>The Ramsey case is a difficult one. I've no doubt the
>offender intentionally muddied the waters in some regards.
"Yes, indeed. And I hope he was not skilled enough to plant dna!!"

Oh gosh. I hope not. Then again, DNA under the fingernails of JonBenét in combination with the gouge marks on her neck doesn't seem contrived, and there wasn't much DNA left behind.

>and doing our own independant research.
"Again, hats off to the courageous ones whose 'independent research' has involved not just time and effort but also involved exposing themselves to no small measure of danger."

I couldn't agree more.

>I would not be at all surprised to know the offender's name is in the file
"Quite possibly, but I tend to think not."

Something like 75% of investigations have the name of the killer in their file within the first week.

>It is going to take a very long time for just one or two
>investigators to run down all the leads and tips
"They probably have not located much less categorized them yet."

It is a huge file. It is going to take time to go through it. Nothing stops them from following up on names, though.