The Story of Elizabeth Smart In Salt Lake City, UT, a young teenager by the name of Elizabeth Smart was taken from her bedroom in her family's million-dollar home. An unknown man, later identified by as Brian David Mitchell, took her on June 5, 2002. Elizabeth's 9-year old sister, Mary Catherine, told investigators that an older man had abducted Elizabeth at knifepoint. Mitchell had previously worked for Ed and Lois Smart as a handy man at their …showed first 75 words of 443 total…

…showed last 75 words of 443 total…friends are thrilled to have Elizabeth back and call her return nothing short of a miracle. Not much is known about what happened during Elizabeth's disappearance. Ed Smart, Elizabeth's father, stated, "What is going to come out is going to come out, I don't have it in me to make this harder for her than it is." Elizabeth's story has sparked a nationwide awareness of the importance of kidnapping prevention and the National AMBER Alert.