After the list has been revealed, I rewatched some episodes from season 1 to take a closer look at the suspects listed.  As Heller said, RJ is someone who appears just in background. In season 1, we meet partridge and mcallister only. These two were really creepy and can be red john but there is one guy that really intrigues me and he appeared in the last episode of season 1. So here is the photo of that guy   http://i.imgur.com/J6RqcLF.jpgb. 

So here is a crazy idea. In that episode, cho and rigsby were following a lead in a shop where the elephant was bought. The shop owner invites them to take a look in the cctv footages for the past 5 months. As they enter the shop, this guy shows out of nowhere and looks at them (cho and rigsby) like he was spying on them or something. He had like a 3 second appearance in that episode. The point is bruno heller could have not shown that guy at all. The background could have been just a plain view and what that guy did was just literally walk through the hall and look what the title is all about "Red John's Footsteps". I know the title could mean the story line of the episode where they found a lead towards red john but it can also be literally just footsteps from him. 

 So i checked his clothes and he is wearing a sunglasses, undershirt, jacket, slacks and a black leather shoes. Come to think of it, if you are a federal agent, it would be easy to change your top but not your pants. The jacket and sunglasses was a disguise so that when we see that guy again , it wouldnt be obvious that he was in season 1. The face and the body build just fits Reede smith. The hairline may make us doubt but i think its easy to fix with some camera tricks as well. Red john could have used some of his affiliates to portray as red john in the episode where the tyger poem was mentioned. 


Anyway i know its really a crazy idea but im gonna have to continue rewatching the episodes as soon as im available and look out still for those 7 suspects.