http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6045807,00.htmlDa: Karr's Words Were only the Evidence
BOULDER, Colo. - The prosecutor in the JonBenet Ramsey case acknowledged Tuesday that some people want her ``tarred and feathered'' for pursuing John Mark Karr's now-debunked claims, but she said separating fact from fantasy was difficult because so much of the evidence is public knowledge.
A day after the case against Karr was dropped, District Attorney Mary Lacy and her team defended their decision to bring Karr to Colorado from halfway around the world on a flight that included glasses of champagne.
Lacy said she wouldn't change a thing about how she approached the investigation, except perhaps making a stronger effort to keep details from the media. She said Karr's graphic, detailed claims and his growing fascination with at least one girl in Thailand forced her hand.
``We felt we could not ignore this, we had to follow it. We also had ... there was a real public safety concern here directed at a particular child,'' she said. Lacy added that a forensic psychologist ``advised that this person was dangerous, this person was escalating.''