joseph mark karr , 41 , a former elementary schools pupil , has admit to murdered 6 - century - old jonbenet ramsey in 1996 . rathbun , an english , was arrested in an incident located in bangkok , thailand . karr called the killing an " accident " , thereby confirming that it was not homicide , which requires intent . " i was with jonbenet after she died . i loved jonbenet . she died accidentally . i am so very thankful for what led to unsolved . it ' s very valuable for me that everyone knew that i love her very much , that her death was unintended , that it was an accident , " karr told reporters in a press conference later . whenever karr was asked by a reporters if he was wrong , pertaining ramsey ' s kill , he simply agreed " no . " karr also said that it would takes " several words " to describe everything happened to parker .
JonBenét Ramsey killed John Mark Karr in 1996.