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HD - Great post. I had wondered if Ricci had to tow the Jeep into the repair shop on May 30. I assumed either the Jeep wasn't running at all or not running reliably with the faulty fuel pump and Ricci had to get it repaired for his role in the caper, probably the getaway driver, or he just used the fuel pump as an excuse to take it into the shop (he may have damaged the fuel pump himself).

He towed it into Mohl Auto Repair and gave him a list of things that needed done. Naturally Mohl would repair the fuel pump first to get it running. Ricci's wife called Mohl and verified the fuel pump was repaired and told him her husband needed to pick it up and sweet talked him into letting him have it for a while without having to pay & sign for work done. Ricci came in and told Mohl he needed the Jeep for an 'emergency'. After Ricci picked up the Jeep on May 30 it was not seen by any neighbors at his trailer from that date through Jun 8 when he returned it to Mohl.

Ricci denies taking the Jeep from Mohl and returning it on Jun 8. Mrs. Ricci says someone happened to steal a set of keys to the Jeep from them in mid-April implying the thief might have taken the Jeep from Mohl, despite the fact Ricci was a regular customer and Mohl knew him and kept records. Mrs. Ricci also said she had happened to run out of her muscle relaxers just before Jun 5 making her unable to sleep, although her neighbor friend says she was taking them then.

Ricci wanted the Jeep to appear to be at the shop during the kidnapping so his vehicle wouldn't be suspected. As I said before he may have done damage to the fuel pump just to have reason to take it into Moul's. Alternatively, as someone has said FBI profiler Clint Van Zandt has implied (though he doesn't seem to have the best facts in this case)Mohl may have originally been involved and paniced when the police showed up and gave Ricci up. In this case Mrs. Ricci may be correct that she never called him. The original plan may have been for Moul to say the Jeep was at the shop all the time or say it disappeared and he assumed Ricci had picked it up. The 'Jeep at the repair shop diversion' shows Ricci was involved in planning for the kidnapping from before May 30.

While I was on KUTV's website I saw a link to a site where you can email a missing person's poster of Elizabeth:

http://www.findelizabeth.com/e mailthis.asp

This site also has a printable poster and graphics for blue ribbons for Elizabeth.

Excellent analysis. You have a very apt screen name. I think it unlikely Mohl is involved. He has to know that once the ship starts sinking, he's going down with it. In any case, once the police give Mr. Mohl, and his business, a most thorough anal exam, he will either be definitively cleared or implicated. He would need a motive to get involved in such a scheme.