Posted on 08/19/2006 3:43:31 PM PDT by Shermy
The American suspected of killing a six-year-old beauty queen will be deported to the United States this evening.
Amid mounting doubts as to whether John Karr, now 41, really murdered JonBenet Ramsey a decade ago, Lt-General Suwat Thamrongsisakul, commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, said yesterday that an air ticket for Karr's departure was ready.
The suspect will be transferred from the detention centre at the bureau's head office to Bangkok International Airport at 3pm, he said.
Karr's Thai visa was reportedly cancelled.
Officials have said the schoolteacher would be flown to Boulder, Colorado, where he will face charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and child sexual assault.
A Thai Airways official said Karr was booked on TG794 bound for Los Angeles and would be accompanied by US security officers.
Suwat said a special detail might be provided because Karr was involved in a high-profile criminal case and an army of reporters were likely to follow
his move from Suan Plu to the airport.
A US Embassy source could not confirm Karr's departure date and said authorities were working through legal paperwork to expedite his expulsion. After three days in custody, Karr's mental status was still good, Suwat said.
Two police had been assigned to guard him. Yesterday he was served food from KFC as he requested.
Karr earlier told reporters he was alone with JonBenet when she died in the basement of her Boulder, Colorado home on December 26, 1996, but that her death was an accident.
"I am so very sorry for what happened to JonBenet," Karr said on Thursday as police took him to his hotel to collect his belongings following his arrest.
"It's very important for me that everyone knows that I love her very much, that her death was unintentional, that it was an accident."
US officials, the only ones who have actually interrogated Karr, have been silent about what he told them, citing his right to privacy and legal procedures, while Thai officials have been characteristically casual about giving out information about the case, rarely qualifying its reliability.
But police statements have raised questions about whether Karr is the killer or merely someone obsessed with the murder, one of the most notorious unsolved killings of the past decade in the United States.
On Friday, Suwat backed off of certain details he had given of Karr's story - details that had cast suspicion on his confession.
Suwat had initially quoted Karr as saying he had sexually assaulted the girl and given
her drugs, even though the autopsy showed no drugs in the girl's body.
He also told reporters before a news conference that Karr had claimed to have picked up JonBenet at her school, though her death came during the holiday break.
On Friday, Suwat confirmed his account of the sexual assault but revised the parts about Karr giving the girl drugs and fetching her from school.
"It may have been drugs, or it may have been something else because [Karr said] it [the encounter] was a blur, blur," Suwat said.
Also the statement about the girl being picked up from school was based on a documentary he had seen and not the interrogation, he said. Questions have also arisen over whether Karr was in Colorado at the time of the murder.
But access to Karr has been barred.
A sign was posted on Friday at the gate of the immigration centre lockup where he is being held, saying Karr would not be allowed visitors.
The sign directed those seeking to interview him to contact the US Embassy directly.
Denver attorney Larry Pozner, past president of the National Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers, said there were "serious questions" about the case.
"I hope we have found the murderer of JonBenet, but I have not heard the evidence that compels that conclusion," he said.
JMK served KFC ping.
Please tell me we didn't fly in at taxpayer expense a bucket of extra crispy for this mutt.
I'm sure there are KFCs in Thailand.
My question is if the perv ordered thighs or breasts.
On the other hand the US people are not talking. And apprently his exwife is not talking either. She said he was with the family on Christmas. But then she said she could not remember for certain. She just didn't remember him being away.
Then She said they did not have the money for him to fly to Colorado. But what bothers me is where did he get all his money. He was a part time teacher. That pays peanuts. Yet he owned a DeLorean. And that is a ton of money car. Who paid for it?
And he apparently traveled all over the world. Where did he get the money for the air fairs? He was fired from nearly every job shortly after he got it.
There has to be a source of money.
I guess all we can do is wait until he is indicted. Perhaps the indictment will be made public. That should tell us something.
This story says he will be indicted. How can they know that to be the case? There are a lot more questions than answers. But I would say this... this district attorney had best get it right. Or her future is in the past.
If I were the wife I'd be hiding out from the media. He was a used car tradesman in Alabama so he probably picked it up that way.
You have asked the most intriguing questions I have seen. Very interesting indeed.
There are KFC's in Bangkok. We had the misfortune of eating at one in the airport there.
I hope its 24/7 and a suicide watch
It would horrible to have him commit suicide before there is a chance to confirm or deny conclusive DNA
They did do a DNA swap in Thailand but it takes time for it to be processed plus I am sure that they want several labs to perform the test to be conclusive
where did a high school kid get a DeLorean? The family has to have money, maybe he's beneficiary of a trust.
Why hasn't he offered that proof?
LadyInRed... Thanks for the kind words.
Did Karr leave finger prints in the house were Jon Benet was killed? It does not take time to check finger prints.
I think the DA has more than a confession. Why hasn't any of the media asked about finger prints? All they talk about is DNA. Why? I think the DA just keeps talking about the DNA having to match to be a sure thing.. and the reporters forget all about finger prints.
We have to rememeber that few journalists have an I.Q. greater than 100.
But they never would have gone through this if they didn't think they had their man.....and enough to prosecute him.
The big problem is the guy is all over the place....with no money...with no friends....He's not an ordinary "creature of habit" like most of us.
Thighs......He was in THigh-land.
I read through other resumes posted at job4teacher.com and saw a common thread...that candidates skip from job to job after a year.
I also read a sample contract and learned that the employers commonly supply living quarters in addition to salary and reimburse the hired teacher for his travel expenses after 3 months on the job. The employed teacher is responsible for paying his phone bill and supplying his food. So, this is how Karr and others like him (?) travel from country to country
10 posted on 08/19/2006 8:28:32 PM EDT by lysie
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Tator, I've been asking that question for three days and haven't got a reasonable reply yet. Lots of speculation about selling sexual activities. How could he afford to go to college with three small children to support? Plus a wife that got married at sixteen. (Doubt if she graduated...pregnant and barefoot!)
If he had sent someone a letter, wouldn't there be dna on the stamp or from licking the envelope.
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