Smart Case, July 28, 2002

07/28/02 | Jolly Green

[Jolly Green]

Time Line
06/05/01	Tuesday	Ricci steals items from the Smart home while he is employed there as a handyman. Ricci is charged in July of 2002 of 1 count of theft related to the Smart incident.
05/30/02	Thursday	~ Ricci returns to pick up his Jeep at the auto repair shop before the shop has a chance to fully fix it He tells the repairman that it needed for an emergency.
06/04/02	Tuesday	~ Ricci is at work from about 9am to 5:30pm ~ Ricci claims he spends the evening with friends
06/05/02	Wednesday	~ 1:05am - 2 cars are spotted on the SLC Shriner's Hospital Parking Lot by a hospital security guard, two blocks from the Smart residence ~ 1:30am (approx) - Elizabeth is kidnapped from her home ~ 1:30am - Ricci claims to be in bed asleep with his with wife. ~ Ricci is scheduled to be off work all day today. ~ 7:21am - Rachel/Amber alert is issued and national media is involved. ~ 8:30am - Ricci and his neighbor talk about the kidnapping of Elizabeth, Ricci seems to know too much information about it. ~ Sometime during this day Ricci is visited by police in regards to Elizabeth's kidnapping as reported by Angela Ricci (Richard A. Ricci's Wife which is an ex-convict herself) ~ Ricci is seen by his neighbor digging a hole by his (Ricci's) trailer early in the morning. (heard the neighbor say this on TV)
06/06/02	Thursday	~ Ricci is scheduled to work from 9am to 5:30pm today, but instead works from 10:30am to 7:00pm ~ Police talk to Ricci this day about the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping. (The media is reporting this, so it could be wrong)
06/08/02	Saturday	~ Ricci returns the Jeep to the repair shop to get it fixed. The Jeep is muddy and the repair shop owner sees Ricci remove seat covers from the back of the jeep and place them into a plastic garbage bag that already contains other stuff in it. Also the repair shop owner said a muddy post hole digger was in the back of the Jeep, Ricci removes this also. Ricci has a man waiting across the street to give him a ride. Ricci takes the plastic bag and contents along with the post hole digger with him. Also there is 500 to 1000 extra miles on the Jeep since Ricci picked it up on May 30th, 2002.
06/14/02	Friday	~ Ricci is taken into custody for a parole violation, this being drinking while on parole and association with other ex-cons.
07/11/02	Thursday	Formal charges are filed against Ricci (2 counts of theft & 1 count of burglary) on the theft & burglary of the Smart neighbors home which occurred in April 2001, and 1 more count of theft for stealing from the Smart home on June 6th, 2001.
Special thanks to Brigette for starting this timeline.

[Bella]

Read Sherlock's message right before yours...There's a lot of things going on with this so-called abduction..and as you know, there's been MANY things covered up by the media and officials as I've read on FR, isn't that correct? Always remember this--$$$ talks, BS walks.

[Jolly Green]

Elizabeth Smart - July 29, 2002

[Jolly Green]

Why did police decide to change the description of the kidnapper's attire from the kidnapper's attire to Ricci's attire?

We need to check the timeline on this because I don't believe the police changed the description of the kidnapper's attire - except the cap. I have reason to believe the police had the correct cap info, but for whatever reason it was reported incorrectly.

[Bella]

I have reason to believe the police had the correct cap info, but for whatever reason it was reported incorrectly

What kind of cap is it now?

[Sherlock]

It wasn't just the cap that was changed. And any timeline you find will be a timeline provided by LE. They never say what they took in the first search, just that they took evidence. I definitely read that they saw the polo shirt on the first search. They may during that search have seen all these items of clothing and taken them during that search and claimed to take them in a subsequent search. And a date is never given for the 2nd search, and any date that would be given for that search would be provided by LE and may or may not be accurate. There are also varying stories, one article said these items of clothing, slacks, shirt, and golf hat, along with the machetti, were found in the father-in-law's shack clearly implicating Ricci as the kidnapper and this is where he stashed these things. A lot of different stories on this I submit to you, Jolly.

[Bella]

What kind of cap is it now?

[Jolly Green]

Why did police decide to change the description of the kidnapper's attire from the kidnapper's attire to Ricci's attire?

A preliminary search on the cap indicates that the police reported that it was a tan golf cap in a UPI story on 06/15. The Feds didn't confiscate a cap at the FIL until 06/28 according to the SL Tribune. Why do you keep claiming that the police changed the story AFTER they found the cap at the Ricci's father-in-laws?

[cherry]

Maybe the man had waited around so long, he needed to relieve himself

if this is the case, then the cops can get DNA from the toilet seat, because as we all know, men always miss their target a little.....

[Jolly Green]

Elizabeth Smart - July 29, 2002 - Moved to CHAT again

[joyce11111]

The younger sister said the perp had hairy hands, hence, no gloves.

So....what about finger prints about the house from perp?

Seems there are no fingerprints from Ricci. If there were prints in the house from the kidnapper, someone would have been arrested by now.

Most of Ricca's pals are criminals, so there would be prints on file.

Something is very fishy here.

[Jolly Green]

The younger sister said the perp had hairy hands, hence, no gloves.

Or he was wearing the backless driving gloves. Anyone who thinks they are so cool that they can wear a golf cap, might also feel they should be wearing cool gloves.

[brneyedgirl]

Thanks for keeping these threads going, it's really appreciated.