I saw Larry King interview Angela Ricci tonight and thought she came off as rather brittle. Sometimes she answered a question while staring right into Larry's face, barely blinking, and other times, she'd blink rapidly and repeatedly. Sometimes she'd be saying something and shaking her head negatively when her statement wasn't negative. She'd grimace and twitch, but her hands would be still. I was relieved when she put her hands in her lap, since her pose seemed so forced. I thought her posture was interesting, with her hands crossed demurely one over the other on the table in front of her. At one point, she fidgeted, caught herself, and swiftly put her hand back on top of the other hand, as if she'd been coached to keep her hands still. Remember how poorly Gary Condit did on television with his shifty movements? Someone coached Angela on how to behave. Her answers seemed canned and for the really difficult questions, she looked at the attorney (hers or Ricci's, I'm not sure). She insists Ricci is "an honest man" and "a good man". She insists that "we ALWAYS get up at 6:00"...
I thought they took pains to present Angela as "middle class, clean, nice-looking, trustworthy person" in sharp contrast to her father's image of "trashy" (not that he'd have come on Larry King without his shirt, but you never know). Angela did say Ricci has no hair on the back of his hands and didn't even know what a golf cap was when she mentioned it to him on the telephone. The attorney mentioned it would take 25-30 minutes, minimum, to get from the Ricci park to the Smart's neighborhood, then another 25-30 minutes minimum, to get back...He seemed confident the time line wouldn't allow him to do everything that needed to be done with an abducted person and still get back before his wife woke up.
Thank you for your thoughtful insight. I missed the first part of LKL...but, for sure, body/hand and eye movement can be very telling. My daughter graduated with a major in psychology, and this is a known fact. Did she appear to be under the influence, perhaps? Possibly drugs? Will there be a repeat of LKL tonight? I'd really like to observe. Oops...just saw on TV that there will be a repeat at 12:00, so I will definitely watch it.
One point:
She insists that "we ALWAYS get up at 6:00"...
Just a thought. When a person is incarcerated for any length of time, they become accustomed to the rules. When to get up in the morning, when to eat, when to go to bed..etc. With Ricci's record, it is very possible that this is true. (Just a thought.) :)
She insists Ricci is "an honest man" and "a good man".
We already know the answer to that, don't we? :)
Unlike some, (not you) I don't want him hung, yet. I think that Elizabeth is still alive.