BOULDER, Colo. (AP) The district attorney's office wants funds to extend the JonBenet Ramsey grand jury session into August.

The grand jury probe into the child beauty queen's December 1996 killing began last September and is now funded through the end of July.

"We are working on a request," said Assistant District Attorney Bill Wise on Tuesday.

So far, agencies investigating the Ramsey case have spent an estimated $1.74 million.

The grand jury has not met since May 25. During that period, Boulder detectives have been conducting additional investigation into JonBenet's killing, collecting DNA samples from some witnesses and interviewing others on specific details about Patsy Ramsey, JonBenet's mother.

Patsy and John Ramsey are considered suspects in the murder of their child, who was found beaten and strangled in the basement of their Boulder home.

The Ramseys, who moved to Atlanta with their son, Burke, in July 1997, have maintained their innocence.

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