I want to barf.

Rainsong

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.

Rainsong

Says he was researching child murders in order to write a manuscript and that's how he got dragged into the case.

Right.

Rainsong

Knows he has 3 children - maybe 12or13, and each one decreasing by a couple of years in age.

Didn't know he was in Thailand.

Doesn't know if he's divorced.

Thinks he'll be exonerated.

Tried to communicate with Klaas - thinks that's what's made him look suspicious.

Rainsong

I've been watching MSNBC, and their reporting has been very favorable to the Ramseys.

OEJ

Lee and Spitz on now

Did anyone else hear Mark Fuhrman?

You'll notice most of those who have been invited are on the opposing side, not the Ramsey side. They are all tip-toing around this new information.

Yep, I heard Fuhrman but I'll be darned if I can remember what he said.

Rainsong

That's just it! His single set of remarks ambled all over the place. I couldn't make much sense of most of it.

My knees are still shaking from hearing this today. How many times in the last ten years have we heard an arrest was pending??? To see it become real is fabulous and surreal.

I'm told we may know of this person. I haven't confirmed details...but, will post when I find out more.

>My knees are still shaking from hearing this today. How many
>times in the last ten years have we heard an arrest was
>pending??? To see it become real is fabulous and surreal.

>I'm told we may know of this person. I haven't confirmed
>details...but, will post when I find out more.

Hi Mame! This is OEJ. Margoo was kind enough to log me in under her account. No password.

I thought I was going to pass out when I heard. I will barely sleep for the next few days, I'm sure. I'm at the computer, in front of the tv, with plenty of paper and a pen taking notes.

It's very exciting. What everyone has been praying for.

OEJ

Mame, I've been seeing your name mentioned for years, and I have read some of your old posts. Nice to "see" the real Mame here on such a momentous occasion.

-Real estate (1981-1996) Privately owned rental business. Restoration of mansions from the Queen Victoria Era.

-Primary School Teacher (1996-2001 and Currently) in some of the most prestigious schools in the United States,
working with children from high profile families. I have taught all classes to elementary students including English,
Math, Science, Reading, Social Studies, History, and Computer Technology. I have taught Physical Education with
large groups of 100 to 150 students, ages 5 to 10. I have worked with large groups of children in school plays.

OEJ

But was he ever in Boulder during 1996?

Rainsong

Hey Tipper! I'm not Margoo. I'm OEJ. Margoo lent me her account because I can't remember my old password. Jams still hasn't got back to me to reset my account.

I think the things Karr has left out is a little interesting, too. If this is the guy, there are more victims, is my guess. He sure did move around a lot and went in and out of the country quite often.

OEJ

OEJ

Oh lordy. That went right over me.

Rainsong--too tired

>Rainsong--too tired

LOL. I know what you mean. I'm exhausted already but won't be able to sleep tonight. I'll be looking at every John Karr that ever posted anything on the net.

OEJ

What unexpected news. That's all I can say. I can't wait to see how all of this unfolds. I'm hearing conflicting stories about the DNA. Guess we'll have to wait and see. I'm wondering where in Alabama he lived.

I also thought about the poster in Alabama a few months ago that wanted me to call her on a pay phone. Wonder if she really DID have some information to pass on to LE?

I too wonder if he's been posting here at all. I'm trying to figure out who's missing.

I also wonder who in Boulder has been assisting LE with the communications.

We know something happened in 2001 (pornography charges), but notice how he made a big change in 1996 too, leaving 15 years of "real estate rental and restoration (?)" to privately teach after how many years since he got his teaching degree? Did something happen?

Yeah, I want to hear about his life.

If it is him, it will be a nice bit of irony for HIS FAMILY to be scrutinized and harrassed from morning 'til night, as the media digs for information, won't it!

Actually I nearly always feel very sorry for the families of killers. Bundy's mother, Ridgeway's wife, none of them deserved to have been so duped.

I am also sadly surprised that so many who claimed they were only interested in "Justice for JonBenet" aren't even willing to wait to see what evidence there may be against this guy before deciding it is all a plot cooked up by the Ramseys and their lawyers.

I can't find the right word - congratulations is not appropriate - but I am impressed by this group's ability to focus on the facts of a case. You were correct.

God bless Patsy, who is now with Jon Benet in heavan.