John Karr Innocent!

[mittheimp]

JonBenet suspect charges dropped

A man arrested in Thailand and accused of killing US child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey will not be charged with the murder, prosecutors say.

The case against John Mark Karr was dropped after forensic tests found that his DNA did not match that discovered at the scene of the crime.

Mr Karr, 41, was arrested in Thailand two weeks ago and had been due to appear in court on Monday.

He has said he was there when the girl died, but her death was an accident.

Outside court on Monday public defender Seth Temin gave a statement: "The warrant on Mr Karr has been dropped by the district attorney. They're not proceeding with this case.

"We're deeply distressed by the fact that they took this man and dragged him here from Bangkok, Thailand with no forensic evidence confirming the allegations against him, and no independent factors leading to a presumption that he did anything wrong."

'No forensic evidence'

Mr Karr's arrest sparked hopes in the United States that one of the most infamous crimes of recent years might finally be solved.

The BBC's John Kay in California says there has been hysterical media coverage of developments.

Mr Karr's ex-wife Lara has insisted he was with her in Alabama for the entire Christmas period of 1996.

And Mr Karr's family insisted he was innocent, saying he was deluded, possibly as a result of taking drugs.

JonBenet's body was found in the cellar of her family home after her parents had reported her missing on 26 December 1996.

She had been garrotted with a cord and her skull had been fractured.

JonBenet's family, who later moved to Atlanta, Georgia, fought for years to clear their names of persistent accusations that they were involved in the death of their daughter.

--BBC 2006-08-28

[Thaiquila]

Ha ha ha ha!

I told you so.

This guy is going to become SO RICH now it isn't even funny.

He will be able to buy his old Bloom residence in Bangkok many times over.

He might have to face some minor misdemeanor charges in California, but compared to what he will gain, a mere triviality.

Egg on so many faces. Fox, CNN, etc. etc.

Just desserts.

[visarunner]

The same info have been posted in Germany as well.

http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,434057,00.html

Will they ever find the real murder?

What will become of John Carr?

[Thaiquila]

Don't cry for Mr. Carr.

He already has a movie deal (I think), not to mention the potential book deals, etc.

I don't think the case will ever be solved. It is a very cold case.

Lets get real. Since Mr. Carr was arrested, there were no doubtful scores of heinous crimes against children committed all over the globe.

Why the absurd obsession on one ten year old case? Its nuts.

And Mr. Karr has exploited our collective nuttiness and is about to become crazy rich.

For those considering jumping out of a window in despair, consider the Mr. Karr wealth building plan.

Only in America?

[AmeriThai]

He may be innocent of the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, but he still faces charges in California.

[mittheimp]

its interesting that the seemingly huge evidence of the ransom note matching his school year book moto was just a coincidence! Just goes to show coincidences are everywhere if you look hard enough!

[Thaiquila]

He may be innocent of the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, but he still faces charges in California.

True. Misdemeanor charges. It is likely he will serve some time because he skipped the country with open charges. But he might be treated by the law like anyone else, and my guess is he will get minor time, time to work on his book, ala Martha Stewart.

This guy is not the criminal of the century. Just because he is seriously weird doesn't merit hanging him.

[mittheimp]

He may be innocent of the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, but he still faces charges in California.

True. Misdemeanor charges. It is likely he will serve some time because he skipped the country with open charges. But he might be treated by the law like anyone else, and my guess is he will get minor time, time to work on his book, ala Martha Stewart.

This guy is not the criminal of the century. Just because he is seriously weird doesn't merit hanging him.

Could be charged with wasting police time - as he happily confessed to it!

[Thaiquila]

He may be innocent of the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, but he still faces charges in California.

True. Misdemeanor charges. It is likely he will serve some time because he skipped the country with open charges. But he might be treated by the law like anyone else, and my guess is he will get minor time, time to work on his book, ala Martha Stewart.

