Elizabeth Smart

Elizabeth Smart's Relief: 'This Is A Wonderful Day'


Posted on Dec 10, 2010 @ 02:55PM - 7 comments

With her parents and sister by her side, a clearly relieved Elizabeth Smart smiled as she addressed reporters outside the court where her kidnapper Brian David Mitchell was found guilty of kidnapping on Friday.

"I would like to say thank you to everyone ... this is a wonderful day and I am so thrilled to be here and so thrilled with the verdict," the 23-year-old said after the verdict was delivered. 

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Elizabeth Smart's Kidnapper Found Guilty


Posted on Dec 10, 2010 @ 02:40PM - 17 comments

A jury in Salt Lake City, Utah found Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, guilty on Friday of interstate kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor to engage in sexual activity.

The jury deliberated for five hours before they reached the verdict.

Smart was in the courtroom with her sister, Mary Katherine, and parents Ed and Lois, as she had been every day of the trial since her testimony. The family smiled when the verdict was read.

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Elizabeth Smart's Alleged Kidnapper Is A Pedophile Says Expert In Trial


Posted on Dec 09, 2010 @ 06:39AM - 3 comments

In the final days of the trial of Brian David Mitchell, the man accused of kidnapping, raping and holding then 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart captive, an expert testified for the prosecution that Mitchell is first and foremost “a pedophile.”

Michael Welner, a New York psychiatrist who appeared for the prosecution at a cost of almost $750,000, said that Mitchell is a sadist and has narcissistic and anti-social personality disorders, with “the features of a psychopath,” according to the Salt Lake Tribune.

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Elizabeth Smart Kidnapper 'Very Attentive' During Testimony


Posted on Dec 06, 2010 @ 02:45PM - 7 comments

Though Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper Brian David Mitchell often watches the testimonies in the federal trial against him from a room adjacent to the court room, he usually ignores the proceedings. However, his demeanor drastically changed when his wife Wanda Barzee testified, according to the guard who was with Mitchell.

SHOCKING PHOTOS: Elizabeth Smart Evidence In Kidnapping Trial

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Elizabeth Smart's Kidnapper Also Wannabe Polygamist, Testifies Woman


Posted on Dec 06, 2010 @ 08:50AM - 1 comment

Testimony continued on Monday in the case against Brian David Mitchell, the man accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart and sexually abusing her for nine months, as another woman said Mitchell tried to talk her into becoming another one of his wives.

SHOCKING PHOTOS: Elizabeth Smart Evidence In Kidnapping Case

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