Legal analyst: Break in (JonBenet) Ramsey case could be Hoax

WTSP TV - Channel 10 ^ | August 17, 2006 | WTSP TV - Channel 10

[Concho]

Or he got caught and is now playing the crazy card to avoid the death penalty.

[Arec Barrwin]

Karr's ex-wife thinks he is creepy. She was interviewed by a San Jose paper earlier. She has no reason, on the surface, to lie. And yet she claims he was in Alabama with her for Christmas when the murder occurred. His presence in Alabama can easily be corroborated, one way or the other.

[Sleeping Freeper]

The evidence in the case (tainted by police mishandling):

-DNA found under JonBenet's fingernails,
-The cord found around her neck and the duct tape across her mouth,
-A pubic hair found on her blanket,
-The ransom note,
-The stun gun that might have been used to subdue her,
-A palm print found on the cellar door,
-A footprint of a Hi-Tec hiking boot found near her body.

If the DNA or palm print matches, this guy's toast.... If not, we have another case like the Duke Rugby Scandal underway where the DA is out of touch.

[truthkeeper]

something's definitely odd...

I'll say. Especially the ransom note in Patsy's handwriting.

[Busywhiskers]

Guilty or not..he is still creepy.

[bigbob]

That's funny, I figured they'd just blame it on Bush.

[brytlea]

Yup.
susie

[brytlea]

No, really here's the deal. He is like Alison Dubois on Medium, so when he says he was there, he really just watched it in his mind, and...well....never mind....
This case has been so weird from the get go.
susie

[brytlea]

Actually, I thought they only said they could not exclude Patsy as the writer of the note, not that she for sure wrote it.
But then I don't know much about handwriting analysis.
susie

[Xenalyte]

When asked if he believed the day of an arrest would ever arrive, he responded with conviction.

“Never! Ever! It’s an extraordinary development,” Robinson said. “What we are looking at here is either: the biggest break ever in the JonBenet Ramsey case, or the biggest hoax since the young girl’s body was found in the basement.”

So no, there will never be a conviction, even if it's Choice A, "the biggest break ever"?

I don't get it.

[Xenalyte]

I bet he instructed Karr to pull this UNFUNNY little stunt to get him out of whatever trouble he might have been in Thai!

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

Karr was arrested at his apartment.

He was not in Thai custody until we asked that they pick him up.

Ergo, he was not in "trouble in Thailand" until we made trouble for him.

[Wolfstar]

Very wierd.....I'm not thinking he did it.....but WHY would anyone do THIS??

Actually, false confessions in heavily publicized murder cases are quite common. The world is filled with cranks and people who are three bricks short of a load.

[jrcats]

I think he just wanted to get back to the USA & not end up in a jail there.

[Xenalyte]

Ping to my 31. He was NOT in trouble in Thailand.

[Xenalyte]

wasn't he up on child pornography charges there?

If you call California (where the child-porn charges originated) Thailand, then yes, he was "up on child pornography charges there."

[truthkeeper]

You could be right...it's been so many years. But I do recall quite of bit of talking head yakking about this point at the time.

[lstanle]

"Ergo, he was not in "trouble in Thailand" until we made trouble for him."

I believe I heard that he was about to begin a job teaching a second grade class in Thailand.

[brytlea]

I do too, but it was mentioned on the news yesterday (that she couldn't be excluded, not that they were sure she wrote it). That's the only reason I knew that. (or, perhaps it's not true anyway--this case has more twists and turns!)
susie

[Irene Adler]

"Actually, I thought they only said they could not exclude Patsy as the writer of the note, not that she for sure wrote it."

One book I read said that Patsy could write with her left hand, a fact known to those close to her, and to her old friends from her younger days, but not to the police so they never asked her to submit a left-handed sample.

[Arkinsaw]

He was not in Thai custody until we asked that they pick him up.

[hands over ears]NOT LISTENING! NOT LISTENING![hands still over ears]