Topic: Elizabeth Smart

All Content

Cleveland captives likened to prisoners of war. How can they recover?

The brutality alleged by the three women now freed in Cleveland makes their case different from other high-profile kidnappings and escapes, experts say. Overcoming intense fear and hopelessness could be key to their recovery.
Elizabeth Smart, kidnap survivor, marries in Hawaii

Elizabeth Smart, who was captive nine months after being kidnapped from her home in 2002 when she was 14, married her boyfriend of the past year in Hawaii on Saturday.
Obama's summer vacation reading list

President Obama kicked off his vacation with a trip to a Martha's Vineyard book store. What's Obama reading?
Texas mass grave hoax: Do police actually hire psychics?

A self-described psychic brought swarms of police and federal agents to an alleged mass grave near a farmhouse outside of Houston, Texas. Do police regularly act on tips from psychics?
Elizabeth Smart kidnapper convicted, jury rejects insanity defense

Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped for nine months at age 14. Lawyers for Brian David Mitchell didn't contest that he kidnapped Elizabeth Smart but said he was not guilty by reason of insanity.
Elizabeth Smart testifies to her abduction and vow to survive

Elizabeth Smart testified in a federal court Monday in Utah of her abduction by Brian David Mitchell, the man accused of kidnapping and assaulting her in June 2002. Fourteen at the time, Elizabeth Smart vowed to "survive" the attack.
Elizabeth Smart kidnapping trial abruptly stopped by court

Elizabeth Smart trial: Opening statements in the case of Brian David Mitchell were interrupted to announce the decision by the three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
3 books about the Elizabeth Smart case

The Elizabeth Smart case has received massive coverage – including three books – since her 2002 kidnapping.
Elizabeth Smart kidnapping trial begins, suspect kicked out of court

Elizabeth Smart, now 22, was 14 when she was kidnapped at knifepoint from her home on June 5, 2002. She was recovered nine months later — in March 2003 — after a motorist spotted her walking the streets of a Salt Lake City suburb with Mitchell and his now-estranged wife, Wanda Eileen Barzee.
Why did Jaycee stay?

To assume that Dugard, held captive for 18 years, could have just run away is not to understand the power that captors can hold over young kidnap victims, experts say.
What Jaycee can learn from other women like her

Her case is rare, but not unprecedented. Other women who have endured similar ordeals suggest that she must do her best to look forward.