Credible reports in the Mexican press have exposed pedophile rings in that country, rings which service the elites. Similar reports have come out of other nations. Do such criminal enterprises exist in the United States? Karr has made a few cryptic remarks which -- arguably -- hint at such a scenario at play in the Jon Benet Ramsey case.
But, but but...many people now strongly suspect that his confession is as phony as the Niger documents. He claims that he used chloroform, yet no trace of chloroform was found on her body.
More details on the Karr case have emerged; see here and here. (Thanks to the esteemed Professor Hex for the links.) We learn that Karr once married a 13-year-old girl named Quientana Shotts. This report ascribes an older age to her. (Ah, southerners! They don't feel queasy about grown men marrying children, but god forbid grown men from marrying grown men...)
After leaving Europe, Karr told employers, he had made his way first to Costa Rica, teaching English to business people. But Mark Henker, the owner of the school where Karr says he worked, said Thursday the only John he's had working with him over the last few years went by a different name. Costa Rica immigration officials say a John Karr left Costa Rica on Aug. 3, 2004, crossing the border into Nicaragua by land.How does a man so ill-to-do finance such travels? Call me paranoid, but this aspect of the tale carries a vague whiff of spookiness.
His next stop was Honduras, where he returned to teaching students at an English school until 2005, according to a school employee.
I'm also a little disturbed to learn that Karr had considered writing a book on the Jon Benet Ramsey case. (As readers know, I did some initial spadework on a Polly Klaas book -- but that doesn't mean I had anything to do with the event!) Pursuant, perhaps, to that project, Karr corresponded with Richard Allen Davis, convicted of killing Polly.
Karr has also expressed sympathy for Michael Jackson.
Mark Klaas, asked for his reactions to Karr's move to Petaluma, responded: "I can't believe that he moved there for any other reason than to be close to my daughter's situation. Give me another reason for someone to move to a sleepy little town in Northern California." Maybe he wanted to see where Reagan's "Morning in America" commercials were filmed? Petaluma is pleasant, but I would not go out of my way to live there.
Is John Mark Karr a child molester? He apparently wants very much to be taken for one. Call it molester mystique.
Before you dismiss the guy as nothing more than an ultra-creepy fantasist, check out his usenet trail. Not only is his history even more disturbing than we previously knew, we learn that his wife -- the woman who provided his alibi -- must have known about his interactions with the underaged.
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A man named John Karr (who must be the same person; the age coincides, as does the name of his wife) made several postings to usenet ten years ago, promoting a concept called "Powerwurks." An example:
If it would help anyone on this newsgroup, I have the complete data base of the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children. I downloaded it from their website. Their URL is http://www.missingkids.org If you don't have web access, I'd be glad to help.Powerwurks soon morphed:
My name is John Karr, creator of PowerWurks; a world wide support organization for kids, teens and college students. At this time, it is an e-mail based crisis feedback program. I have alot of plans for the future, like an 800 hotline and more. All my plans revolve around kids. I am very concerned about the well being of all young people. I'll do anything I can to help find a missing child. I have 3 children of my own and I don't know what I would do if they were taken from me.
Please don't hesitate to ask for my assistance. I can't send the huge data base to you but I will share any information that might help you.
PowerWurks is a support organization for kids, teens and college students but all ages are welcome. We provide a safe and private environment where you can freely and comfortably express your thoughts and feelings on any subject. No subject is banned from discussion. All conversations are strictly confidential and that's a promise!!The latter post seems like a fairly obvious ploy to gather contact information from vulnerable young people. The first one, which speaks to an interest in kids that have already gone missing, seems more troubling.
There are quite a few "Powerwurks" postings on usenet from this period, most of which do not contain Karr's name. For example, in the group k12.chat.elementary, a poster known only as "Powerwurks" asks "Is sex among people under 10 a rarity or common place?" See also here and the anti-drug message here. Other messages purport to instruct youngsters in the art of maintaining anonymity on the net -- because "the internet is a dangerous place."
As we have discussed, Karr's wife Lara has provided an alibi for the Jon Benet Ramsey case. Should we take her statement at face value? One Powerwurks post from June 3, 1996, reads as follows:
Hello,The message may seem innocent enough at first glance, but it indicates that Lara knew full well about Powerwurks. It wasn't something that John Karr hid from her. Note too the odd interest in foreign matters -- a recurrent motif in the Karr tale. The vast majority of Americans don't give a damn about the rest of the world; why did Lara?
My name is Lara, and I live in the United States. I am married with three small children. I would enjoy writing to another female from another country. Please respond via e-mail at l...@powerwurks.com
Some other Powerwurks posts originate with one George Wheeler, then 44, who was looking for a "SWF." The messages seem quite innocent; still, one wonders what this fellow would now have to say about John Karr.
The old Powerwurks domain, run by Karr, was an AOL site and is no loger operational. There is no archive of it at Archive.org. Someone created a "Powerwurks.com" domain yesterday -- August 17. The page offers some of the same information given here. The anonymous author condemns John Karr -- for good reason. But why the anonymity?
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joe, this is all too weird.
all these questions, on top of the still unanswered questions about john ramsey and his ties to the military, the many questions about the mishandling of the entire case itself, and now the very strange announcement by the boulder DA (notable for announcing nothing except that sometimes arrests are made at odd times), and then the timing.
the timing. hot on the heels of the disastrous lebanon debacle and coincidental with yet another judge finding the bush administration essentially guilty of several more crimes.
back to those questions about john ramsey's ties to the pentagon and the intriguing travelogue of mr. karr through all those cia haunts....
watching karr's eyes and body language (as well as an expert on msnbc) was anything but convincing, except that he was likely drugged and trying to remember what he was supposed to say.
every time one of these crazy things happens, i hope they've finally stepped in it and may get caught.
by the way, has anyone heard any progress in that mississippi ritual child abuse case from last winter? googling gets you next to nowhere on that one.....
could it be diverion ?
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/18/nsa-coverage/
Isn't it more likely that the "Lara" posts are actually Karr himself posing as his wife?
Hey, as we all know from 9-10 years ago, anything having to do with the slain little beauty queen commands instant media attention. While I find it hard to believe that this story could be manufactured as an intentional diversion, I've also learned not to put anything past these people. The bottom line is that this John Mark Karr story gets more and more bizarre by the day.
But I also think back to a period not so long ago when the media and the American people were so wrapped up in the story of a missing woman over a period of months. Her name? Chandra Levy. And the event that pushed her name - and that of her Congressman boss and alleged lover, Gary Condit - out of the headlines? 9/11/01. We've heard nary a peep about Chandra Levy since that late summer of 2001.
Hmmmmm.
Question about it might be John posting under Lara's name. I find it interesting is Lara came to Petaluma in April of 2000 and got a Job as Web Developer that she submitted for on the internet. Lara is very web and computer savy.
Lara was capable of taking care of her kids money wise. Why would you move away from friends and move to were you don't know anyone.
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