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Changed stories in this case:

This is, according to my imperfect memory...if others don't remember it that way, let's try to look it up.

1. The description of the abductor's cap changed from ballcap to golf cap.

2. Angela first said she was as sure as she could be that Rick didn't get out of bed on the night in question, b/c she can "feel it" when he gets up to go to the john, and she didn't feel it. Later, Angela allowed as how it was possible that Rick had gotten up to go to the john that night.

3. Angela said, as to the call to Neth's by "Mrs. Ricci," that it was not she who had called, and she had no idea who had, nor of what that was all about. More recently, Angela says she did call Neth's at some point.

4. One early news account said the abductor wore a mask. No other account has said he wore a mask.

5. Early accounts said the abductor threatened Mary Katherine. Later, this was changed to say the abductor didn't threaten Mary K., he only threatened Elizabeth.

6. The height of the abductor has been variously described as 5'8", btw 5'8" and 6', and 5'9".

7. In one account, it was reported that Rick said he'd been out with friends the night of the 4th. Other accounts said he was home cooking dinner for Mormon missionaries the night of the 4th. (Of course, he could have done both these things, if he'd gone out rather late.)

8. When Moul joked about the mud on the jeep, and all the windows open and newspapers on floor, he said Rick told him he'd been 4-wheeling. Later, it appeared that both Riccis insisted Rick never even took the jeep out, and therefore didn't get mud on it, or open the windows, or go 4-wheeling, etc.

9. Mr. Smith, Riccis' attorney, pointed out on LKL that it would be quite easy to get 500-1000 miles on the jeep just by driving it in the SLC area. Seems strange he was making this point, since later it appears that the official story was, Rick never took out that jeep at all during the time the miles were put on it.

10. Moul says he saw seat covers piled in the back of the jeep, and Ricci put them in a bag and took the bag. Angela and her father said the jeep never had any seat covers. Moul also said he knew the jeep had seat covers b/c his shop had gotten oil on one of them one time.

11. Get this--I saw Mr. Mitchell of Mitchell's Nursery SAY on TV, early on, that Rick worked on June 5. Every account since then has said that Rick was off June 5, and Rick's neighbor even gave an account of things Rick did on the 5th, and it wasn't working at the nursery.

12. Carma Tolman, next-door neighbor of Riccis, said Angela asked a couple neighbors if they'd seen Rick leave the trailer the night of June 4-5. Angela says she never made these inquiries.

13. All the conflicting accounts of why Jean Boylan wasn't brought in immediately.

14. Initially, we heard nothing of the garage door being left open that night. Later, we hear that it was accidentally left open for hours.

15. First, it is insinuated that the Smarts called neighbors, or bishop, or Tom, before calling police. Later, we are told the police checked this and were satisfied that the first call was to them.

16. In the interview I saw(Banfield), Moul said Ricci took the jeep out for an "emergency," b/f work on it was completed. Brigette says in the interview with Primetime, Moul said the jeep was surreptitiously removed b/f the work was done.

17. As reasons for why the 2 girls (5 yr. age difference) shared a room, we have heard that it was b/c of renovations, then we heard that their mother had enjoyed sharing a room with sisters, and specifically set it up so they could have the same good experience.

18. Some say Rick wore a machete on his belt when he returned the jeep on June 8, others say he did not. Rick, of course, denied through his wife that he had returned the jeep on the 8th, much less appeared at Neth's with a machete on his belt.

19. Angela said there was loss or theft of a jeep key while Riccis out with friends in April. Later we hear that the key was lost or stolen while Rick was at a smoke shop with a relative.

20. Accounts which give the date that the jeep was taken out of the shop for "emergency" say it was taken out on May 30. At least one account says the jeep was taken out of the shop "two days b/f the kidnapping."

Needless to say, this is not an exhaustive list. Needless to say, varina, in some of these examples, the apparently conflicting stories could be reconciled.

then we heard that their mother had enjoyed sharing a room with sisters, and specifically set it up so they could have the same good experience.

I did read your entire list and this jumped out! OMG! Don't know why I didn't think of it before. Could be very, very pertinent.

Thanks for the list. I'm off to bed so good night all.

I think I can add one more inconsistency but can't back any of the reports up with exact references, though I'm sure that other people can remember some of them.

On one of Greta Van Sustrans' nightly coverages she said the jeep was returned with white mud on it. There were even posts made by people about locations where white mud could be found, and one search was carried out in a place where white mud would be.

But now we're reading on recent posts in here that the car was thoroughly cleaned while still in Moul's repair shop. Supposedly when the police picked it up it was so clean that no clues were found about what locality it had been in.