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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.

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.

ANGELA'S BIG LIES

Investigators are trying to figure out how Ricci logged those miles on the Jeep in those days and are focusing their search for Elizabeth Smart within a 500-mile radius of Salt Lake City.

Ricci, police say, has denied any involvement in Elizabeth's June 5 abduction. His wife, Angela, insists that he was home sleeping that morning. She also thought that her husband did not have possession of the Jeep when Elizabeth was kidnapped and believed it was still at the mechanic's shop.

Lost Keys and a Mystery Mrs. Ricci

However, Moul denies having the Jeep and said he remembered seeing Ricci bring it back two days after Elizabeth's abduction and hurriedly removing several items — including its seat covers and two bags.

When told about the mechanic's allegations, Angela Ricci maintained that she was sure her husband did not have the Jeep on the night in question.

"I'm sure it wasn't … it wasn't there," she said.

On ABCNEWS' Good Morning America today, Angela Ricci went a step further, suggesting that someone else could have taken the Jeep.

"He lost his keys. Someone stole his keys in April," she said. "For some reason the FBI won't question this person that was with him when his keys were stolen, so he is not the only person that had keys to that Jeep."