The JonBenét Ramsey Record Index
Every category of public record in the case, where to find it, and what kind of copy it is. Plus the records the public file points to that have never been released.
December 26, 1996Officer Rick French reportPolice Reports and WarrantsCirculated copy of original
The first officer’s account of the morning, including his search of the basement.
Where to find it: Remembering JonBenét (jonbenetramsey.com/casefiles); r/JonBenetRamsey wiki document index.
December 27, 1996Sgt. Robert Whitson supplemental reportPolice Reports and WarrantsCirculated copy of original
Boulder PD supplemental report from the first full day of the investigation.
Where to find it: r/JonBenetRamsey wiki document index.
December 27 and 29, 1996Detective Byfield search warrants (Boulder)Police Reports and WarrantsCirculated copy of original
Warrants and affidavits for the house, with inventories. A collected set of Colorado warrants through January 30, 1997, also circulates.
Where to find it: Remembering JonBenét (jonbenetramsey.com/casefiles), including a Jan. 30, 1997, Colorado warrant; r/JonBenetRamsey wiki index; The Smoking Gun.
January 8, 1997Detective Linda Arndt supplemental reportPolice Reports and WarrantsCirculated copy of original
The first detective’s account of December 26, including the discovery of the body. Filed 13 days after the fact; researchers have flagged errors in it.
Where to find it: r/JonBenetRamsey wiki index; widely reposted.
UndatedDetective Fred Patterson report (excerpt)Police Reports and WarrantsCirculated copy of original
An excerpt only. The full report has not been released.
Where to find it: r/JonBenetRamsey wiki index.
December 26, 1996911 call transcript and audioPolice Reports and WarrantsAgency release
Patsy Ramsey’s 5:52 a.m. call. Enhanced-audio claims about background voices are commentary, not part of the record.
Where to find it: r/JonBenetRamsey wiki index (Miscellaneous Source Materials).
1997, 1998 and 2000John and Patsy Ramsey police interviewsInterviews and DepositionsTranscription
Transcripts of the April 30, 1997, June 1998 and August 2000 interviews. A searchable version also circulates.
Where to find it: r/JonBenetRamsey wiki index (Police Interviews and Depositions).
December 26, 1996 and June 1998Burke Ramsey interview excerpts and transcriptsInterviews and DepositionsTranscription
Excerpts and summaries of statements taken from a 9-year-old and an 11-year-old child. Read them with that in mind.
Where to find it: r/JonBenetRamsey wiki index.
2001Depositions in Wolf v. RamseyInterviews and DepositionsTranscription
Sworn testimony of John and Patsy Ramsey, Steve Thomas, Mark Beckner and Lou Smit in the federal defamation case.
Where to find it: r/JonBenetRamsey wiki index; a John Ramsey deposition transcript is posted as a public Google document.
UndatedLinda Arndt depositionInterviews and DepositionsTranscription
Arndt’s sworn account, including her stated belief about responsibility.
Where to find it: r/JonBenetRamsey wiki index.
January 1, 1997 and 2000CNN and ABC television interview transcriptsInterviews and DepositionsTranscription
The parents’ January 1, 1997, CNN interview and 2000 network interviews.
Where to find it: r/JonBenetRamsey wiki index.
July 14 and August 13, 1997Autopsy report, Boulder County CoronerCourt RecordsCourt record
Released under court order. The primary record for cause of death and injuries.
Where to find it: Linked from the r/JonBenetRamsey wiki index (Physical Evidence); The Denver Post published the text.
March 31, 2003Wolf v. Ramsey summary judgment orderCourt RecordsCourt record
Federal ruling with an extended review of the evidence, including handwriting experts’ opinions. Civil, not criminal.
Where to find it: Full ruling PDF at Remembering JonBenét (jonbenetramsey.com/casefiles); PACER; law libraries. Cite as 253 F. Supp. 2d 1323 (N.D. Ga. 2003).
1999, released October 25, 2013Grand jury true bills, John and Patsy RamseyCourt RecordsCourt record
Four signed pages, two per parent: Count IV(a), child abuse resulting in death, and Count VII, accessory. The DA declined to sign; no charges followed.
Where to find it: Westword and NBC News posted the pages; r/JonBenetRamsey wiki index.
October 2013Judge Lowenbach order and DA response to show causeCourt RecordsCourt record
The release order and the Boulder DA’s filing in the Daily Camera case.
