I've been watching the news, reading the blogs, listening to the audio... and yet something seems so completely "missing" from this confession. Something doesn't sit right, at least for me.
Police say that John Karr knew information on the case that was not released to the public. They believe, or are leading us to believe that the only way he could have known was if Karr commented the crime.
Karr's bother, Nate Karr, insisted that Karr was working on a story, a novel covering among other things, the murder of JonBenet. He believes that it was through the investigation into the case that John Karr learned the details he shared.
Personally, that for me is one serious issue. Personally, I've never contemplated writing anything more than this blog. Yet, there have been more than one case in which I researched enough that I knew more than the average person. Sometimes, talking to people, you get a glimpse at what they know, and you become part of a small group of people that know things. Sometimes they are big things, sometimes they aren't. John Karr is said to have investigated the case to a great deal, and even talked to people close to the case. Is it not possible that some of this "knowledge" he has came from those investigations, and those conversations.
In my mind at least, I know that there are ways to get people to open up and tell you what you want without them actually telling you word for word. A series of questions that "beat around the bush" often will be enough provide a conclusion as to where the bush is.
There is the issue of whether or not John Karr drugged, as he claims, JonBenet Ramsey. Autopsy reports show that there was no trace of any drugs in her system. This may or may not be a "big issue" and would most likely be solved by knowing what he actually drugged her with. Was it something that could be detected in a standard test? Was it something that would be detectable at all, or could the trace evidence have vanished within the time frame that JonBenet was supposedly drugged and when she was found and the autopsy was preformed?
And, there is of course the problem of the ex wife, and her statements that John Karr was with her and their families at the time of the murder. Last I've heard on it, they continue to insist this is so, and are looking through photos that will prove it. I know very few women that would lie to protect their husbands from something like this- given a confession to the murder from him, let alone a ex wife defending him.
One thing that really bothers me though, how would a man who seems to have had little resources, been able to travel the world as he did? Having recently been arrested, recently divorced, and what seems to be employed in less than the most successful way- how was it that he afforded such a life style that would allow him to jump from country to country so much within the last few years?
There really are so many parts of this "confession" that seem to only raise more questions, I have to wonder is the headlines are a bit wrong when they declare the "case solved". For me at least... I'll sit back and wait for the evidence to be shown.
Of course, feel free to tell me your thoughts on the case, a good place to start would be with Butch's feelings on it, as he really has raised some good questions of his own, and I'd like to see what you have to add to them.
Categories: murders,
Police say that John Karr knew information on the case that was not released to the public. They believe, or are leading us to believe that the only way he could have known was if Karr commented the crime.
Karr's bother, Nate Karr, insisted that Karr was working on a story, a novel covering among other things, the murder of JonBenet. He believes that it was through the investigation into the case that John Karr learned the details he shared.
Personally, that for me is one serious issue. Personally, I've never contemplated writing anything more than this blog. Yet, there have been more than one case in which I researched enough that I knew more than the average person. Sometimes, talking to people, you get a glimpse at what they know, and you become part of a small group of people that know things. Sometimes they are big things, sometimes they aren't. John Karr is said to have investigated the case to a great deal, and even talked to people close to the case. Is it not possible that some of this "knowledge" he has came from those investigations, and those conversations.
In my mind at least, I know that there are ways to get people to open up and tell you what you want without them actually telling you word for word. A series of questions that "beat around the bush" often will be enough provide a conclusion as to where the bush is.
There is the issue of whether or not John Karr drugged, as he claims, JonBenet Ramsey. Autopsy reports show that there was no trace of any drugs in her system. This may or may not be a "big issue" and would most likely be solved by knowing what he actually drugged her with. Was it something that could be detected in a standard test? Was it something that would be detectable at all, or could the trace evidence have vanished within the time frame that JonBenet was supposedly drugged and when she was found and the autopsy was preformed?
And, there is of course the problem of the ex wife, and her statements that John Karr was with her and their families at the time of the murder. Last I've heard on it, they continue to insist this is so, and are looking through photos that will prove it. I know very few women that would lie to protect their husbands from something like this- given a confession to the murder from him, let alone a ex wife defending him.
One thing that really bothers me though, how would a man who seems to have had little resources, been able to travel the world as he did? Having recently been arrested, recently divorced, and what seems to be employed in less than the most successful way- how was it that he afforded such a life style that would allow him to jump from country to country so much within the last few years?
There really are so many parts of this "confession" that seem to only raise more questions, I have to wonder is the headlines are a bit wrong when they declare the "case solved". For me at least... I'll sit back and wait for the evidence to be shown.
Of course, feel free to tell me your thoughts on the case, a good place to start would be with Butch's feelings on it, as he really has raised some good questions of his own, and I'd like to see what you have to add to them.
Categories: murders,