The forensic psychiatrist who assisted in the investigations into the death of American child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey has been fatally shot outside his office.
Dr. Steven Pitt, 59, helped investigate the high profile 1996 murder case as well as a string of other killings in the Phoenix area more than a decade ago.
He was fatally shot on Thursday as witnesses reveal they heard a loud argument then gunfire outside of the doctor’s office.
Dr. Steven Pitt, 59, who helped investigate the high profile 1996 death of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, has been shot dead outside his office on Thursday
Phoenix Police found Pitt, left, dead from a gunshot wound at 5:23pm Thursday. Investigators have released a sketch of the suspect behind the shooting, who fled the scene, right
His office is located in Scottsdale, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona.
Phoenix police say Pitt was found dead from a gunshot wound Thursday at 5:23pm.
Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Vince Lewis says he has no information on whether the killing in connected to his work, according to Tuscon.com.
Investigators have released a sketch of the suspect, an older man wearing a cap, who fled the scene.
Phoenix Police put up this flyer in pursuit of the suspect, a white male, who fled the scene Thursday evening
Pitt is known for assisting in the investigations of the 1996 death of American child beauty pageant queen JonBenet Ramsey, pictured above
Pitt is known for assisting in six-year-old JonBenet’s death investigation after she was found brutally murdered in her Boulder, Colorado home.
Pitt also aided in the investigation of the Baseline Killer in Phoenix, hunting down a man later convicted of killing nine people.