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From the Ashleigh Banfield Show that aired tonight on MSNBC, she interviewed the parents and was allowed to ASK anything she wanted, but that the family was not able to answer questions directly about the case, to protect the case as the police have asked them not to speak about the case in detail.

Mary K is back home with her parents and siblings sleeping in her OWN bed. She is happy due to the new puppy and dog that they have.

The family has been asked by police NOT to ask questions with Mary K on what happened that night, they have advised them to let her speak on her own when she is ready.

Mary K and Elizabeth shared the bedroom as the mother thought it was the best thing to do, she shared her room with her sisters as a child and always felt it was a better for the girls to be close to each other to keep the girls relationship tight. ( I totally understand this and why she would do this )

(In my opinion, the Smarts are being very open and are not trying to hide anything, they both seem very relaxed. There is nothing being said that seems strange... More coming as there is another 1/2 hour left.

More from the interview with Ashleigh Banfield

The police were called FIRST, not others. They said the phone records can be checked! The police seemed to take forever to get there. They said they checked the house first for Elizabeth to see if she was still in the house. Then called the police before calling anyone else!

Also the Police Chief says that Mary K heard the threat directed to Elizabeth while the perp was still in the bedroom. Mary K got up after they (Perp & Elizabeth) left the bedroom and then again saw the perp in another part of the house as Mary K was heading to the parents room, she remembered the threat and went back to her bedroom and waited. (my guess is that he threaten Elizabeth that he would kill everyone in the house if she did anything to wake them up.)

NOW...The police chief says there was a threat to Elizabeth and to the family if Elizabeth made a noise or alarmed the family. (remember I am writing this as it airs on TV) The police believe this is someone that has cased the home, in otherwords they have studied it. Police did receive the call at 4:01, even though Tom Smart says he was called at 3:30 am, the police now say that they have cleared this call times up with the family and it is now known that Smarts actually DID call the police FIRST, before anyone else. They also say they do not have enough details to put out a GOOD composite drawing on the Perp, but they know alot about that perp and his manner and actions in the home during the kidnapping.

(In my opinion, the Smarts are being very open and are not trying to hide anything, they both seem very relaxed. There is nothing being said that seems strange...

I agree. They were very believable about their activities once they heard Elizabeth was missing, and their immediate calling of the police.

Not only are the Smarts very open, relaxed and cooperating completely with police, the pattern is emerging that the little "facts" that have made us question their integrity are slowly turning out to be poor reporting by the media. For example, the Smarts did NOT contact their neighbors before they did the police. It just seems to me that the media seems intent on targeting a very healthy, close, attractive and religious family who adheres to the 50's ideal of the model family that the media has been trying to say for years never in fact existed. Maybe the Smarts DO have "issues." Who doesn't? But the media representation of them, with an intent on destroying their reputation, is repugnant.