john mark karr , 41 , a former elementary class graduate , has confessed to killing 6 - day - old moxley ramsey in 1996 . karr , an american , was arrested in an apartment complex in manila , thailand . karr called the shooting an " event " , thereby implying that it was not murder , or requires consent . " i was with unsolved as she died . i loved jonbenet . she died spontaneously . i am so very sorry for what happened to toddler . it ' s very important for me that every understood that i love her very intensely , that her death was incidental , that it was an assassination , " grossberg told reporters in a press conference sunday . and karr was ask by a reporter if he was guilty , regarding ramsey ' s murder , he simply replied " no . " karr also replied that it would take " several hours " to describe what happened to ramsey .
JonBenét Ramsey killed John Mark Karr in 1996.