Posted on 08/16/2006 2:44:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
BOULDER, Colo. - A man suspected in the slaying of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey nearly a decade ago was arrested Wednesday in Thailand, the district attorney said.
District Attorney Mary Lacey said the arrest followed several months of work. She disclosed no details about the suspect before a news conference scheduled for Thursday.
Federal officials familiar with the case, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the man was already being held in Bangkok on unrelated sex charges. CBS reported that the suspect, a 41-year-old second-grade teacher, will be brought back to the United States this weekend.
Ramsey family attorney Lin Wood said in Atlanta that he has been told that the suspect once lived in Conyers, Ga., outside of Atlanta. He would not comment on whether the Ramseys knew him, and he said he knew nothing else about the man.
Lin said the Ramseys learned about the suspect a least a month before JonBenet's mother, Patsy Ramsey, died in June.
"It's been a very long 10 years, and I'm just sorry Patsy isn't here for me to hug her neck," Wood said.
The girl was found beaten and strangled in the basement of the family's home in Boulder on Dec. 26, 1996.
absolutely ! the Thai police put the bag over the head first thing . They usually hear what they need to know in less than 20 minutes.
JAT but maybe it would be better for him to pay for his crime there first before coming here for a long, drawn out trial.
I would say that John and Patsy Ramsey are definitely involved in the murder of their six year old daughter. May they be an example to other parents who want to capitalize on suggestively parading their innocent offspring before the world, which is full of depravity to the max.
best to leave him to rot over there , perfect justice.....
I was wondering if he was wandering about bragging about the crime. Sounds like it.
Expect Fox News ratings to go through the roof again!
ABC reported that the DNA is a match.
We'll then bring out the rope. This scum needs a hangin.
According to one of the articles, the guy has confessed to some things that the public wasn't aware.
I expect that he looked at what was going to happen there and decided his chances for a healthier life style would be better here. JMO.
That seals it. The DNA matched. That man deserve to die for his crimes.
If the started talking to the police about the details only the muderer knows then they have caught their man.
Wow!
I have said for a long time I didn't believe the parents killed Jon Benet. The usual "blame the parents" crowd spent the last decade demonizing the parents and insisting Patsy Ramsey was a psycho who flew into violent rages when her daughter wet the bed and John Ramsey was a "pedophile" and molester, all of this being hyped without ONE shread of evidence pointing to the Ramsey's. The knee-jerk hysteria was amazing, even on FR people were still cursing Patsy Ramsey the day she died.
Can you imagine how John Ramsey must feel when his youngest daughter was brutally killed and instead of a public outcry of support, everyone turned against him and berated him as a murderer and molester without any evidence. It's the precise opposite of the OJ case, you have everyone convinced he's gulity when a mountain of evidence including the DNA samples, fingerprints, handwriting sample, lie-detector test, etc. did NOT match and did NOT point to anyone in the family.
It's a amazing John Ramsey wasn't suicidal in these circumstances.
The knee-jerks do indeed owe the family a heartfelt apology if this guy is proven the killer, though I doubt they will ever get it.
Even people are STILL quick to make assumpitions, throwing about the "pedophile" word with a suspect in custody in Thailand, again, without knowing any of the evidence. Most criminal profiles will tell you the vast majority of child killers and sadistic tortures are NOT pedophiles.
To the knee-jerks who went on a witch hunt against the Ramsey family, you ought to be ashamed. Next time, try finding actual EVIDENCE before you brand someone a sadist killer and a rapist.
Too bad Patsy died before this man was arrested. The Ramsey's suffered a lot of humiliation and criticism that now we find was not warranted. RIP Patsy and Jonbenet
Especially the son.
The parents - at least the mother - paraded her child dressed up as a sexy little tart, making her a target for the perps out there. The dad apparently never said to stop. There is still some blame to be had for that.
Before you rev up the power tools please squeeze a full confession out of him because this is actually one true crime book I'd like to read.
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