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I spotted this earlier at FFJ, credit to RiverRat, did not see it posted here....
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/dr...4958237,00.html
Boulder police in cross hairs
Former investigator: Leads were ignored in JonBenet murder
By Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News
August 31, 2006
A former Boulder deputy district attorney caught up in the JonBenet Ramsey case in its earliest phase said he was prohibited from chasing leads that pointed to an intruder committing the crime.
In a situation he described as unique in his legal career, Lawrence "Trip" DeMuth said he and his team of investigators in the Boulder District Attorney's Office were restricted from conducting any investigative work on their own, and that their suggestions for pursuing intruder-related leads were routinely ignored.
"We were restricted to reading police reports, from which we developed a lot of intruder leads," DeMuth said. "And then we were prohibited from pursuing those leads."
DeMuth, speaking publicly for the first time about his frustrations during his 21 months investigating the case, wouldn't put the blame on one person, but noted that the DA's office was serving in an advisory role to the Boulder Police Department.
"So the role that we were assuming was allowing the police to decide what direction the investigation followed," DeMuth said.
DeMuth is the latest to uncork pent-up frustrations from the decade-old case that has left scars throughout Boulder County's legal and law enforcement community.
***More at link....
Unbelievable....
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/dr...4958237,00.html
Boulder police in cross hairs
Former investigator: Leads were ignored in JonBenet murder
By Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News
August 31, 2006
A former Boulder deputy district attorney caught up in the JonBenet Ramsey case in its earliest phase said he was prohibited from chasing leads that pointed to an intruder committing the crime.
In a situation he described as unique in his legal career, Lawrence "Trip" DeMuth said he and his team of investigators in the Boulder District Attorney's Office were restricted from conducting any investigative work on their own, and that their suggestions for pursuing intruder-related leads were routinely ignored.
"We were restricted to reading police reports, from which we developed a lot of intruder leads," DeMuth said. "And then we were prohibited from pursuing those leads."
DeMuth, speaking publicly for the first time about his frustrations during his 21 months investigating the case, wouldn't put the blame on one person, but noted that the DA's office was serving in an advisory role to the Boulder Police Department.
"So the role that we were assuming was allowing the police to decide what direction the investigation followed," DeMuth said.
DeMuth is the latest to uncork pent-up frustrations from the decade-old case that has left scars throughout Boulder County's legal and law enforcement community.
***More at link....
Unbelievable....