Posted on 08/20/2006 6:17:00 PM PDT by Halls
Nearly a decade since her brutal murder in the basement of her parents home, the JonBenet Ramsey case was once again thrust into the public eye last week, when authorities arrested John M. Karr for the murder of the six-year-old girl. Since his arrest, Karr has confessed to the murder of Ramsey, although the validity of his confession is being questioned by those investigating the case due to inaccuracies in his testimony.
Local handwriting expert Don Lehew, of Mt. Selman, has obtained several samples of John M. Karrs handwriting, as well as, a copy of the Ramsey ransom note, and according to his analysis, they are all written by the same person. Lehew compared the ransom note to an old yearbook entry by Karr and an employment application Karr filled out when applying for a teaching job.
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He's sarcastic Don't try to grow a brain John....and that attitude shows up in the yearbook in (unlike your loving sister).
Then there's the words themselves....Talking about bad things that happened, Karr writes: "Blurred by my own eyes" in the yearbook.
Suwart said the suspect described the encounter as "a blur". That's a very unusual word to describe a murder scene.
Bet "blur" is a favorite word of his just like he uses exclamations much more freely than most of us would.
Wonder what the odds are on a LONG, carefully punctuated ransom note with a lot of exclamation points and "Victory" at the end.
His booking info in LA says 5'7" and weight 140. Hey, he crushed his beer can in his hand on the plane last night, lol.
Here's the jail info - put in his name to pull up the info:
http://app4.lasd.org/iic/ajis_search.cfm
Also, here are the links to all the recent FR threads on JonBenet and Karr:
JonBenet Ramsey Murder Case Suspect
FR Thread Roundup
Free Republic ^ | August 16-21, 2006
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1686829/posts?page=2#2
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1686829/posts?page=460#460
Good observations.
So John wasn't just a school teacher - he was a salesman at the company whose Christmas party you went to?
Maybe I should read back, if you have already explained this. Thanks for the insight.
No, he wasn't a salesman for our company, Lara was the company employee. I meant he was selling himself to Michelle.
Working only from memory, which often fails me, I believe it is a bowline knot, with some extra twists.
The knot expert who consulted with the BPD was named Van Tassel and I don't think I ever saw his analysis. It may be sealed or may have been inconclusive.
The photos reminded me of the type of knot that is tied to the cleat on the dock to secure a smaller boat - over, under, over, under and around, then snugged. But I couldn't see the underside of the knot on the stick to see if there were some other path of the rope.
Oh, I see. Was this in CA?
Yes. The Christmas party was at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa.
RE: knots
Was Karr ever a boy scout? Don't they teach such things?
He was a babysitter/tutor....and probably red cross certified. I was thinking "tourniquet" when I first saw the "thing"....but that's from war movies.
>>>I do have a wierd story about the 2000 company Christmas party(he was there) if anyone is interested.>>>
I'd like to hear it!
>>>Someone who might think all the kidnap plots he had watched in the movies were really cool. A ten year old who watched movies could write that note.>>>
You really think a 9 year old boy has handwriting like that?? You don't have children, do you?
Also, that note was way to advanced for even the smartest 9 year old.
>>>Was Karr ever a boy scout? Don't they teach such things?>>>
Don't know for sure about him being a boyscout.
See 61.
>>>See 61.>>>
I'm confused.
My bad: should have been post 64.
>>>My bad: should have been post 64.>>>
Gotcha.
>>>What I find most odd about this, is that Michelle was actually a few years older than Lara and looked 30-something, while Lara was 27 and could have passed for 18.>>>
What did "Michelle" look like? Features wise.
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