They want to know who tried to break in for the safety of their neice.
The break-in also happened at the same time of night.
How did they know it was the same time of night, did it wake up the girl? I never heard that before.
What motivation would LE have for hiding anything from Ed Smart?
Like maybe it was someone who was supposed to be in jail and was accidentally released or some other situation embarassing and creating liability for police. Not saying it is, just that it's a possibility.
On one hand Ed says how much he trusts and appreciates them, then on the other he hints that they're not up to snuff on their actions and he starts his own 'investigation.' He defers to their demand to keep silent about every aspect of this case when he's asked direct questions. Do you think Ed's trying to bluff them into giving him more info? Do you think they have a connection that they don't want Ed to know about?
Ed's line he continually uses is 'this won't be solved without everyone's help'. I don't think he trusts the police implicitly but doesn't want to do anything that would make them quit working the case. He knows they're hiding things from him. Remember the woman that had the same lawyer as Ricci, and she alleged the lawyer told her to get rid of pictures she had of Ricci in a golf cap and building a fence on Jun 8 in Wyoming. Ed heard about that from someone and couldn't get information so I think he made up the story about the lost email with basically the same info to get her to come forward right away because he knew she wanted the reward money and with another witness out there that would force her to make her story known right away before the supposed person in the email got a prior claim. And it worked.
Just after this episode Ed brought Boylan into town. Ed went along with police initially agreeing not to bring her in, remember the remarks Klaas wanted him to go around LE (meaning bring her in when LE didn't want her). Then LE took credit for bringing Boylan in 4-5 days later and there was an article where SLCPD had half there detectives working the case and Ed said he was calling them every day. This marriage didn't last long, nothing has happened since.
Reason I think LE is suspect - I think they know who the accomplice is, he was seen by the milkman in daylight, on security video in convenience store shortly before kidnapping, from 20 feet by Fred Trujillo at Shriner's Hospital, by several searchers, and by Mohl across the street. Yet there was no sketch or photo released and police say they don't know who it is. How many scumbag friends does Ricci have? I don't believe they don't know. I don't know why they would want to keep it secret. The milkman said more than a week after the kidnapping he had never been interviewed by police and LE showed little interest in the video at Shriner's.
let's say, last month, you'd accuse us of being "whackjobs."
I've thought LE's story was suspect since the first week. I'm only bothered by people that take wild pleasure in whipping Ed Smart and refuse to accept Ricci is up to his comatose hairline in this.