[Jolly Green]

Ed Smart says he feels his daughter is still alive. So do I. Why? For the simple reasons stated above, and that tells me he knows very well who the abductor is. And it wasn't Ricci!

Logic, Lakey! Your conclusion doesn't support your hypothesis. Just because Ed Smart thinks she is alive, doesn't mean that she is or that he knows who the abductor is. He wants to believe she is alive with all his heart. Wouldn't you? There is zip, zero, nada evidence that he knows who - in spite of your instincts!

[Devil_Anse]

On Lakey's idea that Ed "knows very well who the abductor is."

You pointed out the doubtfulness of this. I agree it is extremely doubtful that Ed knows any such thing.

Also, if Ed "knows very well who the abductor is," would someone, perhaps Lakey, please tell me why Ed, the SLC police, the FBI, the entire Mormon Church, the government of the state of Utah (b/c we all know the Smarts have THEM in their pocket, too!), and the U.S. Marines, haven't all descended on this person, this abductor who is "known very well" to Ed Smart???

[lakey]

Good grief, JG, are you telling me that a parent's intuition is off-target because it isn't logical?

Is faith logical?