Smart Case, July 31, 2002

07/31/02 | Jolly Green

[Jolly Green]

Time Line
04/01/01	Sunday	Ricci burglarizes a Smart neighbor's home taking various items.
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.

[Sherlock]

>I'll ask you again: Do you know this for a fact? That is, before you read that article; which was after you posted your hatred toward me and/or others.

They discussed it in the Larry King interview with the extended Smart family in the Smart's home.

[Utah Girl]

Well, if just Ed had said that, then maybe I'd be inclined to be a little more disbelieving. But I've heard Lois say it also and Cynthia Smart Owens. And from my own amateur research on the Internet, this is SOP, especially with child witnesses.

[Utah Girl]

Thanks, Sherlock. There have been so many interviews. I do remember Cynthia Smart Owens saying this too, she was being interviewed by the LDS meetinghouse, I can see her say this, but I can't remember who was doing that particular interview...

[Sherlock]

>about the "scream"...
the brother of Lizzie has stated that HIS mom screamed when she saw the cut screen...

>the car racing was racing away from the crime....the scream I think the good doc heard was probably Lizzi's mom's scream....

>and we know that the doc could hear the scream because the window was open ....isn't that the way the abductor came in?????....well, at least we know someone opened the window....

I think you need to reread the article. The doctor nodded because he had been wakened from his sleep to hear the car go by and probably dozed back off soon. The doctor looked the other direction from the Smart house. The implication of the article, with the analogy to the coyote killing the animal, is that it sounded like a death scream.

[FR_addict]

Ok. Probably true then.

[cookiedough]

I thought I read that Angela went to sleep around 1, and Ricci around 10 pm -- she was watching t.v. in bed, while he slept. Then they got up together, as usual, around 6 or 6:30.

[varina davis]

Why would Thurber, her friend, lie about that.

As I recall, Thurber came across as being one brick short of a load when he appeared on TV. Can't imagine why you think his utterances are credible.

[Sherlock]

Read the part where Larry King is asking them if MK recognized the kidnapper. Just before the first break.

[lakey]

I think it was one of their daily stand-up interviews, but can't recall when.

Did you hear Ed say, tonight, that 800 extra miles were on the Jeep's odometer? I wonder if he slipped & said something he shouldn't?

[varina davis]

Did you sense disgust in LK tonite when asking questions?

Absolutely.

[Utah Girl]

No, I didn't hear that. I've been working from home tonight, on and off, and don't have the TV on.

[lakey]

Thurber, like Newhouse, was seeing $$$$ signs.

[varina davis]

And you joined the FR on 6/29/02! Why?

Good question, lakey. Such a coincidence.

[Sherlock]

Angela is only lying when her lips are moving. See the earlier posts on this subject.

[Sherlock]

All I can say is if I ever murder somebody I hope you all are on my jury.

[lakey]

coincidence ;O)

[Sherlock]

Why, what happened on 6/29/02. You people are weird!!

[IamHD]

Actually, it's after the 2nd break, but it says absolutely nothing about the police telling them not to tell anything.

KING: One of the key questions -- did Mary Catherine know the person? We've never gotten an answer.

E. SMART: You know, we don't know. We don't know.

KING: Is she able to say to you, oh, that's Bill?

E. SMART: No.

KING: Or that's not Bill.

E. SMART: No. L. SMART: No.

KING: Did she say she didn't know, Angela?

A. SMART: I don't know. I haven't asked Mary Catherine.

KING: The police must have. There's a hesitancy to respond. Have they told you not to respond on this end?

E. SMART: Well, you know, we can't...

(CROSSTALK)

I'm going to bed..nite.

[lakey]

That's the date you signed onto the FReeRepublic, numb-numb.

[cookiedough]

If you ever murder somebody, you'd better pray I'm not on your jury.

And if you are falsely accused of murdering somebody, you'd better pray I am on your jury.