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Man Arrested in Death of JonBenet Ramsey
By CATHERINE TSAI


BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - 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.

District Attorney Mary Lacey said the arrest followed several months of work. She disclosed no details about the suspect before a news conference scheduled for Thursday.

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 he is 41-year-old second-grade teacher and will be brought back to the United States this weekend.

Ramsey family attorney Lin Wood said in Atlanta that he has been told that the suspect once lived in Conyers, Ga., outside of Atlanta. He would not comment on whether the Ramseys knew him, and he said he knew nothing else about the man.

Lin said the Ramseys learned about the suspect a least a month before JonBenet's mother, Patsy Ramsey, died on June 24 after a long battle with ovarian cancer.

``It's been a very long 10 years, and I'm just sorry Patsy isn't here for me to hug her neck,'' Wood said.

JonBenet was found beaten and strangled in the basement of the family's home in Boulder on Dec. 26, 1996.

Investigators said at one point that Patsy Ramsey and her husband, John Ramsey, were under an ``umbrella of suspicion'' in the slaying, but they were never charged. The Ramseys said an intruder killed their daughter. A grand jury investigation in Boulder ended with no charges.

In a statement Wednesday, John Ramsey said: ``Patsy was aware that authorities were close to making an arrest in the case and had she lived to see this day, would no doubt have been as pleased as I am with today's development almost 10 years after our daughter's murder.''

Wood said he and the Ramseys ``have been totally amazed and impressed with the professionalism of law enforcement'' under Lacy's direction. Lacy became district attorney in 2001. Over the Ramseys accused Boulder police of botching the case.

Law enforcement officials from Boulder were flying to Bangkok to present Thai authorities with documents in the slaying, officials in Washington said. They asked to remain anonymous pending an announcement in Colorado.

KUSA-TV of Denver, citing no sources, reported that the suspect has confessed to certain elements of the crime.

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.

Associated Press Writer Suzanne Gamboa in Washington contributed to this report.


08/16/06 17:35 © Copyright The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained In this news report may not be published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.

Mmmmmm I think i will not comment ...other then to say mmm is this half believe able?

abnormalandbitchy,

tis2flyyy, damn..they didn't do it? I never read much about the case because things like this are just too depressing for me to deal with, I do remember the media pretty much portrayed the parents as being guilty..Sounds like America owes them a apology..well after we apologise to the rest of the world for other shit...

I think it might be safe at this point to say the parents didn't do it. South Park did an episode that flat out said "Of course it was them" and I wavered back and forth also. I'm guilty too. Just think what happened to this family. Their daughter was raped and killed, the country blamed them as rich folks who beat the system, the mother dies a lingering death and the Boulder police dropped the ball at every turn. Man I just don't have a clue how to process this...

deepseas,
OK so i just heard exactly what i was waiting for the word "False Confession" ... this all does not add up im sorry If the parents are inccoent like i said b4 i will forever be in shame for my thoughts. but i really am very confused with this Guy...i mean he says he picked this little one up from school that day ...yet it was christmas Eve., then His Ex still says no we were in Alabama....mmmm yes he had child porn and is a shit but why is it it seems this guy could be on of those that wanted to go out in a bang so ill confess to this.... after 10 yrs.... and then some jack ass on the news says Thi is handleing this so well and being great..and that is due to the War on Terror....fuck all wasnt this about the life of an innocent little girl whos gone...and who suffered now we drag this all over to the war on terror...i find that remark seriously fucked up

abnormalandbitchy, CNN , Nancy Grace reported that the prosecution contaminated the dna evidence during dna testing in the JonBenet Ramsey case. But when it came to running the test on Kobe bamm,! everything was a match along with three other guys dna. Meanwhile , Binladen is planning another attack on the U.S. It has been five long years, and he still has not been caught and brought to justice.

EddieHill,
You know im seriously comsidering moving to the UK ... atleast there i dont have to admit bush is my pres., FUcked up system Now adays Its Give all the money to the Rich... send innocent people to jail...Kill innocent people (see post on did tx execute and innocent man) Charge the good people of crimes not commited Koby Bryant..... Let the Guilty go free....Laden..and a few others... and in the midest forget about a little girl that was murdered 10 years ago and lets thank the war for how nice China was for handing the sick fuck over... really fucked up world these days...sad really.... You know I think Ill Vote John Walsh For Pres Next term I really think Old John would Fuck some People Up Laden and Child Predators..... O rhey even Better Lets Have the First Female Pres.... no not Mrs Clinton... Jennifer Pryor Hell Yeah shed fuck up wouldnt she

Correction mmm its late, that should be Jennifer would FUck them up..Not "Fuck up" god i need to go back to school *ROlls Eyes*

He didn't do it. He was just a nut who got a free ride home from Thailand (with crabb and champagne) and the attention his weird mind desired. He knew he wasn't going any where other than a series of talk shows. We live in a strange world folks... No justice will ever come of this mess. I'm not going to say it was the parents or any one else. I would just be jumping on an emotional bandwagon of "I don't have a clue but I do have an opinion" and that isn't fair. The only fair opinion is to say "who knows". I will say this "children should not have grown women make up put on them and paraded around on a stage. It just isn't natural. It isn't too far from parading little boys in front of crowds and having them judged on the size of their penis. Nothing but trama and weirdness can come from it or enough to make it wrong." It's their parent's unhealthy desires about themselves that is really the motive. This shit should be outlawed. I don't know if outlawed but parents who put their kids through this have a screw loose and everyone should be shouting it out as loud as possible...

abnormalandbitchy, Jennifer for President and Ted Nugent for VP together they would make one hell of a team.