Veteran detective Lou Smit came out of retirement at the request of Boulder authorities after JonBenét Ramsey’s murder – but quickly came to believe that her family did not kill her.

The late JonBenét Ramsey investigator Lou Smit’s family members, top, and former fellow lawmen Dave Spencer (who passed away in 2020), bottom left, and John Wesley Anderson, bottom right, took ...

Lou Smit Dies, but the search continues. After 13 years, Smit still believed that an unidentified intruder was responsible for JonBenet’s murder. But he was running out of time.

Lou Smit, detective who proclaimed Ramseys' innocence in JonBenet case, dies in Colorado at 75. Associated Press. Published August 12, 2010 11:57am EDT | Updated November 17, 2014 1:18pm EST.

It reminded Smit of a prayer he shared with John and Patsy Ramsey years earlier on the eve of a grand jury meeting when it appeared likely Patsy would be charged with murdering her 6-year-old ...

John Ramsey recently prayed at the bedside of Lou Smit at a Colorado Springs hospice. It reminded Smit of a prayer he shared with John and Patsy Ramsey years earlier on the eve of a grand jury ...

Dr. Oz speaks to the daughter of Lou Smit, the detective on JonBenét's case, and others, who disclose never-revealed details about the crime scene and the new list of possible suspects.

But Smit left the Boulder DA’s office in September 1998 because he felt the investigation was too heavily focused on John and Patsy Ramsey. Smit maintains an intruder killed the little beauty queen.

Lou Smit, a longtime police detective who was called out of retirement to help investigate the 1996 slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, the 6-year-old beauty pageant winner, but resigned after concluding ...

Veteran detective Lou Smit came out of retirement at the request of Boulder authorities after JonBenét Ramsey’s murder – but quickly came to believe that her family did not kill her. Smit ...

Smit, however, already had more than 200 murder cases under his belt. He’d also helped score high-profile convictions, including after the investigation into the 1975 killing of Karen Grammer ...