JonBenet's Aunt: Wait And See On Karr

She Says Ramsey Family 'Optimistic' About Arrest Of Suspect In 1996 Killing

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In another e-mail, the Rocky Mountain News reported, Karr said he sympathized with Michael Jackson, who was accused but later acquitted of molesting young boys.

"I will tell you that I can understand people like Michael Jackson and feel sympathy when he suffers as he has," Karr wrote.

"I can relate very well to children and the way they think and feel," one Karr e-mail said. "I think you are asking if I am much a 'Peter Pan.' In many ways, the answer is yes. In other ways, I suppose it is no, because I am trapped in a world that does not understand."

In another correspondence, Tracey asked whether Karr's "fascination with little girls, which clearly has a strong erotic component, is a way of going back."

"Maybe I am not going back but have simply stayed consistent," Karr responded. "My peer group has not changed since I was a little boy, and girls were the people I was with always. Referring to them as a peer group is somewhat incorrect, but might also be the very definition of what they continue to be in my life."

Karr is a man who, while wanted as a fugitive on child pornography charges, sought to impress prospective employers with a long record of accomplishment preparing young lives "for a successful future."

Karr went through his teen years mostly unnoticed, one of his classmates told CBS News 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty, keeping mostly to himself.

He is a man who twice married teenagers — one just 13 at the time. Both would later claim they had been coerced.

And he is the man who years ago confided to family members that he was deeply troubled by the murder of the Colorado 6-year-old, who told U.S. investigators that he picked JonBenet up at school, drugged and had sex with her before accidentally killing her in Colorado in 1996, Thai police Lt. Gen. Suwat Tumrongsiskul told The Associated Press.

But questions have been raised about some of his claims, including whether he drugged the 6-year-old, sexually assaulted her or was even in Colorado at the time of the slaying.

Hours after Karr told reporters in Thailand he was with JonBenet when she died, questions arose about his claims.

Suwat changed some details Friday of the account he had given of what Karr told investigators. In a telephone interview Thursday with the AP, Suwat quoted Karr as saying he had sexually assaulted the girl and given her drugs. He also told reporters before a news conference Thursday that Karr had claimed to have picked up JonBenet at her school.

On Friday, Suwat confirmed to the AP his account of the sexual assault. But asked Friday if Karr gave the girl drugs, Suwat said the suspect described the encounter with JonBenet Ramsey as "a blur."

"It may have been drugs, or it may have been something else because (Karr said) it was a blur, blur," Suwat said.

Suwat also said Friday that his statement about the girl being picked up from school was based on a documentary he had seen and not the interrogation.

Among the possible discrepancies between his confession and earlier established facts: An autopsy was inconclusive about sexual assault, and few experts believe that a girl who was slowly strangled with a garrote was killed by accident. There are even questions whether Karr was in Colorado at the time of the slaying — his ex-wife says he was with her in Alabama throughout the 1996 holiday season, when JonBenet was killed.

[cprocopis]

August 21, 2006
I believe that Karr is a bought and paid for 'fall guy', purchased by John Ramsey.
John Ramsey committed the crime, Patsy helped cover it up, and Karr was brought into the mix months or years after the crime.
Karr was paid to %u2018admit to the crime%u2019 but could continue 'in the wild' until he needed to play his "get out of [foreign] jail card", to get back to the US. John Ramsey is a billionaire, he could fund such an extravagant %u2018fall guy%u2019 plan.

Karr would never be convicted, because the evidence at the scene will not match him. BUT, having him in the mix will (in the court of public opinion) deflect the %u201CJohn and or Patsy Ramsey did it%u201D belief.

[kasha8]

This is entirely too convenient-He confesses a few months after Patsy died. Who has been supporting him these ten years? I believe Patsy and Karr knew all along who killed JonBenet and a deal was struck that it could be uncovered after her death. I believe it is possible that he was abusing her son, JonBenet came in and was killed, or Patsy came in and wanted to protect her son. Three people know who did it and two are dead.

[carlylaine]

Patsy Ramey's sister is one special human just by the fact that she says. "Wait and see" concerning the arrest of John Mark Karr in Thailand. The Press totally accused John and Patsy when their family lost JonBenet. The parents were vilified and dragged through the mud up til Patsy died recently.

The Colorado Police were of no assistance to the Ramsey's. They promoted their accusations and wrote books highlighting the reasons John and Patsy killed Jon Benet. If policeman or detective stood up for the Ramsey's they were dismissed and themselves slandered.

Any Press outlet should not have the right to print or say the Ramsey's names.