Claiming the district attorney's office is "thoroughly compromised," one of the original detectives assigned to investigate the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey has resigned "in protest of this continuing travesty."
Detective Steve Thomas, who has been on leave since late June, tendered his resignation from the Boulder Police Department on Thursday, accusing Alex Hunter's office of sacrificing procedure for politics."I believe the district attorney's office is thoroughly compromised," Thomas wrote in the eight-page resignation letter, which was obtained by ABC News.
"The primary reason I chose to leave is my belief that the district attorney's office continues to mishandle the Ramsey case," Thomas wrote.
A spokeswoman for the district attorney's office, Suzanne Laurion, said Thomas' letter "is outrageous and is substantially false and misleading."
In the letter, Thomas, 36, accuses the district attorney's office of ignoring evidence collected by investigators, blocking police efforts to subpoena the parents' telephone and credit card records and improperly sharing details of the case with Ramsey lawyers.