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Behind the heavy wooden furniture and between the shelves stacked with law books in the office of Alex Hunter, district attorney of Boulder, Colo., there are three familiar images: a bust of Abraham Lincoln, a sketch of John F. Kennedy--and a photograph of JonBenet Ramsey...
...have brought the investigation to a halt. Frustrated members of the Boulder police department insinuate that Hunter has been sitting on the case because he is pals with lawyers for JonBenet's parents, who remain the chief suspects. A police source goes so far as to contend that "the Ramsey attorneys are making the calls, telling us [presumably through Hunter's office] what we can do and when we can do it." Hunter's many defenders--he is so popular that he has been elected to seven four-year terms, five without opposition--reply that the police are covering...
...what new evidence could there be to share? All indications are that little, if any, has turned up for months. In the TIME interview, Hunter threw out tantalizing hints about an important test to be done on unspecified material found in the Ramsey house. But he conceded that it is "not a smoking-gun test" and added that "we've got lots of work yet to do"--implying it may be months, if ever, before he brings charges against anyone...
...York Times both the most invaluable and, at times, the most infuriating newspaper in the country. On the one hand, it's a rock of restrained, sober-minded news judgment in a media world that flies into paroxysms of excess every time an O.J. Simpson or JonBenet Ramsey comes along. Yet that same sobriety can make the paper seem stuffy and arthritic, more comfortable explicating the terms of a treaty on land mines than grappling with the latest pop-culture eruption. The Times is easily the best, most important newspaper in the country, authoritative and unfailingly serious. Yet in some...
...Ramseys' investigation has been regarded skeptically by many, who see it as an attempt by the affluent couple to deflect attention from themselves or to win sympathy from a jury pool if either or both are charged with their daughter's murder. But Haddon told TIME the probe has elicited nine "substantial, credible leads," all tied to suspects who are not John or Patsy Ramsey. None of these leads are yet strong enough to hand over to the Boulder authorities, Haddon said. But he insisted that the investigation is not a hedge against possible criminal indictments. "The Ramseys...