Da: Karr's Words Were only the Evidence

[sabra]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6045807,00.html

Da: Karr's Words Were only the Evidence


BOULDER, Colo. - The prosecutor in the JonBenet Ramsey case acknowledged Tuesday that some people want her ``tarred and feathered'' for pursuing John Mark Karr's now-debunked claims, but she said separating fact from fantasy was difficult because so much of the evidence is public knowledge.

A day after the case against Karr was dropped, District Attorney Mary Lacy and her team defended their decision to bring Karr to Colorado from halfway around the world on a flight that included glasses of champagne.

Lacy said she wouldn't change a thing about how she approached the investigation, except perhaps making a stronger effort to keep details from the media. She said Karr's graphic, detailed claims and his growing fascination with at least one girl in Thailand forced her hand.

``We felt we could not ignore this, we had to follow it. We also had ... there was a real public safety concern here directed at a particular child,'' she said. Lacy added that a forensic psychologist ``advised that this person was dangerous, this person was escalating.''

[savemefromdumbya]

1. Maybe he was part of the ped. ring that was responsible?

maybe he was part of some drug/pedophile ring and who knows the father may have mixed up in it?

[walkon]

2. One fact should have helped.

The man had never been to Colorado.

[mike_c]

3. details, details, details....

Why let them get in the way of a hot story?

[Imalittleteapot]

4. They said that Karr had facts about the case

that had never been made public, at least that's what I heard on some news program. Now she says that "so much of the evidence is public knowledge." So, what is it?