This guy is not the criminal of the century. Just because he is seriously weird doesn't merit hanging him.

Could be charged with wasting police time - as he happily confessed to it!

No chance. He didn't invite the arrest in Thailand. They chased him down, and then he flipped out.

There also was never a clear confession. Just a bunch of ambiguous, vague statements, clearly the ramblings of a nutter seeking fame. And boy did he get it.

On the contrary, if I was a lawyer, I would be lining up a list of people he can sue.

[sfokevin]

Here in Sonoma California he will get a slap on the wrist and upgraded from Thai Air's Business class to a FIRST class ticket to Hollywood... And if I see another FOX rerun of the Thai Pedofile-Industy I will puke...

This is such a Karr crash...

[AmeriThai]

He may be innocent of the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, but he still faces charges in California.

True. Misdemeanor charges. It is likely he will serve some time because he skipped the country with open charges. But he might be treated by the law like anyone else, and my guess is he will get minor time, time to work on his book, ala Martha Stewart.

This guy is not the criminal of the century. Just because he is seriously weird doesn't merit hanging him.

I agree that just because he's three bricks short of a two brick load doesn't merit hanging him. But I suspect if he does any jail or prison time, it'll be in isolation. I'm sure there are a number of prisoners who would be more than happy to introduce him to 'prison justice'.

[leftknee]

ah, i forget american justice.

innocent until proved guilty, well, lets see what next.

[marquess]

I wonder what spin the Thai authorities will put on this, as they are just too quick to extradite people on flimsey evidence if any at all? Still Karr won't be coming back to Thailand even though he did nothing wrong here!

[Diablo Bob]

I wonder what spin the Thai authorities will put on this, as they are just too quick to extradite people on flimsey evidence if any at all? Still Karr won't be coming back to Thailand even though he did nothing wrong here!

While the Thai spin will be interesting, I want to hear the US spin....... they had enough evidence to satisfy "Probable Cause" which obtained a warrant signed by a judge, this would also suffice for extradition. ALL that is required for extradition is a warrant from elsewhere, no evidence is taken nor required, UNLESS the extradition is contested, which Karr did not.

How did the prosecutor obtain a warrant?

[britmaveric]

Off to jail for Karr - kiddie porn charges in CA and course jumping bail. Prob get a movie/book deal now.

[rcm]

Very embarrassing for the US Authorities and the Thai Authorities too....additional damage was done for Thailand , being blamed as a good hideaway for "Paedophiles". I wonder what Fox has to report about this...

[jasperblubber2005]

this has to be a terrible blow to our everknowing news media, has there credability ever been lower than what it is today?, some people treat the news they read as gospel and yet a week doesn't go by that this group doesn't distort what most people would find as truth.

some of you may remember the story when it first broke, news outlets stated that john karr had been picked up on unrelated charges in bangkok, what charges were these?, after the second day nothing was said about the unrelated charges, the day before this story went out there was a story about two fighter planes escorted an american plane in, i beleive it was amsterdam, it was reported that a passenger had some vaseline and a screw driver, the next day the media says nothing about the vaseline or the screwdriver but instead state that the lady on the plane who caused the commotion had a panic attack.

yea i can see how they could get a screw driver and vaseline confused with a panic attack this happens all the time, is my hope that many of you who follow the news closely will take another look at what passes for news today, thirty or forty years ago the competition for viewers was not what it is today, todays news networks will twist, distort and do what ever it takes to get you to watch the crap that they put out on a daily basis, there was a time when i use to read the paper front to back but today the only news i see is while using the exercise equipment at the local gym, unfortunately they place the tv's in front of the most popular equipment and it is almost impossible not to see some of the crap these folks dish out to the public.

my heart goe's out to the ramsey family, it appeared that closure was very close but unfortunately justice will not come today, as for myself i have more faith in santa claus and the easter bunny than i do in the media news today

jasper

[AmeriThai]

ah, i forget american justice.

innocent until proved guilty, well, lets see what next.

