‘Many Promising’ Leads in JonBenét Ramsey Murder Probe 27 Years Later, Case Is ‘Solvable’: Source (Exclusive)

Detectives are still on the cold case of JonBenét Ramsey's 1996 murder and have been investigating the unsolved murder on all fronts — but there is new hope in a combination of advanced DNA technology and old-fashioned techniques, The Mesenger has learned.

"We are learning many promising things, lots of leads" a source close to the investigation tells The Messenger, saying authorities still have hope they can find the person responsible for killing the 6-year-old beauty queen nearly 27 years ago.

"This is a solvable case, and it always has been," the source added. "Now we have a lot of new people who are looking into it."

The DNA evidence sent to a private lab is not merely pieces that hadn't already been tested, according to the source. Investigators are also retesting DNA that was previously sent to labs, including traces found on the girl's fingernails and clothing.

"When I say we're leaving no stone unturned, I mean it," says the source. "It's been almost 27 years. Don't you think it's time we get some answers?"

Following a shakeup within the Boulder Police Department, a multi-agency team in now investigating the case.

It's comprised of the FBI, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the Boulder Police Department, the District Attorney's Office, the Colorado Department of Public Safety and Colorado's Bureau of Investigation.

"We are sharing files," says the investigative source. "There is constant communication going on. We have to work together on this one."

The mystery has baffled authorities and the public since it began on Dec. 26, 1996, when JonBenét's family reported her missing from their sprawling Boulder, Colo., home.

Her father, John Ramsey, found his daughter's body in the basement.

She had been strangled, and a garrote was found around her neck. The little girl's skull was also broken from an apparent blow to the back of her head.

An autopsy stated her official cause of death was "asphyxia by strangulation."

A handwritten ransom note that was also found at the scene is another piece of evidence that is getting renewed attention in the investigation.

Police sources say they are once again looking closely at the handwriting and the author's choice of words because they think it might help them find a killer.

John Mark Karr, who in 2006 claimed he was present when JonBenét died a decade earlier, is one of several possible suspects, according to the source, who insists that he's not the only one.

The only people authorities have ruled out definitively, the source adds, are members of JonBenét's immediate family.

"Everyone was so quick to say that I was a liar or delusional," Karr, now 58, recently told The Messenger during his first interview in more than six years.

"Did it ever occur to someone that I might have been trying to protect someone else?"