Monday/Early Tuesday Update...
I am still trying to figure out if this is old child porn from the California computer or if they (the FBI) are looking at child porn found on his newer computer he brought with him from Thailand. I would think that they are still combing through his Thailand computer and that this would bring federal charges against him if they find anything. I know that the FBI also consulted with Sonoma County on 5 child porn pictures that county/state wants to charge him with.
I honestly don't think the FBI is done looking into what Karr had on the Thailand computer. The FBI might be done with consultation on his current California charges, but I think they are still looking to find something that will bring charges against him on a federal level.
FBI reviewing images found on computer of former JonBenet suspect - Published: October 3, 2006
SANTA ROSA, California The FBI is comparing information found on computer equipment belonging to the man once suspected in the slaying of former child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, to data on a national database of child porn victims, a country attorney said Monday.
The digital files found on John Mark Karr's computer are unrelated to the current child porn possession case against the defendant, but contain pornographic images of teenagers, said Deputy Sonoma County Counsel Anne Keck. The FBI is trying to determine whether child porn victims from the database appear in the photos, she said.
The search marks the latest potential legal quagmire for Karr, a former teacher whose arrest in Thailand last month raised hopes that the 1996 murder of Ramsey, a 6-year-old beauty queen in Boulder, Colorado, may finally be solved. Karr had suggested that he killed the girl, but the case quickly collapsed after DNA failed to connect him to the crime.
The disclosure came at a Sonoma County Superior Court hearing over whether to unseal police documents related to what authorities have called an ongoing investigation since Karr was returned from Colorado to face the five-year-old child pornography charges.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/03/america/NA_GEN_US_Karr_Child_Porn.php
New judge will hear battle over evidence in John Karr child porn case
SANTA ROSA, Calif. A new judge takes over Tuesday in the California child-porn case against ex-JonBenet Ramsey suspect John Karr.
Karr's trial on five misdemeanor counts of owning child porn had been set to start Monday. But the departing judge said prosecutors, who'd lost Karr's computer, weren't prepared, and that she had scheduling problems.
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http://www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=5488241&nav=0RYb
Judge Keeps Karr Pornography Case Sealed
A judge refused to unseal police documents in the child pornography case against former JonBenet Ramsey slaying suspect John Mark Karr, whose attorneys are fighting to have the misdemeanor charges tossed out.
The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa had sought to view the documents in the case against the high-profile suspect, but Sonoma County Judge Cerena Wong agreed with prosecutors who argued it could harm the investigation and prejudice potential jurors.
Authorities said they found five images of child porn on Karr's computer when he was arrested in April 2001. He fled before he went to trial. Investigators conceded they lost Karr's computer some time in the past five years, but claim to have found copies of the data recently.
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http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061002/APA/610022030&cachetime=5
Prosecutors still investigating Karr porn case as trial nears
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - Sonoma County authorities said Monday they continue to investigate former JonBenet Ramsey slaying suspect John Mark Karr for child pornography even as his case was scheduled to go to trial.
Though investigators have conceded that they lost a computer containing the original five pornographic pictures for which he was charged in 2001, they believe they have other computer equipment that could contain more than 1,000 other images.
Deputy County Counsel Anne Keck told Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Cerena Wong that the FBI was reviewing other pornographic images, comparing them against a national database to determine whether underage children appear in the photos.
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http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=0c609b8a-0abe-421a-0074-a6ea53543a60&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf
Prosecutor: FBI looking at new Karr computer porn
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10/02/karr.porn.ap/