Battalion N ATI ON Pa 99^ o charges to be filed Ramsey murder case residents t mosqii t?n noreporj I •ted wiili:" ? fever, ii:: tiu, dire-' I tty Healtf,: ict, said 13 hould we ’> use m BOULDER, Colo. (AP) A the father, John Ramsey, is the mil- als that represent a small foreign jand jury decided there was in- j^ftfficient evidence to indict anyone p the JonBenet Ramsey slaying, ending a 13-month investigation Itothe case. District Attorney Alex Junter announced yesterday. “The Boulder County grand ■ry has completed its work and will not return,” Hunter said. “No . O’lnaar; pfarges have been filed. I must re- ^Tart to you that I and my prose- litorial team believe we do not jave sufficient evidence to war- r.nt the filing of charges against lyone who has been investigat- sideindite® 1 at this time " are more® The 12 jurors, who have met for niosqiii(;®o re than 13 months, left the Boul- tetweenyBerCmiiUy Justice Center without pine tree;®>mment about two hours before indamet®unter issued a statement, ick up tli® Hunter declined to answer ques ts andt®ons and said he would meet with fe- fte news media today. ifficials k; iitoestoh t in Ausi:. it this was: isitive. orkerswer assy area; i mosquitos help by dt or, keepiK ly chlorina.: bird batoa Vfosquitoes Ihode Island files suit over paint tying St. k ive turneii srecend];. le RioGrci rea bask: of St. Lou fferentr: rus belfe recent dd it virus s: ; . ! i, which:® ie Usf cti Kephalitis m. There I in pie died ethat mosti severe i, “It can nt of pro nor The brutal crime set off a awn-out, controversial search jr her killer. The prominence of the family — lionaire president of Access Graph ics; the mother, Patsy Ramsey, is a former Miss West Virginia — and the beauty of the little blond victim guaranteed worldwide attention for nearly three years. '7 must report to you that I... believe we do not have sufficient evidence to warrant the filing of charges." — Alex Hunter Boulder County district attorney It was before dawn on the day af ter Christmas in 1996 when Patsy Ramsey says she found a ransom note on the back staircase in the family’s home demanding $118,000 for the safe return of JonBenet. “Listen Carefully!” the note be gins. “We are a group of individu- faction. We respect your business but not the country that it serves. At this time we have your daughter in our possession.” Eight hours later, Ramsey said he found his daughter’s body in a basement room, wrapped in a white blanket. A rope was wrapped around her neck and a wrist and tied to a stick. A red-ink heart was drawn on her left palm, and Ramsey told po lice he removed duct tape from the child’s mouth before carrying her body upstairs. An autopsy concluded JonBenet suffered a skull fracture, was stran gled and beaten, and may have been sexually assaulted. Critics claimed the investiga tion was compromised early when detectives, believing they were dealing with a kidnapping, allowed friends and family to roam through the Ramsey man sion. They also asked Ramsey to conduct a search, which led to the discovery of the body. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has be- ome the first state to sue the makers of lead paint, eeking millions to pay for removing the paint from iomes and caring for poisoned children, inspired by the national tobacco settlement, state Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse sued eight aint manufacturers this week and called on the in- ustry to “take responsibility and clean up its mess.” “This silent, invisible poison is the result of inten- ional, deliberate, informed decisions made by the lead aint industry," Whitehouse said yesterday. Whitehouse said the paint companies should pay ‘or treating children affected by lead poisoning, for pie in oA troviding special schooling to children with learning alth offitai Usabilities attributed to lead paint and for removing fie paint from homes. Other states have expressed in vest in joining the lawsuit, Whitehouse said. Donald E. Scott, an attorney for the paint com panies, called the lawsuit a “groundless and waste ful action.” “This litigation tries to make a scapegoat of com panies,” Scott said. “It substitutes legal wrangling for serious efforts to reduce childhood lead poisoning.” Eighty percent of the state’s homes were built be fore lead-based paint was banned in 1978, and Rhode Island’s lead-poisoning rates are three times the na tional average. One in five children in the state suffer from lead poisoning, state health officials said. Lead poisoning can cause a variety of ailments, ranging from lower IQs and learning disabilities to seizures and death. Lead paint is particularly hazardous to children who can easily ingest the toxin when they chew on flakes or when they put their hands in their mouth af ter crawling through the fine dust created by the open ing and shutting of painted windows. 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