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Show The Salt Lake Tribune INTERMOUNTAIN Friday, February 14 1997 Prosecutor the herd control, either through shootings in the park areaor at WarnsKiller Of JonBenet ment of Livestock saidits shooters killed 17 bison near West Yellowstone on Wednesday The seven bison’ are among THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOULDER, Colo. — Warning thatthelist of suspects is narrowing, Boulder County District At torney Alex Hunter toldthekiller of JonBenet Ramsey on Thursday that there will be “no me y whenpolice makeanarrest Hunter also said he has hired two key members of 0.J. Simp- son's defenseto help prosecutors analyze evidence. He told Boul derresidents it may take months to solve the crime, and urged themto be patient Youwill pay for what you did slaughter. The Montana Depart- nearly two dozen chosen for a multiyear research project de signed to show howbrucellosis fects bison Yellowstone Chief Ranger Dan Sholly saidthesevenwill be put in a horsetrailer that is equipped and expose some natural food and ice cover most of the park grasses that bison eat are con Idaho’s Senate Passes Lower DUI-Limit Bill cealed and they wander else whereto look for food Someof the collared bison car ry vaginal inserts designed to set THE ASS( CLATEL BOISE — After years of cam paigning, Mothers Against Drunk Sholly said. Because deep snow off an electronic signal when the animals abort or givebirth. Bru cellosis res ducted arch can then be con on these animals We're trying to unders with homemade metal skis and the natural course ofthe disease in bison,” said Tom Roffe, the to groom snowmobiletrails. The theresearch. will be pulled by a machineused animals will be transported from the trap to Yellowstone's Mam moth Terraces areainone trailer and thenwill be transferredto the ski trailer. The bison probably will bere leased near Old Faithful, where thermal features provide warmth wildlife veterinarian in chargeof ‘Howit is transmit ted from animal to animal and from generation to generation Hebeganthe project in 1995 andhopesto monitor the animals forfive Ss. There are no cattle in the area now, but they will arrive for sum mergrazing in a few months Driving are on the verge of mak ing Idaho the 15th state to dra matically lower the blood-alcohol standardfor legally drunk motor ists. The Senate on Thursday voted 27-7 to reduce the allowable blood-alcohol content level from 0.10 to 0.08. The bill now goes tc the House, where it was ay 64-4last year, only to be bottled up in a Senate committee We're making a public policy decision that you do notdrinkand drive,” Republican Sen. Evan Frasure of Pocatello declared in casting one of the final yotes for Alg the stricter lir Members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving were in the gallery during a 45-n bate that was interrupt yon by Lt Gov. Butch Otter, who wouldn't let it resume until placard-dis playing spectators put their away GOP Sen. Hal Bunderson of Meridian, whe ben pushing islation ined the states that have ered the limit quickly experienced fatalities and fewer arrest which helps ease the burden on the courts and jails. But skept need for the cha’ teady decline fatalities over the last 14 year They maintained that ina number of more recent cases, states low eringthe legal limit took other ac tions as well primarily admini ative license suspension and revocation — which may have bee the primary reason for ¢ ng fatalities And rities argued that the bill the wrong people. Motor ists testing at 0.08 or 0.09 — the target. new levels the bill declares sally drunk account for less than 11 percent of the aleohol-re lated highway fatalities. while those testing at 0.14 or above are involved in 62 percent Others disputed c aim: that the lower limit would ave no real pact on jail and prison costs Judiciary Committee Denton Darrington, im Chairman R-Declo, said ion program for offenders should be considered next year or in 1999 once the low er limit has had time to create a track record to provide just that kind of assistance and we have no doubt that will happen,” Hunter said, directing re his statement to the “person or persons that took this baby from us." Hunter saidhis office has been in contact with a state capital crimes prosecution unit, in the event his office seeks the death penalty. Hunter said prosecutors have hired their own “dreamteam” for what hecalled a “David vs. Goliath” legal battle, but he refusedto name anysuspects. ‘The girl's parents, John andPa. tricia Ramsey, have hired their own team of experts, including handwriting analysts and a for- mer FBI profiler, and have re- {used to give a formal policein. terviewsince theslaying. Hunter rejected suggestions that he was indirectly implicating the girl’s parents, saying he meant fo direct his comments not toward legal team, but to those whohavecriticized the department, comparing police mistakes to the O.J. Simpsoncase The department has beencriti- cized for not searching the home for eight hours after JonBenet was reported kidnapped, andfor sending the girl’s father, possuspect, to searchforclues ather anda friend found the girl's body in a basement room, and reportedly ripped duct tape from her mouth and removedher body from thecrimescene HenryLee, a forensicscientist who heads the Connecticut State Police's crime laboratory, and DNA expert Barry Scheck will help Boulder investigators on DNA, crime scene analysis and other matters, Huntersaid “We knowwherewe're headed. Weknow this caseis going to be solved,” Hunter said at a rare news conference. “I can think of cases in the past where I didn’t havethat feeling. We'regoing to solvethis case, but we're going to our way. The 6-year-old beauty queen was foundstrangled in the basement of her family’s home Dec 5, and authorities have released few details about the investigation. Hunter would not elaborate on the list of suspects, but he offered a warning to the girl's murderer ‘The list of suspects narrows, he said, “Soon there will be no one onthelist but you You have stripped ofus any mercythat we might have hadin the beginning of this investiga- tion, Wewill see that justice is servedinthis and that you pay.” Police Chief Tom Koby said no one would be charged until all DNA andother tests are complet: ed, which could take several months. yn in Study Set For Sled Ride in Park THE ASSOCIATED PR BOZEMAN, 18 Months Interest Free on your combined purchase of $5004 Mont, — Bison ina brucellosis-research project will be put in a horse trailer equipped with skis and taken to the interior of Yellowstone National Park Theseven cows, equipped with radiocollars, have beenin a pen 12 Months Interest Free on your combined purchase of $150-$499 at the park's northern boundary I Gardiner These bison and hundreds of others entered a National Park Servicetrap that is part of a tem porary plan fordealing with bison that wander fromthe park, There are concerns in Montanathat the bison will spread brucellosis which eauses abortions in cattle and undulant fever in humans. ‘Thetrapped animals aretested Come in and find everything you need to decorate your home during our Presidents Day Sale. 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