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If Elizabeth is listening right now,
Mary Katherine, what would you say to her?
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That I miss her and I want her to know
that our whole family loves her.
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I wonder why would somebody
want to kidnap Elizabeth?
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I was nine years old
when Elizabeth was taken.
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I missed not having my sister.
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She was my best friend.
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I think you're asking me
have I dealt with it?
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I think it's something I still deal with.
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That night, Elizabeth and I
said our prayers together
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and we went to sleep.
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{\an8}The next thing I remember,
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{\an8}there was a man in my bedroom
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{\an8}telling Elizabeth if she screamed,
he would kill her.
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I was paralyzed.
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I just couldn't believe what's happening.
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{\an8}I finally worked up enough courage
to tell my parents Elizabeth was gone,
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that a man had come in and taken her.
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Every parent's worst nightmare.
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A 14-year-old Utah girl
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taken from her bedroom
while her family was sleeping.
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How could it happen
right in her own bedroom
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in an affluent community?
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Where in the world is Elizabeth Smart?
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This case captivated the nation.
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Authorities have launched
a nationwide manhunt.
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It just had all the elements
of a Hollywood story.
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A strange and puzzling new twist tonight.
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Police are continuing
to focus on her family members.
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Law enforcement don't believe
we're telling the truth.
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As a family, we weren't gonna
just leave it to the authorities.
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There is somebody out there
that knows something.
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I had this overwhelming feeling
Elizabeth was still out there.
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I needed to find my daughter.
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When I made my bid for freedom,
I wanted it to be a sure thing.
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I was gonna do whatever it took
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to escape.
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As a father,
you are there to protect your child
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and to keep them from harm's way.
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That didn't happen.
I didn't keep her from harm's way.
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That just repeats over in your mind,
over and over and over again.
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I remember specifically at 3:58,
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Mary Katherine came into the room
saying that somebody had taken Elizabeth.
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I thought, "You know,
you've just had a bad nightmare."
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"Elizabeth is probably
somewhere in the house."
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But as we went room to room,
the anxiety started rising.
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In the kitchen, I saw this cut screen.
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And the window was wide open.
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My wife screamed, "Call 911!"
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On June 5th, early in the morning,
my pager was going off.
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We had had a kidnapping of a young woman
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up in Federal Heights.
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The abduction of a child
taken from their bedroom
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is extremely rare.
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So I felt some pretty good urgency
to get down there.
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I went up to the scene.
A captain briefed me.
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Elizabeth Smart was
a young 14-year-old girl…
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…involved in music,
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involved heavily with her church.
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The family said
she'd been taken from her bedroom
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in the middle of the night.
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The window was open.
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There was a cut screen.
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Then outside,
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somebody had put a chair up
against the wall.
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My initial impression was this isn't
gonna be a long-term, ongoing thing.
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We'll have answers in 48 hours.
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I was wrong.
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This morning at about two o'clock,
we had what appears to be an abduction
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from a home up here
in the Federal Heights area.
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Terror set in as the news spread.
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In Salt Lake City,
I'm Nicea DeGering, 7 News at 11.
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I recall my first report on the story.
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"A little girl is missing
in Federal Heights,
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taken from her bedroom
in the middle of the night."
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And I remember being shocked by the words
as they came out of my mouth.
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Federal Heights is one of
the most ritzy areas in Salt Lake City.
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The homes are gorgeous.
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The Mormon church is interwoven
into the community.
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You wouldn't think crime happens here.
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And I remember thinking,
"Is this a real kidnapping?"
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{\an8}I got a call, and my brother Ed said,
"Please come, I need your help."
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I remember walking into the front door.
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Ed came over and got me.
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And he just looked like
he'd been put through a meat grinder.
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Elizabeth, if you're out there,
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we're doing everything we possibly can
to help you.
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We love you.
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We want you to come home safely to us.
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Elizabeth's mother, Lois,
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was in the front room
surrounded by family and friends.
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And there was just this blood-curdling
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moan and cry coming from her.
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"Where is my daughter?"
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Right from the get-go,
we set up a phone room to take tips.
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The number of leads that came in
from the public numbered about 40,000.
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And so we assembled a team
of hundreds of investigators.
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Oh well, no matter how much lipstick
you put on this pig,
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I'm not gonna look any better.
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We went out to the school
and to contact Elizabeth's friends.
