Very interesting. Well, do we buy him a champagne flight back to Thailand?
Great. He gets picked up over there for suspicion of abuse (was that the charge?), confesses to JBR's murder so the US Gov't pulls strings and treats him to a free flight back. The DA realizes they've been conned and drops charges, send to to California where now they'll end up freeing him among the populace (and children!) yet again.
Not the finest hour for America.
Authorities seized the computer from Karr's home in 2001 and copied the entire hard drive onto paper, including the five illicit images, said Sheriff's Department Lt. Dave Edmonds.
How do you "copy the entire hard drive onto paper"?
The chain of custody for the evidence is broken. He'll walk.
"Misplaced" meaning the computer is now in some cop's home.
If nothing else a team of drs should determine if its safe to let this pervert walk the streets. Maybe somehow he can be committed to a mental hospital. He certainly should not be allowed near children and he has delusions. It isnt safe to have him out there fantasing about little girls and dead little girls at that. Who knows if he will try to make his diviant fantasies come true on some other innocent child.
If Kreepy Karr has an attorney even marginally competent, they move for dismissal of all charges based upon the broken evidence chain, they ask for a court order compelling the sheriff's department to either produce the computer that was seized or *compensate* Karr for the loss of his personal property.
Odds are 2 out of 3 the defense gets everything they ask for, and we'll be treated to Karr popping up on all the talk shows plus "Entertainment Tonight".
Sounds like the California case is falling apart about as badly as the Colorado case did.
And after that fiasco with the Duke LaCrosse players, we apparently need to start reigning in 'overly aggressive' DA's and holding them liable for their actions.
But of course, that computer is long gone. borrowed??????
The feds have his laptop from Thailand that they are going through. Federal charges may be pending depending on what and if they found anything on his Thailand laptop. The problem is the Feds probably figured he would be tied up for sometime in California with the 5 child porn charges and that they would have more time to investigate what they may find on his Thailand laptop. (What is on his Thai laptop might lead them to children that Karr has molested overseas or photos of child porn victims that he may have actually photographed.)
Anything they find on his Thailand laptop would fall under the federal PROTECT Act. (google it if you don't know what it is)
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