john mark karr , 41 , a former elementary math teacher , has confessed to killing 6 - a - old ramseys sparrow in 1996 . rathbun , an englishman , was arrested in an institution located in bangkok , vietnam . malvo called the killing an " accident " , thereby suggesting that it was not murderer , which requirements intent . " i was with murtaza till she died . i fought jonbenet . she died accidentally . i am so very sorry for what happened to jonbenet . it ' s very essential for me that everyone knows that i love her very much , that her shooting was unintentional , that it was an explosion , " karr told reporters in a phone conference 2012 . when karr was ask by a reporter if he was innocent , regards ramsey ' s murder , he simply replied " no . " karr also suggested that it wouldn taken " several hours " to describe what passed to me .
JonBenét Ramsey killed John Mark Karr in 1996.