[IamHD]

The thread was becoming too long, too, so here is a new one. Been sick with the flu for 3 days, and still am, so carry on.

[IamHD]

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[lakey]

Get well soon!

[hergus]

Thanks for the new thread, I think I missed half of the last "love" fest it was so long I kept forgetting where I last read....

Hope you're feeling better.

[FR_addict]

Yep, just circumstantial evidence of Ricci's MO of cat burglary, of going into children's bedrooms during the burglaries. Just his confession to not only taking items from the Smarts home, but also confessing to breaking into homes in Federal Heights. Yes, it is circumstantial evidence, but it is quite startling.

Some of the same circumstantial things could be said about Edmunds. He had a criminal past, and was sleeping very close to the Smart home. We never heard what his alibi was for that night of the abduction, just that he wasn't a suspect anymore. There were evidently other cons also working for Ed. So there were other "not so upstanding members of the community" in close proximity to Elizabeth.

[TXLady]

I've been missing you HD, hope you feel better soon. Thanks for starting a new thread.

[trussell]

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[Sherlock]

RICCI: He's mistaken. Maybe someone took that Jeep, but it wasn't Rick. There were keys stolen to that Jeep. That Jeep has never had seat covers, ever had seat covers. To my knowledge, I don't know that he spoke with the person that took the Jeep or brought the Jeep back, only that he observed that it was gone and came back. I'm not sure of the full report on that. You know, I know Rick didn't have the Jeep. I know I didn't have the jeep. No one at his work saw the Jeep.

I don't know how anyone in their right mind (and I know that excludes the Smart hater and Ricci lover posters here) could not see these are bold face lies. Do you really believe this woman whose husband was incarcerated for nearly 3 months is ignorant of the fundamental facts in the case that put him there and even the most prejudiced posters on this thread are aware of? Please.

[Sherlock]

Don't forget Moul said Ricci was wearing a machette at his waist. And Angela is not sure Moul saw Ricci bring the Jeep in on Jun 8??? Puhleeeze.

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. Police have said they want to hear from witnesses who might have seen the Jeep -- which Ricci received from Elizabeth's father, Ed Smart, as payment for odd jobs last year -- between May 31 and June 8. "[Ricci's] clothes were also very dirty; he was in a bad mood and he looked tired," said Moul, who tried to joke with Ricci about the mud. He called Ricci's behavior that day "very strange," because the usually friendly Ricci did not respond. Moul said he watched as Ricci, after pulling into the garage, filled two large bags with items from the vehicle -- including the Jeep's seat covers -- and slung them over a posthole digger he took from the back of his vehicle. Ricci then crossed the street where a man waited for him on a "grassy knoll" in front of a gas station, Moul said.

[partialpressures]

Thanks for the ping!

[dalebert]

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