Posted on 08/05/2002 8:50:20 AM PDT by Neenah
Hoping we have a good posting day. Welcome all.
This is all I can think of....Please ping who I forgot. Thanks.
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I hope we can go over some things we may have thought of over night, and if you, Brigette, have some I missed, please add them.
I want to find the quote of one of the Smart brother's on the giving of the jeep as a gift. I will be looking for that.
I hope we get better on this running thread, and can make this is good day in our discussion.
This is an interview with David Smart on Larry King. June 27, 2002
KING: Our Jeanne Meserve of CNN disclosed today that a golf cap, a machete has been found associated with the -- well, not a suspect, I guess -- Mr. Ricci, who is in custody. That cap matches, apparently, the description given by Mary Catherine, Elizabeth's sister, who has seen pictures of Mr. Ricci.
By the way, do we know -- has she identified Ricci at all? Has she been shown pictures of him? Have two and two been put together?
SMART: Not to my knowledge. With everything that's been going on with the grand jury, you know, we're more than willing to help however we can.
But I just really haven't been listening to the news of what's going on with that.
And actually, everything that you just commented on, the cap and the machete, this is the first time I've heard of that.
KING: You had not heard it today. They were found in the father-in-law's house, or one of his trucks or something.
In a sense, don't you hope that it's not Mr. Ricci, because if it's Mr. Ricci, where's Elizabeth?
SMART: Well, you know, there are those feelings that kind of go through you. You know, we hope it's not Ricci. And there's also the feelings of it would like -- we'd like to have closure here, and we'd like that closure to be a happy ending as well. So it's...
KING: He -- go ahead, finish.
SMART: No, it's just, once again, we don't know definitely if it was Ricci. And there are so many different situations, I think, that are floating around Ricci.
I'm glad that this whole grand jury thing has been set up to try to streamline the information so the police can work -- have some tools to work, help them be more effective, I think, as far as getting answers -- questions answered.
KING: Dave, he worked for your brother. Do you remember him?
SMART: I'm sorry, say that one more time, Larry.
KING: He worked for your brother, do you remember him?
SMART: You know, I remember hearing of him, and also of the Cherokee -- the Grand Cherokee and that type of business dealing. I never did meet the man. I just know that Ed was -- is very compassionate, and this is -- this whole thing has just been very unfortunate.
You know, I don't know what else to say about Ricci. I hope if he's the one, that he will help the police bring Elizabeth back immediately.
KING: Were you surprised that Ed, in part payment, had given him a white Cherokee? Is that unusual for Ed, or is that the way Ed operates?
SMART: It was a little bit unusual. But once again, just how Ed is so compassionate in this -- at the time I just knew of this person, or this worker as -- I never did recall his name -- but that this worker was doing a lot of work for Ed and was very skilled and did a good job, and Ed was just wanting to help him get back up on his feet, and this was a method of helping both of them to an ends.
KING: Dave, to your knowledge, have any members of the Smart family been called to testify before the grand jury?
SMART: I really don't have any knowledge of that at all.
KING: Has anyone asked you to testify for any reason whatsoever, do you know?
SMART: At this point, no.
But you know, once again, Larry, any -- anything they want of us, you know, if they want to ask us questions or go in and testify, or anything to that matter, we're more than willing and able to go in and help however we can.
KING: How is Mary Catherine doing?
SMART: Well, the other night the whole family got together. This was last Sunday. The whole family was able to get together and have dinner together. And the kids were running around playing and laughing, and just -- it was very relaxing and very enjoyable to see the kids being able to function in the manner that they were.
So overall Mary Catherine is doing very well.
KING: She's holding up well, then?
SMART: She is.
An announcement tho...
Ashley Banfield (FOX) will be live in Salt Lake City tonight with the Smart Case.
9:00 p.m. central time zone.
Last night, sandude posted this. I think we have enough to talk about with facts both in print form, and press conferences, along with transcripts from t.v. shows with the current players in this.
This is not a putdown to sandude at all, for many of us, have something going on in our head as to what MAY have happened, but this gets us sidetracked, don't you think? I never read anywhere that Ricci drugged his wife.
This is what gives FR a bad name if it is caught by a disruptor, and they copy/paste it onto their board, along with mention it was found on FR with the URL.
I have my thoughts too, like sandude, and all of you..but I try to keep that inside me, and post only what is discussed in media...as LAME as THAT is..lol.
Doing anything else is not fruitful.
Some people are going to get several pings today. You know who you are. Oh, get over it!
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