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http://www1.arguscourier.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060816/NEWS02/60816002

Former Petaluma substitute teacher nabbed for JonBenet murder
Published: Wednesday, Aug 16, 2006

A former Petaluma substitute school teacher terminated for possessing child pornography was arrested Wednesday morning in Thailand as a suspect in the highly publicized murder of JonBenet Ramsey in Boulder, Colo., in 1996.

John Mark Karr, 41, served for 11 days as a substitute teacher for Petaluma City Schools from Dec. 8, 2000 to April 2, 2001, said Steve Bolman, the district’s deputy superintendent of business and administration.

Karr taught at several district schools, and in 2001 was charged with five counts of possessing child pornography. His teaching credential was suspended and then revoked for violating the education code, according to KGO-TV in San Francisco. He is still wanted in California for failing to appear on those charges.

Karr and his wife at the time, Laura, married in 1989 and lived in Alabama before moving to Petaluma in 2000. He began teaching in Petaluma and Napa, and Petaluma City Schools received no complaints about his work. Laura Karr filed for divorce in 2001, after he was charged with possessing pornography.

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