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New interviews are planned in JonBenet Ramsey killing

BOULDER, Colo. - Police investigating the death of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey are conducting a new round of interviews, based on recommendations from an advisory committee.

BOULDER, Colo. - Police investigating the death of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey are conducting a new round of interviews, based on recommendations from an advisory committee.

The committee, which included investigators from state and federal agencies, met in 2009 after police took back the lead in the case from Boulder County prosecutors.

Members reviewed evidence in the death of 6-year-old JonBenet, whose body was found bludgeoned and strangled on Dec. 26, 1996, in her family's home in Boulder. Former District Attorney Mary Lacy said in 2008 that evidence suggested that the killer was an unknown stranger, not a family member.

Police Chief Mark Beckner would not reveal details about the continuing investigation or whom police wanted to interview now.

"We continue to work the Ramsey case and have tailored our investigation based on recommendations from our 2009 advisory committee," Beckner told the Camera newspaper. "This has included additional contacts and interviews with those who may have information pertinent to the case."

JonBenet's older brother, Burke, who was 9 when JonBenet died, was contacted by police, but he has not been interviewed yet, Ramsey family attorney Lin Wood said.

"I understand that they met with Burke and gave him a card and said, 'If you want to talk to us, here's how you would contact me,' " Wood said. "But the police have not interviewed Burke."

JonBenet Ramsey's mother, Patsy, died of cancer in 2006. Her father, John, made a public plea in December for people to share any suspicions they had around the time JonBenet died.