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’She wasn’t there to help me.’ Elizabeth Smart talks about her captivity and Wanda Barzee

Salt Lake Tribune | September 18, 2018

Related Topics: This Morning (TV programme), Elizabeth Smart, Board of Pardons and Parole, Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart

In an interview with “CBS This Morning,” Elizabeth Smart discussed details of her time with kidnapper Wanda Barzee and why Smart thinks the woman is still dangerous.

Barzee is scheduled to be released from prison Wednesday after 15 1/2 years in various jails, prisons and mental health facilities. Smart’s interview aired Tuesday morning. A transcript was posted online.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune 5/21/2010A somber Wanda Barzee enters Judge Judith Atherton's district court in Salt Lake City for sentencing.
Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune 5/21/2010 A somber Wanda Barzee enters Judge Judith Atherton's district court in Salt Lake City for sentencing.

Barzee’s husband, Brian David Mitchell, kidnapped then-14-year-old Smart from her home in Salt Lake City and took her to the nearby mountains.

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