Where to find it: Westword (posted PDFs).
October 28, 2025Order denying Clark subpoena for Ramsey recordsCourt RecordsCourt record
Boulder County District Court ruling refusing to open the first 48 hours of police records to another defendant.
Where to find it: Boulder County District Court, People v. Michael Clark; reported by Colorado Politics and Denver7.
December 30, 1996 to May 17, 1999CBI serology and lab reports, 12 dated reportsForensic and LabCirculated copy of original
CBI reports dated Dec. 30, 1996; Jan. 15, Feb. 21, April 9 and June 24, 1997; Jan. 8, March 16, Aug. 5, Sept. 1 and Dec. 18, 1998; and March 30 and May 17, 1999. They include the first DNA results on the fingernails and underwear. The April 9, 1997, report is listed without a download.
Where to find it: Remembering JonBenét (jonbenetramsey.com/casefiles), CBI Serology and CORA Files; r/JonBenetRamsey wiki Lab Reports page.
December 10, 2002DA memo on CODISForensic and LabCirculated copy of original
A memo on the CODIS profile, dated before the 2003 and 2004 dates most researcher accounts give for developing and searching UM1. Read it against those accounts.
Where to find it: Remembering JonBenét (jonbenetramsey.com/casefiles), DNA and Memos.
1999CBI report: underwear and long johns cuttingsForensic and LabCirculated copy of original
Retesting of cuttings; one underwear cutting matched JonBenét, others were uninterpretable.
Where to find it: r/JonBenetRamsey wiki Lab Reports page.
January 7, 2004DA memo on the CODIS search of UM1Forensic and LabCirculated copy of original
Records that the Unknown Male 1 profile was searched nationally with no match.
Where to find it: Within the CORA bundles, per researcher indexes.
2008Bode Technology reports and written analysisForensic and LabCirculated copy of original
Touch DNA results on the long johns and comparisons with UM1, including the caution that the profiles are not single-source.
Where to find it: Paula Woodward’s website (published 2017); r/JonBenetRamsey wiki Lab Reports page.
January 2009CBI reports on the neck and wrist ligaturesForensic and LabCirculated copy of original
Examinations of the ligatures and reference samples.
Where to find it: CORA bundles; r/JonBenetRamsey wiki Lab Reports page.
Released after December 2016CORA Bundles 1, 2 and 3Forensic and LabCirculated copy of original
Three PDF bundles from the Boulder DA on DNA testing history. The best single source for which exhibits went to which lab.
Where to find it: r/JonBenetRamsey wiki, CORA documents page, with a separate forensic lab index.
July 9, 2008Mary Lacy letter to John Ramsey and press releaseAgency StatementsAgency release
The DA’s letter stating the family was not under suspicion, citing touch DNA.
Where to find it: Text published by Westword and the Las Vegas Review-Journal; archived DA press release.
December 2023Boulder PD cold case review updateAgency StatementsAgency release
Release describing the digitized file: about 2,500 evidence items, 40,000 reports, 1 million pages.
Where to find it: City of Boulder news page.
November 2024 and December 12, 2025Boulder PD annual video updatesAgency StatementsAgency release
Chief Redfearn’s statements on DNA work, interviews and testing.
Where to find it: Boulder Police Department on X; City of Boulder.
OngoingBoulder PD case pageAgency StatementsAgency release
The authoritative source for current status and tip information. Not an evidence repository.
Where to find it: City of Boulder website.
January 5, 1997Michigan search warrant and affidavit, 112 Belvedere Avenue, CharlevoixMichigan FilesMichigan court file
Three pages. 90th District Court; Judge Richard W. May; affiant Det. Jane Harmer; reviewed by Prosecuting Attorney Mary Kur; Boulder report P96-21871. Sought answering-machine tapes, caller ID, threatening mail and evidence of break-in or surveillance. Return dated Jan. 5, 1997: no property taken. Names no one outside the family.
Where to find it: juror13lw.com (PDF, scanned image, no text layer); Remembering JonBenét (jonbenetramsey.com/casefiles). Clutch has reviewed this copy.
March 6, 1997Michigan search warrant for handwriting, CharlevoixMichigan FilesMichigan court file
Michigan warrants for the Ramseys’ summer home, including the March 1997 handwriting search and its inventory. A Michigan judge released them with redactions.
Where to find it: Both warrants are posted at Remembering JonBenét (jonbenetramsey.com/casefiles). The Smoking Gun posted the handwriting pages. Ask the Charlevoix County court or prosecutor for the full released file.