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Our investigation revealed no boyfriends,
no shady associations, no drug use.
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Elizabeth Smart was just a very typical
14-year-old devout Mormon girl
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living a very normal life
in a very nice neighborhood.
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Everyone knew who Elizabeth was
up in that area.
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And by 4:30,
the neighborhood had mobilized.
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Any of you know CPR or rock climbing?
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Our community is very strong,
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and so everybody was willing to just
drop what they were doing and search.
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Why are you doing this?
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I love Ed and Lois,
and they are a wonderful family.
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{\an8}My handsome husband.
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{\an8}Our home is nestled up into the hills.
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Oh, happiness and joy.
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Lois and I and the family
had been there for about eight years.
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We had six children. Four boys, two girls.
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{\an8}Hi, Mom.
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{\an8}Hi, Elizabeth.
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{\an8}Elizabeth, you know,
she was the first daughter.
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She was fiercely competitive,
especially with her brothers.
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As far as, you know, her inner strength,
she just really had a very strong spirit.
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Authorities have launched
a nationwide manhunt today,
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Thursday, June the 6th.
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The search goes on
this morning for kidnapped Utah teenager
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Elizabeth Smart.
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An innocent girl has been stolen
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from what should've been
the safest place in the world.
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Today, Salt Lake City police
announced a reward.
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A quarter of a million dollars
for Elizabeth's safe return.
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The media response to this case
was insane.
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CBS News.
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- Fox News.
- NBC News.
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There was a lot of pressure
on the police department
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to try and resolve the case
very, very quickly.
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There was so little evidence to go on.
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But there was a witness to the kidnapping…
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the nine-year-old sister
of Elizabeth Smart, Mary Katherine.
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As a nine-year-old,
I don't think I understood
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what was going on.
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Just that my sister was gone
and I was very frightened.
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We tried to do everything together.
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I wanted to be just like her.
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We did fight, mostly over how messy I was.
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But any opportunity to be able
to spend time with her, I was there.
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Mary Katherine was very likely
going to be the key to finding Elizabeth.
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Anybody who has a traumatic memory
will make certain memory imprints.
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And so we wanted her interviewed
in a controlled, safe environment.
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The guy said, "Be quiet."
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"If you scream, I'll shoot you.
But if you don't, I won't harm you."
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Did his voice sound familiar to you?
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Yeah.
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Can you tell me
where you've heard that before?
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No, I can't remember.
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Mary Katherine had indicated
that the voice seemed familiar to her.
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She couldn't say whose voice it was,
but it was a familiar voice.
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You know, first impression
looking at the Smarts,
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they looked like a happy, normal family.
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But, statistically, more often than not,
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the perpetrator of this type of crime
is a parent or a family member.
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So we started looking very hard at them.
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We brought members of the Smart family in.
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We did in-depth interviews.
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And there were a couple things
that came up that made us go, "Huh."
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I was told that the alarm
had been inadvertently left off.
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And the window.
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When I looked at it the first morning,
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there were no scuff marks
on the outside wall.
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Even if you step up on a chair,
you're gonna make a scuff mark.
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I did not see any.
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My initial assessment was
maybe this wasn't the point of entry.
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Maybe it was a staged one.
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Someone had cut the screen after the fact,
but didn't come and go through the window.
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So we searched the home.
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We're looking for any indication
that harm befell Elizabeth.
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Is there even a body in the home?
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We have a really good bloodhound
on the department.
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His name is JJ.
We had a lot of confidence in him.
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And he picked up the scent for Elizabeth.
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Went out the back,
and then up into the trees.
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And he followed a trail,
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got up to the street up there,
which is a dead end,
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and lost the scent.
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I made the assumption
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that she was probably
taken away in an automobile.
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There's some indication
that this may have been an inside job.
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Police confirming they have taken
12 computers from the family.
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We were peppering police.
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Is it the family?
Are we looking at the family?
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I want to thank you all for your help.
I can't thank you enough.
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I… I know it's gonna take
everyone's effort to find her.
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It's really hard to think of somebody
coming in there and taking her.
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I… I would do anything
to have her back in my arms.
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Ed and Lois Smart,
I think initially you felt their grief,
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but it definitely shifted.
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People would watch Ed on TV
when he was talking,
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and they would make statements like,
"There are no tears when he's crying."
