Arrest made in JonBenet Ramsey case

Suspect detained in Thailand in connection with ’96 murder, DA source says






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BOULDER, Colo. - A man suspected in the slaying of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey nearly a decade ago was arrested Wednesday in Thailand, the district attorney said.

Colorado authorities scheduled a news conference Thursday to discuss the case but declined further comment.

Federal officials familiar with the case, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the man was already being held in Bangkok on unrelated sex charges. CBS reported that the suspect, a 41-year-old second-grade teacher from the U.S., will be brought back to the United States this weekend.

The suspect was detained in Bangkok on Wednesday morning, Denver NBC affiliate KUSA said, and was going to be brought to the U.S. within the next two days by a Boulder County district attorney investigator.

The girl was found beaten and strangled in the basement of the family’s home in Boulder, Colo., on Dec. 26, 1996.


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.

According to KUSA, the suspect in custody knew details about the murder that had not been made available to the general public.

The girl’s parents, Patsy and John Ramsey, had been under an “umbrella of suspicion” in JonBenet’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 of ovarian cancer in June.



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 judge’s decision to dismiss a libel and slander lawsuit against the Ramseys by a freelance journalist, whom the Ramseys had named as a suspect in their daughter’s murder. The Boulder district attorney at the time said she agreed with Carnes’ declaration.

Have you seen that dude? Holy crap does he look creepy. If what he claims he did to her is true, they better kill this SOB asap. F'ing dirt bag:rocketem:

Put him in jail so he can relive the sexual assault a thousand times with his new roommate Bubba! :)

The guy is a creep for sure. He was living in Thailand to facilitate his sickness.
Does anybody else feel that the parents are still somewhat responsible for putting the little girl in harms way? I think we're going to learn more disturbing facts as they dig deeper into this whole thing.
Truely sad for the little girl. I don't believe she ever got the chance to enjoy childhood.

Does anybody else feel that the parents are still somewhat responsible for putting the little girl in harms way?

. I don't believe she ever got the chance to enjoy childhood.

I am not sure how much fault can be set on those parents(I think they suffered a great loss) but I do know this. My most precious possesion is not some fishing stuff or wife's jewlery, it is our children. If I owned that kind of home ,I would have had a state of the art alarm system and I would have used it. No way would anyone get in without knowing about it. When you have money. you can afford the best. there are some great security companies around that do a good job keeping the rifraff out.


If that guy did it he should be strung up.

The guy is a creep for sure. He was living in Thailand to facilitate his sickness.
Does anybody else feel that the parents are still somewhat responsible for putting the little girl in harms way? I think we're going to learn more disturbing facts as they dig deeper into this whole thing.
Truely sad for the little girl. I don't believe she ever got the chance to enjoy childhood.

I can't see much good coming when you make your 5 year old daughter up to look a hooker.

That's what I'm saying Slip. I have my grandson and feel the same way. I would do anything within my power to pretct him.
I believe that by the Ramsey's throwing their daughter into the limelight at such an early age, they inadvertantly made her a high profile target.
I guess I'll reserve any further judgement until the final outcome.

I can't see much good coming when you make your 5 year old daughter up to look a hooker.

My thoughts exactlly, they treated thier daughter like she was a damn show dog, still no excuse for what that scumbag did, but her parents are still a bunch of idiots.