BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 30 -- Investigators in the JonBenet Ramsey case have asked an international expert on knots to help them with their almost one-year-old investigation. The body of the 6-year-old beauty queen was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's Boulder mansion last Dec. 26.
Earlier this month, on the recommendation of the FBI, police brought in John Van Tassel of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to examine the knots found in the white cord used to strangle the child and, perhaps, deduce some clues about the killer. Van Tassel told today's 'Rocky Mountain News' he has not yet drawn any conclusions from the evidence. In another development, Newsweek is quoting sources as saying Boulder District Attorney Alex Hunter may convene a grand jury in the case in hopes testifying in secret will shake loose some new evidence in the case. ---
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