(NewsNation) — John Bennett Ramsey, the begetter of murdered 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey, joined “CUOMO” conscionable weeks up of the 28th day of her Christmas death.

Ramsey was joined by NewsNation correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera, whose 1997 mock proceedings surrounding the lawsuit appeared successful Netflix’s caller documentary, "Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey?”

The movie focuses connected mistakes from police and media unit successful the years pursuing her murder, which Ramsey called "primitive behavior" that was "disgraceful."

Rivera told Ramsey, "I profoundly apologize to you for what you and your household person suffered" successful notation to his special. However, helium added that "mock trials and moot courts ... are not that unprecedented."

Geraldo Rivera's 1997 JonBenét Ramsey mock trial

The documentary features clips from the defunct daytime speech show, “The Geraldo Rivera Show,” wherever the eponymous big conducted a mock proceedings astir the Ramseys’ culpability for their daughter’s death.

His "jury" recovered the parents liable, which sent Patsy Ramsey to furniture “for astir 2 days due to the fact that I was conscionable truthful mortified,” she said successful a antecedently recorded interview.

During the show, a kid maltreatment adept besides posited that she believed JonBenét Ramsey had been “sexually stimulated," referencing a video of the kid playing a saxophone arsenic masturbation.

Rivera apologized for his mock trial's inflammatory comments and conclusion, telling John Ramsey, "When I accidental I americium sorry, I don't apologize for my reporting ... but I don't cognize what happened. I conscionable privation you to cognize that I lament contributing to the wounded that you person endured."

"I don't deliberation anyone deserves to spell done what you went through," helium added. "That's my bottommost line."

"Let maine archetypal say, Geraldo, I judge your apology and convey you," Ramsey responded.

What happened to JonBenét Ramsey?

JonBenét Ramsey, who competed successful quality pageants, was found dead successful the basement of her family’s location successful the assemblage municipality of Boulder the time aft Christmas successful 1996.

Her assemblage was recovered respective hours aft her parent called 911 to accidental her girl was missing and a ransom enactment had been near behind. The details of the transgression and video footage of JonBenét Ramsey competing successful pageants propelled the lawsuit into 1 of the highest-profile mysteries successful the United States.

JonBenét Ramsey was bludgeoned and strangled. Her decease was ruled a homicide, but cipher was ever prosecuted.

In this Jan. 3, 1997, record photo, a constabulary serviceman sits successful her cruiser extracurricular the location successful which 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was recovered murdered successful Boulder, Colorado. Twenty-five years aft JonBenet Ramsey was killed, constabulary accidental DNA hasn’t been ruled retired to assistance lick the case. The 6-year-old was recovered dormant successful the basement of her family’s Boulder location connected Dec. 26, 1996. Her decease was ruled a homicide, but cipher was ever charged successful the case. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Police were wide criticized for mishandling the aboriginal probe into her decease amid speculation that her household was responsible.

“I deliberation the constabulary fed mendacious information, misleading information, to the media ... earlier adjacent the grounds had been recovered, looked at,” Ramsey told NewsNation.

However, a authoritative cleared her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, and member Burke successful 2008 based connected caller DNA grounds from JonBenet’s covering that pointed to the engagement of an “unexplained 3rd party” successful her slaying.

The announcement by erstwhile territory lawyer Mary Lacy came 2 years aft Patsy Ramsey died of cancer. Lacy called the Ramseys “victims of this crime.”

In 2021, constabulary said successful their yearly update that DNA hadn’t been ruled retired to assistance lick the case, and successful 2022, they noted that immoderate grounds could beryllium “consumed” if DNA investigating is done connected it.

John Ramsey calls for further DNA testing

Boulder constabulary recovered DNA grounds connected JonBenét’s body, and years later, recovered DNA from the aforesaid antheral connected her tights. Ramsey says he’s learned that, astatine the time, respective items were sent to a DNA lab, and immoderate of them were not tested but returned to the police.

He says today, labs tin bash truthful overmuch more — but lone if they are allowed to bash caller tests and lone if the DNA is successful a peculiar format.

"So the retesting needs to beryllium done. Hopefully, we get a bully illustration and successful the close format that past they could bash the genealogy research," John Ramsey said. "I judge if we bash that, there's a truly bully accidental we tin lick it."

In a erstwhile NewsNation interview, John Ramsey pointed to expanding the DNA database search. He said constabulary person lone entree to the FBI’s CODIS database, which holds genealogical information from felons.

Where does JonBenét Ramsey's lawsuit basal now?

According to NewsNation section affiliate KDVR's reporting, successful 1999, a expansive assemblage had recommended an indictment beryllium filed against Patsy and John successful transportation to her death.

In 2006, a antheral confessed to sidesplitting JonBenét and was arrested, but DNA grounds besides cleared him.

(Original Caption) The sedate of JonBenet Ramsey, it is inactive not known who murdered her. (Photo by Chris Rank/Sygma via Getty Images)

Nobody has ever been convicted of her death. No caller suspects person been announced.

John Ramsey has continued to advocator for the investigation, telling NewsNation successful 2023 that helium wants the execution of children to beryllium classified arsenic a national crime.

NewsNation's Rich Johnson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.