Posted on 07/23/2002 9:34:42 PM PDT by Jolly Green
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| Richard Ricci has been identified as the prime suspect in the case, though several of his "theme park" pals are under suspicion. | - Ricci is a 5-time loser, having been convicted of burglarizing a food bank and shooting a police officer. He has recently been indicted on three additional state charges including theft at the Smart residence and burglary of a Smart neighbor. Additionally, he has been recently indicted on three federal charges related to two bank robberies. - Ricci worked for the Smarts last year for several months and was paid with a white Jeep in lieu of cash. He had full access to the house and may very well have had a key to the Smart residence. Ricci and two others were fired when some items were stolen from the home. Ricci later approached Ed Smart and said he wasn't involved and wanted his job back. Ed Smart declined to rehire him. - Ricci lives in a trailer park in West Jordan that is now referred to as a "theme park" because of the large number of Ricci convicted felon friends living there. - Ricci has no credible alibi for the period during and shortly after the abduction. He is believed to have put an additional 1000 miles on the Jeep during a period when he claimed the Jeep was in Moul's shop. Moul also reported that Ricci removed several trash bags, the seat covers and a post hole digger and carried them across the street. - Ricci had both opportunity and motive. |
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| Ed Smart and Richard Ricci were gay lovers. This is based upon Ed Smart's pleading before the media for Ricci to come clean, where he used phrases like "Help me, Richard". | This theory was eloquently refuted by Jengaio and it hasn't reared its ugly head recently. | |
| Elizabeth Smart had a nose ring, must have been rebellious and ran away. Later, proponents shifted emphasis to "piercings". | Numerous photographs of Elizabeth Smart show no indication of a nose ring and the existence of a nose ring has never been reported by any credible news source. | |
| Moul, the mechanic, lied to the grand jury and in TV interviews. Some of the scenarios: He knows more than he is telling; his eyesight is bad; he made it up; he is in cahoots with Ricci; he used Ricci's Jeep without Ricci's permission. | Moul has no criminal record and no motive. What's more his vehicle logs corroborate his testimony. If Moul had "borrowed" the Jeep, he certainly would have washed it to remove the bugs, mud and pine needles. | |
| Elizabeth Smart's aunt, in a televised interview said the police "are working with us". Implications: This surely must mean that the Smarts and their influential friends and church must be controlling/thwarting the 100-man SLCPD/FBI task force | We will ask Jengaio to analyze the phrazing. | |
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| Motive | Possible Suspect | Details |
| Kidnapping | All | - The SLCPD has said there has not been any credible ransom demands. This may be due to the massive search and media blitz within 5 hours of the abduction i.e. the perps may have realized that their chances of getting caught were very high and they decided to get rid of the evidence. |
| Ricci & cronies | - Ricci and his colleagues have recently been indicted for several Utah bank robberies, each producing only a modest amount of cash i.e. $1800 split 3 ways. It is likely that they were looking for a bigger "score". | |
| Unknown | N/A | |
| Burglary | Ricci | - Ricci has five previous convictions for theft, burglary, and assault (shooting a police officer). He has recently been indicted on three additional state charges including burglary of a Smart neigbor while they were sleeping (a M.O. similar to the Smart kidnapping) and theft of the Smart home. He has also been indicted on three federal charges including two bank robberies. - The Smarts, like most people, wouldn't keep large amounts of cash around. It seems likely that a simple burglary would not produce much in the way of cash or jewelery. - The SLCPD has said some things were taken but haven't identified those items. |
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| Burglary Gone Wrong | Ricci | - The Smart perpetrator may have been surprised by Elizabeth Smart and decided to remove the only witness. |
| Unknown | Same as above | |
| Sexual Predator | Ricci | - Fox News reported Ricci had attempted an "inappropriate relationship" with one of his old girlfriends 16 yr old daughters. |
| Unknown | N/A | |
| Revenge | Ricci | - Ed Smart wouldn't rehire Ricci even though Ricci claimed he had no involvement in the theft of the Smart house. |
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| Runaway | Elizabeth Smart | Unknown possible motive |
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Maybe not -- if the other person was an adult.
Probably because there's been such a rash of kidnappings lately in the news?
I doubt that it has been withdrawn. As I understand it, the immunity deal covered only a few days around the time of Elizabeth's disappearance. It never covered crimes committed at other times, and the new charges which have been brought against Ricci are all for crimes committed at times far removed from the date of Elizabeth's disappearance. The purpose of the immunity deal was only to try to ensure that Ricci was forthcoming about his whereabouts at the time of Elizabeth's disappearance, presumably so that if he didn't have anything to do with it, that could be determined quickly.
