What is your opinion of Lou Smit?

Let 'er rip, everyone.

I believe Lou Smit has thoroughly compromised himself and the JBR case with his advocacy for the Ramseys. I believe it was abominable that he released confidential police information on national TV, spinning a non-supportable (no, jameson, the evidence does NOT support an intruder as you say it does, that is just assinine) intruder theory, damaging the investigation in a way no one else has ever done.

I believe Lou Smit jeopardized the investigation by talking to Susan Bennett, aka jameson, whether he revealed information to her or not. Her so-called "good" information is trash, but he repeated much of that trash on his TV programs, further damaging the investigation.

I believe Lou Smit has a huge ego (even though his supportors say he doesn't). He has an insatiable need to be right, even when his theory won't hold up to intense scrutiny.

I believe Lou Smit has twisted "evidence" where there was nothing to prove that "evidence" had one thing to do with the crime scene (a foot print that could have been there God knows how long but now belongs to an intruder, a fantasy stun gun, a packing peanut that an intruder brought in, a basement window entrance and exit, but nothing strewn through the house from that filthy window, and on and on...), and he dismissed obvious evidence that proved his theory wrong.

I believe Lou Smit is stubborn and opinionated, twisted in his belief the Ramseys could not be involved in the murder of their daughter.

I believe that Lou Smit was the one person who damaged the JBR investigation the most, probably beyond redemption. Lin Wood is an attorney, paid to spin. Lou Smit reminds me of the groupie women who fall in love with murderers in prison. He fell in love with the Ramseys, the main suspects in the murder of their daughter. Whether the Ramseys are guilty or not, he had a job to do - follow the evidence where it led him. He didn't do that - he led the evidence where he wanted it to go. No one will ever tell me any different.

 

Aunt Blabby thinks

Lou Smit is a malicious old man. I don't know as I'd go that far, though, I just think he messed up badly on the Ramsey case. He got personally involved with the suspects and that is something a detective should never do if he wants to remain objective. It's a bit odd that he prayed with the Ramseys inside a van parked outside their home while he was a detective working for the D.S.'s office.

I don't trust Lou Smit. That's the bottom line for me.

 

What do I think of Lou Smit - as pertains to
credibility? -273.15deg.C.

Delmar

 

jameson says

that Steve Thomas didn't put the truth out, that he put out his hypothesis which was NOT supported by the facts.

I say that quite the contrary, it is Lou Smit who did not put the truth out. He put out his convoluted hypothesis which is NOT supported either by the facts or the evidence. And, THAT's the truth.

 

What is my opinion of Lou Smit - as pertains to
credibility? -273.15deg.C

 

I think Lou Smit has a history of being tenacious and hard-working on past cases, for instance, he is known for sifting through huge garbage bags that other cops probably wouldn't bother to do, in an effort to find clues.

That's cool--I admire that. Don't confuse "hard-working and tenacious" with "intelligent," however. Any investigator who's been at it literally for decades and DARES to use the phrase "parents wouldn't do this" tells me he is either in total denial, delusional, not very bright, or lying, frankly. Nobody's that dumb.

All paths lead straight to Patsy Ramsey.

 

What do I think of Lou.....

I think he's an ACE Detective....

 

The window scene revisited....

 

BOB C:
"That's cool--I admire that. Don't confuse "hard-working and
tenacious" with "intelligent," however. Any investigator who's
been at it literally for decades and DARES to use the phrase
"parents wouldn't do this" tells me he is either in total denial,
delusional, not very bright, or lying, frankly. Nobody's that
dumb.

All paths lead straight to Patsy Ramsey."

You won't get any argument from me on this.


TRICIA:
>What do I think of Lou Smit - as pertains to
>credibility? -273.15deg.C."

Easy Writer I haven't had my morning coffee yet so therefore I
can't comprehend what you are saying. Not that the coffee would
help me figure it out. I just wanted to pass myself off as
someone who understands equations like the one you posted.
Actually I don't have a clue...please explain.

Oops, Sorry. Sometimes I forget that not everyone is a
"technonut" like I am. -273.15deg.C is absolute zero. This is the
level of Smit's credibility. Also, -273.15deg.C is as cold as
anything can get, such as the trail of an "intruder", to wit, a
double metaphor.

Delmar

 

Bob C

Right on. As I began to read this thread I was thinking of what I might add about my thoughts of loosmit. You beat me to the punch. I have heard of his past cases and how he stumbled upon the perp and got his man so to speak. But that was then and this is now. He became too close tothe Rammers and then couldn't become objective. Someone in this investigation said that they couldn't have done it because there is no violence in their background. And when asked if they did it they replied "no." So therefore they couldn't have done it...duh!!! That is the logic of loosemit too. Logic smocig. He didn't use evidence at all like the ransome note. He used his own logic...what the H&ll kind of case solving is that?

He had some glory days behind him and I believe he traded on that glory to help solve this case. Only thing is that glory is way behind him and he goofed this time and muddled to his conclusion and messed up the whole case. He needs to step aside once and for all not just with case but all cases. He is finished. It is heard for some who have been at the top of their game to realize that they are no longer there...at the top. They have slipped and it is sad to see sometimes.

 

Smit Sit

If Lou Smit doesn't realize how foolish he looked in this picture when it was known that the window contained no fiber evidence and had a fresh layer of dust on December 26, then one can only pity him as a dottering incompetent.

Yes, Moab you are correct, any detective worth his salt and integrity would have demanded the body be exhumed knowing it could very well solve this case and as close as Smit is to the Ramsey's I truly believe he alone could have convinced them that this was necessary in order to remove the umbrella of suspicion.

 

I still like the parody shot of Loose in his Delorean. Is that the way you spell that?