SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (CNN) -- The handyman being investigated in the disappearance of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart has admitted burglarizing the Smart home while working there as a carpenter last year, a state official said Wednesday.
Richard Albert Ricci, the handyman, is in jail on parole violations that include the alleged burglary, said Mike Sibbett, chairman of the Utah Board of Pardons and Paroles.
"He's admitted to stealing," Sibbett said, noting that he did not know what items were taken.
"I would say that we have learned more things about Mr. Ricci's whereabouts on the week in question that have made him more interesting to us," said FBI agent Dan Roberts.
He said the information related to Ricci's movements was gleaned from interviews of neighbors in the trailer park where he lived.
In another development, the FBI said there had been a third ransom demand for Elizabeth's safe return, but agents determined it was not credible, as was the case with the first two demands.
The FBI traced the demand -- "$350,000 for the safe return of Elizabeth Smart" -- to a prison facility in California and said it was talking to the U.S. attorney in San Diego about possibly pressing charges.
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Neither of Elizabeth's parents were at the news briefing because they are ill, Smart said.
It sounds as if they already know the outcome. That is so sad!