JonBenet Ramsey Arrest

[kevin4252]

Any of the bkk expats have any further info ??
US (aol) info rather sketchy, no name or further info , etc

[relpax]

I am sure the expat will have better info but CNN is now posting the suspect's name:


(CNN) -- Authorities have arrested a suspect in the decade-old JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation, law enforcement sources told CNN on Wednesday.

A law enforcement source identified the suspect as 41-year-old John Mark Carr, a one-time school teacher.

An investigator with the Boulder County, Colorado, District Attorney's office is bringing Carr from Bangkok, Thailand, CNN affiliate KUSA reported.

Two law enforcement sources told CNN that Carr was under investigation for an unrelated sex crime.

"It is our hope that this arrest will bring some closure to the Ramsey family after a 10-year ordeal." said the family's attorney, Hal Haddon. "We respect the legal process and will have no further comment about the case or the evidence until that process is concluded."

JonBenet's father, John Ramsey, told 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado, that he has been notified of the arrest. Asked if he knew Carr, Ramsey replied, "To the best of my knowledge, no," the station's Web site reported.

Prosecutors in Boulder are expected to hold a news conference Thursday.

Carr was arrested Wednesday morning and has confessed to certain elements of the crime that are unknown to the general public, KUSA reported.

JonBenet's beaten and strangled body was found in the basement of the family home in Boulder, Colorado, the day after Christmas in 1996. She was 6.

A grand jury investigation into the death of the child beauty pageant winner ended without charges in 1999.

The investigation focused a spotlight on the child's parents, John and Patsy Ramsey. Patsy Ramsey died in June of ovarian cancer. She was 49.

The Ramseys said an intruder committed the crime, but they remained the subject of suspicion and speculation.

In 2003 a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the Ramseys, blaming the police and the FBI for bungling the investigation. The Boulder County District Attorney's Office concurred with the judge's opinion the following month, saying there was little evidence against the couple

The Ramseys left Colorado and had a house in Charlevoix, Michigan, where John Ramsey unsuccessfully ran for office in 2004.

CNN's Kelli Arena contributed to this report.

[Randyman]

As the father of two semi-adults, it has to be a parents worst nightmare. Without question. It seems (so far) the father had no idea who the suspect is, and the father and his wife (who died last year) were always suspect in a lot of peoples eyes. Enough that they were taking multiple lie detector tests for the first couple of years. If the fucker is guilty they should just shoot him.

randyman

[stogie bear]

A fascinating story, this... Who would have thought about hiring a spin doctor BEFORE an attorney!

[BAM]

Only 2 months after Patsy Ramsey died. I bet her ghost went right after this guy!

Where abouts in LOS did they catch him?

[PigDogg]

everything is vague at the moment. bangkok was mentioned but no matter where they found him he'd be sent home from bkk.

press conference tomorow,

government and press put the family through hell. imagine your kid gets murdered and then everyone is accusing you of doing it.

[donnnnnny]

Innocent until provern guilty. don't jump the gun

[Rubber Johnny]

(donnnnnny @ Aug. 17 2006,12:30) Innocent until provern guilty. don't  jump the gun

Yes - sage advice that would be better directed at the media and the law enforcement authorities involved in this case TEN YEARS AGO!

[post-op lover]

I like this quote:
"People like him are dangerous. We have criminals from all over the world running away from their home countries to look for teaching jobs in Thailand," Suwat said.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1203082006

How many of you guys are teachers or former teachers?

[Randyman]

(post-op lover @ Aug. 17 2006,06:12) I like this quote:
"People like him are dangerous. We have criminals from all over the world running away from their home countries to look for teaching jobs in Thailand," Suwat said.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1203082006

How many of you guys are teachers or former teachers?  

Be careful P-op; a man could get himself banned talking like that

randyman

[stogie bear]

I'm a former teacher... and I can be dangerous I suppose! I once clipped a kid round the ear for not paying attention!

[Guest]

Police said Karr had been living in a dormitory-style guesthouse called "The Blooms" in a neighborhood of massage parlors and travel agents that cater to expatriate residents and sex tourists. The nine-story hotel offers rooms for as short as three-hour rentals.

[BAM]

John Mark Karr (right) is being held in Thailand.

The JonBenet Suspect: A Loner's Life in Thailand

John Mark Karr, 41, lived on the ninth floor of a rundown apartment building in a Bangkok district full of similarly rundown buildings and guest houses. For Karr, it was an inexpensive place to reside; apartments in his building rent for as little as $160 a month. Other residents describe him as a dour loner who didn't let anyone into his peripatetic life, traveling in and out of Thailand. An internet café clerk in Karr's building said he was a regular customer who kept a close eye on users in neighboring booths, as if he was afraid they were spying on him. "He never wanted to chat," said Nii, the clerk. "Actually I was afraid of talking to him. He always seemed to be a bad mood. He rushed in, then rushed out."

Karr has now let the world into some of his secrets. On Wednesday evening, the wan, sandy-haired one-time grade school teacher arrived at Bangkok's Suan Phlu immigration pen, to spend the night in a solitary cell. The day before, a judge in Boulder, Colorado, had issued an arrest warrant for Karr in the nearly decade-old murder of JonBenet Ramsey, the six-year old child beauty pageant contestant. Soon after, a small group of plainclothes Thai and U.S. officers arrived at his shabby apartment, where Karr had stayed since arriving from Malaysia in June, on the latest of several trips in recent years to the Thai capital. Later Karr sat silently as U.S. and Thai authorities discussed his case in a press center. The press conference broke up with a photo op of the suspect, who wore a sky-blue polo shirt and beige slacks without a belt.

The press corps had begun to fade away when Karr, in a surprise, sent word that he wanted to speak directly to the media, and he was hustled back into the room. I found myself crouched directly in front of him as he sat at the table. His jaw was locked and his eyes darted as the questions began firing. Did he kill Jon Benet Ramsey? Karr spoke slowly, his voice low and stuttering. "I was with Jon Benet when she died...Her death was an accident." Other questions elicited silence, or pained glances. A "no comment" on his relationship to the Ramsey family. After a few minutes, he glanced upwards at his captors, and they quickly led him away.

At the joint U.S.-Thai press conference Lt. Gen. Suwat Tumrongsiskul, head of immigration police, said Karr had admitted killing Ramsey, but had told his interrogators it was "unintentional." "He said he loved the girl," Suwat said. Ann Hurst, a Bangkok attaché of the Department of Homeland Security, said Karr was cooperating with U.S. investigators and had waived his right to a lawyer.

Thai officials say Karr could be on a plane back to Boulder as early as the weekend, to face charges of murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of Ramsey. Karr has put up no legal barriers to the extradition so getting him back to the U.S. will presumably be simply a matter of arranging for the marshals to escort him back to Colorado.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...228182,00.html

[Pinga]

Look at the guy, and listen to his comments to the press. I don´t think he did it. IMHO he´s just a publicity seeking whacko.

[Guest]

He said he was with her when she died.
That could mean a lot of different things.


His brother and ex-wife have already said as far as they know he was living in Alabama at the time, and have no idea that he has ever been to Colorado. His brother said he doesn't think he could have been in Colorado at the time it happened.