SURVIVED: Elizabeth Smart
Elizabeth Smart was abducted at knifepoint in the middle of the night from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2002. She was 14 years old. For more than 9 months, she was held captive by a predator – one who kept her hidden in plain sight.
Elizabeth Smart and captor Brian David Mitchell (far right) at a party where she wore a veil to conceal her identity
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Episode Source Material
- A&E: Elizabeth Smart: Autobiography (2017)
- My Story, by Elizabeth Smart (2013)
- In Plain Sight: The Startling Truth Behind the Elizabeth Smart Investigation, by Tom Smart and Lee Benson (2006)
- The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart
- The Sydney Morning Herald: To Hell and Back
- E Online: To Hell and Back: The Impossible Resilience of Elizabeth Smart
- Desert News: Elizabeth Smart saga timeline
- CNN.com: Elizabeth Smart’s story: Nine months of what ifs and near misses
- Deseret News: Elizabeth Smart describes rapes, sex abuse, imprisonment, threats
- CNN.com: Reporter: Elizabeth spoke in verse when found
- Christian Science Monitor: Elizabeth Smart kidnapper convicted, jury rejects insanity defense
- Salt Lake City Weekly: The Smart Files
- Prison Legal News: Utah DOC Settles Wrongful-Death Suit Involving Exonerated Suspect For $150,000
- The New York Times: END OF AN ABDUCTION: ORDEAL; In Plain Sight, a Kidnapped Girl Behind a Veil
- ABC News: Elizabeth Smart Tells Court Kidnapper Tried to Snatch Her Cousin Too
- New York Post (Associated Press): FBI agent recalls talks with suspect in Smart case
- WECT: Elizabeth Smart’s safe return: Fingerprints
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