I'll take issue with you on that, Palladin...
I find Lois's behavior to be very proper and respectful, and have never found her glib or wanting of all this attention....at least she didn't put her dtrs thru little girl tease shows like the Rams.....IMHO....anyway
yes , ED is over the top.....
But as far as I know, the Smart's have never quibbled over cooperation with the cops...at least that I know....the Rams were barriors from minute one and still are , that is why I suspect them..
I also suspect the Ramseys; I have suspected one of the Smarts in the past, but I do not now suspect any of the Smarts in this disappearance.
Another glaring difference btw the Smarts and the Ramseys is the way each family dealt with their 9-yr-old child who was a witness.
B/F someone jumps on me and says Burke was not a witness, let me say I am using the word "witness" in the sense of, a person who has information to tell regarding a crime--not an eyewitness, necessarily.
I distinctly recall that when the Ramsey 911 tape was enhanced, they said Burke could be heard speaking in the background. I think he was saying something like, asking "but WHAT did you find??"
I also distinctly recall that Burke was not made available for anyone to interview until he was subpoenaed. Someone correct me if this is wrong, but I really don't think the police or anyone had access to Burke until a long time after the crime.
OTOH, we have heard from the police themselves that Mary K. has been available to be questioned from Day 1. (Oh, wait, I forgot--the police are part of a Big Conspiracy with the Smarts...oh, well...)
Cherry, I'm sorry to continually argue the point about Ed's presumed tax evasion with you, but I just don't believe anyone in the public has enough info to reach that conclusion. That's just my opinion, and in my mind, I have strong evidence to support my opinion that there was no illegality on Ed's part, in the payment arrangements for Ricci. I am not so sure there was no unreported income on Ricci's part.
I now see that Trussell has also provided some data on the rules that would presumably apply to Ed's arrangement with Ricci, and I think we shd take her info into account, too.