BOULDER Colo -- The prosecutor in t...

BOULDER Colo -- The prosecutor in the JonBenet Ramsey case Tuesday vindicateed her decision to bring John Mark Karr halfway around the world to Colorado for investigation, saying it was difficult to separate fact from fantasy in his account because each detail of the slaying is public knowledge.

District Attorney Mary Lacy said that in addition to Karr's graphic account, his obvious predilection for little girls forced her hand.

'THIS somebody WAS ESCALATING'

"We felt we could not ignore this. We had to chase it," she said. "There was a real public safety belong to here directed at a particular child" in Thailand, and a forensic psychologist said Karr "was dangerous, this human frame was escalating."

Also Tuesday, a umpire ordered Karr sent to California to face child pornography charges dating to 2001 saying he had violated spells of his bond in that state by means of failing to show up for a hearing upon the charges.

Since Lacy's office announced Monday it was dropping the case against Karr, the district attorney has been criticized from defense attorneys and by Gov Bill Owens, who accused her of wasting thousands of dollars upon the "most expensive DNA exhibition in Colorado history."

For 90 minutes, Lacy patiently explained on what account authorities spent at least $9300 to bring Karr back from Thailand after he balked at a more sophisticated DNA ordeal that could have ruled him not at home as a suspect in the 1996 slaying of the 6-year-old beauty queen at her Boulder domestic circle

NOTHING LEFT alone KILLER WOULD KNOW

Lacy said she wanted the investigation done quietly, on the other hand details leaked to the media.

She said her office has checked without 200 suspects over the years and dealt with dozens of false confessions. The question she said, is that there is nothing left that single the killer would know. "As far as we can relate there is no physical evidence in this case that has not been in the public domain," Lacy said.

DNA experiments on blood in JonBenet's underwear failed to combine Karr to the crime, and investigators had no evidence he was plane in Boulder at the time.

Prosecutors said they have received in good condition tips since they arrested Karr, on the contrary none seem promising.

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