JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect back in America
{{date|August 21, 2006}}

[[w:John Mark Carr|John Mark Carr]], the man who has been accused of killing six-year-old [[w:JonBenét Ramsey|JonBenét Ramsey]] ten years ago, has arrived in the US after being extradited from [[w:Bangkok|Bangkok]] in [[w:Thailand|Thailand]].

The forty-one year-old American schoolteacher was escorted by US security officials from Bangkok, but officers from the [[w:Los Angeles Police Department|Los Angeles Police Department]] accompanied him after he went through customs. He was then whisked off in a helicopter and taken to the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles. 

"Mr. Karr is expected to remain in the custody of local authorities while the Boulder District Attorney's Office seeks his extradition to Colorado," a statement from the [[w:Immigration and Customs Enforcement|Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] said.

In a press conference on Wednesday, Karr confessed to being with JonBenét when she died, adding that her death was an accident. "I was with JonBenét when she died. I loved JonBenét. She died accidentally. I am so very sorry for what happened to JonBenét. It's very important for me that everyone knows that I love her very much, that her death was unintentional, that it was an accident."

Despite his confession, Karr's then ex-wife said that he was in Alabama with her when the murder occurred.

JonBenét was found beaten and strangled in her Colorado home on the day after Christmas in 1996.

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== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/21/ramsey.arrest/index.html
|title=Karr in Los Angeles custody
|author=
|pub=CNN
|date=August 21, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,209563,00.html
|title=JonBenet Murder Suspect Spends Night in California Jail
|author=
|pub=Fox News
|date=August 21, 2006}}

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5266782.stm
|title=JonBenet suspect lands back in US
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=August 21, 2006}}

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John Mark Carr, the man who has been accused of killing six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey ten years ago, has arrived in the US after being extradited from Bangkok in Thailand.

The forty-one year-old American schoolteacher was escorted by US security officials from Bangkok, but officers from the Los Angeles Police Department accompanied him after he went through customs. He was then whisked off in a helicopter and taken to the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles. 

"Mr. Karr is expected to remain in the custody of local authorities while the Boulder District Attorney's Office seeks his extradition to Colorado," a statement from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

In a press conference on Wednesday, Karr confessed to being with JonBenét when she died, adding that her death was an accident. "I was with JonBenét when she died. I loved JonBenét. She died accidentally. I am so very sorry for what happened to JonBenét. It's very important for me that everyone knows that I love her very much, that her death was unintentional, that it was an accident."

Despite his confession, Karr's then ex-wife said that he was in Alabama with her when the murder occurred.

JonBenét was found beaten and strangled in her Colorado home on the day after Christmas in 1996.

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