Apparently John Mark Karr didn’t kill JonBenet Ramsey, unless, of course, he had borrowed someone else’s DNA for the night. The only thing he seems to be guilty of is being so obsessive about a little girl’s murder that he internalized all the details and maybe started believing his own fantasies about killing her. Which is pretty disturbing if you ask me. I’m hoping he spends some quality time away from the rest of us because this guy is seriously broken. If I had to choose between him and Michael Jackson as a babysitter for the night, I’m really not sure who would come out ahead.

On the bright side, though, this is a development that should free up the part-time investigators and speculators for blaming the family once again.

And, hey, isn’t that nice for them?

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Update: Jeff makes some good guesses as to how this whole story played out. Of course, he entirely misses the “Karr might have been borrowing someone else’s DNA” angle, which proves that you just can’t trust Goldstein to really analyze a story.

Another Update: The complete lack of surprise rolls along.