I agree with you here. It looks to me like this case was put in the icebox when Boylan left town and I'm not expecting anyone to pull the plug out of the wall. Our disagreement is, if there is something rotten here, and I agree it sure makes you wonder, I think the culprits are the SLCPD. In this article you posted notice what Dinse said:
Salt Lake City Police Chief Rick Dinse said Friday he was unaware that Ed Smart had asked Boylan for help. Dinse added that there is not enough information from Elizabeth's 9-year-old little sister -- the only witness to the purported abduction -- to warrant a composite sketch. "The family is the family," Dinse said. "They are going to do whatever they feel will help find Elizabeth. That's what everybody wants."
He says there's no reason for Boylan to have been brought in, which is I believe part of the argument police had been giving the Smarts not to bring her in. The next statement doesn't fit, 'They are going to do what they feel will help find Elizabeth'. The only way this statement makes sense is if he's explaining why they would want to bring Boylan in, this wouldn't be an explanation of why they didn't.
I'm not making any accusation but the ones I keep my eyes on here are the police. Just before Ed brought Boylan in her had started his own period of investigation, including smoking out the grand jury witness that said he sister had seen Ricci in Wyoming by making up the phony lost email story. Then it was clearly printed the Smarts brought Boylan in then 4-5 days later the police took credit for it and put a big P.R. show for Boylan (probably gave her money). The P.R. job was also on Ed because this is the point where his reliance went back on the police, there was an article then about how something like half the detectives were still assigned to this case and Ed was calling and talking to them every day.
This is where the case went in the ice box and any progress ended. Can we believe half the detectives in the SLCPD are still working on this case? I wouldn't even believe one part-time. I hope they're not paying half their detectives to do nothing.
I have little doubt police know who Ricci's 5'8" accomplice, I think they knew him before they associated him with Ricci. The $40,000,000 question - why is it such a big secret. I would still like to see a picture of Remington, after all LE never said he was in jail that night, they let Remington's lawyer tell us that. Not saying Remington is the man, just that there is an appearances SOMETHING is wrong. And not making any accusation about the police, just saying I keep my eyes on them.
I just pray something doesn't happen to Ed like what happened to Ricci. But as long as Ed's compliant and not making waves he's probably safe. I'm not blaming what happened to Ricci on anyone and not saying anyone would want to do something to Ed, but the conditions are here for that to be a possibility.
And the saddest part, is that precious little girl! so sad.