[varina davis]

I would find it very unlikely that they had any contact because of church activities.

One more time.....There does NOT have to be a friendship between the Smarts and Dixon OR a common ward membership, for Dixon to have met Elizabeth on the street, running, jogging, whatever. Or simply visiting her grandparents.

They could have exchanged hello's and chit chat without Liz every thinking there could be hidden danger involved. Might have even exchange an e-mail or two.

She didn't have to KNOW him personally for him to see her a young, pretty girl he'd like to KNOW better.

[Devil_Anse]

"Might even exchange an e-mail or two."

Make up your mind--did Dixon encounter Elizabeth in person on the street or at a church function, or did they meet through the computer?

No, there didn't have to be a friendship btw the Smarts and Dixon, etc., for Dixon to have met Elizabeth on the street, running, jogging, or whatever, or while she visited her grandparents. So then, the current discussion of whether they had acquaintances in common seems to be superfluous and irrelevant, all of a sudden.

But I thought that the supposed commonality between this alleged sex offender Dixon, and Elizabeth--commonality as to hypothetical church functions, family visits, etc.--was the basis for your suspecting him? Now you seem to say it's not. You seem to say, hey, there's at least one guy in SLC who may have molested a young girl. His name is Dixon. Therefore, he might be it!

Well, DUH!

You certainly don't idealize SLC, do you? So is it safe to assume there was MORE than one person in SLC who may have molested a young girl? What about the other ones?

[sandude]

They could have exchanged hello's and chit chat without Liz every thinking there could be hidden danger involved. Might have even exchange an e-mail or two.

Very unlikely on both accounts. From what we know there is very little time when Elizabeth would have been unsupervised. The Smarts have stated that she did not use the internet for communication purposes.