'You don't get over that, you move ahead' | JonBenét Ramsey's father opens up 25 years later

A petition is making the rounds in an effort to get the JonBenét Ramsey murder case taken away from the Boulder Police Department, and it's caught the attention of the governor's office – and JonBenét's father.

Gov. Jared Polis' office responded to the petition on Sunday. In the statement, Polis' office said, "The State will review the petition and look into how the state can assist in using new technology to further investigate this cold case and to identify JonBenét Ramsey's killer."

Also on Sunday, 9NEWS investigative journalist Matt Jablow spoke with JonBenét's father, John Ramsey. He's supporting the petition.

"Somehow we’ve got to force the police, or take it away from them, the ability to go ahead and test some of the crime scene evidence that was never tested for DNA," Ramsey said. "Why that’s never been done and will never be done by the police baffles me."

Six-year-old JonBenét was found dead in the basement of her family's home in December 1996. Her killer still hasn't been found.

Multiple people over the years have said they killed JonBenét, but their confessions were ultimately disproven.

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