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There was a sense of,
"Is he telling us everything?"
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"Could he be involved?"
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Something strange about that story.
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As a reporter, you… you…
you ask some good questions,
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but there are a lot more questions
to be asked.
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- Like?
- It doesn't ring true.
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And it's somebody
that seems to have understood
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the layout of the home
and how to find her in the home.
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They have given
the father of Elizabeth a polygraph test.
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Sometimes children are…
are killed by their own parents.
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And there were theories
of what had happened.
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One was that Ed had killed her
and disposed of her.
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I had a call from Lois, my wife,
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and I got down there,
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and, um,
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I saw this… this tear.
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And she basically said,
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"Law enforcement don't believe
that you're telling the truth,
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that you're hiding something."
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I was overwhelmed
to the point that I was shaking,
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and I couldn't, um, stop shaking.
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I had absolutely nothing to do with this.
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And my father said,
"If you don't calm down,
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I'm gonna commit you."
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So he took me over to the hospital
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and put me in the psychiatric ward,
and I…
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I cried that whole night.
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To have your daughter go missing
is horrendous.
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Do you like that, Elizabeth?
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And then to be a possible suspect…
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I was beyond words.
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In Utah, police searching
for 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart
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are continuing to focus
on her family members.
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Scrutinize everybody.
Anything it takes. Do it. Do it.
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Newsweek magazine
was reporting that her father, Ed Smart,
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that he completely cleared
a polygraph test,
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but his brother Tom's polygraph,
that was inconclusive.
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I had… three brothers.
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Tom was kind of
a little bit on the edge of things,
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always getting into some trouble.
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She plays the harp like an angel,
and she rides a horse like a cowboy.
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She's… she's unbelievable.
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Is a failed polygraph test suspicious?
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Yes, absolutely.
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Maybe one brother
doesn't like another brother.
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Don't get me wrong on that.
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- This family--
- We love each other.
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We love each other
more than any brothers possibly could.
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A couple of the camera people said,
"Dave… is Tom okay?
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"Something's going on with him.
He's just really jittery."
247
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- We need to run.
- Okay.
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Thanks so much.
249
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Thank you both very much. Good luck.
250
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I took Tom to the side
and just said, "Hey, Tom."
251
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"A lot of the media are wondering,
are you hiding something?"
252
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I believe that this person
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is not a bad person at all, and just--
254
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And our family has felt strongly
for a wh-- a while,
255
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and there's been a comfort here
for a while
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that this is just…
somebody who actually likes Elizabeth.
257
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We all have issues. If you've--
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Anybody who's taken-- They--
259
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We've been ripped apart to the core,
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and we understand
that everybody has issues.
261
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This is a wonderful story in a lot of ways
262
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because it's about, foremost,
a beautiful little angelic girl.
263
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Everybody has issues.
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Anybody who watches that interview
will think,
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"Tom Smart is a crazy son of a bitch,
and maybe he did do it."
266
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We came out of that interview,
267
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and my wife turned and says,
"You fucked the family."
268
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One of the family traits that we have
between my mother, father, the rest of us,
269
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is monomaniacal behavior,
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which is, basically,
totally obsessive behavior.
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You know,
in a situation like the kidnapping,
272
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where it doesn't seem
there's much you can do
273
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other than keep turning over stones,
neighborhoods, people.
274
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You know,
after three or four days of that,
275
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with no sleep, um…
276
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y-you tend to collapse on yourself.
277
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When I'd been polygraphed,
it had been five and a half days into it.
278
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I mean, I was hearing things.
279
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But finding Elizabeth
was the only important thing.
280
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I mean, we were never waiting for them
to tell us we were cleared.
281
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I mean, who gives a shit?
We knew we were cleared.
282
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As a standard in these kinds of cases,
the families get looked at,
283
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and it's really, really tough on them.
284
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But their alibis checked out,
285
00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:42,559
and with all of the computers we'd seized,
emails that we'd looked at,
286
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we did not find anything suspicious.
287
00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,000
It was dumbfounding
288
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as to how long it took the police,
essentially, to clear the family.
289
00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,319
And as the finger was pointed at us,
290
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we saw a real drop in people that were…
were coming to help us search.
291
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The numbers just took a dive.
292
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I don't think those reporters
realized the impact that they had.
293
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But we just keep going,
keep going, keep going.
