The kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart occurred on June 5, 2002, when 14-year-old American girl Elizabeth Ann Smart was kidnapped from her home in Salt Lake City, Utah by Brian David Mitchell.
Smart's missing person flyer distributed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Heights, the neighborhood where Smart resided, and from where she was kidnapped
The Salt Lake City Public Library building (The Leonardo museum from 2011 to 2025), one of several public locations where Smart accompanied her captors
Smart with her mother, Lois, and President George W. Bush at the signing of the PROTECT Act of 2003
Elizabeth Smart
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Elizabeth Ann Gilmour is an American child safety activist and commentator for ABC News. She was put into the national spotlight in 2002 at age 14 when she was abducted from her home in Salt Lake City
Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart
…The kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart occurred on June 5, 2002, when 14-year-old American girl Elizabeth Ann Smart was kidnapped from her home in Salt Lake City, Utah by Brian David Mitchell. Mitchell abducted Smart at knifepoint, from a bedroom shared with her…
Smart in 2023
Smart in 2012