John and Patsy didn't do it!

The Boulder (Colorado) District Attorney's office released a letter officially clearing the Ramsey family, including John, Patsy and their immediate family of any involvement in the December 1996 death of JonBenet.

The letter reads in part:

"We intend in the future to treat you as the victims of this crime, with the sympathy due you because of the horrific loss you suffered."

Evidently, newly discovered DNA evidence in the murder case does not match any Ramsey family members or anyone in law enforcement DNA databases. That means the DNA came from a third party who authorities say is a male.

After receiving the letter, Ramsey spoke with a local news affiliate:

"The most significant thing to me was the fact that we now have pretty irrefutable DNA evidence according to the DA's office. Certainly we are grateful that they acknowledge that we, based on that, certainly could not have been involved. But the most important thing is that we now have very, very solid evidence and that's always been my hope, at least in the recent past, that that would lead us to the killer eventually as the DNA database grows and is populated."

Patsy Ramsey died a few years ago.