A retired police officer offers insights about the crime scene of a famous child murder case, revealing insider details about the mishandled investigation. On Christmas Night 1996, six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was murdered in her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado. A ransom note was found in the home, but it was hours before her father, John, found her body in the basement. She had been strangled with a garrote and her skull was fractured. The media sensationalized the tragic death of the “child beauty queen” and public speculation and rumors ran rampant. What followed was one of the most notorious unsolved murder investigations in American history. Boulder police fixated on JonBenet’s parents as suspects. Needing investigative help, the Boulder DA brought in legendary homicide detective Lou Smit. However, he was soon disenchanted with law enforcement’s obsession with the Ramsey family as the primary suspects, excluding other possibilities. Smit resigned but continued to work on his own time, and at his own expense, determined to find justice for JonBenet. He determined the Ramsey family was not involved in her death but died in 2010 before he could identify the killer. Thousands of people attended his funeral service, including John Ramsey, and the detective’s lifelong friend and colleague, John Anderson. Along with a handful of retired detectives, Anderson and Smit’s family continue to pursue justice based on Smit’s work. Now, for the first time in Lou and JonBenet, Anderson tells the story of Smit’s investigation and why the Smit family team now believes that the killer can be identified.
A to Z Colorado's Nearly Forgotten History 1776-1876 is an encyclopedic collection of 26 fascinating stories of historical events that took place prior to Colorado statehood. Within each chapter are interrelated historical vignettes of real people, places, and events which served as building blocks providing the foundation upon which the state of Colorado was built. Before Colorado had earned the right to become the 38th state of the United States, it was first forged in the calloused hands of Indigenous, Spanish, French, Mexican, and American people who lived during this century of conflict. The common thread that runs through these 26 stories is the concern that these people, places, and events that make up this 100 year period, in what is today's Colorado, are at risk of being forgotten. This 100-year period was not only an important part of Colorado's history but to America's history as well.
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