My thoughts:
The guy got busted in Thailand on some sex crime. He did not want to spend the rest of his life in some Thai prison so he copped to this. I'm not saying he didn't do it but I think he chose prison in the U.S. over prison in Thailand.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Here it goes again. He was busted and in prison in Thailand because of a CALIFORNIA crime and at the request of US authorities. He is not charged with a crime in Thailand. Jeeez...
Maybe he has a terminal disease and wanted to confess because he know he won't live to see conviction. Just a thought. (pure speculation)
Misinformation. The charge was child porn, and it was a California warrant. The Thais held him for extradition to the US, at which time he confessed.
At the press conference they said that he tried to sign up for a job in a school district in Thailand just a few days ago. He hasn't been sitting in a prison in Thailand for any long length of time.
From all I've read - he was picked up in Thailand at the request of the US - He was not facing jail in Thailand
His resume - http://www.job4teacher.com/Candidates/JohnKarr.html - states that he was involved in the computer business until 1996 as was John Ramsey
As creepy as he is, I fear that he's just a wack job - Well, the DNA will tell.
This "cesspect" traveled a LOT around the world and that takes M-O-N-E-Y. Where did he get the money? No doubt his porn arrest involved a lot more people and is a lot larger and more widespead than meets the eye....sick, sick deviants.
I thought the same thing, especially when I read that his ex-wife's comments busts up his story a bit.