The JonBenet Case

Even yesterday I thought that the gentleman who confessed to the killing of JonBenet Ramsey was not the guy. I'm no Columbo, but a few things are very troubling. One, his ex-wife, who understandably dumped him after he got busted for child porn, says he was in Alabama then. She has no reason to lie. Two, he says he drugged JonBenet, but there were no drugs found in her system during the autopsy. And perhaps most of all, how does a complete stranger get into the Ramsey house, get the child into the basement, rape and strangle her, all without being detected? He has no connection to the family. Was he one of those guys who have a perverse interest in pre-adolescent beauty pageants? Perhaps. But if is confession is correct, that he somehow found out about the existence of JonBenet, researched and found out where she lived, managed to slip away from his wife in Alabama and get to Boulder, Colorado, kill her, and escape undetected.

News reports this morning are raising the possibility that he is an attention-seeking nutcase. He was fascinated with the JonBenet case, and studied it, so he would know a lot of the facts. He was also fascinated with other child murders such as Polly Klaas. He has said that he loved JonBenet. I think any psychologist could tell you that in his attempt to become closer to this poor departed child he has assigned himself blame as her killer.

Sadly, I think this case is not closed. And John Karr needs some time in an institution.