FBI Source: Elizabeth Smart Was Married to Drifter

MSNBC ^ | March 13, 2003 | Ashley Banfield

[Krodg]

"The issue is the hair. She remembered his hair being combed back or slicked back," Ed Smart said of Mary Katherine's recollection of the man.

That doesn't make sense..he was wearing an "English-style" hat so how could she know what his hair looked like??

[Mr. Mojo]

If Ed keeps talking, the prosecutors aren't going to have any case at all.

Agreed. It appears Ed has an almost Hans Blix-like love of the spotlight. There's something about him that has creeped me out since day one.....something that's difficult to define.

[varina davis]

I haven't seen scaredkat around, have you?

No, I was wondering where she is -- though comments by a "janette" sounded a lot like scaredkat. Change of name, maybe?

[Utah Girl]

I was thinking the same thing. Should I start a thread tomorrow? I think things are going to really heat up, starting Monday. (nice to see you)

[Utah Girl]

I know, that is Ed's comment. Here it is verbatim. " "The issue is the hair. She remembered his hair being combed back or slicked back," Ed Smart said of Mary Katherine's recollection of the man."

[Devil_Anse]

Heh-heh! We are forgetting to ask if Mitchell has hairy arms! Judging by the photo montage of this man, he is a real chameleon.

It was said--Connie Chung, or LKL, or Greta--tonight that the intruder took his time while in the house. That he didn't seem to be rushing at all. That he almost seemed fearless about getting caught. Mitchell is such a psycho that I could imagine him thinking of himself as invincible, or almost invisible.

As for cohorts, some wonder if Mitchell was loaned Ricci's white jeep. I think Mitchell is too psycho to have gotten along with another man well enough to plan anything that elaborate with him. I think the only people Mitchell could get along with for any length of time were extremely compliant women and girls. Even the homeless men, to whom he attempted to preach, ran him off.

The cap has always been something of a puzzle. While that muslim-looking cap Mitchell wears is definitely not an "English driving cap," still, it does NOT have a bill. Mary C. may have been trying to describe that, and being misunderstood.

Mitchell was reportedly trying to kidnap Elizabeth's cousin, with whom she was close, to provide her with company and even cheer. This, to me, fits in with an action such as letting her get her shoes. No doubt about it, this Mitchell is one strange bird--solicitous towards his victim, yet clearly very dangerous at the same time.

BTW, don't know if you caught the shows tonight, but Mitchell's father said Mitchell was arrested when he was a teenager b/c he exposed himself to a 3-yr-old girl. Also, Mitchell's ex-wife said Mitchell's mother lived right down the street from Elizabeth's cousin who suffered the torn screen to her bedroom window. And Mitchell's step-daughter said he molested her from the time she was 8 until the time she was 12.

Angela Smart said that at one time, the 3 of them were in an audio store. Elizabeth was standing off to the side, and she said in a low voice, "I'm Elizabeth Smart." As the employee who'd heard her asked her "what did you say", Mitchell and Wanda drew a bit nearer, and Elizabeth said, "Nothing!"

[Jrabbit]

Do you know if Mary Katherine was ever shown a picture of Ricci?

[Iwo Jima]

My first impression of Ed was negative because, after his wife had just buried her father after a long illness and then days later Eliz. was kidnapped and his other daughter threatened (this was what the story was at the time), he checked himself into a hospital for several days for "exhaustion." I thought then that he had let down his wife and left his family defenseless against a predator who might come back.

I now have a slightly different take on those events, but I still think that Ed is self-centered and not very dependable.

[Krodg]

Thanks. I'm saving that post....what a lot of confusion.

[Utah Girl]

Wow, that information is really something. I have read that Mitchell was always a bit strange, someone who went to school with him said he was disruptive, but she felt sorry for him, because he was picked on by the other kids. Members of his ward years ago said that he would always preach to them, and tend to turn people off. Something went really really wrong, I saw the tapes of him pleading from jail this evening. His stepsons said he heard voices, which is a sign of schizophrenia. I didn't realize that Mitchell's mother lived so close to the Wrights (Elizabeth's cousins.)

And I hadn't heard the story about Elizabeth in the audio store. I'm wondering if she did try to escape and was punished for it. Who knows? I have got to go to bed, I'm rambling all over the place.

[Utah Girl]

I don't know, I actually can't remember. I don't think so...the police were always evasive about any sketch, and they would say no comment when asked.

[scaredkat]

I think that would be great and ping all the old timers.

[Utah Girl]

Whatever his faults, Ed Smart, along with the other Smart family members, kept the story going in the media. And eventually that led to Elizabeth being found.

[Utah Girl]

OK.

[Devil_Anse]

Yes. She was using clay rolled on pieces of carpet or something. People started thinking of acne scars. Boylan said Mary C. was a good sculptor for her age, and might produce a likeness herself. It was said that what Mary C. saw most closely was the back of the man's hands. (Who has acne scars or other "texture" on the back of their hands?) Then... nothing.

[Jrabbit]

Thank you, I couldn't remember either.

[Krodg]

I knew a fellow FRR would come to my rescue.....Thanks

[scaredkat]

What do you think about the story of may 31st where there was a long haired hairy man in the road of the smarts and someone in the house making some kindof deal with Ed. Story of the A/C guy? Could this long hair hairy man be Mitchell??

[varina davis]

Hi Kat, I agree.

[varina davis]

Could this long hair hairy man be Mitchell??

Anything is possible in this story.