Police have not shown Ricci's photograph to the sole witness of the abduction, Elizabeth's 9-year-old sister. Mary Katherine Smart told police the man who took her sister was between 30 to 40 years old, nicely dressed and soft spoken.
In addition, Salt Lake City police and FBI agents have interviewed Bret Michael Edmunds, whom they had sought for two weeks for questioning in the abduction investigation.
He is at hospital in Martinsburg, W.Va., where Monday morning he was listed in serious but stable condition, said hospital spokeswoman Christy Polack. Edmunds checked himself into the hospital on Thursday for treatment of drug-related liver damage.
Authorities said Edmunds, 26, was cooperative with investigators and allowed a search of his vehicle.
"We are very confident that he has provided us with some good information," said FBI special agent Dan Roberts. Police will be following up on those potential leads. "He is just one of many people of interest to us in this case."
A milkman helped police trace a car owned by Edmunds that was spotted in the family's neighborhood two mornings before her June 5 abduction.
The car was seen in a suburban Salt Lake subdivision in the days following the girl's disappearance, but search teams recovered nothing Saturday after dogs had picked up a possible scent in the same area one day earlier.
Berkeley County, W.Va., Magistrate Sandra Miller issued a warrant Monday morning charging Edmunds with being a fugitive from justice after federal authorities said they would ask a judge to withdraw a federal warrant for unlawful flight, Martinsburg Police Chief Ted Anderson said.
Edmunds will be arraigned on the state charge in Berkeley County Magistrate Court after he is released from the hospital, Anderson said. It is not known when that may be.
Melodie Rydalch, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney in Utah, said dropping the federal evading charge is standard procedure after the person has been located.
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On the Net:
Elizabeth's Web site: http://elizabethsmart.com
AP-ES-06-24-02 1326EDT