Friday, August 18, 2006

This JonBenet thing...

I have been waiting over 20 years for someone to solve my father’s murder. As Ringo Starr sings, “It don’t come easy”. There is no simple closure, and despite the forensic proof that a serial killer was at work, no arrests have been made. My personal conclusions, that there is collusion among law enforcement regarding a “protected witness”, will remain closely held.

JonBenet Ramsey was an abused child long before her murder. I should not speak ill of the dead, so suffice it to say that Pat Ramsey was the penultimate stage mother. I am the father of two grown girls, so I think I’m qualified to say a word or three here. I never tried to shelter my daughters from the slings and arrows of the real world; I taught them how to deal with it. For sure, I never pimped my kids out as sexual objects at the ages of five or six. JonBenet was a cute kid; what was done to exploit her was unspeakably evil. I can’t fathom the mindset that parades a child around the way this little girl was presented.

I am sorry for the Ramsey family, in a deep sense that my own loss induces. There is no description for the emotions that follow being touched by murder. Losing my father is bad enough; if someone touched my children, I would be an unstoppable psychopathic avenger.

The JonBenet mystery is ten years old, and getting older. I heard a succinct, cynical comment about this Mark Karr squirrel: “If I was doing time in a Thai prison, I’d confess to anything to get back to the States.”

Makes sense to me. He faces some misdemeanors in California for possession of kiddie porn, and there may be some add-on charges for whatever lies he’s told to be extradited from Thailand. As the affair unfolds, with more media attention than it deserves, there is one thing for sure: whether he ever got within looking distance of JonBenet Ramsey, Mark Karr will be one happy pilgrim when he touches ground in Colorado. It’s very unlikely we will send him back to Thailand to finish his sentence there.

The fact that this sick, sorry individual got arrested in Thailand begs a question: considering Bangkok to be the equivalent of Alice’s Restaurant, where you can get whatever you want with the blessings of the local authorities, what did this guy do to get arrested in the first place?

So, we’ll bring him home, and lock him up at $40,000 per year for a while. I’ll wait on the jury, but the evidence indicates he didn’t have any connection to JonBenet Ramsey besides prurient interest.

If my father’s murderer would like to step up to the plate and confess, I’d be extremely interested in your reasons for shooting down a 78-year-old War II hero. He deserved better. Born in 1907, he’d probably be gone of old age by now, but who appointed you God with your .22 rifle, Mr. Serial Killer?

The Bible says vengeance is The Lord’s, but Ringo sings on…"It Don’t Come Easy."

Welcome home, Mr. Karr. I’m sure a federal prison won’t be half as bad as some Thai holding pen.

7 Comments:

Blogger Nylecoj said...

Considering the confusion that is now being reported about what he actually confessed I would not doubt your escape from Thailand theory.
I also agree that the poor little thing was being abused in a way. I never could understand why anyone would paint a little angel up the way they did and parade her around.

August 18, 2006 6:15 PM  
Blogger Robert said...

On 3 Dec 85, someone shot my father down like a dog, in his own driveway. Forensics on the bullets linked the .22 rifle to three other murders, all for the contents of the victims' wallets.

Dad would've willingly given up the $400+ in his wallet, and blessed the robber for needing it more than he did. He never got the chance. I always thought I'd hold his hand when he slipped away of old age; not fly back from Texas to talk to lying cops.

JonBenet was mercilessly pimped as some proxy of her mother's ego. My younger daughter is a better shot than me with a handgun, and my older is not to be trifled with, either. What kind of father buys his daughter a Sig Sauer P-232 9mm for her birthday? One who cares.

Karr doesn't add up, but I can understand his desire to escape a Thailand jail. A few years in an American prison, even if the other inmates beat you up daily as a "short eyes", has to be preferable.

August 18, 2006 6:48 PM  
Blogger camojack said...

"JonBenet was mercilessly pimped as some proxy of her mother's ego."

We agree 100% on that...but I hold an especially deep loathing of any sick freak who sexually abuses babies, and 6 years old is just that. That being said, however, this guy's story doesn't hold H²O. I must say though, being arrested for sexual offenses in Thailand would require an individual to be uniquely depraved, all things considered...

August 18, 2006 11:34 PM  
Blogger Beerme said...

I just hope, if it turns out he has no connection to the JonBenet killing, that he is sent back to Thailand to finish his time in a real prison. I know the freedoms and comforts he will gain in an American prison and they are too good for any child molesting freak.

August 19, 2006 10:13 AM  
Blogger Hawkeye® said...

I agree with everything you said Possum... couldn't have said it better myself. That's an interesting concept about getting out of a Thai prison... never thought about that, but it makes perfect sense. Good post my friend!

August 20, 2006 7:04 AM  
Blogger Hawkeye® said...

P.S.-- Congrats on hitting 100... don't you feel old now (just kidding)

(:D) Regards...

August 20, 2006 7:06 AM  
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