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...John Mark Karr on Thursday would probably be enough to close almost any tough case. But the mystery surrounding the 1996 murder of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey simply will not succumb to easy explanations. Within a day of the reclusive, expatriate teacher's admission in Bangkok - that he "accidentally" killed the girl a decade ago, when his plot to kidnap her went awry - questions about his claims have only multiplied...
John Mark Karr, 41, lived on the ninth floor of a rundown apartment building in a Bangkok district full of similarly rundown buildings and guest houses. For Karr, it was an inexpensive place to reside; apartments in his building rent for as little as $160 a month. Other residents describe him as a dour loner who didn't let anyone into his peripatetic life, traveling in and out of Thailand. An Internet caf? clerk in Karr's building said he was a regular customer who kept a close eye on users in neighboring booths, as if he was afraid they...
...Karr has now let the world into some of his secrets. On Wednesday evening, the wan, sandy-haired one-time grade school teacher arrived at Bangkok's Suan Phlu immigration pen, to spend the night in a solitary cell. The day before, a judge in Boulder, Colorado, had issued an arrest warrant for Karr in the nearly decade-old murder of JonBenet Ramsey, the six-year-old child beauty pageant contestant. Soon after, a small group of plainclothes Thai and U.S. officers arrived at his shabby apartment, where Karr had stayed since arriving from Malaysia in June, on the latest...
...joint U.S.-Thai press conference Lt. Gen. Suwat Tumrongsiskul, head of immigration police, said Karr had admitted killing Ramsey, but had told his interrogators it was "unintentional." "He said he loved the girl," Suwat said. Ann Hurst, a Bangkok attach? of the Department of Homeland Security, said Karr was cooperating with U.S. investigators and had waived his right to a lawyer...
...largest - devoted to birds from Africa and South America, and another that specializes in the exotic and endangered birds of Southeast Asia. Raptor enthusiasts can while away a happy afternoon at the Falconry Arena, and kids will love the All Star Bird Show at the park's amphitheater. BANGKOK Situated about 40 km southwest of Bangkok, Khok Kham is home to a great number of shorebirds, drawn by the area's mud flats as well as the salt pans at the nearby fishing port of Samut Sakhon. Look out for the spoon-billed sandpiper and Nordmann's greenshank, both classified...