I'm still skeptical. Maybe this guy did it, but maybe he gave a confession to a well-known U.S. crime just to get extradited out of Thailand. I imagine if you are convicted of a sex crime in Thailand, you don't get dinner and a movie.
If his confession included details that only the real killer could have known, then the D.A. has something solid.
I realize none of us has access to the investigation, and we only know what was made available to the public, but I have always been puzzled by the ransom note. If I remember correctly, it was a multi-page, hand-printed note, written with materials found in the house, along with some type of "practice note."
Would even a crazy kidnapper/murderer take the time to handwrite a ransom note in the victim's own house, with the other family members asleep inside? If kidnapping was the original plan, wouldn't the suspect bring a prepared note, not in his own handwriting?
And if ransom was a real motive, or even if the note was to temporarily throw the police off track, why leave the body behind?
It seems that even a panicking murderer/rapist wouldn't leave both a body and a rambling hand-written note.
Oh well, maybe I'm wrong. If this suspect murdered the 5-yr old girl, I hope his confession is admissible, and I hope he is convicted.
"If his confession included details that only the real killer could have known, then the D.A. has something solid."
Maybe he can get famous DNA expert lawyer Barry Scheck, to discredit the DNA evidence?
I'll betcha.