Andrew Louis "Lou" Smit was an American police detective in Colorado Springs, Colorado who worked on a number of notable cases before his retirement in 1996.
10 Facts About Lou Smit
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Lou Smit was later recalled to work on the murder of JonBenet Ramsey.
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Lou Smit fell just short of the department's minimum height of five feet and nine inches, but was able to join the force in 1966 after he had his cousin hit him over the skull with a nightstick, allowing him to meet the height minimum when he was remeasured the following day with the bump on his head.
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Lou Smit retired in 1996 from the El Paso County, Colorado Sheriff's department where he had served as captain of detectives.
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In 1997, three months after the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, Lou Smit was asked by the district attorney's office to come out of retirement to assist with the investigation.
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Lou Smit later worked for the Ramseys in helping establish their innocence.
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Lou Smit went to a doctor in April 2010 after experiencing abdominal pain.
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Lou Smit died at age 75 on August 11,2010, at the Pikes Peak Hospice in Colorado Springs due to colon cancer.
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Lou Smit was survived by three daughters, a son and nine grandchildren.
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Lou Smit has been portrayed by Kris Kristofferson in the CBS television miniseries Perfect Murder, Perfect Town ; Hrothgar Mathews in Lifetimes Who Killed Jonbenet and Will Patton in an upcoming Paramount+ limited series titled Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey.