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...confession as unequivocal as the one offered up by 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...
...obsessed with little dead girls," says Klaas, pointing out that aside from the admission of guilt, Karr appears to have "no connection" to the crime itself. It isn't yet clear how - or if - Colorado police established that Karr was in their state when JonBenet was murdered. Ramsey family attorney H. Lin Wood, however, says he doubts prosecutors would make such a high-profile arrest without being sure of Karr's whereabouts on the day of the crime...
...verbose resume aspiring grade-school teacher John Mark Karr posted on the recruiting website Job 4 Teacher.com omits any mention of his obsession with molested and murdered girls. But if that document even approximates the truth, the current prime suspect in the 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey had hopped between enough jobs and countries over the past decade - glorified nanny in the Netherlands, homeroom instructor in Honduras, to name but two - to raise a bouquet of red flags in any principal's mind...
...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...
...Thai officials say Karr could be on a plane back to Boulder as early as the weekend, to face charges of murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of Ramsey. Karr has put up no legal barriers to the extradition, so getting him back to the U.S. will presumably be simply a matter of arranging for the marshals to escort him back to Colorado...