I've heard much about Ricci's drug problem, including his last parole was delayed because he was using in prison, but I've never heard he had a drinking problem. He was not allowed to drink any alcohol as a condition of his parole.
So you think some Mormon bishop ran into Elizabeth 2 days earlier jogging and somehow managed to find out where her bedroom was in her house and slipped in her bedroom in the middle of the night with a pistol (which happens to be Ricci's M.O. exactly from the middle of the night burglary next door to the Smarts and the bank robbery) and kidnapped her at gunpoint? Or do you think the Smart parents made up this story of the pistol which just happens to fit in exactly with Ricci's M.O.? Don't you think it's more likely this was one of Ricci's ex-con dirtballs that got the floorplan, the key, the pistol, and the idea from his good buddy that bragged about how easy it would be to burglarize this place, all the easy pickins he talked about and all? Think about it, Freedox.