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NEWS ABOUT: Elizabeth Smart

Elizabeth Smart stories: 7 news summaries

 Smart's Co-Abductor: 
 'I Am So Sorry, Elizabeth' 

Barzee expected to serve another 9 years in prison

Nov 17, 09 1:53 PM CST
(AP) - A woman charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty today as part of a deal with prosecutors and asked Smart to forgive her. Wanda Eileen Barzee is expected to receive a 15-year sentence, with credit for about six already served. "I am so sorry, Elizabeth, for... More »

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kidnapping • Elizabeth Smart • Brian David Mitchell • Elizabeth Smart kidnapping • Wanda Barzee

Elizabeth Smart's Co-Kidnapper to Plead Guilty

Wanda Barzee in court on kidnapping charges today

Nov 17, 09 4:10 AM CST
(Newser) - A woman accused of helping kidnap schoolgirl Elizabeth Smart in 2002 is expected to plead guilty today. Wanda Barzee could face a life sentence on kidnapping charges, although her lawyer declined to comment on whether her guilty plea is coming as part of a deal. Barzee was ruled competent to... More »

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kidnapping • Utah • guilty plea • Elizabeth Smart • Brian David Mitchell • Elizabeth Smart kidnapping • Wanda Barzee

CaLIF. WOMEN'S CONFERENCE



 Swayze Widow: 
 I'll See Him Again 

Lisa Niemi, Elizabeth Smart, Maria Shriver take part in Women's Conference

Oct 28, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just six weeks after losing her husband, Lisa Niemi spoke publicly for the first time about Patrick Swayze's death at yesterday's Women's Conference in California. "I am so grateful for what I had and my connection to him, and part of me believes that I will see him again,... More »

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entertainment • Elizabeth Edwards • celebrity • Maria Shriver • Patrick Swayze • Elizabeth Smart • Kelly Preston • Lisa Niemi • Kate Gosselin • celebrity death

Elizabeth Smart Recounts Daily Sexual Abuse

She testifies that
captor uses religious rants to get his way

Oct 1, 09 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Smart delivered frank testimony in federal court today on the abuse she suffered at the hands of Brian David Mitchell during a 9-month abduction, describing how Mitchell used religion to justify repeatedly raping her. Smart, 14 at the time, said Mitchell chained her leg to a tree at the... More »

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kidnapping • abduction • Mormon • insanity • child rape • Elizabeth Smart • child abduction • insanity defense

Elizabeth Smart to Testify on Sanity of Her Kidnapper

Will detail his behavior during 9-month captivity

Sep 29, 09 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Smart is ready to testify against the homeless street preacher who abducted her at knifepoint seven years ago. At a hearing Thursday to determine if Brian David Mitchell is fit to stand trial, Smart will tell the court how he acted over her nine-month captivity. The prosecutor thinks she’... More »

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mental health • kidnapping • testimony • kidnapper • Elizabeth Smart • Brian David Mitchell

Elizabeth Smart: 'Don't Worry,
I'll Be Here
in the Morning'

Slept in bed she was kidnapped from

Jun 13, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The night Elizabeth Smart was rescued from her 9-month captivity in 2003, she asked to sleep in the same bed she was kidnapped from, her father tells People. "She said...'Don't worry, I'll be here in the morning,' " Ed Smart recalled. “I don’t think anything... More »

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kidnapping • Salt Lake City • recovery • missing child • miracle • interview • Elizabeth Smart

 Elizabeth Smart:
 'I Feel So Lucky' 

Kidnapping victim says abduction made her grow up

Jun 12, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Smart was just 14 when she was kidnapped from her bedroom 6 years ago, but says she emerged from the 9-month ordeal unscathed. People profiles the 20-year-old, now a music major at Brigham Young University, who says, "I feel so lucky to be here. From the day... More »

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kidnapping • Salt Lake City • recovery • miracle • missing person • interview • Elizabeth Smart

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