Shocked dad had thought son was dead (JonBenet Ramsey case)

Denver Post ^ | 8/17/06 | Kirk Mitchell

[freespirited]

"I thought someone had killed him," Wexford Karr said Wednesday afternoon while sobbing during a telephone interview from his home in Atlanta. "This is such a surprise that he is alive."

The father thought someone had killed his son, but never did anything to find out who and bring that individual to justice?

This is either a story contrived for the moment or the strangest family I have read about in a long time.

[kellynla]

According to Karr's ex-wife, brother & family members;
Karr spent Christmas '96 with them.
Either these guys have their Christmas holidays mixed up or Karr is one hellofa magician! surfin' the channels, CNN is interviewing Karr's ex next...

[Rte66]

Karr had disappeared on purpose.

[RegulatorCountry]

Well, the son is certainly a dead ringer for Norman Bates, in one of the photos up on Drudge.

[RoseofTexas]

"The divorce prohibited John Karr from seeing his three sons."

She's lucky they were boys and not little girls!

[ishabibble]

Good ole' Wexford thought his son was dead, and never bothered to find out the truth? Where was his son's body? How about a funeral for this beloved son?
Wexford doesn't have anything to say about his boy being a pedophile and possible murderer, but does blame 6 yr. old JonBenet for "destroyed my life as an old man". Geez, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Brother Nate is out defending his globe trotting pedophile brother. The ex-wife is providing an alibi. What an absolutely lovely bunch of people...such a nice family.

[Fitzcarraldo]

I wonder if all these stories and supposed confessions are not a ploy to prejudice the case.

He needs to be in custody in the US immediately and a gag order instituted.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

This whole story is weird . . . no doubt, somewhere over on the DU they're probably saying that Karl Rove is the real killer.

[ErnBatavia]

If any of that "research" stuff, and his obsession with the case, is true then there's at least a good chance they guy's just a whacko confessor - and he gets a bonus by getting out of the Thai jail system.

[linear]

I agree this is too weird. There is some other aspect to this case that we will learn soon, no doubt.

[Walkingfeather]

Cripes this guy is a train wreck. This guy moved to petaluma for a job in san Francisco teaching at a girls school? Petaluma where Polly Klass was murdered. I wonder if this guy is so obsessed with this case and researched it so much that he is just taking credit for the killing and can provide details most wouldn't know unless they had done extensive research.

Either way this piece of human debris needs killing fast!

[Brett66]

"He is just an exemplary son,"

Except for the murderous pedophilia part I guess.........

[pillut48]

Yeah, lots of weird stuff with this family and this creepoid.

Yesterday I heard a report that his family said he couldn't have done it because he spent that Christmas with them (can't remember what state)--then today on Mike Gallagher's show he said the guy's ex-wife is saying he stayed with HER and their 3 kids that Christmas in North Carolina, I believe (different state than what was mentioned by the guy's family)--Greta's gonna have a ton of stuff to discuss about this case until this time next year if this keeps up!

[trumandogz]

He is guilty of being a complete whack job and a creep. I am not all that sure he killed JBR.

[Neenah]

Curious to see if this news conference reveals that the DNA matches ! I doubt they will say that. There is no way he was any way near that house.

Now we get to have the "WHO CAN BREAK THE NEWS FASTER, OR GET THE EX WIFE ON THE SET." grrr

Get the "DIRTY LAUNDRY" song out.

[Jedidah]

"Brother Nate is out defending his globe trotting pedophile brother. The ex-wife is providing an alibi. What an absolutely lovely bunch of people...such a nice family."

On the other hand, they could be fine folks with a creep in their midst. Most families have a black sheep. Don't rush to judgement, particularly on an old man who is already grieving.

Karr might just be a lying pervert who wants notoriety for something he didn't do. Authorities could hardly check out his alibi with family prior to an arrest, for fear of alerting the suspect.

Let's see how this plays out. DNA will probably tell the tale.

[thegreatbeast]

I think this guy is a wannabe. His ex-wife says she can alibi him for the time of the murder of the child. This guy is shaping up as a howling at the moon nut.

[naturalized]

Not if you were the boys.

[Prokopton]

"he gets a bonus by getting out of the Thai jail system."

He wasn't in the Thai jail system.

[texas_mrs]

Most families have a black sheep.

Now THAT is fodder for a another very long thread!