Posted on 08/22/2006 12:16:22 PM PDT by commish
Day 1996 photo that they believe indicates Karr was in Atlanta when the 6-year-old girl was killed in Colorado.
Gary Harris, an attorney for Karr's father, Wexford Karr, said Tuesday that the photo is of John Mark Karr's three children, along with a newborn nephew.
While John Mark Karr is not actually in the photo, family members "have no recollection of him missing a Christmas until the last five years," Harris said.
"They know that if his children were there, he would have been there," the attorney said. "They would have remembered it if they all had shown up and [John Mark Karr] had not shown up."
The nephew's presence in the photo is the basis for the family's belief that it was taken in 1996. Harris said the boy was born Dec. 11, 1996, and would have been bigger at any later Christmas gathering.
The photo, taken at Wexford Karr's home in Atlanta, was turned over to Boulder police investigators on Tuesday, Harris said. He said the family would not release the photo to the media to protect the privacy of the children in the picture.
Harris said John Mark Karr's family was living in Alabama in 1996 and had come to Atlanta for dinner on Christmas Day.
JonBenet Ramsey was killed that Christmas night in Boulder, and her body discovered the following day in the basement of the Ramseys' home.
Harris called "far-fetched" a law enforcement suggestion that Karr could have had dinner with the family, then flown to Boulder on Christmas afternoon.
"At the time this happened 10 years ago, [John Mark] Karr was living in Alabama with his family — they were a unified family at that time — and they had no money," Harris said. "It wasn't like he could just run out and buy a plane ticket. It doesn't make any sense."
The Boulder D.A. had better have had more solid evidence to arrest this guy on other than his "confession."
Definitely.
LOL!!
BTW, Ann's sitting on my lap and she thinks it's funny, too....;^)
....HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF is NOT a defense...it's a hillary clinton line.
Why are we all guessing? Just wait until the DNA comes back. If it's a match, all of us (but one) can go home.
I believe I read elsewhere that his wife has said she "loathes" him.
Exactly. The proof thing works both ways, which is why I am playing Devil's Advocate on this thread.
Just as the Boulder DA has to show Motive AND Opportunity -- IE Prove Karr was in Boulder, the defense must prove he is not there if there is evidence he was.
In a court of law this photo means nothing and proves nothing.
It's only use would be to raise reasonable doubt if all the DA can present is circumstantial evidence, but it is in no way exculpatory at all.
I think we better keep an eye on you.
FOTFLOL!
His family is just trying to make sense of things, given what they know.
If he really did it and he really wants everyone to know, why didn't he turn himself in on Day 1?
LOL --- could be my Pug, Jack.
It's very strange, the leaks and rumors have started, but so far no one has come forward who can put this fruitcake in Colorado at the time of the crime, nor has any document surfaced to do the same. I hope I'm wrong, but people are starting to get nervous that Boulder has screwed up again.
LOL! I think that photo is funny.
As with me. I've spent every Christmas with my family since we've been married. Except for a few were I was OCONUS and have travel vouchers to prove it. Most X'mas' with her family but a few with mine. I'd have to sit down and think real hard on where I was in what year. 1996 was in Fayetteville, first Christmas as a retired fart. I am in very, very few pictures.
The Boulder D.A. had better have had more solid evidence to arrest this guy on other than his "confession."
My understanding is the confession came after the arrest so yes they have to have something else..
It's perfect!
Hillary gave my neighbor crabs. She's never met him, but we're confident she wouldn't miss the opportunity to give crabs.
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