Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday July 24 2002 — AS - y Utah ii -- tj S ALT LAKE CITY (AP)— A noted forensic artist has met with Mary Katho-in-e Smart youngo sister of kidnapped Elizabeth Smart producing results that ’:Uvu-- V Mpoig Smart! ffamoly Mtiosti jut ‘ ho fatho says look promising for the investigation mi ??r— However Smart family spokesman Chris Thomas said Tuesday evening that Ed Smart did not mean to imply dial artist Jeanne Boylan produced a sketch “It would seem logical that a sketch ' artist moling would produce a sketch but it may not be the case” Thomas said Earlier Tuesday Ed Smart told The Associated Press that “we did have ho come in and we feel there’s going to be a tremendous benefit out of what she's done We’ve put everything in the police's hands" Thomas said that Smart was not retracting what he had said earlier but radio wanted to correct what Thomas called a misunderstanding “As far as die specific details of he result that would have to come from law enforcement” Thomas said Salt Lake City Detective Dwayne Baird declined to comment Smart said the results made him believe die police “absolutely” were on die right track in their investigation He wouldn’t say when Boylan met with Mary Katherine nor would he discuss details of die results Ti J 1 'J ap proto -- moon rocks from the historic ApoSo mission that were in Houston are da taken July 13 from Tha Johnson Space Center played at the Twnpa Bay FBI office on Monday - Utah student charged in moon rocks theft SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah physics student and would-b- e astronaut has been accused of toying to peddle stolen NASA moon rocks Thad Ryan Roberts 25 was one of three space center employees arrested along with another man in an alleged plot to sell stolen moon rocks for $1000 to $50Q0 a gram A safe full of moon rocks and meteorites was stolen from the Johnson Space Center in Houston Undercover FBI agents arrested Roberts Tiffany FoWler 22 and Gordon McWorter 26 on Saturday in Orlando They were charged with conspiracy to commit the theft of government property and transportation in interstate commerce of stolen property Shae Saur 19 was arrested in Houston and charged with conspiracy FBI officials said Robots Fowler and Saur have been fired from their jobs at the space cen- I 600-pou- ter yalyVarde-n- y chairman of the University of Utah physics depart-ment said Smart has repeatedly said that he believes that Richard Albert Ricci 48 was somehow involved in his daughter's abduction Police have named Ricci as a top potential suspect in Elizabeth’s disappearance Ricci who worked in the Smart home as a handyman last year has not been charged in connection with die abduction and says he had nothing to do with it He is now being held in Utah State Prison on charges of burglary theft and parole violation Boylan known as a facial identification specialist and sometimes called a “psychic artist” has worked with the FBI and other authorities on thousands of cases including the Susan Smith child drowning the Oklahoma City bombing and die Polly Klaas abduction Boy Ian’s most famous sketch was the hooded portrait of Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski a picture so accurate Kaczyn-sbtoke his nose in an attempt to dis- guise himself Her forensic methods are unusual: Instead of concentrating on facial features or expressions she focuses on the witness’s trauma discussing shapes forms and textures soccer games and schoolmates Soon after Elizabeth disappeared the Smart family contacted Boylan and asked for her help That request was put on hold because of Boy Ian’s close friendship with Bret Edmunds A I ' ' t' hearing continued SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who police chased across the country1 t to question him about the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping appeared in court V: Tuesday to answer charges of evading police to a court According spokeswoman Bret Michael Edmunds’ attorney Greg ' Skordas requested a continuance so consolidatcould be multiple charges ed Edmundi’roll call hearing was scheduled for Aug 8 at 2 pm before r 3rd District Judge Sheila McCleveV Police never considered Edmunds a suspect tatiie kidnapping but becance he had been living in his car in the Federal Heights neighborhood investi-gators wanted to question him r ki Mark Klaas Polly’s father who came to Salt Lake City as a commentator on the Smart case under contract with Fox News Ed Smart said The Smarts decided that because of the network involvement they wanted nothing to do with Klaas and by extension Boylan at least for a time But now “we are very encouraged by what developed” Ed Smart said Roberts was within the department and it was widely known that he dreamed of becoming an astronaut “He is a good kid" well-regard- ed nd Vardeny said Undercover agents received tip in May and started communicating with si person offering moon rocks FBI agent James Jarboe said Investigators say Robots offered to sell the rocks for $1 000 to $5000 a gram Undercover agents set up a meeting in Orlando this past weekend to complete the an ail Family-size- d free checking that keeps pace with your family - Motel owner says fire arson and hate crime HEBER CITY (AP) —“A fire that damaged the Alpine Lodge was arson and a hate crime Mazhar Tabesh said and die FBI has sent an agent who specializes in cases to investigate “We are really scared because we are Muslim — probably the only Muslims in area — and we are the target” Tabesh said Monday “We really feaf for our safety and so far! haven’t semi anyone offering any help” He said the blaze started at 11:30 pm Sunday in a room rented by a man who paid ' cadi showed no identification and was seen leaving with another man just after the fire started He said he gave die registration papers to police but the name was scrawled and hard to read “We’ve been getting threat- ening calls for about ta year 9-1- 1" co-ow- civil-righ- ts y The frequency of calls Tabesh increased after said “Basically whoever is : calling us is telling us to get the hell out of here or they’ll take care of us" The FBI has assigned an agent who specializes in cases to help Heber police with the investigation “He went up there to talk to than and find out more about the incident He’ll sit down with the United States Attorney’s Office and tiiey’ll deter mine whether we should open a case” said FBI'supervisoiy special agent Kevin Eaton No arrests have been made The fire caused about $100000 damage said police SgL Jason Bradley He said the fire Was suspicious ' The motel is owned by Tabesh and his father-in-laHe said his wife who operates it during the day has had vis its from people trying to intimidate her -- civil-righ- ts : v V t :V Mormon church donates $1 million jn cash to feed starving Africans : ef - 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