Smart Case, July 31, 2002

I don't know that Remington was the kidnapper but I won't be surprised if it was. However there's a strong chance it is Ricci. They did find the hat, the polo shirt, and the pants. He was the gutsy one that went into the bank and going into people's houses is his MO. He knew he was going back to jail soon, his parole officer had found out he wasn't in the drug program and told him he was going back to the slammer soon if he didn't quit. We don't know how much hostility he might have felt towards Ed Smart for firing him, especially if he had to come over a few months later and give him several thousand dollars he would rather spend on drugs to get the title for the Jeep. And who knows how much in hock he was to his dealer. The fellow in the white Honda might have been in the neighborhood when the milkman saw him because he was obsessed with ES and he may have made a final payment to Ricci in the Shriner's Hospital parking lot to go in and get her for him.

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