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Elizabeth Smart

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Elizabeth Smart was 14 when she was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home on June 5, 2002. Found alive nine months later, she became a prominent child safety advocate and has authored two books about her experience.

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Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping

14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted at knifepoint from her bedroom in Salt Lake City on June 5, 2002, by Brian David Mitchell, a self-proclaimed street prophet. Mitchell and his wife Wanda Barzee held Smart captive for nine months, often moving through Utah and California. Smart was found alive on March 12, 2003 in Sandy, Utah, after a public sighting. Mitchell was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to life in prison.

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