[sandude]

Please re-read the article. It never connects the Smarts with the women in the article. The two sisters are only connected to Ricci through a friendship.

[norton]

I believe I've seen other reports that make the woman reporting her sister's observation as being a friend of the Smarts, not Ricci's. (In this version does it not quote another source as having "reported that..." - it is a derivative quote.

I also question the original article, it states the Smarts have a volunteer working for them also names Smart. Could be, but sounds like a relative and not a volunteer.

And, it still sounds too convenient no matter who reported it - I just don't picture someone hundreds of miles away recognizing this guy on the side of the road digging a hole and I still have not seen a report of police checking out that hole for content.