US EditionAlex Hunter, Boulder’s longest-serving DA and key figure in JonBenét Ramsey case, dies at 89
Alex Hunter served 28 years as Boulder County DA, declining prosecution in the JonBenét Ramsey case despite a secret grand jury indictment, shaping local criminal justice.
- Alex Hunter, the 89-year-old former Boulder County district attorney, spent several days in Colorado hospitals after a heart attack and chose 1:30 p.m. Friday for medical staff to stop life-supporting medicines, dying that evening.
- Alex Hunter served 28 years as Boulder County's elected top prosecutor, holding seven consecutive terms from 1973 to 2001, and saw the JonBenét Ramsey investigation as defining his career.
- Reporting years later revealed the 1999 grand jury secretly voted to indict John and Patsy Ramsey, and Alex Hunter declined to sign indictments, saying he could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
- He faced intense public scrutiny and wide media criticism during the Ramsey era, with tabloids and The New Yorker amplifying calls for a special prosecutor after a Boulder detective resigned, accusing Alex Hunter of compromising the probe.
- Family and longtime colleagues said Alex Hunter was at peace, taught them much in his final week, and that he ultimately picked the day of his death.
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Alex Hunter, Boulder’s longest-serving DA and key figure in JonBenét Ramsey case, dies at 89
In the end, Alex Hunter picked the day of his death. Boulder’s longest-serving district attorney — who defined more than a quarter century of criminal justice for the region and oversaw the early years of the JonBenét Ramsey case — had exhausted all options for medical care after suffering a heart attack in mid-November. The 89-year-old spent several days in Colorado hospitals, alert and cogent, saying goodbye to colleagues, friends and family. …
Alex Hunter, Boulder’s longest-serving DA and key figure in JonBenét Ramsey case, dies at 89
In the end, Alex Hunter picked the day of his death. Boulder’s longest-serving district attorney — who defined more than a quarter century of criminal justice for the region and oversaw the early years of the JonBenét Ramsey case — had exhausted all options for medical care after suffering a heart attack in mid-November. The 89-year-old spent several days in Colorado hospitals, alert and cogent, saying goodbye to colleagues, friends and family. …
Alex Hunter, Boulder’s longest-serving DA and key figure in JonBenét Ramsey case, dies at 89
In the end, Alex Hunter picked the day of his death. Boulder’s longest-serving district attorney — who defined more than a quarter century of criminal justice for the region and oversaw the early years of the JonBenét Ramsey case — had exhausted all options for medical care after suffering a heart attack in mid-November. The 89-year-old spent several days in Colorado hospitals, alert and cogent, saying goodbye to colleagues, friends and family. …
Alex Hunter, Boulder’s longest-serving DA and key figure in JonBenét Ramsey case, dies at 89
In the end, Alex Hunter picked the day of his death. Boulder’s longest-serving district attorney — who defined more than a quarter century of criminal justice for the region and oversaw the early years of the JonBenét Ramsey case — had exhausted all options for medical care after suffering a heart attack in mid-November. The 89-year-old spent several days in Colorado hospitals, alert and cogent, saying goodbye to colleagues, friends and family. …
Alex Hunter, Boulder’s longest-serving DA and key figure in JonBenét Ramsey case, dies at 89
In the end, Alex Hunter picked the day of his death. Boulder’s longest-serving district attorney — who defined more than a quarter century of criminal justice for the region and oversaw the early years of the JonBenét Ramsey case — had exhausted all options for medical care after suffering a heart attack in mid-November. The 89-year-old spent several days in Colorado hospitals, alert and cogent, saying goodbye to colleagues, friends and family. …
Alex Hunter, Boulder’s longest-serving DA and key figure in JonBenét Ramsey case, dies at 89
In the end, Alex Hunter picked the day of his death. Boulder’s longest-serving district attorney — who defined more than a quarter century of criminal justice for the region and oversaw the early years of the JonBenét Ramsey case — had exhausted all options for medical care after suffering a heart attack in mid-November. The 89-year-old spent several days in Colorado hospitals, alert and cogent, saying goodbye to colleagues, friends and family. …
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