Allright, everybody, I want you to sit back and hear something and tell me what you think about this Karr fellow and this Ramsey case because this has my skin crawling:
1. In the autumn of 2002, I was an English teacher in Paris, France, and used to go to Sunday parties at a bookshop called Shakespeare and Co. One day, I was sitting down and heard this fellow with a Southern accent (Karr had a southern accent) talking about how he had just gotten back from a short sting teaching English in South Korea (Karr mentioned time in South Korea), and I struck up a conversation with him because I had once taught EFL in South Korea, and this fellow introduced himself to me and had the same name as the suspect except he spelled the last name with a different letter, but anyway, this fellow, who bears a resemblance to the guy in the photographs (short, thinning hair, sometimes wears glasses, but is a lot thinner than the fellow I met in 2002 -buy, hey, anyone can lose weight) started chatting with me. I learned the following: he was from Atlanta (like Karr), loved working with children (like Karr), had worked as an au pair in the Netherlands (as Karr did and which is very, very unusual for a man), was born in 1964 (like Karr), did carpentry (like Karr, who restored Victorian-era mansions) and was in Paris (as Karr claimed on his CV)...now is that coincidental enough?
Anyway, I spoke with this guy for a bit and he seemed to be pleasant enough, but I just found him odd as most men are not involved so closely with young children and why a guy who was 38 at the time didn't seem to have his life more together (I mean, living in a bookshop, not having a work visa, etc. is a bit sad at 38). Anyway, a few weeks later, I went back to Shakespeare and Company and saw him again. I asked him what he had been doing, and he told me that he had gone to Istanbul and sought a teaching job, but that it hadn't worked out, so he was back in Paris and running out of money (now, another coincidence: Karr mentioned time in Istanbul on his CV). I never saw him again and once in a while, whenever I wondered about people who had not gone very far with their lives, I thought about him, and now I read this and wonder: is it the same guy? The only differences are that this guy is thinner and spells his name with a "K."
2. Just to let you know, I eventually came back to the United States and went back to university and got certified as a high school Spanish teacher, but I work full-time for a university as an administrator, where I am very happy. I can tell you that EFL/ESL teaching, unfortunately, has attracted a lot of freaks and disreputables, especially in Asia, and I am glad that that part of my life is over. What puzzled me about this guy that I met in Paris was that if he loved working with children so much, why wasn't he a primary school teacher in the U.S., who just spent his summers in Paris. That would have been logical, unless there had been something preventing him from teaching young kids, such as a revoked certificate (as Karr had in 2001).
Anyway, if you have any thoughts on what I have just posted, I would appreciate them. Thanks.
P.M.
It's a small world, isn't it? Sounds like you met him because the similarities are too coincidental to be explained, imo.
First thought - notify authorites, the timeline might be important.
It may or may not have been him, but if it was, it could help trace his steps.
Sounds like the same guy...I suggest you contact Boulder PD...you may have info they need...
Yeah, I think you should contact the authorities. Doesn't look like you can add too much to the case, but like someone else said it can help investigators with timelines, etc for this fellow.
Definitely contact the authorities. (Make sure you get someone who will listen.) Even if this guy didn't kill JonBenet, he is still wanted for skipping out over the child porn issue, so he needs to be brought to justice. Your information could help them build a timeline that does just that.