Burke was a 9 year old boy at the time. The boot size was an adult man's shoe size. The BPD had the Ramsey house for 10 days to check out their footwear.

Melinda's palmprint wasn't checked against the print on the winecellar door? That's hard to believe! Melinda arrived in Boulder the same day the body was found and BPD took her hand and fingerprints, as well as handwriting, hair, DNA, etc