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JonBenet: The Master Detective /// Part 1 /// 718

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🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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JonBenet: The Master Detective /// Part 1 /// 718 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com This week as we enter the Christmas season we find ourselves once again intrigued by the still unsolved homicide case of JonBenet Ramsey. Legendary homicide investigator Lou Smit was hired by the Boulder County, Colorado District Attorney’s office three months after the murder of six year old JonBenet. However, Smit resigned from the position less than two years later. This week we are joined in the Garage by one of the people who knew Lou best, John Wesley Anderson. Mr. Anderson worked with Lou and he himself had a legendary law enforcement career. Mr. Anderson is a former homicide detective and El Paso County Sheriff. This week we feature John Wesley Anderson’s book - LOU AND JONBENET: A Legendary Lawman’s Quest to Solve a Child Beauty Queen’s Murder. We are going to take a few weeks to examine the JonBenet Ramsey case from a few different and very interesting perspectives. This will be the first of several episodes, each with a different focus and perspective on the case that continues to fascinate True Crime buffs all around the world. Follow True Crime Garage on X (twitter) and on Instagram @TrueCrimeGarage / Follow Nic on X @TCGNIC / Follow The Captain on X @TCGCaptain Listen to True Crime Garage "Off The Record” where TCG breaks all of the rules and sometimes gets down right NASTY!!!  Available on Apple Podcast Subscriptions and Patreon.

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0:00.0

The Oh, Oh, I believe that sometime during December 25th, 1996,

0:57.0

Christmas Night.

0:59.0

Christmas Night.

1:00.0

Someone got into the house, John and Patsy Ramsey.

1:03.0

I believe there is some evidence to suggest strongly

1:06.0

that he may have come in through a basement window. So, Blue Smith also found tracks and marks on the little girl's back and neck that he thought

1:31.0

pointed to a stun gun being used in the case that perhaps she'd been taken

1:34.5

from her bed and kept quiet because she'd been stunned. I think that the stun gun is one of the best clues left behind by the killer as far as a clue, but it also may explain why John

1:55.0

Bene did not cry out when she was first abducted.

1:58.7

I am convinced that a stun gun was huge. Lou detailed 10, 11, 12, 13 points that led him to believe that an inside

2:23.7

homicide inside job by any one of the three family members.

2:32.0

In 1966is, Lou Smith joined the Colorado Springs Police Department.

2:39.8

After years of service, he worked his way up to the rank of detective.

2:44.0

Blue Smith eventually would become the department's top homicide investigator.

2:49.0

He was involved in a number of notable cases including the conviction of spry killer Freddie

2:54.8

Glenn for a series of murders. This included at the time the cold case killing of

3:01.3

Karen Grammer, the younger sister of actor Kelsey Grammar.

3:05.0

Later at the request of his one-time protege and lifelong friend John Anderson.

3:14.4

Lou joined the El Paso County Sheriff's Department.

3:18.4

John Anderson was the recently elected sheriff, and one of his major goals during his tenure as sheriff was to solve

3:26.1

the murder of Heather Dawn Church. Heather was a 13-year-old eighth grader at Falcon Middle School when she vanished September 17th

3:36.0

1991 from her home off of Eastonville Road in El Paso County, Colorado.

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