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Ed Smart seemed as authoritative and in control today as I have ever seen him...he almost seems now resigned to the fact about poor Elizabeth...

He was also interviewed on msnbc and he broke down...said he would only ask Ricci if he had done it to return her...

There has been a change in this case today...the father's demeanor has changed...I think he knows that Elizabeth is not coming home.

Faith....where are you when we need you

What is up with this May31 to June 8 deal?...are those just days picked out of a hat?...why those days?..

My guess is that the payroll records of Ricci's employer show something odd about that time range. What would be interesting would be to see if there was a pattern of similar break-ins at places where Ricci (or some other person with connections to Smart or other remodels) worked, during the time leading up to 5 June, when ES was taken.

The nexus would be: Actual or attempted break-ins, recent remodel, young daughter at home, overlap between workers at various jobs.

What is up with this May31 to June 8 deal?...are those just days picked out of a hat?...why those days?..do the cops have info that is pertinent to this case involving those days?...or, it could just be that they picked the week of her abduction ...

It sound to me that this is when Ricci may have had access to these 3 cars, they want to know if anyone can ID that these cars where seen somewhere unusual or possibly in the Smart neighborhood during that time. They are trying to find out if Ricci was spotted somewhere unusual in one of these 3 cars during May 31 to June 8 also. Ricci owns the 1990 White 4-DR Jeep Cherokee which is still being held (The Cherokee does not have the panels on the side of it...it is painted fully white). It sounds to me that they were watching Ricci from June 9th, until they took him into custody on June 14th.

the father's demeanor has changed...I think he knows that Elizabeth is not coming home.

I thought the same thing last night while Dave Francom was talking. Although he was calm, he mentioned that it was hard to think what Elizabeth was going through--or had gone through. It was the first time I had heard a family member mention her in the past tense. So sad.

Could it be that they're targeting Ricci due to his criminal past, that he worked for the Smart's? Read my prior post...I don't see a similarity in his past crimes. Why would he go to the room where the girls were?? If he was going to rob their home, you'd think any criminal where there was money, valuables, something resellable?? From what I see in his past, it's theft, jail escape, etc..Maybe I'm wrong...