Font Resize- Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case
- Feb 8:
- Smart-related case: Barzee pleads guilty to trying to abduct victim's cousin
- Jan 7:
- Barzee competency hearing reset for February
- Dec 27:
- Utahn of the year: A profile in courage and faith
- Dec 11:
- Mitchell competency ruling months away
- Dec 10:
- Mitchell puts himself on par with Jesus, psychologist says
- Dec 9:
- 'Retarded patients can manipulate better' than Mitchell, witness says
- Dec 8:
- Defense goes on offensive in Mitchell hearing
- Dec 7:
- Mitchell like a 'matador' during interrogation
- Dec 6:
- New twist to Mitchell's federal competency hearing: Non-experts testify
- Dec 4:
- Psychiatrist: Smart is best witness to Mitchell's mental state
- Psychiatrist says Mitchell a narcissist, not delusional
- Dec 2:
- Witnesses: Mitchell tailors song routine for a select audience
- Testimony notes Mitchell's sex interest in girls
- Nov 30:
- BYU prof says 'there's a logic' to Mitchell's writings
- Smart kidnapping: Wanda Barzee's return, a mother's forgiveness
- Nov 18:
- McEntee: For Dorotha Smart, it is time to move on
- Nov 17:
- In Smart kidnap case, finally an apology
- Oct 16:
- Docs: Barzee competent to stand trial in Smart kidnap case
- Oct 7:
- Psych report: Smart's accused kidnapper a pedophile, bizarre behavior an act
- Oct 2:
- Elizabeth Smart: Her story of abduction, abuse and courage
- Elizabeth Smart: A time to remember, an ordeal to forget
- Oct 1:
- McEntee: Elizabeth Smart once again shows her courage
- The testimony of Elizabeth Smart
- Barzee's descent into self-delusion » Old friends recall happier times
- Alive and well » Elizabeth Smart found nine months after vanishing from her home
- Ultimate nightmare » Somber mood grips valley in search for missing girl
- Mitchell's journey to 'Immanuel' » His life changed radically, from diligent family man to delusional vagabond
- The aftermath » Key lessons, hard questions of Elizabeth story here to stay
- The Smart way » How a determined family defied the odds and helped bring Elizabeth home
- Sep 27:
- Elizabeth Smart case: Barzee seeks forgiveness, desires re-baptism as LDS
Elizabeth Smart's appearance in federal court Thursday was her most revealing.
In the six years since her rescue from captivity, Smart's family has closely guarded her privacy as she returned to high school, entered Brigham Young University as a music student and is preparing for an LDS Church mission to Paris.
There have been two books, a television movie and interviews with Oprah, Katie Couric and Larry King.
But few details emerged concerning Smart's nine months in the woods and on the road with her alleged abductors: Brian David Mitchell, a homeless religious fanatic who purportedly wanted Smart for a plural wife, and his wife, Wanda Eileen Barzee.
Smart and her parents, Ed and Lois Smart, have appeared in support of child-safety programs, as in 2003 when they were guests of President George W. Bush for the signing into law of the Amber Alert bill.
Last year, Smart gave a rare public interview to local media to promote a survival guide she helped write for abduction victims.
And earlier this year, she was the keynote speaker at Utah's 22nd annual Crime Victims' Conference at the Capitol.
Ed Smart explained in 2007 that Elizabeth only gives interviews or appears at public events "when she feels she can be helpful, if she truly believes it will be of value."
When she does appear, Elizabeth has preferred to focus on moving forward.
At the victim's conference, Elizabeth called her
