to solve this case
okay,so if IDI,it's a question of luck I guess,the case begins to move if there will be a DNA match (not necessarily but probably)
The way I see it, assuming there was more than one person involved, there is always a chance that it can be solved still. People can never keep quiet indefinitely about this, so we have the perp(s) and their significant other who may know/guess about their involvement. Perhaps when the killer dies, the accomplice or his/her confidant might tell. Money (reward) on offer, especially from TV or newspapers for the story would be a good lure. Fortune and fame are hard to resist.
It's also possible the killer has already confessed to someone who is not legally/morally able to reveal (priest, psychiatrist, lawyer), but may do so after the perps death.
There may be someone in jail currently whose crime does not permit authorities to take a sample of his DNA, but on release may reoffend.
From a forensic point of view, I was just reading about GHB and it's detection. Apparently it can now be detected in hair, even from just one dose. Unfortunately, at present, it has to be collected one month after. This isn't possible when the person has died the same day, but it may in future be an avenue for this test at least. To me, a positive would prove (if that was really needed) that someone other than the family was involved, but unfortunately, it would not reveal just who. I think the body itself may only serve to prove the case against a killer, rather than give a clue to who it was.
So, yes DNA might be the best bet, perhaps not from the actual murderer but from a relative. They are getting better tests that can identify family members of someone whose DNA is already in the system and, if the person whose DNA we seek was already a suspect or was incorrectly cleared then this would go a long way to solving the case. It seems that in many investigations, the actual perp has been looked at and dismissed early in the investigation, maybe because they had an alibi or seemed unlikely to have been involved.
I find it hard to understand why the DNA tests do not reveal ethnicity, when they reveal gender. Perhaps in future this will help to narrow the field, for example if the SFF is of non-caucasion origin, especially if this is unusual for Boulder in 1996.
but what about RDI
it's obvious the two (JR,BR) won't ever talk
what other chances are there to get them
what additional tests can be done?
would an exhumation help?
what witnesses could help,stanton,white,who else?if their memories are refreshed
would another civil suit help,if yes,how
a child was murdered.there MUST be something they can do about it.IF they want,of course.....
or is it really too late
I think all the avenues for pinning it on the Rs have been exhausted. It's not as if they didn't try.