Salt Lake Tribune · Sep 11, 2018
Elizabeth Smart kidnapper Wanda Barzee will be released from prison next week
FILE - This 2016 photo provided by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office shows Wanda Barzee. Barzee, a woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap then-Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart from her Salt Lake City home in 2002 has been denied early parole, which was expected after she refused to attend a hearing last month before the state parole board that could have helped her get out of prison before her January 2024 scheduled release. (Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) In a surprise reversal from the Utah Board of Pardons, Wanda Barzee — who helped kidnap Elizabeth Smart in 2002 — will be released from prison next Wednesday.