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Jonbenet Ramsey Murder Suspect Remembered In Hometown For Flashy Car, Marriages To Teens
WSFA-TV Montgomery, AL ^ | 17 Aug 2006 | Alabama AP

Posted on 08/17/2006 6:02:44 PM PDT by commish

The man who claimed he killed JonBenet Ramsey was known in his Alabama hometown for his flashy red sports car. But he was also dogged by questions about his marriages to teenage girls and behavior in elementary classrooms where he worked as a substitute teacher.

John Karr, who lived in northwest Alabama from his preteen years until after the brutal slaying in Colorado, stood out in this rural town both for his gull-winged red DeLorean and his intelligence. Marion County School Superintendent Bravell Jackson, says people couldn't help but like him. Jackson taught Karr and later had to fire him as a substitute teacher amid parent complaints.

Sandra Ford, a retired fifth-grade teacher at Kilby School in Florence supervised Karr's internship, says she was concerned by the way he related to female students. Karr's marriages to teen girls also generated talk in the area. Court records show a 14-year-old girl sought an annulment of their "ceremonial marriage" in 1985. She claimed she feared for her life when she agreed to wed him in 1984, when she was just 13 and he was 19. Karr admitted she was a minor, but denied she was 13.

A judge granted the annulment. Karr later married Lara Karr, who was 16 when their twin daughters died the day they were born on September 1st, 1989. The girls, Angel and Innocence Karr, are buried in the cemetery of a rural church in a family plot. Former Sheriff A-C Tice says the twins were born at home. Probate Judge Annette Bozeman says Karr apparently delivered his children.

Courtesy: Alabama Associated Press


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: freak; johnmarkkarr; jonbenet; karr; murder; pedophile; pervert; ramsey; scum; sicko; thailand
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To: mom4kittys

He told his father he was detained for involvement in the JonBenet case, not for child porn. That was the last he heard of him.


41 posted on 08/17/2006 6:37:10 PM PDT by Shermy (A louder mime)
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To: MinuteGal

FYI

Sandra Ford, a retired fifth-grade teacher at Kilby School in Florence supervised Karr's internship, says she was concerned by the way he related to female students. Karr's marriages to teen girls also generated talk in the area. Court records show a 14-year-old girl sought an annulment of their "ceremonial marriage" in 1985. She claimed she feared for her life when she agreed to wed him in 1984, when she was just 13 and he was 19. Karr admitted she was a minor, but denied she was 13.


A judge granted the annulment. Karr later married Lara Karr, who was 16 when their twin daughters died the day they were born on September 1st, 1989. The girls, Angel and Innocence Karr, are buried in the cemetery of a rural church in a family plot. Former Sheriff A-C Tice says the twins were born at home. Probate Judge Annette Bozeman says Karr apparently delivered his children.


42 posted on 08/17/2006 6:38:11 PM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: Ruddles

I haven't read anything by Harry Crews. I see Karr as more of a William Faulkner or Tennessee Williams character.


43 posted on 08/17/2006 6:38:42 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: nonliberal

Erkel?


44 posted on 08/17/2006 6:43:24 PM PDT by Concho (IRS--Americas real terrorist organization.)
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To: Cecily

Yep, Crews is probably not Gothic. Before I heard about the Delorean, I caught his father's first name as something like Wexford, and thought rich kid and sure enough...


45 posted on 08/17/2006 6:43:50 PM PDT by Ruddles
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To: CaliGangsta

there is no record of powerwurks.com in archive.org


46 posted on 08/17/2006 6:44:01 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Roger_Isom
He better hurry and pose for a David Bowie album.


47 posted on 08/17/2006 6:44:31 PM PDT by jdm (I gotta give the Helen Thomas obsession a rest.)
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To: Fred Nerks
Chilling.

Extremely.

48 posted on 08/17/2006 6:49:27 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (The new axis of evil: The UN, the terrorists, and the American Democratic party.)
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To: nonliberal
Image hosted by Photobucket.com i'd guess the poilice took his belt...
49 posted on 08/17/2006 7:04:17 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: commish

Who would own a Delorean? Ugly car any color!That piss stained steel looked like crap. Like driving around in a commercial kitchen.


50 posted on 08/17/2006 7:05:25 PM PDT by Boazo (From the mind of BOAZO)
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To: commish

Interesting article, hadn't heard some of this before now.


51 posted on 08/17/2006 7:05:55 PM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: commish

To me the biggest gut-level warning sign that he is lying about the Ramsey case is his breathless claim to have "loved JonBenet". That implies an obsession with her public image like a deranged fan, not what I would expect to hear from a calculating child rapist and murderer who has for ten years evaded capture for the most famous child murder since Lindbergh's baby. This guy was not a drifting transient - place him in Colorado in December 1996, which should be easy to do - and then I'll take it more seriously.


52 posted on 08/17/2006 7:14:08 PM PDT by PC99
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To: commish

This guy married two teenage girls? What were their parents thinking?


53 posted on 08/17/2006 7:14:24 PM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: shiva
His clothes hang on him, he d/n seem to have much muscle mass left in his body, therefore, his head looks too big for his body. Something physically seems wrong with this guy. My first thought was the one you stated.
54 posted on 08/17/2006 7:15:24 PM PDT by Tarheel (Good fences make good neighbors--R. Frost)
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To: commish

I note an absence of criticism on FR of the parents who dressed the child up like a whore.


55 posted on 08/17/2006 7:16:01 PM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: commish

Karr's resume submitted to Job4Teacher.com reads like a master teacher, which according to substitute teacher of 17 years (tonight on CNN), she claims that he was not. The resume might give some clues as to when he was at certain locations.


56 posted on 08/17/2006 7:17:27 PM PDT by Carolinamom (This is no time to go wobbly. - Lady Margaret Thatcher)
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57 posted on 08/17/2006 7:20:19 PM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: commish

This story just gets crazier! Where were the parents of these girls, is my first question. My second question is arent' (weren't?) Deloreons incredibly expensive? Where would a school teacher get the money to buy one?


58 posted on 08/17/2006 7:20:19 PM PDT by jocon307 (The Silent Majority - silent no longer)
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To: nonliberal

"Who would button all three buttons on a polo shirt?"

My brother, God help him.


59 posted on 08/17/2006 7:21:08 PM PDT by jocon307 (The Silent Majority - silent no longer)
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To: jocon307
LOL..show your dear brother this thread..It might get the desired result :)

sw

60 posted on 08/17/2006 7:25:21 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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