Not exactly, Devil. What the reporters for the Salt Lake Tribune are doing is painting a scenario of the night of Elizabeth's disappearance. Let's take a look at what that article actually says.....
The Salt Lake Tribune has pieced together the following scenario based on interviews with more than a dozen investigators on the case:
Ricci, 48, whose criminal history dates back three decades, was a hard-core heroin addict with a costly habit. In need of easy cash, he targeted the Smart home, where he had worked odd jobs for the family a year or so earlier......
(At this point, the writers continue their speculation on how Ricci might have carried out the burglary/abduction)......
But the problem with the above scenario is that no physical evidence has been found to back it up. All police have is Ricci's past behavior and suspicious alibi......
In fact, a minority of police investigators interviewed by The Tribune expressed skepticism over this scenario."
Once again, Devil, what has been requested by several posters is documentation that Ricci was using/addicted to drugs at the time of Elizabeth's disappearance. The Salt Lake Tribune writers were simply providing a speculative scenario, based upon interviews with investigators. They acknowledge that their speculation is based upon Ricci's PAST behavior.