I tried to find some documentation on this and searched Yahoo, Google, Deseret News and Brigette's archives. Nothing. Can you provide a link?
I taped it, but right now, I am not taking the time to replay it to get her name. She was the controversial Sketch Artist who was in contact with the Smart's in the beginning. You know who I mean.
Anyhow, it was a good interview. I am thinking of sitting down and writing out the whole transcript, but it will take me time, as I don't know shorthand. I have done a Google search on archieves, but I don't think NBC has them.
She did give high praise to the LE officials connected to this crime, and spoke of how artistic and articulate MK was. She was very impressed with her. She apparently interviewed her in the Smart home, with the full co-operation of Mr. and Mrs. Smart. She explained how she worked with the child. (hopefully I can write the entire interview, so as not to type my words..I want it verbatum), but, she said that they made alot of progress.
She could not answer the question given to her as to if the sketch will be given out....and here, I want to make a comment to several posters who called me on the subject of sketch's given for the sould purpose as to give out to the public for help in locating the perp.Those were MY WORDS last night.
I stand corrected, and I want to express it pubically that I was WRONG in that I thought that that was the sole purpose for having a sketch done. This lady told how sometimes the sketch is NOT RELEASED to the public for various reasons. I WAS WRONG. I AM ADMITTING THIS NOW, as I was educated this moring on the subject.
I do want to address a post that was posted last night, however, and I am taking the liberty to re-post it without permission of the poster. Here it is:
To: Neenah
Careful with the facts here; "worked with" doesn't mean successfully. Lots of these self-styled assistant detectives "work with" investigators, with or without the investigators invitation. And the claim that she has worked on "thousands" of cases sounds fishy to me. Most full time police officers and FBI agents haven't worked on "thousands" of cases. She is credited with an exceptionally good sketch of the Unabomber, but we know nothing about the witness(es) or the circumstances of their sightings of the Unabomber. She may be a very good artist, who can predictably produce a good likeness when the witnesses are able to accurately communicate the appearance of the perpetrator.
However, there's a good deal of evidence that she's a pretty heavy duty self-promoter, and uses some unusual touchy-feely methods, and that's why I wouldn't expect police to lend any credence to HER claim that a sketch she produced with MK's assistance was likely to be very accurate.
143 posted on 7/23/02 11:27 PM Central by GovernmentShrinker
With all due respect to anyone on this board, what we may THINK is not facts. I am guilty of it too, for we all have our own theories. But theories are just that for ALL of us.
This poster was disputing the credibility of this artist that has been benificial in aiding in aprehending some big cases, and IS credible with the FBI, having been used many times, whether it sounds "fishy" to you or to me.
This poster stated this at the end:
there's a good deal of evidence that she's a pretty heavy duty self-promoter, and uses some unusual touchy-feely methods, and that's why I wouldn't expect police to lend any credence to HER claim that a sketch she produced with MK's assistance was likely to be very accurate.
I would just like to say to you, again with respect, that any of us may make statements like this, but today you are proven wrong, because they indeed DID lend credence to her, for she was used after all, and I have to put my trust in the Law here. I , or anyone else , do not have the facts, and we should be careful with statements like this, because they can't be backed up. Thanks for letting me say this, I know it was long.
did she say why she was not called in before this?
does she harbor any resentment that her services were belittled apparently????
perhaps, it was the police that did not want her to come in earlier...
In any case, I am so thankful that they have her services now..even at this late date..
Hope this leads to some kind of resolution.
She was very favorable that they made good progress. I am going to try to re-wind that tape, and start writing word for word. It can only help the reader's here. I hope it does that.
Although, anyone involved in the law end of any case, is pretty much not worth interviewing as they cannot reveal any pertinent information. Thanks Cherry.
If you care to read, You can find it here
Shep Smith is on FOX News right now, ripping into the "weirdness" of this whole thing. He's not pulling any punches.......
yes...a very strange case...but I will give the police their due....perhaps everything in this case is much more complicated than any of us know...lets just hope we can solve this..
I know I am nieve....but, I still think there is a chance that Lizzie is alive....
I am planning on putting the tape on and scribing it within the hour (3:00 p.m., central), and if all works out, I will type it out and post it for everyone.Thanks Palladin.
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