Posted on 06/29/2002 10:31:42 PM PDT by stlnative
Please keep adding 6/30/02 Elizabeth Smart dated updates to this thread...
Remember to keep checking back to this thread today for today's developing news on the Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping.
Some people may consider today to actually be day 26, but I count 1 day for each
24 hours that have passed since Elizabeth was kidnapped. Elizabeth was taken from her home
at about 1:30am on the morning of June 5th, 2002.
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Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping - Daily News/Chat Thread - Day 19
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June 5th, 2002 - Wednesday
~ 1:05am - 2 cars are spotted on the SLC Shriner's Hospital Parking Lot by a hospital security guard
~ 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.
~ 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)
June 6th, 2002 - 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)
June 8th, 2002 - Saturday
~ Ricci returns the Jeep to the repair shop to get it fix. 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 tool was in the back of the Jeep, Ricci removes
this also from the Jeep. 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.
June 14th, 2002 - Friday
~ Ricci is taken into custody for a parole violation, this being the 2001 robbery of the Smart Home in which he admitted to.
A note to the people who read this thread because they hope and pray that Elizabeth will be returned to her family and who wish to stay up to date with the facts in the case. Please do not let yourself get sucked into a heavy HEATED discussion or argument from someone who wishes to come on this thread and make posts that will disrupt this thread. The best thing to do it not to bring attention to these post or reply to them.
I think you are grasping at straws with this. The mechanic said a woman called saying it was an emergency and they needed the car. He said he asked her when he would be paid. It's quite likely the mechanic put the key over the visor or on top of the left front wheel - a common practice for small garages when their customer can't make it in before they close. The vehicle wasn't there the next morning so it "disappeared" - a word usage easily explained by his translating his native language into English.
Another point that flies in the face of some of the wild speculation on this topic, is something called a mechanic's lien which exists in Utah as well as most states. A mechanic making a repair on someones car is entitled to be paid. That is the law. If they are not paid in a timely manner, they can file a mechanic's lien with the state. If they still are not paid, the state will issue a clear title to the mechanic.
In other words, what could possibly motivate the mechanic to frame Ricci? Nothing, absolutely nothing.
The neighbors said the police haven't gotten back to them as yet..why not??
What neighbors? This guy?
I had not read that.
Me, too!
I saw it too and thought it was because earlier in the day the police/FBI had issued some sort of alert saying they were looking for info on anyone who had seen Ricci's car within a 500 mile radius of Salt Lake. She was definitely leading the witness and he didn't have his records any longer to confirm or deny it. (That should be a good lesson to each of us.)
Here we go again!
The news showed one of the neighbors that heard the noise and told the authorities..as of that interview, she said the police have NOT gotten back to her...was a blond haired women, I don't remember her name..Also said that other neighbors who heard the noise also have not heard back from the police either since they reported it either...Seems like something they'd want more information on..Also, it's only normal when someone hears a noise such as that,to get out of bed and look out the window..never know who possibly might have seen the car going by or in what direction or which way it turned..
Seems like something they'd want more information on...
Indeed.
Yep.
Oh, contrare! We have a situation where some of the FReepers on this board have speculated wildly about whodunit. Some of it is based on hard facts, but much of it based on wild speculation and/or bias. Utah Girl is "on the ground" and has done an excellent job of collecting and making available many of the things that should be considered "knowns". Unfortunately, we don't have all of the facts, but based upon the known facts Ricci is right at the top of my list and the police's list as reported in the media.
Geraldo degrading Ricci's father for not wearing a shirt while being interviewed..I'm sure Geraldo's going to be receiving a few letters.
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