Breaking News Archive - 20th - 26th Aug

[JBean]

About where he got the money for traveling around the world and possibly surgery:
would child online get him the money?

And one pet peeve I have, it drives me nuts to hear everyone on TV always saying he's "presumed innocent". Anyone can speculate all they want, he's only presumed innocent in a Court of Law, not on TV shows or WebSleuths.

I don't know about the traveling, but I do think the gender surgery is relatively inexpensive in Thailand.

 

[tybee204]

http://smithmag.us/2006/08/17/jonbenet-ramsey-and-the-world-of-personal-media/


......(That’s from the owner of the most prominent crime bulletin board, Websleuths, which I’ll get into later. Much more after the jump.)


Now, all that description probably makes these people sound a little creepy, and there is a distinctly macabre element to the whole thing, but most of them are not creepy, really. Actually, there are some who are better investigators than your average reporter, or even your average detective. ......

 

[tybee204]

On the link above can some one tell me what "after the jump" means? I am blognerant and dont have a clue

 

[BirdieBoo]

About where he got the money for traveling around the world and possibly surgery:
would child online get him the money?

And one pet peeve I have, it drives me nuts to hear everyone on TV always saying he's "presumed innocent". Anyone can speculate all they want, he's only presumed innocent in a Court of Law, not on TV shows or WebSleuths.

I believe that reporters have to say that, for journalistic integrity as well as liability purposes. They personally can believe he is guilty as sin, but can't portray him in the media as such unless he is convicted.

Just spewing random ideas, I have no basis to believe this but: what if the money for the sex changes came from John Ramsey? What if Karr has been paid to take the rap?

 

[Buzz Mills]

Frim JBean

Another handrwriting expert says its a match:
http://www.jacksonvilleprogress.com/homepage/local_story_231172845.html?keyword=leadpicturestory

Local handwriting expert Don Lehew, of Mt. Selman, has obtained several samples of John M. Karr’s handwriting, as well as, a copy of the Ramsey ransom note, and according to his analysis, they are all written by the same person. Lehew compared the ransom note to an old yearbook entry by Karr and an employment application Karr filled out when applying for a teaching job.

“I have seen enough similarities in the samples and the ransom note to be convinced that the person who wrote this (the yearbook entry) is the same person who wrote this (the ransom note),” Lehew said. “A colleague of mine and I spoke together about the samples, and we found 13 separate similarities that are, in many cases, very unusual, and that makes it a match to me. It certainly indicates to me that John Karr did write the ransom note.”

Moreover:
Not only does Lehew say Karr wrote the ransom note, he also believes Karr’s writing style identifies him as a pedophile.

 

[JBean]

How it started was only fate:



http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2334411&page=1

John Mark Karr: The Accidental Suspect



Aug. 20, 2006 — It may have been a chain of coincidence that ultimately led to the arrest of John Mark Karr. This weekend the Colorado newspaper man who apparently put that chain in motion explained how it all happened.

In the summer of 2002, Michael Sandrock, a 48-year-old newspaper columnist and runner, claims he casually met John Karr outside a bookshop in Paris. They struck up the type of conversation that American travelers in Europe typically do, introducing themselves in generalities.

Sandrock, a sportswriter en route to cover a race it Switzerland, introduced himself as a journalist with the Daily Camera, a local newspaper in Boulder. Karr introduced himself as "John" — no last name — and said he was a writer from Amsterdam. During the next few days, the two would discuss in detail the mysterious death of six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey.

 

[Buzz Mills]

I don't know about the traveling, but I do think the gender surgery is relatively inexpensive in Thailand.

Especially the "whack job" they perform on men who want to become females.

 

[BirdieBoo]

On the link above can some one tell me what "after the jump" means? I am blognerant and dont have a clue

I think he's just saying that he is switching topics and will be getting back to the subject of WS shortly.

Although people may think that members of WS are strange, I think that collectively we are able to come up with a lot of good theories and suggestions, even though some wacky ideas may get thrown around from time to time Not to mention that you can research past threads easily and all in one place if there's something someone doesn't understand.

 

[panthera]

I don't know about the traveling, but I do think the gender surgery is relatively inexpensive in Thailand.

I read an article this morning on Yahoo news that said it would be $1,625.00 in Thailand and in the tens of thousands of dollars here in the U.S.

 

[JBean]

I read an article this morning on Yahoo news that said it would be $1,625.00 in Thailand and in the tens of thousands of dollars here in the U.S.

I bet you get what you pay for too.

 

[michelle]

Although people may think that members of WS are strange, .

:crazy: Do they? :crazy:

 

[scandi]

Wow! If you take this as a double analysis that would mean 3 experts have said it's a match!~ Did you find anything on the expert the NY newspaper hired Buzz.

It does definately hold a lot of weight, wouldn't you think. And would you bet the DA had already had this analysis done and she knew it was a match before they presented the application for warrant to the judge?

Scandi

 

[panthera]

Just spewing random ideas, I have no basis to believe this but: what if the money for the sex changes came from John Ramsey? What if Karr has been paid to take the rap?

I'm still trying to figure out how he was driving a red DeLorean while his (ex) wife says they were "dirt poor". Where did he get the money then? Seems like he does have a "money connection" with someone.

 

[Buzz Mills]

Wow! If you take this as a double analysis that would mean 3 experts have said it's a match!~ Did you find anything on the expert the NY newspaper hired Buzz.

It does definately hold a lot of weight, wouldn't you think. And would you bet the DA had already had this analysis done and she knew it was a match before they presented the application for warrant to the judge?

Scandi

JBean is the finder of that information Scandi. It's all good news so far.

 

[JBean]

Wow! If you take this as a double analysis that would mean 3 experts have said it's a match!~ Did you find anything on the expert the NY newspaper hired Buzz.

It does definately hold a lot of weight, wouldn't you think. And would you bet the DA had already had this analysis done and she knew it was a match before they presented the application for warrant to the judge?

Scandi

Scandi. I love your posts. They are always full of such hope and promise.

 

[BirdieBoo]

I'm still trying to figure out how he was driving a red DeLorean while his (ex) wife says they were "dirt poor". Where did he get the money then? Seems like he does have a "money connection" with someone.

No doubt, Panthera. Of course, one person's idea of "dirt poor" could be another's idea of "filthy rich", depending on where one falls on the economic scale.

 

[panthera]

I bet you get what you pay for too.

Reminds me of these women going to Mexico for liposuction and other cosmetic surgery because it's cheaper: NO THANKS! Taking your life in your hands risking infection.

 

[LaMer]

On the link above can some one tell me what "after the jump" means? I am blognerant and dont have a clue

Tybee, maybe he is referring to his dream.

How many of us have had dreams when following these cases? Waving! LOL

 

[panthera]

No doubt, Panthera. Of course, one person's idea of "dirt poor" could be another's idea of "filthy rich", depending on where one falls on the economic scale.

Maybe her version of "dirt poor" was only to mean that he couldn't have possibly have been away at Christmas. Seems like it's taking her a little while to find those photos.

 

[JBean]

Reminds me of these women going to Mexico for liposuction and other cosmetic surgery because it's cheaper: NO THANKS! Taking your life in your hands risking infection.

I know a few that have gone for surgery down there and it hasn't gone all that well.