anniversary retrospect

While Mary Lacy prepares to step down as Boulder's disctrict attorney she has but few regrets in the JonBenet case--

Boulder DA reflects on Ramsey case

By Heath Urie

"Mary Lacy, Boulder’s term-limited district attorney, will turn over the office next month to a new leader — but the unsolved murder case that earned her worldwide recognition is staying behind for a new set of eyes.

But while she doesn’t know how or when the big break will come, Lacy said she’s leaving the office certain of her decisions, her intentions and at least one other thing — that the Ramsey family “didn’t do it.”

Today marks not only the anniversary of the day the little girl’s body was found, but also six years since Lacy first received control of the investigation. As she prepares to leave office, Lacy is reflective about the sensational case to which she’s so closely tied.

Bob Grant, a former Adams County prosecutor, agreed.
“I think among professional investigators and prosecutors, she’ll probably be remembered as someone who acted with diligence,” Grant said. “Thanks to the media coverage ... I think public opinion may be somewhat different.”

Still, Lacy said she tries her best to shrug off the criticism.

“I believe in karma. I believe that the universe is better to people who behave the way we should. I also believe the opposite. People who are hurtful and offensive with no basis to do it but to advance their own careers or their own agendas, I don’t think the universe is kind to them.”

She added that “no really honest district attorney would say they would do anything differently” in a case as high-profile as the Ramsey murder, and said her only regret in the handling of the case is that media attention overshadowed “substantial and dramatic changes for the good that we’ve made in this office.”