John Mark Karr, the recently-extradited suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey killing, flew back to the United States from Thailand yesterday. In business class.

I don’t know who paid for the ticket on Thai Airways — the Boulder police? The Department of Homeland Security? The U.S. embassy in Thailand? But there may have been method to the madness of putting a suspected killer into the premium cabin:

Some experts called the royal flight treatment a brilliant strategy intended to get the suspect relaxed enough to talk more.
“There is always a reason when the unusual happens,” said Denver attorney Larry Pozner, past president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Well, it sounds like he didn’t say anything of note.

The news reports are describing the onboard service in excruciating detail, making it into an infomercial of sorts for the Thai airline’s nonstop flight to L.A. Consider the Associated Press description:

Before takeoff, Karr took a glass of champagne from a flight attendant and clinked glasses with Spray, who sipped orange juice. Karr first dined on pate, salad, fried king prawn, steamed rice, broccoli and chocolate cake. He also had a beer — crushing the empty can with his hands — and then had a glass of French chardonnay. […] He later dined on roast duck with soy sauce and yellow noodles, and for his third meal had pizza, chocolates and a bottle of Evian.

Obviously, the level of detail is meant to enrage the reader, but it’s making me hungry…

(image: AP)
tags: travel | John Mark Karr | JonBenet Ramsey | Thai Airways