Man held in death of JonBenet Ramsey

[nayalamb 0]

I remember this case very well. The parents really got a hard time from the media and the public... now the mother has passed and they finally find a suspect.

BOULDER, Colo. - A man arrested in Thailand is being held in connection with the slaying nearly a decade ago of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Colorado authorities scheduled a news conference Thursday to discuss the case, but declined further comment.

Federal officials familiar with the case, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the man was already being held in Bangkok on unrelated sex charges. CBS reported that the suspect, a 41-year-old second-grade teacher, will be brought back to the United States this weekend.

The girl was found beaten and strangled in the basement of the family's home in Boulder, Colo., on Dec. 26, 1996.

Law enforcement officials from Boulder were flying to Bangkok to present Thai authorities with documents in the slaying, officials in Washington said. They asked to remain anonymous pending an announcement in Colorado.

KUSA-TV of Denver, citing no sources, reported that the suspect has confessed to certain elements of the crime.

Officials in the Boulder County District Attorney's Office had no immediate comment. Nor did local police and sheriff's officials.

The girl's parents, Patsy and John Ramsey, had been under an "umbrella of suspicion" in JonBenet's death. The Ramseys said an intruder killed their daughter. A grand jury investigation in Boulder ended with no indictments, and no arrests had been made in the case.

Patsy Ramsey died in June.

In 2003, U.S. District Judge Julie Carnes in Atlanta concluded that the evidence she reviewed suggested an intruder killed JonBenet. That opinion came with the judge's decision to dismiss a libel and slander lawsuit against the Ramseys by a freelance journalist, whom the Ramseys had named as a suspect in their daughter's murder. The Boulder district attorney at the time said she agreed with Carnes' declaration.

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[vartan 0]

Yeah just heard that they have had this guy as a suspect since before the mother died just today was the day he slipped I guess. He is a United States citizen is a registered sex offender and was also a 2nd grade teacher.

Edited August 16, 2006 by vartan

[Ban Hammer 12,865]

time for some pedophile cure

[vartan 0]

Man Charles you are nice.. I would display my cure for pedaphiles but the problem is, is I am sure the pictures are against the TOS for VJ.. but it involves a really small tight rubberband, a blow torch, salt.. .. well you get it ..

[Ban Hammer 12,865]

Man Charles you are nice.. I would display my cure for pedaphiles but the problem is, is I am sure the pictures are against the TOS for VJ.. but it involves a really small tight rubberband, a blow torch, salt.. .. well you get it ..

that's for after the shotgun to the knees to keep him from running

[vartan 0]

ok .. that sounds better.

[raymaga 25]

I hope they do find Jon Benet's real killer. It will put an end to the speculation and give some peace to her Father.

[*Robert* 2]

Will be interesting to see how this turns out...

[babybunny 2]

well he confessed..

[ual777 0]

CHarles, I personally prefer bamboo reeds under his fingernails and a hammer for his toes. After you get bored with that, I reccomend a sand blaster and a 55 gallon drum with salt and lime juice. B)

[GaryC 7]

It looks like he finally confessed to it. New news story here

I hope the they beat the confession out of him.

[dalegg 143]

This is kind of scary. The parents were the prime suspects and I remember the police complaining that they couldn't charge them because they were keeping silent. Everybody criticized the parents for the way they kept to themselves and followed the advice of their attorney right off. As a result of this they were probably kept out of jail. Makes me wonder about the whole rush to judgement arguement. What if they didn't have money? What if they didn't have a good attorney?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

This is kind of scary. The parents were the prime suspects and I remember the police complaining that they couldn't charge them because they were keeping silent. Everybody criticized the parents for the way they kept to themselves and followed the advice of their attorney right off. As a result of this they were probably kept out of jail. Makes me wonder about the whole rush to judgement arguement. What if they didn't have money? What if they didn't have a good attorney?

Absolutely - not to mention that some of the posts above are not untypical of what was directed at the parents back when they were in the frame for the murder, and had been tried and found guilty by the media and public at large.

[Joey559 1]

Just throw him in general population in prison...they don't appreciate kiddie rapist there.

Criminal darwinism - let them sort themselves out.

[irishgirl73 0]

It is so strange, I just saw a movie about her murder over the weekend & thought how sad it is that they never arrested anyone. I have to admit that for a while there-I thought her Mother had something to do with it(I can't explain why-but I did). I hope that the pig they arrested is found guilty and I hope he gets what he deserves in prison................ gets tortured in jail by the men there who hate child molesters.

I feel so bad for her Mother-the poor woman lived with this for 10 years, and just died in June

Someone said that she was aware that they were closing in on someone-I hope that gave her some peace at the end They are together now