Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping - Daily News/Chat Thread - Day 25

06/30/02 - Sunday | Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping - Daily News/Chat Thread - Day 25

[stlnative]

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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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Links

Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping - Daily News/Chat Thread - Day 24
Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping - Daily News/Chat Thread - Day 23
Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping - Daily News/Chat Thread - Day 22
Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping - Daily News/Chat Thread - Day 21
Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping - Daily News/Chat Thread - Day 20
Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping - Daily News/Chat Thread - Day 19
Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping - Daily News/Chat Thread - Day 18
Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping - Daily News/Chat Thread - Day 17
Salt Lake City Police Department Website
FBI Kidnappings/Critical Missing Persons - Elizabeth Smart
FBI - Salt Lake City Branch
Elizabeth Smart Website
Smart Residence Real Estate Listing
Brigette's Scanned Copy of House Layout from Newsweek Magazine
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Short Timeline

May 30th, 2002 -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.

June 4th, 2002 - Tuesday
~ Ricci is at work from about 9am to 5:30pm
~ Ricci claims he spends the evening with friends

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.



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[mystery-ak]

....Ricci's wife did pass the polygraph.....Im sure that was one of the questions.

[Lanza]

That is exactly what I was thinking. They could tell her to come clean, or they throw the book at her if they have caught her lying to the GJ. I guess I am a little skeptical of her being involved with a man with such a long criminal record. Is this Ricci's first and only marraige, and do they have children together?

[Jolly Green]

I guess I am a little skeptical of her being involved with a man with such a long criminal record.

She suckered me too. I thought she was a pretty decent person and even said at the time I saw her as another victim. Then I learned she also was a convicted felon for drug dealing and 10 counts of forgery.

Why are you giving her a pass?

[Bella]

I just wonder if their *case* against Ricci is not panning out.....

Very possible..Could be using Ricci theory since they have him in jail anyway for theft, so the real perps think they're home free while they're gathering all the info needed against them..

[Lanza]

I didn't know the wife passed a poly. I have been out of the loop for a few days on vacation. I did see Ed Smart's sister I believe on TV Friday being vague about whether Ricci is a suspect or not. She didn't seem to sure they had their man.

[Lanza]

Thanks for that info as well. I didn't know she too had a criminal history. Nice people.
I didn't think I was giving her a pass. Does saying I am skeptical of her seem like I am giving her a pass?

[mystery-ak]

I could be completly wrong but I don't think Ricci is the kidnapper, I know he looks guilty as hell but from what the police are doing it looks like they are back to square one....I think they may have some forensic evidence that we don't know about yet.

[Bella]

I could be completly wrong but I don't think Ricci is the kidnapper, I know he looks guilty as hell but from what the police are doing it looks like they are back to square one....I think they may have some forensic evidence that we don't know about yet.

:-) Rita Cosby show-now..supposedly some late breaking developments...might be the same as was being said today...and for their ratings...ALL I want to hear is that they FOUND Elizabeth SAFE!

[MadisonA]

What happens if the cops do have some forensic evidence but it doesn't match Ricci because his buddy (the mystery guy at the phone booth) was the one who entered the house and maybe he was in the Jeep too.

Then the cops would need to find mystery guy, which I don't think the cops know where he is or who he is at the moment to compare the some evidence with.

[FR_addict]

It sounds like incompetence not to get back to the neighbors that heard noises in the night. The time of the kidnapping might be pinpointed more accurately.

I would like to hear the call Mr. Smart made to 911. I would also like to know how long it took the police to respond and also a follow up on who was called first, the police, family members, the bishop, or neighbors.

[IamHD]

9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning..blood and fingerprints from 6 to 8 males that were in that home! Why was this not done on the day of the kidnapping? Amazing.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

I live in an area where we have coyotes and rabbits and when a coyote or fox takes a rabbit-it is a horrendous sound. The scream is not child like,but a loud,blood curdling wail and it makes your skin crawl-it definitely goes on for awhile.I have heard it through closed windows and the cry is so horrible-that I have gone outside and into the woods-to scare off the coyote.But, when I hear it,I instinctively know that it is an animal sound,not that of a child screaming.

[IamHD]

Yep, I agree. And a coyote wouldn't screech away in a car with its prey, would it. Why is all of this just now coming out? Why wasn't this all checked out the morning/day of the kidnapping?

[FR_addict]

Your right. They can use the phone records to see if Ricci's wife actually called the mechanic's shop or not. I assume they probably already did this.

They should know by now if Ricci is a suspect or not. They may be taking advantage of Ricci's other crimes and criminal background to get everyone involved in front of the grand jury and get their stories while under oath.

I think the grand jury is a good idea. I hope they call everyone involved to appear before it.

[philomath]

They're going to be taking blood tomorrow, Bella, from 7 or 8 males that were in the home the morning of the kidnapping

Sounds strange at this late hour. Since these guys were in the house, what would their dna be used to match?? Could be either a bluff, or building a dna database for later use. i hope there isn't grim forensic evidence such as bloody clothing, etc....

[Bella]

Incompetence or .......

There's many unanswered questions..which comes back to who's running the show & calling the shots...

[dalebert]

thanks for the ping

[mystery-ak]

well the mystery buddy would have to have been in the house before or at least know the layout of the house thoroughly, since he would be moving in the dark.....if he's the guy they will have to offer something to Ricci to make him talk....

[IamHD]

The way that I understood, on FOX...there was blood in the Smart home. They didn't say how much. I would assume it wasn't a huge amount. But, why wasn't this done immediately after the kidnapping. I mean, the DNA of the males that were in that home that morning?

[mystery-ak]

The police have probably already tested all the Smart family(at least I hope so).....did they say blood on Fox, I thought they were just assuming?