As I've speculated in prior posts, I don't think that's necessarily so, if they're trying to make a possible (as yet unnamed) abductor feel less threatened.
LE said they have evidence Ricci was involved but not enough to indict him. Any theory that somehow Ricci wasn't involved is purely wishful thinking.
111 posted on 08/03/2002 9:47:28 PM PDT by Sherlock