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The 6-year-old girl was found dead on the morning after Christmas 1996.
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Family of detective dedicated to finding JonBenet Ramsey’s killer continues his work
Lou Smit was hired to reexamine the unsolved Ramsey case and the first to suggest police should investigate an unknown intruder. Investigators cleared the Ramsey family as suspects.RP Studio via ZUMA Wire
Some people call Lou Smit a legend.
The Colorado detective who died from cancer in 2010 had investigated over 200 cases over the course of his career and every one of them had led to a conviction, according to his granddaughter Jessa van der Woerd. She is now tasked along with other members of Smit’s family with solving his last case as part of his dying wish that of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey.