embiggen Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 about this guy that says he killed JonBenet Ramsey. link UPDATE: A New Rush to Judgment in Ramsey Case? By E&P Staff Published: August 17, 2006 1:15 PM ET NEW YORK Is the press going overboard in its coverage of the latest twist in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case -- and suggesting, too early, that the suspect suddenly in custody, John Karr, is guilty? An Associate Press dispatch late this afternoon raised questions which is ssaid "led some to wonder whether Karr was the answer to the long-unsolved slaying or a disturbed wannabe trying to insert himself into a high-profile case." Earlier, the front page headline in New York's Daily News today read: "SOLVED." The main arrest story in Denver's Rocky Mountain News opened: "The decade-long search for JonBenet Ramsey's killer came to a startling end in Thailand on Wednesday." The same paper, in a headline over an editorial, declared, "Arrest is warning against rush to judgment." It meant the wide belief that one of the girl's parents may have killed her -- but the same might soon be said about the early media coverage of the Karr arrest. Investigators in Thailand told the Associated Press today that Karr has made several dubious statements to them, including claims that he picked JonBenet up from school the day she was killed and that he drugged her. Actually, she was on Christmas vacation at the time, and there was no evidence of drugs in her body during the autopsy. Much of the media has downplayed assertions by Karr's ex-wife that he was with her in Alabama at the time of the murder. Boston University journalism professor Fred Bayles, a longtime national writer for The Associated Press and USA Today -- among other subjects, he covered the O.J. Simpson murder probe -- told E&P today: "The latest chapter in the JonBenet case offers a journalistic cautionary for both the past and the future. Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 about this guy that says he killed JonBenet Ramsey. linkhmmm....this is starting to sound really fishy.so basically a pedophile is taking a fall for the Dad? Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 I'm not saying that at all. I'm not sure it was the dad or any family member. but there are family members of his that say he was with them that Christmas Eve. they say he was obsessed with her and this could be a fantasy. it's all going to be left up to the DNA left in her underwear and under her fingernails. if it doesn't match, then it's just a fake confession. Link to post Share on other sites
kimalmostpossible Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 maybe they waited for patsy to die because she wouldn't go along with this cockeyed story. Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 PR is a powerful thing. Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 I'm not saying that at all. I'm not sure it was the dad or any family member. but there are family members of his that say he was with them that Christmas Eve. they say he was obsessed with her and this could be a fantasy. it's all going to be left up to the DNA left in her underwear and under her fingernails. if it doesn't match, then it's just a fake confession.assuming the Boulder cops still have the evidence and maintained proper procedures for chain of custody and the requisite evidentiary thread . . . Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 I'm on crack though Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 if the DNA comes back negative, the media are going to look like fucking assholes, like they don't already, and we are all their fools. at least I am. but also, the poor family would have to be devistated with false news and an arrest that may lead to nowhere. I'm on crack though duh. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 assuming the Boulder cops still have the evidence and maintained proper procedures for chain of custody and the requisite evidentiary thread . . .That's a good one. The creep definitely is joslted in the head. He may know what happened and perhaps even been a peripheral party to the crime but from what we've gotten from the media it doesn't sound like his "confession" adds up. Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamin' Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 I agree, Flick. His behaviour seems inconsistent with the psych. profile of a child killer. Super creepy guy though. Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 I agree, Flick. His behaviour seems inconsistent with the psych. profile of a child killer. Super creepy guy though. he almost seems like he wishes he did it or has fantasized about it and wants to be notorious for the murder. it's just really odd. like I said, DNA should tell. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 The real-world motive is that apparently he was facing life in a Thai prison. One might confess to any number of things to avoid that particular fate. Link to post Share on other sites
Skian Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 The creep got arrested in Bankok. For what?I figure it must be something really bad and he does not want to rot in a jail there. So he is coming up with this story for a free airline ticket.I'm sure he'd tell them where Hoffa was buried too.But that has been used too many times by other creeps.He just wants out of that country. Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Did you see how skinny he looks? AIDS maybe? Anyway... Link to post Share on other sites
c53x12 Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Good thing the media doesn't actually have the power to convict and sentence. Yet. Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 If the cops had even the slightest idea what they were doing back when this case was still everyday news, they would have withheld some information from the media that only the killer would know (like anything really unique about the murder that someone wouldn't be able to just guess) so that a false confession could easily be spotted. I don't know if they did that or not, but if they did, they might not even have to wait for the DNA evidence to come back to debunk this. Link to post Share on other sites
c53x12 Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Maybe O.J. can help them find the real killer. Link to post Share on other sites
Elixir Sue Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 If the cops had even the slightest idea what they were doing back when this case was still everyday news, they would have withheld some information from the media that only the killer would know (like anything really unique about the murder that someone wouldn't be able to just guess) so that a false confession could easily be spotted. I don't know if they did that or not, but if they did, they might not even have to wait for the DNA evidence to come back to debunk this.I thought that's what happened... Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs. Peel Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 For my own arrogance, I'd like to point out my post yesterday:http://forums.viachicago.org/index.php?s=&...st&p=746714I think that guy is 100% innocent and 110% off his rocker. He has studied this case for a long time and even wrote a paper about it in college so well that his professor told him he should write a book. I think he went insane and thinks he actually did it when in reality he had nothing to do with it. It's just a gut feeling. I think he's obsessed with the case...has been for a long time... Link to post Share on other sites
darkstar Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 All sorts of stuff coming out about this guy. Apparently married a 13 year old when he was 19, then married another teenager a few years later. He certainly seems to like the kiddies eh? The sick fuck. Link to post Share on other sites
NightOfJoy Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 If I had a choice of spending prison time in Thailand or America...........I'd take America every time. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 All I know is JonBenet would be hot today! Link to post Share on other sites
c53x12 Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 She'd be 16, a sophomore or junior in high school. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 She'd be 16, a sophomore or junior in high school. Oh. Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 She'd be 16, a sophomore or junior in high school. A little too early to hit it, I'd say. Link to post Share on other sites
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