At the time of his arrest, they seized *two* desktop hard-drives and one laptop computer, plus "other equipment" belonging to Karr.
Maybe they're looking for a desktop, when all they had was the HD.
updated news...
http://www.pressdemo.com/EarlyEdition/article_view.cfm?recordID=5074&publishdate=09/22/2006
Karr rejects plea deal in porn case
By KERRY BENEFIELD
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Friday, September 22, 2006
John Mark Karr, the former Sonoma County man who gained global notoriety for claiming he was with 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey when she was killed in 1996, rejected a plea deal that would have made him a free man, according to his lawyer.
The deal, offered Tuesday, would have dropped three of the five child pornography charges Karr faces. Had Karr agreed to plead guilty to the remaining two charges, he would have gotten credit for time already served, been placed on probation and required to register as a sex offender.
The deal was offered on the same day Sonoma County sheriff's officials acknowledged they lost a computer containing images used to charge Karr with possessing child pornography.
Through his attorney, Robert Amparan, Karr has maintained his innocence.
Karr was arrested Aug. 16 in Thailand and brought back to the United States amid worldwide media coverage after his extraordinary admission in the Ramsey slaying.
After Colorado authorities said DNA evidence cleared Karr in the case, Sonoma County took the unusual step of extraditing Karr to face the 5-year-old misdemeanor charges.
Prosecutors have insisted the missing computer does not hurt their case against Karr.
His trial date is set for Oct. 2.