aspidistra said:
Now back to 9 years ago, we thought Patsy did it by accident in a fit of rage over bedwetting...
I still believe this...and will unless they can prove Karr was in CO that nite, and has some connection with the Ramseys.
But that is because there was NO suspect.
The Ramseys were suspects from Day 1. Many parents are in cases like this...cause sadly, ya just never know. And the Ramseys certainly did nothing to point the finger of guilt away from them (hindering the investigation, stall tactics, etc)...
We thought John would have covered for her out of pity because of her cancer;
I think he covered for her, not out of pity, but because of the damage it would do to him professionally (career, money, etc). And he covered for her for HIMSELF, not for her sake.
I always thought Patsy would never cover for John though; therefore he could not have been the killer. She also would never have covered for him molesting their daughter. She would have left him. So it couldn't be him.
Couldve been him..but I dont think so. And she may or may not have covered, who knows...but perhaps, if he was molesting JBR (and I dont really think he was), then maybe Patsy didnt know. It does happen.
I came to the conclusion way back then that the mother did it and the father covered for her, because of the weird staging, and she seemed highly strung, whereas he seemed cool and able to carry out the staging. But now that we understand some of Karr's sick ideas, the staging easily seems like something he would do. Don't you think so? We just never saw anyone like him - ever.
If there was an intruder (Karr as you say), why would he stage it to look like an intruder did it? If it were me, and I botched something like that, Id stage it so all fingers pointed at the parents. Wouldnt want LE looking for an intruder.
I am definitely sure of the Ramsey's innocence now. I think that Karr did it and has a multiple personality disorder, as well as narcissistic disorder, confusion about his sexual identity, and probably other disorders as well.
Until they can put him in CO, the DNA matches, they can prove some tie to the Ramseys (other than Karr's sick fascination with JBR and Polly Klaas), Im still leaning toward an inside job (Patsy). But yeah..Karr is definitely one sick individual.
I don't see that Patsy or John changed their personalities from back then. They maintained the same stories all along.
They would kinda have to. Otherwise, guilty (maybe).
I lost hope that the case would ever be solved, when no intruder was ever found. I didn't even read the books when they came out. I stopped debating in the forums as it was the same things over and over, with no new evidence. So I lost interest in the case, totally, until this guy was arrested. When I saw those staring eyes in his resume, and read the freakish things he wrote and said, I felt that finally they had caught the guy. The reason they caught him was the classic reason - he couldn't stop himself from talking about it. Way back then, John and Patsy and many others said it would never be solved unless a third party came forward and said what they knew. I guess the passage of ten years makes it almost like it's too late for it to matter, especially since Patsy was blamed the whole rest of her life. All I know is, to my mind this guy totally fits the profile of the sick pedophile that we were looking for, and never could find. Why? Because he didn't live in Boulder; he didn't repeat the crime; and he eluded capture for a long time. Now it's like he wanted to be captured. He looks just resigned to it.
I still believe the case may never be solved. Karr may very well have done it...no idea....we shall see. I personally dont think so. I think he's just some whacked out dude that has injected himself into the case...hell, he may have even convinced himself that he was there and did it. Who knows.
If the DA can place him in CO (airline tickets, CC receipts, hotel receipts, etc...he got there and had to stay somewhere) then maybe. Otherwise, I dont think he's anything more than a crackpot with a kiddie fetish.
His family has said repeatedly that he was with them at Christmas 96. There's his alibi...whether he accepts it or believes it or remembers it or not. Technically they dont really have to prove he was with them (they already said he was, that's his alibi)...the DA's office has to prove he was in CO at that time.
My pick too.
