Crazy Like A Fox

So apparently here's what you do if you've been arrested in another country, a country where perhaps you don't want to risk jail time: you confess to a crime that happened here--it has to be a fairly significant crime, mind you--and then you get whisked back to the U.S. (first-class, if you're lucky), face the media hoopla here, became famous and infamous. The authorities then discover that hey! you didn't commit the crime, and you say "aw shucks" and they say, "well, bye now" and off you go on your merry way. What a coup! Skipped out on a most likely quite frightening jail experience in another country (one where I'm sure that criminals' rights aren't a huge consideration), got a free ride home, suffered a few inconveniences, but over all---none the worse for wear.

Okay, I guess it doesn't go exactly like that, but it's not too far off if you're John Mark Karr. But to make sure it still sounds good once charges are dropped and you're pretty much safe, keep insisting that you committed the crime. It makes for a good story, you don't totally lose face and the fact that you're probably completely crazy still isn't a guarantee.

It sounds like there were things that definitely made John Karr seem guilty or at least, extremely suspicious. I'm glad that he faces other charges unrelated to the JonBenet Ramsey case so that he doesn't get to just merrily go on his way, as mentioned. And I wonder how many more incidences of impropriety---and worse---are going to emerge about this man who clearly is sick and shouldn't be allowed ANYWHERE near children.

Just one more strange twist in this as-of-yet unsolved tragedy.