What made investigators take John Karr so seriously?

[kanzz]

Not wishing to re-visit the debacle of Karr, but one element still concerns me.

Was ML so committed to her free the Ramsey Three cause that she would (ab)use international law against a fantasist as a diversionary tactic? If not, there had to be at least one compelling reason to act.

If Karr came up with a detail beyond a reasonable guess, something that has not been revealed to the public, then where did he learn of the detail?
The logical trail is it had to be implied by Tracey > fed by Ramsey investigators > Ramsey legal advisors > the Ramseys.

So either the police in making disclosure to the Ramseys and their team - April 97? - effectively gave away their entire evidential case (and I believe it was too early on for that)
or the Ramseys knew something of which the police could assume only the killer would be aware.

All roads lead to Ram in this case.

BBM
Yes. She would have done anything... ANY-THING to close this case with an "intruder", take the focus off the Ramseys, and add a notch to her proverbial belt. And evidence in this case was leaked six ways from Sunday.

Tricia, our fearless leader, nailed it with her 08/27/2006 post.
"The D.A., knowing that Tracey has out and out lied in the past in his documentarys, went with Tracey's info anyway."

 

[TeaTime]

Not to defend Lacy but what was she to do when Tracey gave her email evidence that some DAX character was claiming to have been present during the murder of JBR and was giving out details from Thailand? Was she supposed to disregard this lead, albeit false, and let that become the key issue in the defense should the matter ever make it to trial or was she obligated to investigate it and clear JMK as a suspect and put the matter to rest?

I vote for the latter.

 

[BBB167893]

Not to defend Lacy but what was she to do when Tracey gave her email evidence that some DAX character was claiming to have been present during the murder of JBR and was giving out details from Thailand? Was she supposed to disregard this lead, albeit false, and let that become the key issue in the defense should the matter ever make it to trial or was she obligated to investigate it and clear JMK as a suspect and put the matter to rest?

I vote for the latter.

That's not the issue, TeaTime. It was HOW she went about it. A first-year law student would have done a better job.

 

[TeaTime]

How did she go about it that is so disturbing? First they had to find him which required locating him through cyber space with the help of Thai authorities, Then he had to be held so he would not disappear. Thailand had no charges against him and the only way to hold him is through the extradition process. Then when he got here he was questioned, forensic samples were obtained all proved fruitless and he was released.

JMK is a disturbed individual due to his very traumatic childhood. No one would want to be in his shoes. I feel sorry for him, as odd as he is, it is all a wall of protection.

 

[Userid]

^ I think she ran way too far with a false lead. It was an amateur mistake and a knee-jerk reaction in my view.

That said, and to this day, no one should be ruled out: not JMK, and not the R's. No one.

 

[kanzz]

Watching People Magazine Investigates - "JonBenet: The Untold Truth", and I picked up on something Attorney Scott Robinson said:
"Karr's utter absence of knowledge of any of the details that had been kept back from the public was very telling to investigators."

Somehow to me, it was just good to know that there were still some significant details in 2006 that were not public. We can only hope that there still are.

 

[BBB167893]

How did she go about it that is so disturbing? First they had to find him which required locating him through cyber space with the help of Thai authorities, Then he had to be held so he would not disappear. Thailand had no charges against him and the only way to hold him is through the extradition process. Then when he got here he was questioned, forensic samples were obtained all proved fruitless and he was released.

ML could have done the DNA testing through the Thai authorities quietly, instead of bringing this mental case back to the US amid a frenzy of coverage claiming they had their man.