investigation. Police found no evidence of forced entry into the house; nor was the new-fallen snow outside the home disturbed by footprints. The only people known to have been inside the house at the time of the murder were JonBenet's parents and her 9-year-old brother. The District Attorney also pointed out that the police also withheld important pieces of evidence from public view, claiming that full disclosure would jeopardize their investigation. The complete autopsy report remained sealed, and the results of DNA tests performed on JonBenet's bloodstained nightgown, her hair, and the blood found underneath her fingernails also remained confidential. In addition, he had established a task force that included two veterans of the O.J. Simpson defense: law professor Barry Scheck and forensic expert Henry Lee. The prosecutor said the victim's parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, described as "a target" of the grand jury probe, "have not been eliminated from the investigation." Investigators called the ransom note a fake, citing its "intentional" misspellings. After searching the Ramsey home, police found a legal pad on which they believe the note was written. They also found a rough draft of the note on the same pad. Details within the not indicated an intimate knowledge of the Ramsey family. The amount demanded matched John Ramsey's 1996 bonus. In addition, the note ended with "Victory SBTC, " which police said referred to the Subic Bay Training Center, the defunct U.S. Navy base in the Philippines where John Ramsey was stationed in the 1960s. Police took five handwriting samples from Patsy Ramsey and compared them against the 2-page ransom note, the complete contents of which were not made public. Police said Patsy's handwriting samples were inconclusive because her manual dexterity had been hampe...
