Astrella613
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Where is the link? I couldn't find anything.
My sympathies are with the victims in this case, The Smarts and I think they have been through enough.
I couldn't find anything about him saying this recently.
Bolded and italicized by me.
Because it is the right thing to do. Period.
Put yourself in Angela's shoes, if this happened to you, you would probably wonder the same thing yourself. Why does he keep saying things that have now been proved untrue? I could understand the general public saying that an apology was unwarranted back then, but Ed Smart spewing the same rhetoric as recent as December 11, 2010 is completely uncalled for. It would cut me like a knife, as I am sure that is how it feels to Angela. Have some compassion for your fellow man.
This statement stuns me for what it is worth. Lies drummed up by Ed Smart? I cant recall reading anything that would support Ricci being in prison because Ed Smart lied about something and put him there. Correct me if I am wrong.
There is enough sympathy to go around for both the Smarts and the Riccis. The fault lies with the lunatics who took Elizabeth.
I think Mr. Smart has been in a defensive posture since he child disappeared-even more so when he found out what happened to her and that the man who took her was hired by him. I think he is entitled to slack as a crime victim.
Mrs. Ricci is entitled to sympathy for losing her husband in prison, where he was for a parole violation IIRC, as unfair as popping him might have been. She received compensation from the system for inadequate medical care as I understand it with no admission of guilt-she can never be adequately compensated for losing him I am sure.
But the apology thing? I am not getting it.
Richard Ricci was a criminal. He spent time in the Utah State Prison. He shot at a cop (and grazed him thank God it was nothing worse) in the mid 80's and he stole some meat from a freezer. He was a criminal. No excuses. BUT he did not kidnap Elizabeth Smart.
Please read the press release below. Now that Elizabeth has her justice Angela would just like something very simple. An apology from the Smarts for what her family has gone through.
People all over the world have reached out to Angela yet Ed Smart insists on repeating fabrications about Richard Ricci.
All that does is hurt. Hurt Angela and her son.
Please feel free to take this post and the press release and post it or send it anywhere you see fit.
Richard Ricci was a criminal but he was loved. And most importantly he did not kidnap Elizabeth. Just because he was on parole does not give anyone the right to falsely accuse him of a horrible crime.
Thanks,
Tricia
NG also trashed this poor man over and over in typical NG fashion. He was guilty in her eyes she had made the decision he was.
and again....
Seriously?
It is a matter of plain decency that's all.
I have a son who was accused of causing terrible injuries to a little old lady in a car accident. He was very young, only 17, and had no other "criminal" history, HOWEVER: He was wrongly accused, and the jury (yep, we were sued) found 100% in my son's favor....but in the meantime, my son's name was trashed, he was gossiped about (the story was that LE had found cocaine in his car: reality, they found powder my son used on his hands when playing pool), my entire family became fodder for the most atrocious lies you've ever heard. Thank GOD the jury was so educated that they could rightly interpret the accident scene! But we came close, my friends, to losing everything we'd worked for over the many years.....our reputation, our home, our savings, our retirement funds, etc.
Even after all the years that have passed, even after my child was vindicated by the civil jury, there are STILL some people who believe that he "beat the system." Read: they think he did harm the lil old lady through his negligent driving and was just lucky enough/smart enough to convince the jury otherwise.
Because of what happened to my son, to my family, my heart is always ready to overflow for the wrongly accused, to not only give the benefit of the doubt but to SCREAM for justice.
What happened to this man was so wrong. There was never any evidence that he had taken or harmed Elizabeth in any way, and personally, I would have apologized LONG AGO if I were a member of Elizabeth's family.
In fact, if I were ELIZABETH, I think I'd apologize for any wrong done in my name!
Thanks for the link. I think I will pass it on!
Nancy's behavior after Mr. Ricci died-----and was "exonerated"-----was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. How hard is it to say "sorry"?
It is serious for me. If you or a member of your family had ever been falsely accused, publicly dragged through the mud, I think you might agree to the seriousness of the damage of false accusations......and to how desperately the apology might be desired by the wounded party or his family.
