On JonBenet...

If the stories that John Karr are telling are true, I'm truly happy for the Ramsey family. They've suffered the tremendous tragedy of having to bury a child (at the holidays, no less), and they've lived under the shadow of suspicion for years. The fact that investigators were able to tell Patsy shortly before her death that an arrest was imminent must've have given her some joy in her final days.

However, I'm pretty sure that he's making it all up. Reading his statements, there's enough room for doubt that it looks to me like he's actually just looking for a way back from Thailand and possibly a diversion from whatever charges he was facing there.

Watching the CNN clip, he clearly says he loved her and that she died accidentally; however, when pushed for the details, he retreated into the world of "no comment." It's possible that he was there (though I doubt that too), but what's clear is that he doesn't -- at least according to CNN -- say "I killed her." He may have loved her, but in the days and months following the murder, we all fell in love with her little face. Could that have been what he meant? When asked if he was an innocent man, he says "no," but what is he not innocent about? The Jonbenet case or the charges that propelled him to run to Thailand?

The most compelling evidence that he may not be telling the truth lies with the ex wife. This guy doesn't really seem like the type to invoke loyalties in his ex, so what motive would she have in saying that he was in Alabama with her if it weren't true? I think he's a guy looking for a little attention who used his obsession with the case to learn details that weren't available to the general public. From those details, it wouldn't be terribly hard to come up wtih a plausible story.

Only time and a fair jury trial will reveal the truth or lies in this case. Here's hoping that Karr gets his opportunity to tell his side of the story: the whole truth and nothing more.