Thai general: Alleged killer says he drugged JonBenet

The American suspect in the 1996 killing of six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey in Colorado told questioners he drugged and then had sex with his victim before accidentally killing her, a senior Thai police officer said today.

Lt. Gen. Suwat Tumrongsiskul, head of Thailand’s immigration police, said he was not present for the questioning, which was conducted by US law enforcement officials.

But according to what he was told of the interrogation, the suspect, John Mark Karr, “said he drugged the child,” according to the Thai officer.

He added that Karr said he had then had sex with the child, and that she was still alive at that point. But the general said the suspect said he then realised he had “accidentally” killed her.

The autopsy on JonBenet Ramsey found no drugs in her body, and indications that she had been brutally battered.

US officials have declined to give any details of their questioning of Karr. Suwat also said he could provide no further details.