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The Worst Possibility
If this is, at long last, a path to truth, the implications could be devastating. The notion that someone — possibly someone who walked free for decades — might be directly responsible for JonBenét’s death — and might still be alive — is chilling. The DNA evidence, if it can be linked via genealogy databases, could reveal a face behind the years of speculation.
Worst of all, if new evidence points to someone already considered and dismissed, that would force a reappraisal of every prior assumption, every suspect passed over. The camera lights, tabloid headlines, and early investigators’ mistakes could all have veiled the worst betrayal — that justice was delayed by human error, not just lack of proof.