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Grand jury wanted to indict JonBenet's parents

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    Trace Gallagher reports from Los Angeles

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Shocking new developments in more than after more than sixteen years the unsolved murder of the child beauty queen Jonbenet Ramsey gets a new twist.

According to multiple reports the -- -- jury in the case actually voted to indict the little girl's parents John and Patsy Ramsey in her death.

But the prosecutor at the time did not charge them saying there wasn't enough evidence.

Of course jonbenet's murder became a media sensation back in the -- in 1996.

After her father reportedly found her body in the basement on Christmas Day.

John and Patsy Ramsey came under heavy suspicion.

But years later prosecutors cleared them of any involvement Patsy Ramsey died in 2006.

The case is officially still on the books still open.

-- scholar with more from our West Coast news of the former DA in this case -- -- we're not we're not gonna charge anybody saying nothing now.

Yeah.

-- says he can't -- -- -- because under Colorado law grand jury proceedings are secret but almost fourteen years later Alexander still stands very much behind his decision not to prosecute the ramseys but other Colorado prosecutors say.

Even if the case was weak the DA is still obligated to sign the indictment and then in open court for all the -- push to get the case dismissed.

Today and studio B judge -- -- Paula Thomas said he's never seen anything like it was.

Normally the prosecutor were not present.

Evidence to the grand jury unless the prosecutor really believed it.

That the people against -- the evidence was presented committed the crime and that the prosecutor had enough evidence with which to obtain a conviction.

The assistant DA under Alexander said today that he also thought the case was weak but that two other prosecutors.

In the DA's office at the time.

They wanted the ramseys tried in court what -- if the evidence was weak.

Is it did the normal course of events that they put it before a jury and let the jury decide.

It is in fact exactly what you -- said Jeb and the jury really said they wanted to do -- -- because they thought the parents were involved -- you got to remember I mean the grand jury looked at this thing they met for almost a year and a half they went over 30000.

Pages of reports hundreds of pieces of evidence and today a grand jury members said and I'm quoting here.

We didn't know who did what but we felt the adults in the house may have done something that they certainly could have prevented.

Or they could have helped her.

And they didn't now the DA who replaced Alexander said that she later found DNA evidence that exonerated the ramseys but many experts have said that evidence is highly questionable police say.

If they get new evidence they will look at.

Trace Gallagher in Los Angeles -- thank you.

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