The little girl had been struck in the head, sexually assaulted, and strangled to death.

Her 80-year-old father, John, has long accused local police of botching their investigation.

Were begging the police to engage, Ramsey said.

John and Patsy Ramsey, the parents of JonBenet Ramsey

John and Patsy Ramsey, the parents of JonBenet RamseyHelen H. Richardson/The Denver Post

There are cutting-edge DNA labs that want to help and who believe they can move the case forward.

… Of the items sent to labs in the beginning, six or seven of them were returned untested.

We dont know why they were not tested, but they were not tested.

John has continually called for local police to reinvestigate the case and find his daughters killer.

But no one has ever been officially convicted of the crime.