BOULDER, Colo. -- Prosecutors abruptly dropped their case Monday against John Mark Karr in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, saying DNA tests failed to put him at
the crime scene despite his insistence he sexually assaulted and strangled the 6-year-old beauty queen.
Just a week and a half after Karr's arrest in Thailand was seen as a remarkable break in the sensational, decade-old case, prosecutors suggested in court papers that he was just a man with a twisted fascination with JonBenet who confessed to a crime he didn't commit.
I thought this was ridiculous, especially when it came out that he was fascinated with the case, said he picked the victim up from school, and family placed him away from the scene of the crime on the date in question, etc., etc.
However, the fact that he had a three-part name did get my hopes up, just a little.
So now we're stuck with Michael Jackson syndrome. We know he's guilty of a lot of bad stuff, we just haven't pinned anything on him yet...
P.S. I was going to link to a game here, one where you played hangman on-line with the names of serial killers. I tried it out, guessing first an A, then an E. (then clicked an X to see if you would get a little hangman icon, but no.) Became very upset when I realized I was supposed to be spelling "Charles Manson". Hate to burst their bubble, but Manson was NOT a serial killer. In fact, there's no evidence he ever killed anyone, just his (insane ranting) bragging that he killed a man. Charlie sent others to kill. He's in prison for life because some idiot parents never had the "If someone tells you to jump off a bridge, are you going to do it?" talk with their kids.
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Thank you! I have often wondered how they have managed to keep Manson in jail for all of these years when he didn't actually kill anybody. Not that I want to see him out, since he seems to have the ability to convince other people to do just about anything, but I just don't see how they get away with it. I guess no one is going to question it, since he is insane...or is he?
Don't forget OJ Simpson. i too thought this guy would get off. Now he is up on charges in CA for child pornography so we shall see how this saga plays out.
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