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>>This was a simple runaway-kid story from the beginning,..<<

I hadn't considered she was a run-away; I am curious what makes you think so?

I would hope that most Americans find the story line as boring as I do. Watching two adults, whose minds are twisted by untreated psychosis, going about their sick little lives, and hijacking the vulnerable mind of a young person, is hardly entertaining--it's cheezy and repulsive and I hope no one watches it. Society surely deserves better from the entertainment media, imo.

risa

I actually made a vow not to post anymore on this topic- shouldn't have done so today. However, since you ask, this whole story stank from the beginning. The "abduction" was clearly bogus (how many kidnappers send the victim back to get her shoes?). The story kept changing, and I'm still not sure whether the sister was in on it, or just cruelly duped.
The very strange Mr Ed Smart had a regular revival meeting at the house- PRIOR to calling the police, he had something like 20 neighbors at the house, destroying any hope of finding evidence. These anomalies go on and on- but basically, I just dislike the simpering, whimpering fatuous Ed Smart, and I don't believe a word that comes out of his lying mouth.
Call it a "gut feeling"- but I have worked with lots of liars, criminals, and psychopaths- and this guy has been lying from Day One.
I can see no benefit to anyone involved in the true story (whatever it is)ever being made public, so last-ditch defenders like ILBAY will always be able to shout down anyone who points out the gaping holes in this story.
You can bet that the movie made from this will be the sappiest sort of fiction- I'm sure the script has been written already.

By the way, I am not one of the "Westerfield was innocent" crowd. I only said that it was very likely that he had been at the Van Damme's home BY INVITATION that night, and left with the child while the other adults were otherwise occupied. (ILBAY has made the blanket charge that all of us who doubt the Elizabeth Smart hoax are also secret supporters of the murdering pedophile Westerfield. Not so.)