Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe there is another article earlier in this thread where LE wouldn't release the results of Angela's polygraph. That doesn't sound like flying colors to me. Gee, maybe Angela lied - again.
Who says??? Angela and her lawyer?? On TV--not under oath?? Knowing as they do that the police and especially the FBI will not publicly reveal the polygraph results, and in fact will neither confirm or deny the results on anyone? Not reliable, as far as I'm concerned. That's like saying Gary Condit passed a polygraph.
Angela has a conviction for forging checks. She actually physically served time in the penitentiary for it. Women defendants on property crimes aren't given time on their first offense (though if they break probation, there will be a backup prison sentence for them) unless there is some sort of negative history. LET'S SEE HEIDI'S CONVICTION OF A CRIME.
How do we know Heidi was never given a polygraph?
A polygraph is an interviewing tool. It does not tell whether a person is lying or not. That is one reason they are not admissible in court. It is used to create an atmosphere in which the interviewee is more likely to give up information to police. This is done by having the person do a "test run" first, in which they answer questions whose answers are known by them, and to the interviewer. They are even instructed on this test run to answer one question falsely. Then the interviewer "reads" the results of this test run to the interviewee, and "tells" him which answer came out "lying." But the interviewer knows anyway which answer was false, b/c it was he who told the interviewee to answer it falsely.
All this does is give most interviewees faith in the power of the polygraph to tell when they are lying. Their believing that the police can "tell" when they are lying makes many a person decide to just spill their guts. It's a power-of-suggestion thing. And who is there to question the judgment of the police as to how they read the polygraph results? They can never be cross-examined on how they get these "results", b/c nothing to do with the polygraph is admissible in court.
As far as Ed saying Ricci left his handyman job on good terms, leaving under suspicion of theft is not leaving on good terms. Ed would know that if he didn't have such a weird way of looking at things. He appears to have a large capacity for denial (as does Angela.) Also, Ed could only speak for himself. For all he knew, Ricci did not consider himself to be "on good terms."
Angela's good friend and neighbor Andy Thurber said in a television interview he knows Angela was out on Somas the night of the kidnapping and she would have no way of knowing if Rick left the trailer or not. He said Angela told police she was sure he didn't leave then went around the neighborhood and asked the neighbors if anyone saw him leave so she would be sure there would be noone countering her testimony.