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I just heard the news of Riccis death. I don't feel much sympathy. He probably should've been given the death penalty for the attempted murder of a police officer long ago. He had more years alive than he actually deserved so he should be thankful. If he was on death row like he should've been I have no doubt Elizabeth would be with her family today.

I don't think anyone tried to kill Ricci off to keep him from talking. If anybody saw his recent court photos he looked like death walking. I wonder when the last time he went to a doctor? I doubt he took care of himself very well, if at all.

It's very obvious the police believe Ricci was the main culprit in this whole thing. He was the only suspect known with a direct connections to the Smart family(Elizabeth) and had no qualms going into occupied homes at night stealing things in the Smart neighborhood. His unwillingness to give a simple explanation for his whereabouts during the week in question points to his involvment. All of these behaviors when looked at seperately aren't too bad, but when you put them all together is strong suspicion that Ricci did it. The police probably have many more facts that point to Ricci. His crimes simply escalated from stealing objects to stealing a pretty young teen like Elizabeth. I believe this was a sexually motivated crime by an old, arrogant criminal and womanizer. He may have been involved in other low profile female disappearances in Utah. His choice of victim probably had a lot to do with the fact the Smart home was an easy target. Maybe he still held a resentments against Ed Smart for letting him go.

Ricci most likely had an accomplice who I think helped get rid of evidence or was a pervert friend of his who also was very willing to get a piece of the action.

If Ricci isn't the guy then they will probably never solve this case because they simply don't have anything else to go on and probably never will. They were hoping Ricci would one day confess in jail and tell them where he buried the body. Finding the body without clues is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Maybe someone will stumble upon bones by accident one day (if it was a shallow grave).

I believe the only hope now is breaking Angela down or finding gas station mystery man. They may know who mystery man is but he is simply acting like Ricci and denying that the gas station drop off ever happened. Now that Ricci is dead Angela may be willing to talk. I have no doubt she was the one who made the call to Moul's shop. It's the most logical explanation. Ricci probably told her it needed to be used for a burglary run at the time.