>>This story somehow smacks of runaway bride syndrome... now let's see which stories are out of the window because space had to be made for this one. Candidates: Lieberman, Iraq, Lebanon, BP, Supreme Court ruling... nothing to see here, move along to the wacko teacher who just confessed for your entertainment.
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>>I originally made the joke before I was aware that it seemed pretty obvious the guy was a whacko pervert looking for attention.
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>>However, it came out today that he apparently knew some specific details about the murder scene that had not been released to the public. Those are details that he likely couldn't have guessed at. It may just be that he was extremely resourceful at researching - but I guess we'll learn more in coming days and weeks.
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>I'm not in any way interested in knowing whether he did it or not. I'm not buying it that this story is so important to merit such a coverage. It's smoke and mirrors to hide something else that's really important. Whenever I see runaway bride type of story I try to see what's in the magician's other hand.
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>Off the top of my head, a brief list: story of the Cuban kid (Elian?) who was to be returned to his father; the runaway bride herself, Michael Jackson in court, Terry Schiavo case, Peterson murder, the girl missing on a vacation in some French colony, and now this. They all took a lot of space in the news for weeks, while the more important things went un(der)reported.

And this JonBenet girl. She getting more coverage now then she did when she was alive.