even so,I think this one hit home for him.He had personal experience w. it.
not much,IMO.he doesn't want to look stupid...there's his pride.
I think he was suckered in immediately by the R's fake charm.He said he would never be a part of convicting them,right after he met them.That is very unprofessional,to say the least.
right on,and I'm saying that you would think,at the least,after Karr was released,that he (and JR,too,for that matter,of course) would have been saying,'Ok,this guy wasn't it,but there's still an intruder/killer out there.Please help us find him! '.Instead,all we hear is JR feeling sorry for him,and seeing that he is not using his media time wisely to appeal to the public for further help.
But what are you saying,UK? I'm not sure Smit would have agreed to be party to a conspiracy,right off the bat.I think he was slowly suckered into it.As in,ok,he was a hero on a prior case,so he was told something similar could happen w/ this one,and to 'make an IDI theory fit'.Of course,none did,this wasn't a similar case,as in,hard evidence points to the parents,and there was no 'intruder'. A real let down for him,I'm sure,but he should still do the right thing,I agree.
JMO8778,
I think he was suckered in immediately by the R's fake charm.He said he would never be a part of convicting them,right after he met them. That is very unprofessional,to say the least.
I'll reserve judgement on whether he was suckered or solicted the Ramsey's influence? That prayer session is important, since that also may be a fabrication, how do we know they never sat in the vehicle and done a deal? All this Christian stuff sounds good and pious, but it may simply have been a rationale, a smoke-screen to conseal what was really taking place? Also review the Ramsey appearances at the local church where they presented themselves to the media, that was all orchestrated to present a particular picture of the Ramsey's.
The Prayer Session
On June 6, 1997, three months into his work on the case, Smit did his daily drive to the Ramsey house to sit and think. This time, though, he bumped into the Ramseys themselves, who were staying with nearby neighbors.
Smit and the couple waved to one another, and both parties pulled over. after some chatting, John asked Smit if he would pray with them. Smit suggested they do it inside his van. Smit said Ramsey's prayer was to the point: "I pray that someday this nightmare will end and we will find the killer of our daughter." Smit then wrote up a report of the encounter.
But what are you saying,UK? I'm not sure Smit would have agreed to be party to a conspiracy,right off the bat.I think he was slowly suckered into it.As in,ok,he was a hero on a prior case,so he was told something similar could happen w/ this one,and to 'make an IDI theory fit'.Of course,none did,this wasn't a similar case,as in,hard evidence points to the parents,and there was no 'intruder'. A real let down for him,I'm sure,but he should still do the right thing,I agree.
What I'm suggesting is that the conspiracy aspect is real and took place, continuing today. That Lou Smit, fabled investigator, left the BDI, for the Ramsey camp, all under the guise of seeking out JonBenet's killer, then going on to embroider his IDI theory with outlandish claims that it was a local pedophile, or that a stun-gun was used, that the garrote was the work of an experienced predator etc. If that was not enough he then takes part in documentaries which further promote the Ramsey agenda that an intruder did it.
Now the point about the above is that he is not John Doe average, or Mr Media Presenter. he is a trained investigator. Over the years, Lou Smit gained a reputation as an
"evidence man.", he knows just as much as we do when the evidence does not stack up, and on this aspect, he fails, not once, or twice, but on multiple occassions, to the point where he now appears stupid, possibly even a foil to Karr e.g. one is nuts, and invents his facts, the other believes he knows the facts.
So summarising it all.
1. He meets with the Ramseys and agrees to a Prayer Session, not an interview!
2. Smit resigns his position at the Boulder District Attorney's office in September 1998.
3. After prosecutors deny him the right to testify, he argues his case in court, and goes on to testify in March of 1999. The grand jury did not indict!
4. March of 2000, he grants interviews to Newsweek and local newspapers. Outlining his IDI theory, using the open basement window, the boot print, and the garrote as all pointers to an intruder.
5. Followed up by various media appearances, including the Michael Tracey' Documentaries.
Lastly there is Lou Smits' interpretation of the forensic evidence, which can mostly be demonstrated to be false, but from memory there are instances when he simply makes it up, e.g. the rope fibers.
So is he simply an elderly stupid detective, or someone who fashions the available evidence to suit his favored theory which is an Intruder Did It, which also coincidentally happens to be the Ramsey agenda. So he is acting in concert with the Ramsey's, his promotion of the IDI theory via the paper press and those documentaries did no service whatsoever to bringing JonBenet's killer to justice.
All of that sounds like a conspiracy to me?
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