Angela then states that yes, she "did call the mechanic at one time, and this is important to me. I called him one time to talk to him about the mechanical problem. The mechanic went into a different mechanical problem. I said, 'no, the electronic fuel pump....'"
Her comment is not an admittance of having made the phone call on May 30th. She doesn't say on what day she called the garage.
Ricci took the Jeep in to Moul's shop on May 30th, right? Angela would not have called on May 30th to get it back on the same day, knowing what was wrong with it.
Remember back, Sherl, we also heard that the problem was the ignition.
Moul, an Oriental immigrant, does not speak fluent English. He's got at least two white Jeeps in his shop for repair, possibly three. One has a faulty electronic fuel pump (presumably Ricci's vehicle), another one has the ignition problem, and he has them confused. His confusion works to the advantage of LE.
The FBI entered this case early on, & I can't believe they made that decision unless they had some evidence that either Elizabeth was taken from the state of Utah, or the culprit is a suspect in other cases.
I'm not an expert on the feds and how they now work and decide to enter certain cases.
We all care about these abducted children, adolescents, but face it, Elizabeth is only one of many. There is some reason she has been singled out for in-depth federal government investigation. Just my humble opinion.
Mark one for you, Sherl.
Neth Moul, owner of Neth's Auto Repair, said that on May 30 Ricci inexplicably took his 1990 Jeep Cherokee off the lot where mechanics had replaced the fuel pump but had expected to do additional work. On June 8, Ricci returned the vehicle -- caked with mud -- for the other repairs.
The FBI entered this case early on, & I can't believe they made that decision unless they had some evidence that either Elizabeth was taken from the state of Utah, or the culprit is a suspect in other cases.
The FBI provided profilers when the case got the media attention it did. They later got involved because of the 1000 miles on the Jeep and 500 miles each way could put it out of state, making it a federal offense. They also were involved at the end of June in enhancing the video from Shriner's Hospital parking lot. The FBI involvement came slowly and was because of the huge media coverage of the case from the beginning.