The Unsolved Murder of JonBenet Ramsey DNA = Intruder did it

On July 12, Mr Ramsey tweeted a San Francisco Chronicle story about how traces of DNA on a rope led to an arrest in a 30-year-old murder.

“They pulled his #DNA from the rope. Test the goddamn garrote @boulderpolice @DADoughertyCO #jonbenet,” he tweeted.

John Kevin Woodward, president and CEO of online training company Readytech, was arrested after arriving from the Netherlands, where he’s lived since he was unsuccessfully tried twice in the strangulation murder of Laurie Houts 30 years ago.

Houts' body was found, with a rope around her neck, in her car in September 1992, about a mile from her workplace in Mountain View, California. The 25-year-old software engineer's footprints were found on the inside of her windshield, a sign of struggle, said the DA's office.

Investigators said Woodward had developed feelings for his roommate, Houts' boyfriend, and was jealous of their relationship.
Last year, the Santa Clara County crime lab and the Mountain View Police Department used new developments in forensic science to link Woodward to the rope around Houts' neck, investigators said.
"The biggest hurdle ... was being able to find new evidence," Mountain View police Sgt. David Fisher told CNN affiliate KGO. "Since then, these advancements have really given the district attorney the ability to file charges here."
"I want Ms. Houts' family and friends to know that we never gave up on her. Neither time nor distance will stop us from finding out the truth and seeking justice," said District Attorney Jeff Rosen.
"My first reaction was 'Yes!' 'Yay!' And then you come down from that, you go, 'She's not coming home,'" Houts' sister Cindy told KGO.
Woodward is being held without bail in New York while he awaits extradition. He is expected to be arraigned once he returns to California. If convicted, he faces life in prison, according to the DA's office.