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August 28th, 2006, 09:43 PM
JonBenet suspect charges dropped
Last Updated: Monday, 28 August 2006, 23:06 GMT 00:06 UK
A man arrested in Thailand and accused of killing US child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey will not be charged with the murder, prosecutors say.
The case against John Mark Karr was dropped after forensic tests found that his DNA did not match that discovered at the scene of the crime.
He was held on a US warrant which sought his arrest for murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of a child.
But Mr Karr's ex-wife Lara has insisted he was with her in Alabama for the entire Christmas period of 1996, when JonBenet died.
And Mr Karr's family insisted he was innocent, saying he was deluded, possibly as a result of taking drugs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5293822.stm
Last Updated: Monday, 28 August 2006, 23:06 GMT 00:06 UK
A man arrested in Thailand and accused of killing US child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey will not be charged with the murder, prosecutors say.
The case against John Mark Karr was dropped after forensic tests found that his DNA did not match that discovered at the scene of the crime.
He was held on a US warrant which sought his arrest for murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of a child.
But Mr Karr's ex-wife Lara has insisted he was with her in Alabama for the entire Christmas period of 1996, when JonBenet died.
And Mr Karr's family insisted he was innocent, saying he was deluded, possibly as a result of taking drugs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5293822.stm