I'm waiting for an explanation of how he happened to know the exact amount of the bonus that John Ramsey had just received or was about to receive. The claim that he was trying to kidnap her for ransom doesn't make much sense, what with all his blather about being in love with her, unless his plan was to get the money and keep her -- but if that was the plan, why didn't he get her out of the house fast?
I agree, there's a very real possibility that this guy didn't do it, and is just fantasizing that he did. His ex-wife climing he was with her in Alabama at the time lends support to that theory. What would her motivation be for protecting him and putting herself at serious legal risk? It doesn't sound like this guy has been sending home fat alimony or child support checks. As for how he could have come upon information about the crime that was never made public, given the places he hangs out, and the intense "research" he'd been conducting for years with various people who were interested in the case, I wouldn't be surprised if he got the info from the real killer (with or without realizing that his source was in fact the real killer).
I can think of three possibilities about the ex's alibi for him (besides that it's true).
Maybe she knew something and failed to report it. Maybe she is legally culpable for not doing something when she had an obligation to, and she doesn't want him convicted of something she could be ensnared in.
Maybe she doesn't want the father of her 3 sons to wind up a convicted child murderer and be executed.
Maybe she has confused a date or something in her memory. How do we know she doesn't have a poor memory or maybe mental difficulties and is confused.
I don't know.
Have to wait and see.
It is entirely possible, though, that this whole confession thing is an act and a crock.
JonBenet could have told him about the 118k and he just took it from there............
That's another question I'm asking myself. Where did he get the money to be such a world traveler? His employment history doesn't suggest he was making much money and I doubt he was sending anything in child support. Who was footing the bill for visits to Europe and the Far East?