No, Angela has not threatened a lawsuit in any way shape or form.
I am not as understanding as you are Believe. I think it was more for monetary reasons they hired street people. Not contractors or sub contractors, no one with a license, but street people who would work for pennies on the dollar. I could be wrong.
The Smarts didn't have any idea their hiring of street people would lead to this.
I can understand why they would be hurt that Ricci stole from them but he is dead and he is dead because he was falsely accused in their daughter's kidnapping. I just don't get the cruelty on their part not to reach out to Angela.
If I remember I think Ricci stole a t-shirt and a bottle of seashells from the Smarts. He also admitted to taking a hundred-dollar bill he saw on the Smart's neighbor's dresser.
Terrible thing to do. I agree but it would seem that his death would overshadow what he did to them. Does that make sense?
Snip by me....In fact Angela would have remained quiet had Ed not kept repeating lies about Richard such as he didn't fully cooperate.
--respectfully snipped for emphasis
This.
I think we can all empathize with the horrible nightmare Ed & Lois Smart were living during that time. I can even understand wanting an answer so desperately that you grasp on tight to any lead that sounds remotely promising. HOWEVER, after Elizabeth was rescued and returned home, Ed Smart owed Angela Ricci a phone call. And he should have done it months ago. If for no other reason to express his regret for what her husband was put through when he was INNOCENT of the crime for which he was a strong POI. IMO, he needed to ask Angela Ricci for forgiveness and understanding of how despondent his family was at the time. He also needs to express his condolences for the death of her husband and the stress it caused her entire family.
And, I really don't understand his recent comment, "Ricci was not forthcoming during the investigation." Either there is something I am totally unaware of or he was wayyyyy out of line with that comment.
Snip by me....
This is a local story to me. I live in Utah and I followed it very close.
In fact I even searched for her.
I just wanted to address the part above.
Ed did not lie.... Richard did not fully cooperate.
It was said over and over on the news.
The police came out and said it themselves.
Richard did not cooperate in the investigation.
I feel bad for his wife but I don't think Ed needs to say sorry for stating the truth.
JMO
He isnt very Christianlike, not in my book. How horrible was the pressure on that poor man when he was falsely accused and died?Agree 100%! How hard could it really be for Ed to be as Smart as You were in this post?! I can honestly say that when this case was fresh, I had a hinky feeling about Ed Smart - I can completely offer an "I am So very Sorry for my Erronious Thoughts" to him for that without hesitation...should I add an addendum to my apology that if it were not for his hiring of such "HandyMen" off the street dirt cheap and bring them into his home filled with children and his wife is something I still consider to be a move that I would never personally consider doing because it's obviously a STUPID thing to do and now He knows also why - Unfortunately for Elizabeth...the hard way?!
Thank You, Tricia. Had you not brought this to our attention, we all know that this information would have stayed the way Ed Smart wants it to be. I would venture a wild guess that his daughters would handle this situation with much more class and dignity than he has.
If Angela is reading...Please...Rise Above. I have a feeling that the sincerity that you believe you need from Ed Smart is not inside of him, I hope that I am wrong, but if I'm not, my wish for you is that you and your family are able to find your own Inner Peace and go forward with this all too short invaluable time that we are Blessed to have in this Life.
IMO-
RR!
*snipped and bolded by me"
Maybe I'm misreading Nova... but it sounds like Nova is going from the past - before there was another suspect.
But, by the quote above (snipped/bolded by me) Ed is STILL trying to blame and/or implicate Richard Ricci (see the date of the quote?) for some part in the crime of the kidnapping - which Richard wasn't responsible for.
If anything, Ed owes Mrs. Ricci an apology for trying to still implicate Richard to the crime. The man was innocent of this particular crime, he doesn't need to keep being blamed or implicated just because Ed feels like it. There is no proof that Richard had anything to do with this kidnapping at this date and time and Ed should refrain from trying to implicate Richard in this manner - especially since Richard is no longer here to defend himself.
JMO