Editing Elizabeth Smart (section)

==Kidnapping==
{{Main|Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart}}
On June 5, 2002, 14-year-old Smart was abducted at knifepoint from her bedroom in her family's house in Salt Lake City, Utah. For the next nine months, she was raped daily, tied up, and threatened with death if she attempted to escape.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://heraldextra.com/news/state-and-regional/article_947aa289-48f1-522f-b434-f37911dbffa1.html|title=Elizabeth Smart says she was raped daily|year=2009|newspaper=The Daily Herald|access-date=October 7, 2009|archive-date=October 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004092620/http://www.heraldextra.com/news/state-and-regional/article_947aa289-48f1-522f-b434-f37911dbffa1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was rescued by police officers on March 12, 2003, on a public street in [[Sandy, Utah]], {{convert|18|mi|km}} from her home. Two witnesses recognized abductors Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Ileen Barzee from an ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'' episode.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

On November 16, 2009, Barzee pled guilty to assisting in the [[kidnapping]] of Elizabeth Smart as part of a [[plea bargain]] with prosecutors.<ref>{{cite news |title=Barzee expected to enter guilty plea in Smart case |url=http://heraldextra.com/news/local/article_adaad756-d2ee-11de-8808-001cc4c002e0.html |newspaper=The Daily Herald |year=2009 |access-date=November 16, 2009 |archive-date=November 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118145617/http://heraldextra.com/news/local/article_adaad756-d2ee-11de-8808-001cc4c002e0.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> On May 19, 2010, [[United States federal judge|federal Judge]] [[Dale A. Kimball]] sentenced Barzee to 15 years in [[Federal Bureau of Prisons|federal prison]]. As part of a [[Plea bargain|plea deal]] between the defense and federal prosecutors, he gave Barzee credit for seven years that she had already served.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/08/elizabeth.smart.plea/index.html|title=Elizabeth Smart kidnapper pleads guilty to trying to abduct cousin - CNN.com|website=CNN News|language=en|access-date=August 28, 2019}}</ref> The court found Mitchell [[Competence (law)|competent]] to stand trial for kidnapping and [[sexual assault]] charges. He was found guilty on both counts and sentenced in May 2011 to two life terms in [[federal prison]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Elizabeth Smart Tells Kidnapper She'll Live a Good Life Moments Before He Gets a Life Sentence |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/elizabeth-smart-tells-kidnapper-shell-live-a-good-life-moments-before-he-gets-a-life-sentence/ |publisher=FoxNews.com |access-date=May 26, 2011 |date=May 25, 2011}}</ref>