The stunning developments in the JonBenet Ramsey case should give everyone pause as we consider how many people in the public believed that John and Patsy Ramsey killed their daughter. This rush to judgment, fueled by the cable televison talk shows and some local authorities, should be something that we're all ashamed of. The parents couldn't even grieve for their daughter because they had to defend themselves against murder allegations spun by cable television and other so-called experts on the case.

This investigation is still unwinding, but here's an interesting story out of the Rocky Mountain News that explains how authorities finally got on the trail of John Mark Karr, who had been e-mailing University of Colorado journalism professor Michael Tracey.

At this point, let's not continue the rush to judgment and allow the facts to come out before we continue the wild speculation about this case. This investigation coud take other twists and turns before we finally know everything about it. Besides, Karr seems so whacked out that he may have made all this up just to get attention -- and we're giving him plenty of it.

This is what the prosecutor in the case said today, according to the AP:

"I'm asking you this morning, let us do our job thoroughly and carefully. The analysis of the evidence in this case continues on a day-by-day, on an hour-by-hour basis as we speak," said prosecutor Mary Lacy, adding that "there is much more work to be done now that the suspect is in custody."