Elizabeth Smart

Elizabeth Smart To Publicly Address Kidnapper For First Time Wednesday

For the first time, Elizabeth Smart will publicly speak to Brian David Mitchell -- the man who kidnapped, raped and imprisoned her -- during his sentencing in a Salt Lake City courtroom on Wednesday.

Mitchell, 57, kidnapped the then-14-year-old Smart on June 5, 2002 from her Salt Lake City home at knife point in the middle of the night, and eventually took her to San Diego. Smart was rescued nine months after her kidnapping, when she was spotted in Sandy, Utah. ( Read more... )

Elizabeth Smart kidnapper set for sentencing

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nearly nine years after she was taken at knifepoint, raped and held captive, Elizabeth Smart is set to publicly confront her kidnapper for the first time Wednesday when he is sentenced.

The sentencing of Brian David Mitchell will close a major legal chapter in the heartbreaking ordeal that stalled for years after Mitchell was declared mentally ill and unfit to stand trial in state court.

Smart was expected to speak at the hearing in U.S. District Court. ( Read more... )

Elizabeth Smart to speak during Brian David Mitchell sentencing

(CBS/KUTV/AP) SALT LAKE CITY - Elizabeth Smart is home enjoying her time with her family after returning from a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mission in France.

But on May 25, she'll be back in the public eye as she plans to speak during the sentencing hearing for her kidnapper Brian David Mitchell. ( Read more... )

Courtesy: Radar Online, Artesia News & Crime Sider