Smart Case, August 2, 2002

08/02/02 | Jolly Green

[Jolly Green]

Time Line
04/01/01	Sunday	Ricci burglarizes a Smart neighbor's home taking various items.
06/05/01	Tuesday	Ricci steals items from the Smart home while he is employed there as a handyman. Ricci is charged in July of 2002 of 1 count of theft related to the Smart incident.
05/30/02	Thursday	~ Ricci returns to pick up his Jeep at the auto repair shop before the shop has a chance to fully fix it He tells the repairman that it needed for an emergency.
06/04/02	Tuesday	~ Ricci is at work from about 9am to 5:30pm ~ Ricci claims he spends the evening with friends
06/05/02	Wednesday	~ 1:05am - 2 cars are spotted on the SLC Shriner's Hospital Parking Lot by a hospital security guard, two blocks from the Smart residence ~ 1:30am (approx) - Elizabeth is kidnapped from her home ~ 1:30am - Ricci claims to be in bed asleep with his with wife. ~ Ricci is scheduled to be off work all day today. ~ 7:21am - Rachel/Amber alert is issued and national media is involved. ~ 8:30am - Ricci and his neighbor talk about the kidnapping of Elizabeth, Ricci seems to know too much information about it. ~ Sometime during this day Ricci is visited by police in regards to Elizabeth's kidnapping as reported by Angela Ricci (Richard A. Ricci's Wife which is an ex-convict herself) ~ Ricci is seen by his neighbor digging a hole by his (Ricci's) trailer early in the morning. (heard the neighbor say this on TV)
06/06/02	Thursday	~ Ricci is scheduled to work from 9am to 5:30pm today, but instead works from 10:30am to 7:00pm ~ Police talk to Ricci this day about the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping. (The media is reporting this, so it could be wrong)
06/08/02	Saturday	~ Ricci returns the Jeep to the repair shop to get it fixed. The Jeep is muddy and the repair shop owner sees Ricci remove seat covers from the back of the jeep and place them into a plastic garbage bag that already contains other stuff in it. Also the repair shop owner said a muddy post hole digger was in the back of the Jeep, Ricci removes this also. Ricci has a man waiting across the street to give him a ride. Ricci takes the plastic bag and contents along with the post hole digger with him. Also there is 500 to 1000 extra miles on the Jeep since Ricci picked it up on May 30th, 2002.
06/14/02	Friday	~ Ricci is taken into custody for a parole violation, this being drinking while on parole and association with other ex-cons.
07/11/02	Thursday	Formal charges are filed against Ricci (2 counts of theft & 1 count of burglary) on the theft & burglary of the Smart neighbors home which occurred in April 2001, and 1 more count of theft for stealing from the Smart home on June 6th, 2001.
Special thanks to Brigette for starting this timeline.

[cookiedough]

I don't let Ricci off the hook at all -- too many unanswered questions about the Jeep, plus his history, means, possible motive, and opportunity.

Lots of guys have hair on the backs of their hands. I wonder how many guys in SLC had to endure their wives checking their hands when that description came out.

Personally, I think the white pants were a nice touch -- too many people wear dark colors at night and it makes them hard to see.

[lakey]

What's the matter, damage control losing?

[Jolly Green]

I received a threatening freepmail this AM from JG and have printed it out for my file. That's how I knew JG was going to SLC tonight for two weeks and posted a comment this AM.

That is an absolute crock. I did send you a private FReepmail, but certainly never threatened you or anyone else.

[varina davis]

Oh boy, here come all the folk that are intoxicated with their hatred of Ed Smart and the family.

What a silly statement -- really not worthy of a real freeper.

Why would anyone on this thread "hate" the Smart family? Or their religion. I suppose if someone speculated that polygamy might be involved in the case, you would call it "hatred?"

[cookiedough]

I spend a lot of my time talking to children, and I have my moments when I talk to adults like that, too. No adult with untied shoelaces gets past me! :-)

[Sherlock]

BOYLAN: And I can talk about the state of mind that Mary Katherine is in. I know a lot of people have inquired. And I'm delighted to report that she's a very strong child. She's very committed to assisting in this search for Elizabeth. Her mental state is -- she's very alert, very astute, extremely articulate, and was quite good to work with in terms of my particular job.

I've read/heard this theory before; that Liz had this thing planned and promised MK to "come and get her" after things quieted down.

With Boylan and the other professional psychologists and profilers that have talked to MK I don't think there's much chance that she hasn't told them a straight story. LE may have amended her story in what they've told the public, but I don't think there's much chance MK was in on anything. And with the deathly scream Dr. Voss heard in the hills above his house that started all the dogs in the neighborhood barking on the morning of Jun 5, I'm convinced it was not a boyfriend that took Elizabeth out of her bedroom.

[Sherlock]

Lots of guys have hair on the backs of their hands. I wonder how many guys in SLC had to endure their wives checking their hands when that description came out.

This reminds me of the golf course in California that was busted a few months ago for having hookers working in tents on the fairways. Just imaging how many women heard that on the news and said "No wonder that bum never misses a weekend of golf and always plays that course."

[cookiedough]

That's a perfect (although rather absurd) example of the truth being stranger than fiction!

[Sherlock]

Women never forget, and men always have to be reminded.

[cookiedough]

I have a lot of sons ... are you telling me the situation is hopeless?

[Sherlock]

Genetic.

[cookiedough]

I've always referred to it as "testosterone poisoning".

[varina davis]

Many reporters still use the word "allegedly" in the description of the abduction. I find that fascinating.

I would say it's a huge clue.

[cookiedough]

It's the #1 cause of men forgetting to take out the garbage, too.

[Jolly Green]

Elizabeth Smart Case - August 3, 2002

[Sherlock]

I've heard scientists try to say that men are brain damaged in the early stages of fetal development, but I don't know if it's true or not.

[cookiedough]

I think reporters routinely stick "allegedly" into just about everything, even when it isn't necessary -- to avoid possible litigation.

I've read articles in which women were "allegedly" raped, and drivers never cause accidents any more -- their cars do.

[cookiedough]

Nah ... it's just that when compared to women (we are the Gold Standard), men appear to be that way! Joking ....

[lakey]

#126 - One of the brothers said that his mother screamed when she saw the cut screen...a sound that would have carried out the open window.

If, as we have been led to believe, MK didn't awaken her parents till 4 a.m., we need the doctor's time-frame that the sound was heard.

And, it could have been a coyote. If you've ever lived around coyotes, you'd know they have the ability to produce a number of different sounding, often blood-curdling screams. One night, I thought they were attacking my neighbor's horses.

[Sherlock]

Many reporters still use the word "allegedly" in the description of the abduction. I find that fascinating.

Funny, I've never heard any reporter use the word "allegedly" in the description of the abduction. Give an example.