Trip DeMuth

Lawrence "Trip" DeMuth was a prosecutor for the District Attorney's office. He was he first member of the District Attorney's office to arrive at the crime scene and pushed for the Boulder Police Department to conduct a more thorough search of the home.

DeMuth was known for working closely with Lou Smit and Steve Ainsworth, who he had worked with previously.

He participated in the 1998 interview of Patsy Ramsey.

DeMuth and Steve Ainsworth were the subject of a state investigation into stealing material from the Boulder police computer system relating to the investigation.

DeMuth was accused of bias in his handling of the case and was ultimately removed from the case after an intervention by the Governor of Colorado.

In September 2000, DeMuth left the DA's office to work for the law firm of Michael Bynum, John Ramsey's business lawyer.

Day One
DeMuth was present on day one.

First months
DeMuth was appointed to be the liaison man between the district attorney’s office and the police department

DeMuth said he had been asked to "defense the case"

On January 15, DNA results indicated a few unidentified alleles from under JonBenet's fingernails which were not consistent with the Ramsey family. Though the scientists stressed that the DNA "could have come from anywhere" or "been under her nails for several days", and the quality so low as to entirely useless, Trip DeMuth immediately announced that the results did not “match” John Ramsey. He said we must now locate and obtain DNA samples from any "potential suspect."