Judge Rejects Request for JonBenet Murder Investigative Materials
A Boulder County District Judge, Nancy Woodruff Salomone, has denied a subpoena request by Michael Clark's defense attorney for the first 48 hours of police investigative records in the 1996 JonBenet Ramsey murder case.
Michael Clark, 50, is facing a second trial for the 1994 murder of Marty Grisham. His lawyer sought the Ramsey records to demonstrate a pattern of alleged police missteps in both cases, including the failure to treat family members as suspects.
- The defense argued that the Boulder Police Department investigators failed to properly investigate family members in both murders.
- The Boulder County District Attorney's Office opposed the subpoena, along with others seeking discipline and internal investigation of two Boulder police officers.
Clark's lawyer sought the Ramsey records in an unusual attempt to show that alleged police missteps in one murder matched similar issues in the Grisham case, proving a pattern.
Author's summary: Judge denies request for JonBenet Ramsey case records.