Violating any of those conditions could result in her return to prison, although Williams was not able to say for how long, adding that it would depend on which condition had been violated. Smart, now 30, has said the couple kept her chained down in makeshift campsites during her abduction — including, at first, one in the foothills just miles from her house.
She told reporters last week that she believes in forgiveness as a Christian, but does not believe Barzee has been rehabilitated to the point where she should be freed.
Smart has since become an outspoken advocate against child abduction and sexual violence. Now married and pregnant with her third child, Smart said in an Instagram post last week that she is taking precautions to protect her family but refuses "to live in fear.
The past few days could certainly be described as shocking. Only a couple months ago I was informed one of my captors, Wanda Barzee, would not be released until Now she will be released in less than a week. I find this news greatly disturbing and incomprehensible.
In my efforts to learn more it seems there are no viable legal options open to me at this time. So it is now that I ask those that have the power, and her family to start proceedings to have her be civilly committed. To my knowledge she has neither complied with medication or treatment and as some one who has experienced first hand just how depraved she truly is, I believe her to be a threat and a danger not just to myself but to the community, any vulnerable person.
I am very concerned and precautions have been taken however I refuse to live in fear. I have spent the last 15 years rebuilding and moving forward with my life, having a family, and pursuing my goals. I lived in absolute fear and terror for nine months, no matter the outcome I will not do so again. Her alleged kidnappers, Brian David Mitchell, a drifter who the Smarts had briefly employed at their house, and his wife, Wanda Barzee, were charged with the kidnapping, as well as burglary and sexual assault.
Her captor slid into the house undetected after cutting open the screen of an open window. Mary Katherine did not inform her parents until two hours after the incident, frightened that the man might return for her if she called out to alert them. There, it is alleged that Mitchell, who calls himself Emmanuel and professes to be a prophet with his own Mormon sect, sexually assaulted her.
After two months, Smart, who was forced to wear a wig and dress in a robe and veil, was taken to Salt Lake City and appeared in public, but was not recognized. From there, Mitchell and Barzee took Smart to San Diego, where they lived in a series of campsites and under bridges.
Finally, the group returned to the Salt Lake City area and, just a couple of hours later, several people recognized Elizabeth. They reported their sightings to police, who immediately followed up on the lead and pulled over a car carrying Mitchell, Barzee and Smart. Serving time in prison for a parole violation during the investigation, Ricci denied having any involvement in the kidnapping.
The trail grew cold after Ricci died in prison of a brain hemorrhage on August Several days later, a man contacted police to inform them that Emmanuel was his disturbed stepfather, Brian David Mitchell, and that he believed him to indeed be capable of kidnapping.
In the days before finding Elizabeth, the Smarts continued to criticize police for failing to devote enough energy to following up on the lead. When found, Smart, who called herself Augustine, most likely at the behest of Mitchell, initially denied to police that she was in fact Elizabeth Smart.
Undeterred, police took her and her captors in separate cars to the Salt Lake City Police Department, where she was reunited with her family. It has since been reported that Mitchell believed Smart was his wife and that the young girl may have suffered from Stockholm syndrome during the nine-month ordeal, answering questions as to why she did not try to escape even though it seemed she had been presented with several opportunities.
Mitchell was declared mentally unfit to stand trial in July and December ; Barzee, who filed for divorce from Mitchell in December , was sentenced to 15 years in prison for her role in the kidnapping in November She was released in Read More. The conditions of Barzee's release include mental health monitoring and treatment if necessary, Williams said Wednesday.
In addition, Barzee is to have "absolutely no contact directly or indirectly with any member of the Smart family," he said. Barzee also voluntarily agreed to a condition restricting her from areas in which "the Smart family might find themselves," he said. Barzee's singular desire is to comply with all conditions of her release and to be left alone," he said. What happened to Elizabeth Smart. Smart's sister, the only witness, identified Mitchell as a handyman who went by Immanuel who had once worked at their home.
Smart has said that she was kept at a campsite a few miles from her home immediately after her abduction. A few months later, Mitchell and Barzee took Smart to San Diego where they camped out and panhandled.
Smart has said she was tethered to a tree, hidden in a hole and repeatedly raped during her captivity. In March , Smart was found walking down a street with Mitchell and Barzee in Sandy, Utah, five miles from her home.
The terms of Barzee's release.
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