· over the next nine months, as the country was gripped by the astonishing story of a girl snatched by an unknown person from her childhood home, smart endured torment at the hands of her captor. Heres everything to know about elizabeth smart’s kidnappers, including where they are today. · brian david mitchell and wanda barzee kidnapped elizabeth smart in march 2002. · wanda barzee, who abducted then-14-year-old smart with her husband brian david mitchell in 2002, is accused of illegally visiting liberty park and sugar house park in salt lake city, utah. · elizabeth smart sits down with the daily mail to share her kidnapping story, how she navigates parenthood as a survivor, her thoughts on the recent arrest of one of her abusers - and to talk bad. · elizabeth was kidnapped by brian david mitchell and his wife, wanda eileen barzee, back in 2002. Her captivity lasted approximately nine months before she was discovered in sandy, u. In the early morning of , mary katherine smart woke up to the sounds of a male voice in the bedroom she shared with her older sister in salt lake city, utah. On , a 14-year-old girl named elizabeth ann smart was kidnapped by brian david mitchell from her home in the federal heights neighborhood of salt lake city, utah. Kidnapping of elizabeth smart. His name was brian mitchell, and his wife wanda barzee helped him repeatedly abuse their prisoner. Before she knew it, her sister, elizabeth, was gone. She heard the man threatening her sister, so she pretended to sleep. She was held captive by mitchell and his wife, wanda barzee, on the outskirts of salt lake city, and later, in san diego county, california. She was rescued 9 months later, on , and her captors were arrested right there and then.
