Kidnapping

Legal Briefs: Phoenix Temple Opponents, Elizabeth Smart Kidnapper Pleads Guilty, Bishop Told of Abuse

News For the Mormon Legal Community (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Mormon temple opponents in Phoenix raise funds, hire an attorney. AZ Central

McEntee: For Dorotha Smart, it is time to move on

Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Dorotha Smart was there when her granddaughter, Elizabeth Smart, told a court exactly what had happened to her during her nine months in bondage with Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee.

Woman not on witness list in Elizabeth Smart case

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

A list of witnesses in an upcoming competency hearing for a man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart does not include his estranged wife, even though she has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

• Woman who pleaded guilty not on witness list in hearing for suspect in Elizabeth Smart case - Star Tribune
• Barzee not among witnesses in Mitchell competency hearing - Salt Lake Tribune
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Woman not on witness list in Elizabeth Smart case

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

A list of possible witnesses in an upcoming competency hearing for a man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart does not include his estranged wife.

Woman not on witness list in Elizabeth Smart case

Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

A list of possible witnesses in an upcoming competency hearing for a man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart does not include his estranged wife.

Wanda Barzee Pleads Guilty in Smart Kidnapping

ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Barzee admitted helping to enslave a then 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart.

Smart kidnapper's apology could reap forgiveness

Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

An apology and a guilty plea to federal charges will likely bring the woman who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart the very thing she says she wants - forgiveness from Smart and her family.

Smart kidnapper's apology could reap forgiveness

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

An apology and a guilty plea to federal charges will likely bring the woman who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart the very thing she says she wants -- forgiveness from Smart and her family.

Guilty plea in infamous US kidnap

American Election 2008 (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

A woman pleads guilty to helping kidnap 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart in the US state of Utah in 2002, and says: “I’m so sorry”.

Wife in Elizabeth Smart abduction pleads guilty

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

A woman who helped her husband keep kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart captured and enslaved for nine months was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison after admitting her role in the abduction. Wanda Eileen Barzee, now 64, also agreed to testify...

Woman pleads guilty, apologizes in Elizabeth Smart abduction

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Seven years after she was abducted at knifepoint, Elizabeth Smart finally has an apology — and a guilty plea — from one of her kidnappers.

Elizabeth Smart Kidnapper Pleads Guilty In Deal Against Her Husband

ChattahBox (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Utah (ChattahBox) - The estranged wife of Brian Mitchell, the man who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart and held her as a sex slave for nine months, has plead guilty to federal charges. Wanda Barzee plead guilty, saying that she assisted in holding the then 14-year-old for almost a year after her husband kidnapped her, drugged her, and [...]

'I am so sorry' says Smart kidnapper

New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

SALT LAKE CITY - Seven years after she was abducted at knifepoint, Elizabeth Smart finally has an apology - and a guilty plea - from one of her kidnappers."I am so sorry, Elizabeth, for all the pain and suffering I have caused...

Guilty plea in infamous US kidnap

BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

A woman pleads guilty to helping her husband kidnap 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart in the US state of Utah in 2002.

Before Jaycee Dugard, Colleen Stan survived a 7-year kidnap ordeal (watch videos)

Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Before Jaycee Dugard or Elizabeth Smart, the case of Colleen Stan made international headlines. Stan was called "the Girl in the Box" and the subject of a best selling book called "Perfect Victim."

Phillip Garrido Blog : Arrested for Jaycee Lee Dugard Kidnapping

balamscss | 08/28/2009

Jaycee Lee Dugard showed up at a police station on Wednesday after being held in a backyard compound by a convicted sex offender by the name of Philip Garrido, with who she had two children (ages 11 and 15), 18 years after she was kidnapped from a bus stop when she was just 11 years old.