[sandude]

Hi dude! Have you kept up with all the things the Smarts have said? You really think they are credible?

I have always pinned my trust in the law enforcement community in this case. I believe that if the family was involved in anyway that they would have been found out by now. I also feel that the Smarts are guilty of being gullible and naive as to the real world. Their desire to do things on the cheap and to help down and outers may have brought this tragedy to them.

[lakey]

Usually, I also pin my trust on law enforcement. Not always though. Mainly because the effectiveness of investigations can depend on the politics within a department - like who wants "yes men"? Is there back-stabbing, or can they work as a team? How well-trained are they?

What the Smarts are doing is highly contradictory to their insistance that they trust LE. Throwing out info, bit by bit, a new handyman - one who cannot be documented - and now Ed wants Ricci out of his life. A reward for Ricci's innocence?????

Wait a minute, honey....

[lakey]

Here's an article I hadn't read before.

Dated 6/13/02, from the National Desk of United Press International, Salt Lake City:

Chance of hoax clouds Utah kidnap probe

www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=1306022-120158-7599r

On other pages, I was reminded of Ed's hospitalization for exhaustion. Had not slept for two days! The two days after Elizabeth's disappearance.

[RecentConvert]

I also feel that the Smarts are guilty of being gullible and naive as to the real world. Their desire to do things on the cheap and to help down and outers may have brought this tragedy to them.

You nailed it!