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Those of us who can actually read and comprehend know it means Ed Smart dumped a piece of junk on Ricci in exchange for hours worked, then turned around and demanded money for it. Sounds to me like Ed was scamming Ricci. I'd be ticked off, too.

I don't know if Spore's is a correct conclusion or not, but I was thinking today that no one REALLY knows how Ricci felt about Ed and his family. Even though he and Angela have said otherwise, it's very possible that he harbored some very negative feelings towards the Smarts, Ed in particular.

I keep going back to MOTIVE. If the items he stole, and then kept, had belonged to Elizabeth, then that might indicate a motive. If this was a screwed up kidnapping plot, then the motive would have been money. But I think there's also the possibility that REVENGE was involved. I'd like to know more about his relationship with Ed and their business dealings.

You make a very interesting point when you say that Ricci may have harbored some very negative feelings towards the Smarts, especially Ed.

A burglar who steals items not for the purpose of fencing, but who keeps the relatively valueless items around--even if they WERE little gifts to his wife, as conjectured--just strikes me as creepy, even creepier than the average burglar. And if one believes that "Ricci was known for targeting children's rooms," and "Ricci went into the room where Lin Lee was sleeping"--as I believe--then the image is even more creepy.