By Marilyn Bardsley  

August 17, 2006

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(Crime Library) —It appears as though the confirmation of John Mark Karr as a reasonable suspect in the murder of JonBenet Ramsey is still up in the air. While DNA samples have been taken from John Mark Karr who is in custody in Thailand, the results are not yet available.

It now appears that the arrest is currently based solely on Karr's alleged confession via emails to Michael Tracey and a recent press conference in Thailand.

John Mark Karr

Michael Tracey, a journalism professor at the University of Colorado who has made several documentaries on the case and who allegedly is publishing a book on the case, has been the primary contact with Karr via email. Several weeks ago, Tracey became very concerned about the content of Karr's messages and brought them to the attention of Boulder law enforcement.

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Already John Mark Karr has made some unusual statements that conflict with the autopsy of JonBenet. Karr told the media that he had drugged JonBenet Ramsey although there was no evidence in the autopsy that corroborates any use of drugs.

When asked how he got into the Ramsey house, Karr refused comment.

Though Karr's name is on record with the Colorado's Department of Education, there is no record that man ever sought a teaching license in the state.

The only record of a Karr in the department's data base is a file that was started in 2001, after Karr, then a substitute teacher in California, was charged with possession of child pornography. He fled the country to avoid the charges, and information about the allegations was forwarded by a national data base to school officials in all 50 states, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Education told Crime Library.

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