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To: Sherlock
He certainly didn't get smarter, this crime was was his stupidest yet.

Yet, 20 Slc detectives, 20 Fbi agents and 10,000 volunteers couldn't find one shred of forensic evidence linking Ricci to the "abduction" of Liz.

104 posted on 10/28/2002 11:52:10 PM PST by jandji
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To: jandji
That's not necessarily true. LE has some forensic evidence, else Dr. Lee would not have been called in. It may not have linked directly to Ricci -- or it may have, but since he has been in the house for legitimate purposes, it may not have been conclusive.

Also, Ricci may not have been the abductor who went into the house. He may have been one of the perps, though, and certainly of every player we know about, he's the most likely to have been involved.

I'll tack the fingerprint stuff on here. Each person has unique fingerprints. This means that your fingerprints have a pattern characteristic only to you. That's why fingerprint evidence is great! It proves that only one person could have left those prints.

If your fingerprints are on a gun, and you tell me you have never seen the gun, I have proof positive that you are lying.

Thee is nothing unique about having no fingerprints. Fingerprints are left by oil deposits from the skin, and I do not know whether the ability to leave oil deposits from the fingertips is destroyed when the skin is destroyed -- perhaps what is left is scar tissue, hence no oil deposits would be left. At any rate, whatever "prints" are left at a scene, they would not identify anyone, except after the fact as a bit of circumstantial evidence only. Standing alone, that evidence would be insufficient to convict anyone.
108 posted on 10/29/2002 4:55:54 AM PST by cookiedough
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To: jandji
Yet, 20 Slc detectives, 20 Fbi agents and 10,000 volunteers couldn't find one shred of forensic evidence linking Ricci to the "abduction" of Liz.

You don't know what evidence they have. They said the fact they didn't bring charges against Ricci did not mean they didn't have evidence on him. They said they were not going to make any charges until Elizabeth shows up or her body is found so they are sure they have ALL the evidence. There was certainly no need to be in any hurry to bring charges against Ricci, he was out of circulation. Ricci was not the kidnapper. If you try to make sense out of people that speak nonsense they'll make you as crazy as they are, so don't bother responding to what I write any more, you won't hear back from me.

120 posted on 10/29/2002 7:39:33 PM PST by Sherlock
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