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Jon Benet Ramsey Suspect a Sonoma County Fugitive (California)
KRON ^ | August 16, 2006

Posted on 08/16/2006 6:04:02 PM PDT by Shermy

PETALUMA (KRON) -- It now appears the only person ever arrested in connection with the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey once taught in Petaluma schools.

The Sonoma County district attorney's office is now confirming 42-year old John Mark Karr was charged with possession of child pornography in April, 2001. Other reports indicate Karr served as a substitute teacher in the Petaluma elementary school system.

Prosecutors say Karr failed to show in court in December, 2001. He's been a fugitive ever since.

Thai police arrested Karr Wednesday in connection with the Jon Benet Ramsey case. The little girl was found dead in her Boulder, Colorado home the day after Christmas, 1996.


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An American citizen who once lived in the North Bay is now in custody in Thailand in connection with the murder of JonBenet Ramsey. The suspect, John Karr, lived for a time in the North Bay.

41-year-old John Karr and his then-wife, Laura, once lived in Petaluma. She told us they were married back in 1989 and lived in Alabama until the year 2000 when they moved to Petaluma.

Karr taught in the Petaluma School District as a substitute schoolteacher from December of 2000 until April of 2001. The district says they had no complaints about him. Karr also spent time as a teacher in Napa during the same period.

In the year 2001, Karr was charged with five counts of possessing child pornography. His teaching credential in Petaluma was suspended, then revoked for violating the education code.

He is still wanted in California. A warrant is still out for his arrest for failure to appear on those charges.

Laura Karr filed for divorce after her husband was charged in 2001. She says her husband did a lot of research on the JonBenet Ramsey case and also on Petaluma's own Polly Klaas.

She tells us she's devastated and embarassed by these murder charges, but she does not believe that her husband did it. She says that during Christmas season of 1996 when JonBenet Ramsey was strangled and beaten to death in Colorado, they were living in Alabama at the time and she was with him the entire Christmas season.

1 posted on 08/16/2006 6:04:02 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: mom4kittys

M4K: That 2001 date fits the subject, no?

But then there's the Alabama angle..and that he follows these types of cases...


2 posted on 08/16/2006 6:05:22 PM PDT by Shermy (A louder mime)
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To: Shermy

Still no link to Boulder.


3 posted on 08/16/2006 6:06:06 PM PDT by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)
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To: Shermy

Interesting...


4 posted on 08/16/2006 6:06:14 PM PDT by CheneyChick
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To: Shermy
She tells us she's devastated and embarassed by these murder charges

I'll bet she is... this isn't the sort of fame one wants.

5 posted on 08/16/2006 6:07:22 PM PDT by CheneyChick
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To: Shermy

"She says her husband did a lot of research on the JonBenet Ramsey case and also on Petaluma's own Polly Klaas."

Creepy

Has anyone mentioned whether he ever lived or visited Colorado?


6 posted on 08/16/2006 6:09:32 PM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: Shermy


Maybe he wants to get into a prison in the US.


7 posted on 08/16/2006 6:09:59 PM PDT by onyx (1 Billion Muslims -- "if" only 10% are radical, that's 100 Million who want to kill us.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper


Forgot to ping you to this. Sorry.


8 posted on 08/16/2006 6:10:47 PM PDT by onyx (1 Billion Muslims -- "if" only 10% are radical, that's 100 Million who want to kill us.)
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To: Shermy

I think that he just wants to come back to the states. If he's read up on the Ramsey case for so many years maybe he was able to find details that others don't know. I hope that the cops have finally got their man but I'm suspicious.


9 posted on 08/16/2006 6:10:54 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: Shermy
His parents and wife say he was with them Christmas...

..either they're covering for him ...(I doubt an ex-wife would do that)...or he didn't do it, and simply wanted to be extradited to the US, rather than face prison in Thailand.
...my opinion

10 posted on 08/16/2006 6:10:58 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: onyx

That's what I said on a couple of other threads...


11 posted on 08/16/2006 6:12:32 PM PDT by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)
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To: nuconvert

Can find no Colorado link.

I wwould like to know how long he's been teaching and if he ever has been in construction


12 posted on 08/16/2006 6:12:48 PM PDT by Shermy (A louder mime)
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To: Shermy

After this stunning news.. Shermy... I expect we will be hearing next OJ found the real killers on the golf course.


13 posted on 08/16/2006 6:13:35 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Shermy

Could this be his son? http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=15994899


14 posted on 08/16/2006 6:14:15 PM PDT by NinoFan
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To: Shermy

Good detective work!


15 posted on 08/16/2006 6:14:24 PM PDT by mom4kittys (If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
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To: Shermy

Have you heard anything about him writing sick letters?


16 posted on 08/16/2006 6:14:27 PM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: Shermy

Bookmark


17 posted on 08/16/2006 6:14:40 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: mystery-ak

if this person did do it, they are going to have to answer all of the unanswered questions about how he committed every aspect of the crime - getting into the house, the notes, etc.


18 posted on 08/16/2006 6:14:56 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: Guenevere

please explain the DNA match.


19 posted on 08/16/2006 6:15:13 PM PDT by Orange1998
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To: Shermy

It could be that he's not a suspect but a "person of interest."


20 posted on 08/16/2006 6:16:01 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
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