Interesting that Mitchell's wife, Wanda Barzee, testified for both the prosecution (she'd cut a deal, apparently) and the defense. Her sentence was a relatively light 15 years, according to the FNC lawyer pundit.
I was in Salt Lake City when all this happened. By all rights, Elizabeth Smart might have never been found if it weren't for the cops who were sure that Mitchell was Mitchell and that Smart was Smart. when they were spotted in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of SLC.
During the initial questioning, Elizabeth denied being herself. In time, she broke down and admitted that she was, in fact, Elizabeth Smart. Stockholm Syndrome, I suppose.
Other young girls wind up dead. She got off lucky by just being raped and carted around the American west.
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