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My problem with Ricci having done this has mainly been that the height thing was wrong. (The age thing was wrong, too, but a little girl would not be able to tell an adult's age that accurately.)

Someone freepmailed me this idea:

First, it's likely that the way police got the height estimate (5'8"--5'10") was by asking Mary K. to tell how much taller the man looked than Elizabeth was. Suppose Mary K. had said, "this much," indicating about 4 inches. Elizabeth is 5'6", so they would have said, okay, he was in the neighborhood of 4 inches taller than that--which would be 5'10".

But suppose Elizabeth already had on her running shoes at the time Mary K. saw them standing together? (If she did see them standing together.) Running shoes are known to have thick soles, to absorb shock. The shoes could have added as much as 2 inches to Elizabeth's height. So, if the man was 4 inches taller, and Elizabeth was 5'8" in the shoes, that means the man could have been 6'. Ricci was 6'. Maybe the police, or whoever, mistakenly added the 4 inches to Elizabeth's real height, instead of adding the 4 inches to Elizabeth's height while wearing running shoes.

Also, the freepmailer suggested that it is possible Elizabeth slumped a little b/c perhaps she had her arms in front of her--that would be a likely posture for some 14-yr-old girl who was not wearing a bra, and who would probably have felt funny about having some man looking at her while she didn't have a bra on. Seems to me that's a really big issue when one is a 14-yr-old girl. (Of course, with some people, it's a bigger "issue" than with others!)

My problem with Ricci having done this has mainly been that the height thing was wrong. (The age thing was wrong, too, but a little girl would not be able to tell an adult's age that accurately.)

I don't think Ricci was the kidnapper, do you?

now you're getting closer. mk described the hieght of the "kidnapper" very accurately. she was asked, "how much taller was he than liz?" mk said "he was about 2 inches taller". this was when liz was barefoot, and the "kidnapper" was wearing shoes and a hat. liz has no breasts, she doesn't slump, {look at any of her photos} and if you add 4 inches to liz with shoes on, add 4 inches to ricci with shoes on. no matter how you look at them, ricci is at least 6 inches{half of a foot} taller.