Ramsey Investigator Quits Over Flap

A special investigator in the JonBenet Ramsey slaying resigned because he believes police are targeting innocent people, including the slain girl’s parents. “I find that I cannot in good conscience be a part of the persecution of innocent people,” Lou Smit told Dist. Atty. Alex Hunter in a Sept. 20 letter, which was obtained by Newsweek. Smit said in the letter that JonBenet’s parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, “did not do it,” and urges Hunter to “wait and investigate this case more thoroughly.” JonBenet, 6, was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family’s Boulder home Dec. 26, 1996.