The Story of Elizabeth Smart

Elizabeth was awakened in the bedroom she shared with her younger sister Mary Katherine by the sound of footsteps and the feeling of cold metal against her cheek. A man whispered, "I have a knife to your neck. Don't make a sound. Get out of bed and come with me, or I will kill you and your family." The kidnapper, a man by the name of Brian Mitchell, led Elizabeth out of the house and marched her for hours through the forest to a camp where his wife, Wanda Barzee, was waiting.