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There are many possible scenarios that could play into this if she is still alive. I don't want to go into detail about them. But you you search the web under "child stranger abductions" or "stranger abductions" or "non-family abductions". Also you have to study the perps that take children of Liz's age. Younger children are normally taken for different reasons than why teenagers are. Liz was 14, but due to her height... her perp may have thought she was older... Her face is mature looking also, but her body was not as mature as the majority of 14 year old teenagers. When the FBI do a profile on the perp... they consider many things... things about the victim and why she may have been picked out and then they built a profile on that and how the perp acted in the house and how he carried it out, to set a profile on him.

In my opinion... who did this was smarter than Ricci... it was not done for ransom oe was not done at random, but for self satisfaction on the perps part. He is older (40+) and is someone that knows the family or has seen Elizabeth before and studied her. He is also someone who is very confident in everyday life around others and he thinks he is untouchable. I also think he has grabbed teenagers before, probably of the streets or may have actually taken a teenager from their home before. This is someone that has gone undetected in the past in the area. He probably has a wife of his own and he probably has a nice size collection of underage (teenager) type porno. As far as her being alive... it is possible, as Liz is not a typical teenager in many ways, she may be worth keeping alive in the kidnappers eyes as he may actually have feelings for her. Another things is she may have been picked out partly because of her family's wealth. This would make the crime even more exciting to the perp. If I am right about who the perp is and if she is dead... he has something of hers. I may be something he took before the kidnapping or after it. It could be her panties as she was not wearing any jewelry. Just 2 piece pj's, shoes and panties probably. Or he may have taken pictures of her sometime and he has these. Until I see hard physical evidence in this case that Ricci is involved...then I believe Ricci is not the one. I also think the police have doubts also now that he is not the one, but now they have to make sure he is not the one since he has told conflicting stories. Ricci may be trying to hide something that is completely unrelated to the Smart case.

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I also think the police have doubts also now that he is not the one.

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I also think the police now have doubts also that he is not the one.

[per loin]

The dirty jeep and the post hole digger suggest a possible pot crop out in the hills somewhere.

[TheDon]

"I also think the police have doubts also now that he is not the one, but now they have to make sure he is not the one since he has told conflicting stories. Ricci may be trying to hide something that is completely unrelated to the Smart case."

Good point. At the very least, Ricci has diverted the investigation into determining whether or not he is involved. The hard discrepancy between the mechanic's claims and Ricci's claims about the whereabouts of the vehicle during the time of Liz's abduction must be resolved before Ricci can be eliminated as a potential suspect.

[cherry]

but her body was not as mature as the majority of 14 year old

lol...I 'm still waiting for my body to "mature" in that way.....

[CindyDawg]

The police probably already have done this but if it was me I would be checking videos at department stores for people fitting their desription buying teenager clothes. I would also be checking music stores and pawn shops for anyone that might have bought a harp.