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Karr said he identified with Michael Jackson
Sydney Morning Herald ^ | August 20, 2006 | New York Daily News

Posted on 08/20/2006 9:43:10 AM PDT by Arec Barrwin

Karr said he identified with Michael Jackson

August 21, 2006

NEW YORK: In the series of emails that prompted police to arrest him, John Karr said he identified with Michael Jackson's attachment to children and, like the singer, compared himself with Peter Pan.

"I am trapped in a world that does not understand," Karr wrote to a Colorado journalism professor during a four-year correspondence. "I can understand people like Michael Jackson and feel sympathy when he suffers as he has … I do think that he is sexually attracted to certain children but could never divulge this."

His emails to Michael Tracey, which began after he saw one of his documentaries about the murder, displayed an obsession with JonBenet Ramsey and delusions about his notoriety, claiming falsely to be the subject of "a four-state federal investigation for child murder".

Karr even wrote a poem for the child. "JonBenet, my love, my life. I love you and shall forever love you," it read.

"If there is to be a life for me after this one, I pray that it will be with you - together forever with you and other little girls who are gone now from my life forever. That would be my Heaven."

The prose in Karr's emails is markedly different from that of the three-page ransom note JonBenet's killer left behind.

Karr lost his job, wife and contact with his sons after a child pornography arrest in 2001. He said, "I lost every friend, contact and family member as a result of this investigation. Some of my closest little girls were questioned by the authorities which broke my heart into pieces. I will never have contact with anyone in my past ever again."

The emails also touch on Karr's childhood.

Tracey: "You told me once that your mother tended to raise you as a girl. This must have had a powerful effect on your developing sexuality - confusion maybe?"

Karr: "Michael, I will not discuss my sexuality as if it is a psychological disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders".

Karr said he feels at home only among children.

"My peer group has not changed since I was a little boy, and girls were the people I was with always," he wrote.

"I can only say that I can relate very well to children and the way they think and feel."

New York Daily News


TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: jacko; jonbenet; karr; ramsey
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Yeech
1 posted on 08/20/2006 9:43:11 AM PDT by Arec Barrwin
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Triple yeech. This really made my skin crawl.


2 posted on 08/20/2006 9:45:05 AM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage. Try it!)
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To: Arec Barrwin

Democrats should hire Karr as their spokesman. They have a lot in common. One likes to molest little girls for his own gain and the other likes to molest the American People for their own gain.


3 posted on 08/20/2006 9:45:21 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Put a mirror to the face of the republican party and all you'll see is a Donkey.)
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Democrats should hire Karr as their spokesman. They have a lot in common. One likes to molest little girls for his own gain and the other likes to molest the American People for their own gain.

Nahh. It appears that he likes little girls. If he liked little boys then that would be OK, but he's probably too homophobic for the Dems.

4 posted on 08/20/2006 9:48:54 AM PDT by elmer fudd
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To: butternut_squash_bisque

And moviegoers used to think that Linda Blair was possessed by Lucifer the Father of Lies.


5 posted on 08/20/2006 9:48:59 AM PDT by ExcursionGuy84 ("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
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To: Arec Barrwin

This guy sure isn't helping Michael Jackson's case much, is he.

If I were Michael Jackson (well, I'm not), I would have my lawyers contacting his lawyers, and be passing the message, "STFU, rectal orfice."


6 posted on 08/20/2006 9:49:12 AM PDT by alloysteel (My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling, but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.)
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To: Rte66

Add you link to this thread yet?


7 posted on 08/20/2006 9:50:07 AM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: ExcursionGuy84

Looking at his face in the pics makes my skin crawl, and I feel like I need a shower with *brown soap* to get clean again. Yuk.


8 posted on 08/20/2006 9:54:55 AM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage. Try it!)
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To: alloysteel
If I were Michael Jackson (well, I'm not)...

2 and 1/2 months from Halloween and you're already starting to get scary. [no offense intended]

9 posted on 08/20/2006 9:58:43 AM PDT by ExcursionGuy84 ("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
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This is one very strange bird.


10 posted on 08/20/2006 10:04:10 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Arec Barrwin

What a role model. Michael Jackson.


11 posted on 08/20/2006 10:10:53 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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"I am trapped in a world that does not understand," Karr wrote to a Colorado journalism professor during a four-year correspondence. "I can understand people like Michael Jackson and feel sympathy when he suffers as he has … I do think that he is sexually attracted to certain children but could never divulge this."

I suspect Karr got some of the information about the JonBenet killing from his "email habit" with other pedophiles. One of those email friends, was the killer, or had had contact with the real killer. To find the killer -- email contact search...

12 posted on 08/20/2006 10:27:07 AM PDT by GOPJ (AIDS- the ONLY "disease" that's 99.9% preventable and blamed solely on conservative Presidents...)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Yeah, a VERY strange bird. Fortunately, I've got me a Remington 870 12 gauge with some turkey loads. [sarcasm off]


13 posted on 08/20/2006 11:21:50 AM PDT by ExcursionGuy84 ("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
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I wouldn't be surprised if we discover he wasn't in Colorado ten years ago...


14 posted on 08/20/2006 12:45:20 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Arec Barrwin
Creepy!


15 posted on 08/20/2006 12:50:10 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I'm sure he identifies just fine with Michael Jackson. I'm sure the guy is a nut case pedophile. I just don't believe that he is the murderer of JonBenet Ramsey. I still believe that hits a little closer to home. I think that the BDA announcing this arrest with little evidence is a good thing. At least it puts the case in the spot light again, and the pressure back on the DA to git er done.


16 posted on 08/20/2006 12:50:23 PM PDT by LilyBean
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To: maggief

He's loving every minute of this!


17 posted on 08/20/2006 12:52:24 PM PDT by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)
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To: mystery-ak

He certainly is. Who did his makeup?


18 posted on 08/20/2006 12:56:53 PM PDT by maggief
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Who did his makeup?




Shep....hehehe


19 posted on 08/20/2006 12:57:42 PM PDT by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)
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LOL ... that does look like mascara.


20 posted on 08/20/2006 12:59:13 PM PDT by maggief
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