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The girl was named Lin Lee. I think she was about 20 or 21. She was sleeping in the guest room of the home of Sue Ann Adams, a Federal Heights neighbor of the Smarts.

According to my memory of the affidavit supporting the indictment of Ricci for this burglary, Ricci had been doing work in that very bedroom, that day. When it was late at night, Ms. Lee was asleep, but awoke b/c of a rustling noise in the room where she was sleeping. She vaguely saw a figure standing by the dresser. Half-asleep, and thinking it was an Adams family member, she mumbled, "you can turn the light on if you want." The person responded by coughing or "grunting." Ms. Lee rolled over and fell back asleep.

The next day, $300 was missing from the dresser. Also, a sliding glass door somewhere in the house had been tampered with.

The indictment, and the affidavit describing the facts of the incident, are out on the web. They were posted on cybersleuths some time ago in their "All Criminal Cases" section. Also posted were the indictments and the affidavits for the other state crimes Ricci had pending at his death--but not, to my knowledge, the federal indictment for the bank robbery. These documents use Adobe Acrobat.

Incidentally, it was this "Lin Lee" affidavit that told us that Ms. Adams hired Ricci on the recommendation of Ed Smart. The Lee/Adams incident was, I think, in April, 2001.
I think, but am not sure, that the affidavit said Ricci later confessed to police that he did the Lee/Adams burglary. See, Sandude, why we're pretty sure that Ricci had crept around in the bedroom of a sleeping young woman before?