So after an arrest last week in the JonBenet Ramsey murder, I was compelled to do a web search to see if there was any news on the investigation of the murder of a friend of mine in Boulder back in the early 1980's.

Lo and behold, I found buried in a 2002 annual report from the Boulder PD that detectives had re-examined some DNA evidence, matched it to a suspect, and obtained a conviction. It took twenty years, but they solved it. Oh, and it wasn't who I thought it was - a gal who left her purse in the apartment that night and acted suspiciously for the next several days. (It's still entirely possible she was there at the time, but I'll leave it at that.) The conviction was for a male who's name doesn't ring any bells with me; and based on DNA from a hair found in/on Gary's hand. 

It was probably the result of extraordinary public pressure over the handling of the JonBenet investigation which resulted in this turn of events. Regardless, closure is closure. It's also interesting that the Boulder PD sent me a letter back in 2001, stating their commitment to solving this case. Wish they would've followed up when they actually did.