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| Suspect arrested in JonBenet death | ||
| 2006-08-16 | ||
A man arrested in Thailand is being held in connection with the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, law enforcement officials said today. Federal officials familiar with the case, who spoke with the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the man was being held in Bangkok on unrelated sex charges.
Law enforcement officials from Boulder were flying to Bangkok to present Thai authorities with documents in the slaying of the 6-year-old beauty pageant contestant, officials in Washington said. They asked to remain anonymous pending an announcement in Colorado. The girlÂ’s parents, Patsy and John Ramsey, had been under an "umbrella of suspicion" in JonBenetÂ’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 July. 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 judgeÂ’s decision to dismiss a libel and slander lawsuit against the Ramseys by a freelance journalist, who the Ramseys had named as a suspect in their daughterÂ’s murder. The Boulder district attorney at the time said she agreed with CarnesÂ’ declaration.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 Man, what is it with my hometown (Conyers, GA)? We've been on national news several times already for being such a (formerly) small town. First was our b'ball coach (who was black) giving back our State championship trophy when he found out that one of our players flunked one class (no pass/no play) and played less than 1 minute in 1 championship game (we would've won it anyways w/o him) (even back then the MSM was "shocked" that someone could be so honest. No one else knew of the kid's flunking and we could've kept the title, but Coach Stroud did the honorable thing and gave it back). Then, we got national attention for being home of "the Lady who sees Mary" (crackpot in my book, who claims Mary, mother of Jesus visits her on the 13th of every month and has a HUGE following. She makes "pronouncements" afterwards). Third, Conyers got put on the map for being the hotbed for teen STD's/Orgies on some crackpot PBS "special." And, now this. Jeebus, it's amazing I came out of there sane. BTW, western Rockdale County (east of Atlanta), wherein resides the City of Conyers, is "represented" (at least, formerly was) by Cynthia McKinney. PSHAW! |
| Posted by: BA 2006-08-16 21:36 |
| #6 The Boulder Police screwed this up from the start. They tried to force the evidence to fit the suspect they had in hand, rather than examining all the evidence in had and seeing what suspect fit it. It had all the signs of a railroading, and that's been my position the whole time. And after listening to Mark Furhman's commentary I was sure of it (Furhman inst a racist cop despite the OJ trial -its his work that ended up bringing the Kennedy cousin Skakel to trial for murder after 20+ years) That's why the grand jury failed to return an indictment - they were only presented shoveled shit that tried to frame up the Ramseys. The shame is that because of the initial Boulder PD detective's and DA's refusal to run an unbiased investigation, this guy has been walking around free for nearly a decade, and Patsy Ramsey went to her grave before they got the bastard. The case didn't move until there were new detectives and a new DA in 2002. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-08-16 20:15 |
| #5 So, how about getting the prosecutor who hounded the Ramseys and the talking heads who all but accused the Ramseys to make a very very public statement and apology. Nah, ain't going to happen. Anymore than the FBI officials who leaked to the Atlanta papers the name of the wrong guy in the Olympic bombing. |
| Posted by: Glurt Flavitch2274 2006-08-16 18:51 |
| #4 Holy Smokes - I don't know about today but in the mid 70's you really had to go some to get arrested on sex charges in Bangkok. |
| Posted by: GORT 2006-08-16 18:22 |
| #3 Sex Offender Treatment & Rehabilitation Kit Contents: one (1) great millstone one (1) length of rope Other required materials: one (1) large body of water boat or dock (optional) Download assembly instructions here. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-08-16 17:44 |
| #2 d'oh! .."King" Cooker.. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2006-08-16 17:42 |
| #1 I'll donate my Kning Cooker. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2006-08-16 17:41 |