[varina davis]

That's the answer. I feel far more sure of this scenario than of any other which I have come up with to explain any aspect of this case.

A major hole in your theory, devil, why on earth would he have gone to all the trouble to kidnap a 14-year-old girl in the middle of the night, with her sister in the room, parents and assorted brothers sleeping nearby. He knew full well that the Smarts were among the elite of SLC and that such a caper would bring out the LDS in fulll force as well as public opinion and LE.

He might not have been a rocket scientist, but he didn't seem stupid enough to think he wouldn't be a suspect, having worked for Smart for so long and so intimately.

He had plenty of time to cross the Mexican border and did not run.

There was no ransom asked -- indeed, even Ed Smarth stated this past he believes it was "a straight-up kidnapping."

[varina davis]

Excuse the typos, it's late.

[varina davis]

In fact, Devil, no one a lot of posters have implicated as perpetrators or accomplices, ran anywhere, except Edmunds, and that apparently was a case of mistaken identity.

[Devil_Anse]

Varina, is your bedroom over the garage?

That theory of mine, about a possible NON-ELIZABETH-RELATED reason why Ricci might have firmly refused to explain the jeep's whereabouts after May 30, does not include the supposition that Ricci kidnapped Elizabeth. In fact, it at least suggests that he did NOT kidnap Elizabeth.

I'm just trying to get at the truth for each of the puzzling mysteries in this case. I was assuming the same of you, until I read that you actually assumed someone, anyone, could be "jealous" of this poor, misguided, self-destructive couple.