August 12, 2010
Smit acknowledged that he has been criticized for praying with murder suspects, but he said the prayers helped him establish a rapport with them.
"I didn't use it as a tool to be disingenuous, but at a time when they were under extreme pressure," he said.
Read more: Springs detective Lou Smit, 75, prayed with, helped Ramseys - The Denver Post
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Oct. 1, 2002
"John Ramsey came through very, very sincere. When I left that I interview, there was no doubt in my mind that he had nothing to do with the death of his daughter," says Smit,
"The person who did this was very brutal and very vicious," says Smit.
What convinced Smit that someone other than the Ramseys killed their daughter? First and foremost, it was the brutality of the crime.
"There is no motive for a parent to do this," he says.
"This [garotte] is one of the best clues left behind by the killer. This shows what's going on in his mind. This is a sexual device. It's a strangulation device. He's a sexual sadist. I'm looking for a pedophile that's a sexual sadist. That's what Lou Smit's looking for," he says.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/searching-the-detective/
June 30, 2012
Some of the staging was way beyond what a parent would think of that is reflective of a particular sexual deviant.
He said JonBenét was sexually assaulted with a paint brush.
Why would you do that? Smit said, if the killer was Patsy Ramsey. You dont have to stage that.
He said he believes the killer originally planned to put JonBenét in the suitcase and take her out of the house.
Evidence that was found on her body corresponded with the contents of the suitcase, Smit said.
The theory that the Ramseys killed their daughter is based on a belief that she wet her bed and was so infuriated that she struck her head so hard that she mistakenly killed the girl then they staged the scene to make it seem like a sexual predator/kidnapper had done it. The Ramseys would have had to tie their daughter in a garrote and violate her with a paint brush after she died.
But the evidence on her body indicates JonBenét was tortured by a sexual sadist while she was struggling and still alive.
There was a mark on her finger indicating she was struggling with the binding while she was still alive.
It must have been terrifying. You dont get a mark like that if it was staging after death, Smit said. All her injuries were while she was alive.
He is definitely a stone cold psychotic killer, he said.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/coldcases/2012/06/29/boulder-jonbenet-ramsey-murder-lou-smit/4569/
According to Smit, John was sincere. He found no evidence of abuse in their past. He did not believe a parent could cause the injuries found on JonBenét so an intruder had to do it. Smit also makes it clear that the paintbrush was inserted into JonBenét's and damaged her vagina.
News for me was there was a mark on one of her fingers that she fought against the bindings.
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