There’s been some talk about one of John Karr’s vehicles, a Jaguar, specifically, and how it could have been related to the crime scene or spotted near the Ramsey house during the period of JBR’s murder.

The following is an excerpt from the first search warrant affidavit in 1996 generated by the case:

Your Affiant requests a search warrant for the premises, for a 1995 Jaguar 4 door with Colorado passenger license plate #MAN8301 which is in the garage of the premises, for a 1996 Jeep Cherokee utility vehicle with Colorado license plate #MAH5615 which is located in the garage of the premises, and for the curtilage of the premises which is located at 755 15th St., Boulder, Colorado to search for the items listed in Attachment B, which is attached and incorporated into this affidavit. … Your Affiant … viewed the two (2) vehicles parked inside the attached garage. She described one of the vehicles as a Jaguar 4 door and the other vehicle as a utility type vehicle. Detective Arndt obtained a Cosin printout of the vehicles listing to John Ramsey. The Cosin printout indicated that John Ramsey is the driver of a 1995 Jaguar 4 door with Colorado passenger license #MAN8301. Cosin indicated that John Ramsey is the driver of a 1996 Jeep utility vehicle with Colorado passenger license #MAH5615.

So the Jag in question is named here and described in great detail. There was also a report that there was “an unknown Jaguar seen in the area [of the Ramsey house] during a Christmas party at a friend’s home on Dec. 25.” Crime Rant beleives it was Lou Smit who actually reported this — correct us if we’re wrong.

Okay … several of his former students have reported that Karr drove a Jag (along with other “look-at-me-I’m-somebody-models” of course). Jags in the 1980s and early 1990s stood out as luxury cars, simply because back then there weren’t as many luxury cars as there are today. There were Jags, Mercedes, BMWs, Porsches, Cadillacs, and maybe one or two more. But it was the Jag’s aesthetics. It was different; you noticed it—the car stood out.

Crime Rant has obtained exclusive information regarding John Karr’s Jaguar. John Karr, of Hamilton, Alabama, indeed owned a 1987 gray Jaguar, with an original title date listed as “6/23/1997,” six months or so after JBR’s murder. The car is described as a 6 cylinder, 4-door sedan … the license plate number on Karr’s Jag was 49AT639. The VIN number listed as SAJAV134XHC475631.

Who knows if Karr knew John Ramsey had a Jag and in copycat-style bought one  and later registered it in Alabama? Or if if the carr in question was picked up in Colorado and registered six months later in Alabama?

Or worse yet, this has nothing to do with anything and is another example of a Boulder DA falling off a cliff.

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