Cell of Polly Klaas' Killer Searched [Ramsey suspect connection/]

Forbes ^ | August 18, 2006 | Associated Press

[aculeus]

Prison guards searched the death row cell of Polly Klaas' killer after learning he may have corresponded with the suspect in the decade-old slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, authorities said Friday.

Guards at San Quentin State Prison searched Richard Allen Davis' cell Thursday, but not would immediately disclose what they found. A news conference was planned later Friday.

Davis, 52, was sentenced to death for the 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas. The girl was from Petaluma, where suspect John Mark Karr lived from 2000 to 2001, when Karr was charged with child pornography.

Lt. Eric Messick said officials decided to search Davis' cell after learning that Karr had told detectives in 2001 that he had a letter from Davis and was researching a book on him.

"Our reasoning was that if there was evidence of them having this relationship, then it might shed some light on things - it wasn't a far reach," he said. "But I don't think we've found anything so far suggesting there was a nexus between Davis, Karr and JonBenet Ramsey. Obviously Richard Allen Davis was in prison at that time."

Calls to Davis' lawyers Friday were not immediately returned.

Karr, 41, told authorities he drugged and sexually assaulted JonBenet, the child beauty queen who was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's Colorado home on Dec. 26, 1996. Karr said he killed the 6-year-old girl accidentally.

[don-o]

How deep does the rabbit hole go?

This is just nuts.

[My2Cents]

Why is that guy (Davis) still living?

[South40]

Davis, 52, was sentenced to death for the 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas.

Who wants to bet when this piece of human filth's day finally comes liberal nutjobs will be protesting his fate?

[rovenstinez]

Isn't there some mention in California of over crowded prisons? Here is a solution, get rid of one.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

It can't be predicted how much stupider this story gets.

[Argus]

Can we strap the two pen pals down on the same gurney so they can share their last moments together?

[Nachum]

The rabbit hole probably goes plenty deep. So deep that the police would not follow the leads that went beyond the immediate family. They were scared of something.

Last night, an investigative reporter who wrote a book on this case was on coast2coast am with George Noury. When he questioned the police on the matter years ago, they encoraged him to follow up on the leads. Something stinks here. A wealthy family, a ritually murdered child, and a police coverup. A deep rabbit hole indeed.

[xkaydet65]

The plot of Red Dragon is starting to appear. Or Manhunter for those, like me, who prefer William Petersen over Ed Norton.

[Deo volente]

He overdosed on opiates just a few weeks ago, was found unconscious in his cell, but was revived.

The drugs were probably given to him by a visitor. Even though he's in isolation and heavily guarded on Death Row, he manages to get drugs delivered to him!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/24/MNGLBK4J6O8.DTL

[okie01]

He overdosed on opiates just a few weeks ago, was found unconscious in his cell, but was revived.

Why?

[nmh]

I'm so impressed with their security:

"Davis, whose crime is largely responsible for California's three strikes law, overdosed on opiates, according to prison spokesman Vernell Crittendon. It was not clear Monday whether it was a suicide attempt or an accidental overdose. "

"The drugs are believed to have been obtained from an outside source, probably during visiting hours, Crittendon said. Prisoners, he said, "are still allowed to visit with their loved ones." "

WHY? Why should he be allowed visitors?

"Doctors revived Davis, who Crittendon said was back in his prison cell Monday "doing fine." "

Why bother? He's sentence to DEATH. Let him die. Hell will be a lot worse than any prison on this earth.

"Davis has been housed since he was first brought to San Quentin in what is called the Adjustment Center, a high security cell block where the supposed "worst of the worst" are held under heavy guard and in isolation. "

Heavy guard? Isolation? LOL!!!

"The fact that he molested and killed a child has made him a target inside the prison, where the unwritten moral code mandates a violent death for such offenders. He has been assaulted and spat upon by other inmates at least three times and is well aware that any prisoner who gets a chance will try to kill him, prison officials have said. "

Good! Throw him in general population for an afternoon and let them have a shot at him and end this taxpayer supported charade to protect a MONSTER.

[Almondjoy]

Thai police have now denied that he said he drugged her.

Get your facts straight.

[RunningWolf]

Suicide is a way out, a way to cheat the executioner for those looking to escape or cheat justice and/or execution. The two are not always enjoined as it is with R. Davis. Many try, Herman Goering pulled it of at Nuremberg.

15 October 1946, two hours before his execution was due to take place, Goering committed suicide in his Nuremberg cell, taking a capsule of poison that he had succeeded in hiding from his guards during his captivity

[PC99]

This development is useful for providing a contrast between a real hard-core child killer/rapist (Davis) with polo-shirted Mr. Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame in Thailand.

[BunnySlippers]

How was she ritually murdered?

[Wolfstar]

A news conference was planned later Friday.

Natch!

[Wolfstar]

When he questioned the police on the matter years ago, they encoraged him to follow up on the leads.

I heard that interview last night. I never thought I'd say this about something on Coast-to-Coast, but much of what that guy said is plausible.

[onyx]

That is wholly disgusting.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

If I was a cop on this case, I'd make damned sure to know beyond any doubt where the UC prof (Tracey) was when JB was killed.......it is more likely that HE was in Boulder that nite than his longterm e-mail buddy over in Bangkok was.....