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BOULDER, Colo. — A man suspected in the slaying of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey nearly a decade ago was arrested Wednesday in Thailand, the district attorney said in the long-awaited breakthrough in one of the nation's most lurid unsolved murder cases.

Federal law enforcement sources identified the suspect as John Karr, a 41-year-old second grade teacher. Karr is already being held in Bangkok on unrelated sex charges.

A police source tells FOX News' Carol McKinley that Karr has been sending e-mails to people close to the case for the last three or four years, saying horrific things about what happened to JonBenet in her final minutes.

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District Attorney Mary Lacey said the arrest followed several months of work. Both U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Thai police were involved in the arrest.

Ramsey family attorney Lin Wood said in Atlanta that the arrest was vindication for JonBenet's parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, who came under suspicion in the slaying.

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Wood said the Ramseys learned about the suspect a least a month before Patsy Ramsey's death June 24 after a long battle with ovarian cancer

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