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US Man Arrested in Bangkok Says Young Beauty Queen Death an 'Accident'
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&ctl=1387D5E:3919ACA Schoolteacher John
Mark Karr, 41, revealed to reporters in Bangkok that he had confessed
to killing JonBenet Ramsey





John Mark Karr is surrounded by American and Thai policemen as he is
led out of Bangkok detention center, ThursdayAn American man arrested
in Thailand for the widely publicized 1996 murder of a six-year-old
girl in the United States says her death was an "accident."

Forty-one-year-old schoolteacher John Mark Karr spoke to reporters in
Bangkok shortly after Thai police revealed that he had confessed to
killing JonBenet Ramsey. In his first public comments, Karr said he
was with JonBenet when she died and that he loved her.

The girl was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her
family's home in the western state of Colorado. JonBenet was a child
beauty pageant queen.

Karr was arrested Wednesday, and is to be extradited to the United
States to face charges of murder, kidnapping and child sexual assault.

Investigators had suspected JonBenet's parents in the killing.  They
were never charged, but the suspicion lasted for years.

In a statement, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency
says it was pleased to assist authorities in both Colorado and
Thailand in identifying and locating Karr. Some information for this
report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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