[Sherlock]

>In fact, it absolutely ABSURD to assume the license plate was a phony made by convicts!! What an imagination!!

LOL. I think you're a little slow, Milo, I'm sure everyone else knew that was a joke.

>Poor Edmunds most not have very good connections. I guess he couldn't get one of those phony plates from the prison, so he had to go out and STEAL REAL plates from other cars!

You missed it again, Milo. The license number is not on file with the DMV and the Honda used the phony plate and later Edmunds used it. This is what tied Edmunds to the case. Man, you really come across as a hothead, get a life.

[Sherlock]

Moul said Ricci was a regular customer who typically joked around, but seemed to be in a bad mood that day.

"I was trying to play a joke with him -- I saw his car and said, 'What, you just come back from the mountain and play in some weeds?' but he did not respond," said Moul. "He didn't even look me straight in the face."

Before returning the car, Moul said Ricci parked it across the street from the shop and removed covers from the rear seats. Ricci threw the covers into a large plastic bag, removed a post-hole digger from the Cherokee's hatchback and apparently disposed of the items, Moul said.

Neighbors said they didn't see the car at Ricci's home between May 31 and June 8, an investigator told CNN. Elizabeth Smart was abducted at gunpoint from her Salt Lake City home on June 5.