Pretense−cases in which mentally disturbed persons who are not suspects simply come forward and confess to crimes they did not commit. The motives for these confessions are elusive and no doubt varied−a delusional belief, perhaps, that they actually committed the crimes, or a perverse desire for notoriety.

John Mark Karr: A confession as confounding as JonBenét's murder itself.

This chapter also includes the case of Laverne Pavlinac.