ATLANTA, Aug. 29, 2000 (AP) — John and Patsy Ramsey emerged Tuesday from two days of police questioning in the slaying of their daughter, JonBenet, and pleaded with investigators to clear them publicly of suspicion. "The time has come for the police to come forward and publicly acknowledge that there's nothing left to do," attorney L. Lin Wood said. "The evidence is not there."

The Ramseys said they cooperated fully and supplied leads to the possible killer of the 6-year-old beauty queen, who was found beaten and strangled in 1996 in the basement of her family's Boulder, Colo., home.

However, Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner, who led the seven-member team that questioned husband and wife separately for a total of more than 10 hours, said the interrogations were "less than we had hoped for."

The Ramseys did not say what leads they gave investigators.

Mrs. Ramsey, addressing the investigators at a news conference, said: "Whatever obstacles are in your way that make you think I killed my child, I want to help you get over that."

Wood said the Ramseys had answered all the investigators' questions except some that covered forensic evidence because they did not have the results of forensic tests performed by police.

Beckner issued a statement saying the investigators did not cover all the ground they hoped to because of the conditions of the questioning. The sessions were held at Wood's office, and the lawyer had threatened to end the questioning if it became "overzealous."

"We need some time to digest and debrief the interviews and the information we obtained, and we're not in a position to draw any conclusions at this time," the police chief said.

The Boulder team questioned Mrs. Ramsey for seven hours Monday and a half-hour Tuesday morning, then questioned her husband separately for 2 hours. It was the first time the Ramseys had been questioned since June 1998.

Police first questioned the couple separately in April 1997 after months of negotiations.