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Posted by arek on Aug-29-2006 13:02:

Prosecutors won't charge Karr

Prosecutors won't charge Karr in JonBenet Ramsey slaying

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Prosecutors have decided not to charge John Mark Karr in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, his lawyers said Monday after a TV station reported that the schoolteacher's DNA failed to match genetic material on the six-year-old girl's body.

"The warrant on Mr. Karr has been dropped by the district attorney," public defender Seth Temin said outside the jail. "They are not proceeding with the case."

"We're deeply distressed by the fact that they took this man and dragged him here from Bangkok, Thailand, with no forensic evidence confirming the allegations against him and no independent factors leading to a presumption that he did anything wrong," Temin said.

Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy's office did not return repeated calls from The Associated Press.

Karr was scheduled to make his first Colorado court appearance late Monday afternoon.

Denver's KUSA television station, citing two sources close to the investigation, said earlier that hair and saliva taken from Karr in Boulder after his arrival last week were tested over the weekend at the Denver police crime lab and that he was ruled out as the source of the DNA taken from the crime scene.

The schoolteacher's arrest in Thailand a week and a half ago was seen a surprise break in the decade-old murder mystery that had cast suspicion over JonBenet's parents. But inconsistencies in Karr's account immediately raised suspicions that he might be an obsessed follower of the case who confessed to a crime he didn't commit.

Among other things, Karr's relatives insisted that he was with them, celebrating Christmas in Georgia and Alabama, around the time the JonBenet Ramsey was found strangled and beaten at her Boulder home on Dec. 26, 1996. They said that if Karr had not been with his family at Christmas, they would have certainly remembered it.

In an interview with the media in Thailand, Karr said that he was with JonBenet when she died and that her death was an accident. Asked if he was innocent, he said no.

In an interview Monday with MSNBC, Gary Harris, who had been spokesman for the Karr family, did not directly confirm the KUSA report. But he said: "I knew it wouldn't match."

Karr has been "obsessed with this case for a long time. He may have some personality problems, but he's not a killer," Harris said. "He obsesses. He wanted to be a rock star one time. ... He's a dreamer. He's the kind of guy who wants to be famous."

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/28082006...ng-defence.html

Posted by Import on Aug-29-2006 13:08:

Its been said best...

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Originally posted by dallastar
totally ooooooozzzzzzes creepiness

Posted by starsearcher on Aug-29-2006 13:31:

He's still going to jail for child porn charges...the guy is clearly messed up

Posted by Time2Burn on Aug-29-2006 14:36:

I loved Larry King's topic last night: "Did the media go overboard in the Karr case?"

No shit sherlock! Now lets over sensationalize the already over sensationalized frenzy.

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Aug-29-2006 14:38:

It's sad they haven't caught Jon Benet's killer yet....but at least they caught this sick bastard for child pornography.

Posted by MarkT on Aug-29-2006 16:25:

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Originally posted by starsearcher
He's still going to jail for child porn charges...the guy is clearly messed up

he is definitely messed up...but will he get jail time?

AFAIK, he's only been charged with a misdemeanour on the porn charges...I think he's facing felony charges for fleeing prosecution though...so quite possibly, yes.

Posted by Irishaddict on Aug-29-2006 16:30:

Well they can't charge him if he didn't do it. He still wins creepiest ****** of the year award though.

Posted by arek on Aug-29-2006 18:15:

funniest was Toronto SUN's front cover with his pic

"SNAKE ON A PLANE"

Posted by KaiLee on Aug-29-2006 18:39:

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
It's sad they haven't caught Jon Benet's killer yet....but at least they caught this sick bastard for child pornography.

I hope they prosecute him for having a 12 year old wife as well over in Thailand.

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Aug-29-2006 21:16:

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Originally posted by KaiLee
I hope they prosecute him for having a 12 year old wife as well over in Thailand.

Is that legal in Thailand though? I'm not sure of the laws there...but I know it's a bit different in that you can marry a lot younger right? If that's the case, as gross as it is...you shouldn't be able to prosecute someone for obeying a law in another country, even if it's wrong in the US.

Posted by MarkT on Aug-29-2006 22:18:

^^^ there are laws in the U.S. (Canada too?) prohibiting sex with minors overseas.

a quick search:

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1138269914365

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Aug-29-2006 22:30:

quote:
Originally posted by MarkT
^^^ there are laws in the U.S. (Canada too?) prohibiting sex with minors overseas.

a quick search:

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1138269914365

hmmm interesting. Thanks

Posted by dallastar on Aug-29-2006 22:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Import
Its been said best...