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ABOARD THAI AIRWAYS TO LOS ANGELES - John Mark Karr, the suspect in the death of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, sipped champagne and ate fried king prawns in business class Sunday after being put aboard a flight to Los Angeles to face charges in the United States. As Karr wined and dined in style and chatted with the three U.S. officials escorting him, another bombshell emerged: Reports that Karr sought treatment at a Thai sex-change clinic. His Thai Airways International flight took off about 8 p.m. (9 a.m. EDT) for the 15-hour flight to Los Angeles. Karr's journey will eventually end...

The American suspected of killing a six-year-old beauty queen will be deported to the United States this evening. Amid mounting doubts as to whether John Karr, now 41, really murdered JonBenet Ramsey a decade ago, Lt-General Suwat Thamrongsisakul, commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, said yesterday that an air ticket for Karr's departure was ready. The suspect will be transferred from the detention centre at the bureau's head office to Bangkok International Airport at 3pm, he said. Karr's Thai visa was reportedly cancelled. Officials have said the schoolteacher would be flown to Boulder, Colorado, where he will face charges of first-degree...