2016 to 2019Burke Ramsey v. CBS Corp. et al.Michigan FilesMichigan court file
$750 million defamation suit, Wayne County Circuit Court. The file includes the subpoena fights over Boulder police records and the order denying CBS’s motion for summary disposition.
Where to find it: Wayne County Circuit Court, Detroit (Coleman A. Young Municipal Center). Request the register of actions and filings.
2016 to 2019John Ramsey v. CBSMichigan FilesMichigan court file
John’s separate $50 million suit, ended by the same judge’s order in January 2019.
Where to find it: Wayne County Circuit Court.
2004Michigan 105th House District primary resultsMichigan FilesMichigan court file
Official results of John Ramsey’s 2004 campaign.
Where to find it: Michigan Department of State election results archive.
1996 to presentThe Boulder Police investigative fileReferenced, Not PublicNot public
About 40,000 reports and 2,500 evidence items. Withheld as an active homicide investigation.
Where to find it: Not available. A Boulder judge refused subpoenas for the file during the CBS litigation in 2018, as reported by The Daily Camera, and in the Clark case in 2025.
1998 to 1999The full grand jury recordReferenced, Not PublicNot public
Testimony, exhibits and the 14 unsigned pages the DA submitted in 2013.
Where to find it: Sealed. Only foreperson-signed actions were released.
1997Cellmark DNA resultsReferenced, Not PublicNot public
Extracts were reportedly sent to Cellmark in 1997. No Cellmark report circulates.
Where to find it: Not public.
2003Denver PD lab report developing UM1Referenced, Not PublicNot public
The STR work that produced the CODIS profile. Researchers have only the profile values and later references.
Where to find it: Not public.
1997 to 2008Electropherograms and bench notesReferenced, Not PublicNot public
The raw data behind the DNA reports. A 2016 CORA requester noted they were not provided.
Where to find it: Not public.
2023Colorado Cold Case Review Team recommendationsReferenced, Not PublicNot public
Police and the DA said they would follow the recommendations but would not release them.
Where to find it: Not public.
2024 to 2026Results of recent testing and retestingReferenced, Not PublicNot public
Police say evidence was collected, tested and retested in 2025 without saying which items or what labs found.
Where to find it: Not public.
1996 to 1998Full officer reports for everyone in the house December 26Referenced, Not PublicNot public
Only some reports circulate, and at least one only as an excerpt.
Where to find it: Not public in full.
Where the Documents Live
Remembering JonBenét (jonbenetramsey.com/casefiles). The strongest single download point for early primary records: the French, Whitson and Arndt reports, the Boulder and Michigan warrants from December 1996 to March 1997, twelve dated CBI lab reports from 1996 to 1999, a December 2002 CODIS memo and the Wolf v. Ramsey ruling. The operator is not named. The site’s explainers are commentary; the PDFs are the records.
CrimeTimelines (crimetimelines.com/jonbenet-ramsey-homicide). Organizes reports, warrants, the autopsy and lab results along a chronology, including 2008 testing. The page sits behind a verification screen that blocked Clutch’s review tool, so its contents have not been checked here.
r/JonBenetRamsey wiki. The most complete public index: police interviews from 1997, 1998 and 2000, depositions, police reports, warrants, grand jury pages, lab reports and the three CORA bundles. Use it as a finding aid. The forum’s interpretations are separate from the documents.
A Candy Rose (acandyrose.com). An older, very large archive of transcripts, crime scene references and press. Provenance varies, so separate original images from transcriptions and commentary.
The Smoking Gun. Hosts warrant pages, including the Michigan handwriting warrant.
Westword. Posted the 2013 true bills and the DA’s court filings.
Paula Woodward. Published Bode’s 2008 written analysis, floor plans and home video.
City of Boulder. Official updates and tip information. Not an evidence repository.
Michigan courts. Wayne County Circuit Court (Ramsey v. CBS) and Charlevoix County (1997 warrants). These are files you can request yourself.
Boulder Police ask anyone with information about JonBenét Ramsey's murder to email BouldersMostWanted@bouldercolorado.gov or call the tip line at 303-441-1974. Clutch Justice is not a law enforcement agency and cannot accept evidence.
Part of the Clutch Justice JonBenét Ramsey Case Library. Listing a document is not a finding that it is authentic or complete. These pages are research references, not legal findings.