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Suspect Confesses To JonBenet Ramsey Murder Thai Official Says
MSNBC ^ | 8-17-2006 | MSNCB

Posted on 08/16/2006 11:53:09 PM PDT by Lurker

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai police said Thursday that a 41-year-old American man has admitted to the killing a decade ago of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey in the United States.

Lt. Gen. Suwat Tumrongsiskul, head of Thailand's immigration police, told The Associated Press that John Mark Karr confessed to the killing after his arrest Wednesday at a downtown Bangkok apartment.

"He told police while under arrest that he did kill the girl but so far he has not pleaded guilty in writing. This is needed as official evidence," Suwat said.

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To: PhiKapMom
Greta is going to do her level best to have the brother, Nate.. on again this evening..We know more about his brother's past and whereabouts than loving brother Nate does..Unbelievable.

sw

301 posted on 08/17/2006 7:18:51 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: PhiKapMom

Yeah. He's kind of scattered. I don't think he ever paid a lot of attention to what John did, especially if it's true there had been other sex crimes "throughout the South." He may have known about them or may not have.

They're obviously not close, though, because there's 7 years age difference and John went to live in AL with their grandparents when he was 12 (Nate would've been 5). I just don't think they interact a whole lot. Now or previously.

Whichever place they spent their Christmas holidays, it was a family gathering, either at the grandparents' in Hamilton, AL, where Lara and John lived at the time, or in Atlanta, with the father, Wexford, and Nathaniel and whatever family he might have.

I think there are other siblings, from what I've seen in my research, but will wait until someone brings them up. To my mind, it's six of one, half a dozen of the other - they're both remembering a family holiday in '96. I saw another later brief clip from Lara saying it could've been either, AL or ATL.


302 posted on 08/17/2006 7:19:27 AM PDT by Rte66
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To: spectre

It is totally unbelieveable and I would still like to know why he went to live with the grandparents when he was younger.


303 posted on 08/17/2006 7:24:40 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: Rte66

This whole deal is creepy. I read full account on AOL when I logged on this morning. The 'nice guy' theme of the interview with the brother didn't play well with me last night.

Could he have been the college student in Boulder?

May have figured out the amount of ranson requested when I looked at my own desk this morning. Anyone coming into my home could tell a lot about financial dealings by looking at my desk which is now nice and clean since I filed the paperwork this morning before logging on. If the perp got the paper from the desk of John Ramsey, the amount of bonus could have been lying right there on top of paperwork. Thought entered my mind when I saw the top part of a check for a refund from the escrow account lying right on top of everything with the amount as clear as could be.


304 posted on 08/17/2006 7:29:15 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: PhiKapMom

Presser coming up at noon eastern....


305 posted on 08/17/2006 7:30:17 AM PDT by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)
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To: PhiKapMom
Dunno why he went to live with his Grandparents?

But there's just something weird about the way he is appearing on the videos. No emotion.

Course, BTK killer was cool, calm and collected as well.

Boulder Police Dept. had BETTER have concrete evidence and tell the public just that TODAY, before we all talk ourselves out of his guilt..

sw

306 posted on 08/17/2006 7:31:37 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: Rte66

He disappeared after being charged with possession of child pornography. I believe he was convicted in abstentia, not sure though.


307 posted on 08/17/2006 7:31:51 AM PDT by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: mystery-ak

That means 11 CST! I am more than ready to hear the details although if true the article on AOL this morning had a lot of them.


308 posted on 08/17/2006 7:34:05 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: spectre

No kidding! I watched the Nancy Grace show without her last night after logging off. If I had known years ago that the FBI profiler was convinced that it wasn't the Ramsey's, I would have been even more livid at the Boulder cops. When I heard him last night describe in detail how he first came out to the case prepared to break the case with a confession from the Ramsey's and within five days became convinced they couldn't have done the crime, I knew the cops had blown the case years ago. The new DA had him come back and present everything to her and that is when this case seem to come back to life.


309 posted on 08/17/2006 7:38:33 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: Mean Maryjean

The "sleeze" took the case ONLY because it was a "double murder" and would become a precedence. That's bigtime ego for attorneys.


310 posted on 08/17/2006 7:44:47 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: prairie dog

Holy cow. I thought the same thing. I guess that dates me.


311 posted on 08/17/2006 7:51:42 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: spectre

Suspect told his father in 2001 that he was being held in the murder of JBR:

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_4192717?source=rss


312 posted on 08/17/2006 7:52:00 AM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: PhiKapMom

< His brother said that he was in Georgia at that Christmas which already makes the stories different. >

I listened to the brother's interview on Greta's show. The guy makes a poor witness for his brother. He wasn't sure of anything and Greta seemed to surprise him with some of the info she had. It sounded like a family who had "lost touch".


313 posted on 08/17/2006 7:53:33 AM PDT by GOP_Proud (The price of gas is proportional to how badly I need a fill-up.)
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To: GOP_Proud

I agree with your take -- couldn't believe it when he said that he didn't know if his brother was married or not.


314 posted on 08/17/2006 8:02:13 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: BunnySlippers

That was the article I saw on AOL this morning. Why did the father think his son was dead would be a question I would like to ask.


315 posted on 08/17/2006 8:04:33 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: Paulus

Really, I thought he looks like the love child of David Byrne (lead singer of Talking Heads) and Lee Harvey Oswald. Throw in a little looks of Peter Weller while you are at it.


316 posted on 08/17/2006 8:05:39 AM PDT by billygoatgruff
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To: BunnySlippers
Good article..

The entire family comes across as dysfunctional..and I'm not sure that John Karr isn't delusional.

"If the DNA don't fit..they must acquit". JMHO.

sw

317 posted on 08/17/2006 8:09:44 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: billygoatgruff

That is it! You nailed it.


318 posted on 08/17/2006 8:27:40 AM PDT by Paulus
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To: Lurker

Something smells here. I don't think this guy had anything to do with this murder.


319 posted on 08/17/2006 8:47:18 AM PDT by thegreatbeast
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To: Rte66

He would be the first criminal who used a relative's names as an alias.


320 posted on 08/17/2006 8:58:41 AM PDT by Valpal1 (Big Media is like Barney Fife with a gun.)
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