By Chuck Hustmyre
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Despite a seeming abundance of medical and circumstantial evidence that Jason Midyette was the victim of horrendous physical abuse and that he died as a direct result of that abuse, as of now, nearly eight months after he was killed, no one has been charged in connection with his death.
The future of the case—if there is a case—rests with Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy, who in recent months has once again come under intense criticism, this time for her botched handling of the decade-old JonBenet Ramsey case. In August Lacy sent an investigator to Thailand to arrest American expatriate John Mark Karr for the December 1996 slaying of the young beauty pageant queen, but Lacy's case quickly fell apart when DNA tests exonerated Karr.
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| District Attorney Mary Lacy |
Last week, Mary Lacy refused several requests from Crime Library for an interview about the Midyette case. Her only response, sent via email, read:
"The murder of Jason Midyette is an ongoing investigation involving both my office and law enforcement. It is our longstanding policy pursuant to our professional ethical standards that we do not comment on pending criminal investigations, with limited exceptions. No such exception applies to this case. We will not be commenting on this homicide which includes answering your questions about the investigation."
Apparently that policy didn't exist last summer when Lacy gleefully announced Karr's arrest.
Recently, Lacy revealed that her office spent $40,000 investigating Karr. The funds were used in part to hire outside investigators and for Karr's first-class airline ticket back to the United States.
If only Jason Midyette could get that kind of attention.
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