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I just saw a "breather" in the conversation, if you will, and decided to jump on in. I'm new here, but being a mother to two very spirited little girls, I'm certainly *not* new to bickering and cat-clawing.

Personally, I feel such an overwhelmingly, heavy heart for little Mary Catherine...*especially* each and every time *anyone* publicly speculates or digs for information into what MC has said or not said, heard or not heard, told or not told since that awful night. Let me explain...

It astounds me how, minus a small percentage, that each and every person in this world seems to feel it is their right to know everything THEY FEEL THEY DESERVE to know. It doesn't matter that national security is at stake when leaks come from the Pentagon. Who really cares that each time a "secret" or "highly confidential" document mysteriously appears on Dan Rather's desk & is reported, that our service members' lives are placed within firing range? As long as it isn't affecting me, seems to be the feeling, because otherwise....

Please tell me there are some folks here who feel as I do about Mary Catherine. FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE, her mind will forever contain the events of that night, and how her big sister, who sheltered her and cared for her, was snatched away right before her eyes.

Maybe, just maybe, the family understands this deeply, and had the foresight to agree to protect MC from a snarling public. WHAT IF she was too distraught to remember anything? What were the Smarts to do? Toss that out to the media to chew on and rip to shreds? Years later, MC could then do a media search, and have hours of affirmation...that everything hinged upon her, and she failed to produce.

WHAT IF MC *has* seen photos, heard Ricci's voice, and he just isn't the guy? Divulging that sure would give the plaintiff much to wave around.

WHAT IF Ricci IS in this up to his moustache, but only realized how deep he was in, after all was in motion? Isn't it possible there are others who wanted this girl, who knew Ricci had the home memorized, and that he broke in successfully on prior occasions?

Isn't is possible he's not going to talk because telling what he knows is going to kill him, or his own family? I see him as the Chihuahua of the pack of dogs in the prison yard.

Ricci sure seems puny to me, inside and out. His fellow prisonmates and parollees may have had one owed to them by Ricci, and he had no choice but to pay up. His fellow parollees may have even been clever enough to think about using the old Smart jeep as their abduction vehicle, given the likely possibility they could use the old DNA excuse if things started to get closer to the truth. Maybe Ricci even realized that he could wind up being the fall guy in all this, and the group solution was to place the jeep in the shop (but somehow gain access to it)? Ricci may have even slept well for a night or two thinking they had thought of everything...

WE DON'T need to know anything, in my opinion, about MC, her thoughts, her assistance, her fragile memory. Even Sean Hannity continues to probe this line, to my amazement.

WHATEVER MC knows, has already been collected, don't you think? I imagine her to be a juicy orange that everyone has wanted a piece of, and now what's left is an all- squeezed- out little 9 year old girl, who misses the big sister she absolutely adored.

This is an incredibly strong family, that leads their family with the faith that their loving, Heavenly Father is in control. That is their rock, their direction and their hope. We are so used to seeing dysfunctional, and nutball cases all the time, that when something pure happens to come along, the majority of us become suspicious, and can't accept a good thing when one should appear.

Just my opinion, is all. And for the record, I believe in folks having their right to speak freely, however I feel even stronger about protecting the defenseless, and promoting the common sense to look around to consider others needs, too.

Good post, and I agree that none of us can know what's going on inside that sweet little Mary Katherine. She is the other victim here, and I understand the family's overprotectiveness of her. For years to come, she will have to wonder if she could have prevented her sister's abduction. A very heavy burden to be placed on such young shoulders.

A very sensitive and logical post. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

WONDERFUL POST - it was as tho' you were reading my foggy mind this morning as I went to post.. haha