Elizabeth Smart’s mom has told a court of her “utter terror” on discovering that her 14-year-old daughter had been snatched from her bedroom while the family was sleeping, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

Lois Smart gave her heart-wrenching testimony during the kidnapping trial of Brian David Mitchell at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals in Salt Lake City, Utah.

It’s alleged that Mitchell broke into Smart’s home on June 5, 2002, and snatched Elizabeth while her sister Mary Katherine pretended to be asleep in the same room.

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Smart was allegedly abducted and kidnapped by Mitchell and Wanda Ileen Barzee before amazingly being reunited with her family nine months later.