Posted on 07/26/2002 9:45:30 PM PDT by Jolly Green
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| 06/05/01 | Tuesday | Ricci steals items from the Smart home while he is employed there as a handyman. Ricci is charged in July of 2002 of 1 count of theft related to the Smart incident. |
| 05/30/02 | Thursday | ~ Ricci returns to pick up his Jeep at the auto repair shop before the shop has a chance to fully fix it He tells the repairman that it needed for an emergency. |
| 06/04/02 | Tuesday | ~ Ricci is at work from about 9am to 5:30pm ~ Ricci claims he spends the evening with friends |
| 06/05/02 | Wednesday | ~ 1:05am - 2 cars are spotted on the SLC Shriner's Hospital Parking Lot by a hospital security guard, two blocks from the Smart residence ~ 1:30am (approx) - Elizabeth is kidnapped from her home ~ 1:30am - Ricci claims to be in bed asleep with his with wife. ~ Ricci is scheduled to be off work all day today. ~ 7:21am - Rachel/Amber alert is issued and national media is involved. ~ 8:30am - Ricci and his neighbor talk about the kidnapping of Elizabeth, Ricci seems to know too much information about it. ~ Sometime during this day Ricci is visited by police in regards to Elizabeth's kidnapping as reported by Angela Ricci (Richard A. Ricci's Wife which is an ex-convict herself) ~ Ricci is seen by his neighbor digging a hole by his (Ricci's) trailer early in the morning. (heard the neighbor say this on TV) |
| 06/06/02 | Thursday | ~ Ricci is scheduled to work from 9am to 5:30pm today, but instead works from 10:30am to 7:00pm ~ Police talk to Ricci this day about the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping. (The media is reporting this, so it could be wrong) |
| 06/08/02 | Saturday | ~ Ricci returns the Jeep to the repair shop to get it fixed. The Jeep is muddy and the repair shop owner sees Ricci remove seat covers from the back of the jeep and place them into a plastic garbage bag that already contains other stuff in it. Also the repair shop owner said a muddy post hole digger was in the back of the Jeep, Ricci removes this also. Ricci has a man waiting across the street to give him a ride. Ricci takes the plastic bag and contents along with the post hole digger with him. Also there is 500 to 1000 extra miles on the Jeep since Ricci picked it up on May 30th, 2002. |
| 06/14/02 | Friday | ~ Ricci is taken into custody for a parole violation, this being drinking while on parole and association with other ex-cons. |
| 07/11/02 | Thursday | Formal charges are filed against Ricci (2 counts of theft & 1 count of burglary) on the theft & burglary of the Smart neighbors home which occurred in April 2001, and 1 more count of theft for stealing from the Smart home on June 6th, 2001. |
| Special thanks to Brigette for starting this timeline. | ||
LOL!! So did I.......but not as fast as you did......sighhhhhhhhh.
(Know where I can order one of those crocheted stuffed animals? Those sound like real collectors' items.......LOL!!)
Morse also questioned whether Ricci had ever picked up the Jeep from the shop. "They didn't have the money to get it out," he said.
David Morse says that police seized a tan hat, identical to this one except for its color, from his mobile home Thursday.
"They were just getting to where they were getting on their feet a little bit and then this happened. Now they're back in the hole a little bit."
Dave Smart, Elizabeth's uncle, said the Jeep was a gift of gratitude from his brother to Ricci for work well done.
"This worker was doing a lot of work for Ed and was very skilled and did a good job, and Ed was just wanting to help him get back up on his feet," Smart told CNN's "Larry King Live."
Though giving the Jeep was "a little bit unusual," he said, "This was a method of helping both of them to an end."
WHAT???? IT WAS A GIFT OF GRATITUDE OF HIS BROTHER TO RECCI ?????
Whoa !! Never heard that LINE before !!!!! Must have slipped through the cracks.
You can take it to the bank, IMO, that no one has "sold" anyone. It is possible, however, that the Smart brothers had shady dealings with Ricci and his friends and really aren't sure if the handyman knows more than he is telling. If so, hesitation by the Smarts to absolutely condemn him is understandable. Plus, they wouldn't want to ruin the family's reputation if it isn't absolutely necessary and they believe the girl is safe.
So let me see......Ed Smart says the jeep was PAYMENT for services rendered, David Smart says it was a GIFT, and Angela Ricci says it was paid off in CASH. What I find to be really ironic is that this jeep has now become the focal point of the investigation......and was actually still titled to Ed Smart during the crucial May 31-June 8 time period.
It's about time the media concentrated on child abductions -- these are our children we're talking about!
As far as the recent "rash" of abductions, none seem to follow any "copy-cat" pattern. For example, the most recent in St. Louis was by an alleged perpetrator who lived in a deserted factory; it's doubtful he even read newspapers or watched TV. The one in Philadelphia apparently has some sort of gang-related activities involved.
Where I live, everyone is big on neighborhood watch programs. Great. How about intense neighborhood children watch programs? Parents keeping abreast of state and local law enforcement postings of convicted and released sexual predators in neighborhoods. They are usually posted on LE websites with pictures and status quo.
You just leave Jolly alone !!
he would never sell that kind out of the back of his pickup at the flea market ! He sells only LOVE BEADS !
Have to disagree. More gun laws don't keep weapons out of the hands of criminals. More laws won't stop criminals, there are plenty of laws on the books now.
Parents, grandparents, relatives and friends of children need to take up the cause big time.
BTW, welcome to freerepublic!
Any organism that is incapable of eliminating its waste will soon die.
As far as I know, that part about Elizabeth and the abductor going into a bathroom prior to getting her shoes and leaving has only been reported by the tabloids.......but it has been repeated in a number of articles. To me, that is something that does NOT fit with an abduction scenario, particularly since there were other family members sleeping in bedrooms off of that same hallway. I wonder about that piece of information.......
Just keep reading this thread, believe me there are plenty of bozos that post here. I really just learned in the last 5-10 years that people operate from their own, chosen, personally self-serving perspectives and no amount of facts or logic will ever deter them from their convoluted mentality. Sorry, but it's true and symptomatic of our depraved society today.
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