What are you talking about? Speaking strictly for myself, on the thread concerning his arrest, I personally didn't make any comments one way or the other, mostly because I wasn't overly convinced about his involvement in murder. He seemed more like a first-class mental case to me.

Regardless, concerning California, he was most certainly found guilty of possessing kiddie porn - lots of it. Add to that he was a fugitive from justice by fleeing the country to avoid sentencing, I'd be surprised if he just gets a simple slap on the hands and a scolding about it.

Stating, "american justice" and "innocent until proved guilty" is suppose to mean what? I've mentioned "prison justice", not because it's just or fair, but because it's not something unheard of and has indeed happened on other occasions. Who knows, perhaps someone else wants have their own 5 minutes of fame.

[taxexile]

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/images/08/28/k...ot.to.quash.pdf

go here for the court reports , and details of his "confession"

reader discretion , theres some nasty stuff in there.

it will be interesting to see how the thai authorities backtrack on this , but in reality , anyone who makes confessions like this needs arresting and investigating.

the idiot is clearly barking mad and someone who confesses to fantasies like that presents a great danger to kids. there was no choice but to arrest , deport and check his dna to prove or disprove his involvement. full credit to the authorities. in the end they were wrong , but he had to be checked.

to be sneering and taunting the authorities with cries of "i told you so" for falling for his delusions is surely missing the point. this country is better off without him .

as for him making vast amounts of money out of this , well even i would credit the american media with more sense than to promote the story of a pornography addicted paedophile who has also confessed to the murder of a child.

i think he will be universally reviled.

[AmeriThai]

this has to be a terrible blow to our everknowing news media, has there credability ever been lower than what it is today?, some people treat the news they read as gospel and yet a week doesn't go by that this group doesn't distort what most people would find as truth.

And therein lies the problem. The news media indeed seemed to jump to conclusions with bad information. And, yes, there are viewers who buy into what the media claims which turns into a feeding frenzy.

[astral]

It just brings the US and Thai justice systems into further disrepute.

[Ricardo]

But I thought the Thai authorities claimed, that he had made a complete confession to them, to being Jack-the-Ripper & also being born on Mars & to being a founder-member of the PAD ?

[chonabot]

I think the stink bag should be offed , for even associating himself with this paedo-murder case.

............c'mon do you want such a puss-boilie bag (* my own term ) to be within a lifetime of your own kids?

Chai/Mai ?

[taxexile]

puss-boilie bag

definition please.

[AmeriThai]

It just brings the US and Thai justice systems into further disrepute.

Not necessarily. He was returned to the US as a "suspect" in the murder case. The DA in Boulder, said nothing about any charges or evidences. If anything, they wanted him for questioning in the case to determine whether or not there was probable cause to charge him and put him on trial for the murder. There were some rather odd things that popped up that needed to be clarified in order to put him at the scene of the crime. Obviously, it was determined that hard evidence (DNA) found he was not present and is just a perverted wacko.

[udon]

2-3 nights in the IDC ,I think I'd confess to anything just to get out and home to 3 squares a day. (Albeit in an orange junp suit & shackles)

[pedro01]

Maybe I misunderstand this.

Wasn't he actually arrested in Thailand in relation to his activities here ? Then whilst under arrest, he admitted to the murder of the girl in the US.

Am I the only one who thinks this was merely an attempt to ensure he spent time in the US prison system as opposed to the Thai one ?

Pedro

[taxexile]

the american authorities had him under suspicion for a while and had asked the thai police to watch him , eventually the americans asked for his extradition from thailand and thats when the circus started.

[Papa_Lazarou]

The news media indeed seemed to jump to conclusions with bad information

Unlike us.

I always thought he was innocent.

The guy's a freakin American hero, dudes ! (subject to the other uncharged offences)

[thedivezone]

Hopefully, now, Thailand's reputation will change to the country where all the "innocent" pedophiles hang out !