What do you mean by the "Alabama angle"?
I've held off posting this resume for "John Karr" (except to M4Ks) but I think this is our guy. Note, I could be wrong. But these articles show that he left the country in 2001.
http://www.job4teacher.com/Candidates/JohnKarr.html
I was concerned why he wouldn't list the places in the USA at which he taught. Maybe he was hiding.
Pretty sure, but not positive. A lot of interesting connections on this resume from and East Asian site.