I have never been able to interview anyone for that length of time. Smit, respected throughout Colorado for his work, was coaxed out of retirement by then-District Attorney Alex Hunter to join the investigation into JonBenet's death. Smit came to believe an intruder attacked the girl and he quit the investigation in 1998 because he felt authorities weren't looking beyond the parents. The Ramseys, who moved to Atlanta, deny any involvement in their daughter's death.
Authorities say they remain under suspicion.
A grand jury investigating the case adjourned without issuing indictments. He criticized police today for not immediately interviewing the Ramseys at police headquarters. If you find a body and you realize that there's a homicide that occurred, you always bring them into the station. But if you find that you don't have these things, it also goes to their innocence. He said the Ramseys should have been interviewed separately and their clothing taken as evidence.