294
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Don't give up.
295
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We got a call.
296
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There were remains found
297
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out by the Great Salt Lake
by Interstate 80.
298
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It was a female victim.
299
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Called Ed and Lois and said,
"Look, we don't know,
300
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but potentially, it could be Elizabeth."
301
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The girl's body
had been burnt beyond description
302
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so that there…
303
00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:02,880
You know, she could not be recognized.
304
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I tried to shield myself
from the raw emotion
305
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until it was confirmed.
306
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We were able to determine
that it was not Elizabeth.
307
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It was another poor victim.
308
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I felt such a relief,
309
00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:40,440
but your mind was just constantly going,
"Where is she? What's happening to her?"
310
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I dealt with Ed and Lois every day.
They were strong.
311
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In my family, we've experienced
some loss and tragedy,
312
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and I had a basic understanding
of what Ed and Lois were going through.
313
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It hurt to watch them suffer.
314
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{\an8}Elizabeth, if you can hear us,
we love you, Elizabeth.
315
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We haven't forgotten,
and everybody wants you back,
316
00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:07,920
and we won't stop until you're home.
317
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The not knowing
is the worst part of anything.
318
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,600
What is she going through?
How is she surviving?
319
00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:20,040
You know, what could you possibly do
to bring this to a close?
320
00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,399
The key person in this case
is the nine-year-old sister.
321
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,719
Time is of the essence here.
The clock is ticking.
322
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Right, exactly.
323
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,719
The police officers
didn't want me talking to anyone
324
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because it would possibly
influence my memory.
325
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:49,600
So I was on my own lonely island,
if you will.
326
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:52,199
Wanting to know,
327
00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,880
trying to sneak and hear tidbits
of things that happened, but…
328
00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,000
people shutting me out.
329
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,320
I tried to remember who it was
who had taken Elizabeth.
330
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:11,639
I knew I'd heard the voice,
331
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,400
I just couldn't remember
where I'd heard it from.
332
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:20,920
I wanted to help… in any way that I could.
333
00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,080
I was interviewed multiple times.
334
00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,360
They even tried to hypnotize me
at one point.
335
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,079
But there was pressure from everyone.
336
00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:38,360
Pressure not to have me talk to anyone.
Pressure of "Let's get everything out."
337
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:43,440
It was a lot for a nine-year-old.
338
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,399
Mary Katherine was in a heck of a place.
339
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,439
I mean, she was terrified,
340
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,240
but she was certain
that the voice was familiar.
341
00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:58,719
So we had the family create a list
342
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,920
of everybody that had recently been
to the Smart home.
343
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,879
Have there been a lot of people
going through your house?
344
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,639
We have had some contractors in there.
345
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:14,680
And we came up with a number of people
who warranted further looks.
346
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:17,960
One of them was Richard Ricci.
347
00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:22,999
{\an8}Richard Ricci was a contractor.
348
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,760
{\an8}He had done work on the Smart home.
349
00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,159
{\an8}And we found out that he and Ed Smart
350
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,240
had some sort of a conflict
over wages owed.
351
00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,400
So a search warrant was obtained
for Richard Ricci's house,
352
00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:39,400
and some jewelry items belonging
to Lois Smart were found at his house.
353
00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,000
And so he was dragged in and interrogated.
354
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,040
When was the last time
you were in that fucking house?
355
00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:51,400
In April.
356
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,880
Tell me what you know
about the kidnapping.
357
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,160
- I don't.
- Oh, shit.
358
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,399
You couldn't live in this valley
for the last two and a half weeks
359
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,639
and not know something
about the kidnapping.
360
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,799
I'm not playing games. I'm not saying,
"Tell me why you did the kidnapping."
361
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,319
Tell me what you know about it,
what you've heard on the news.
362
00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,079
I heard somebody
broke into the Smarts' house.
363
00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:16,919
- Okay.
- Took Elizabeth.
364
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,199
- Okay.
- And now I'm the number one suspect.
365
00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:25,039
We'd gone for weeks with no answers.
Could this person know where Elizabeth is?
366
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,399
A man with a long history
of criminal behavior
367
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:31,119
leaps to the top of the list
of suspicious people in the Smart case.
368
00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:34,159
Richard Ricci was a violent felon.
369
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:39,000
He had actually shot one of my friends
on the police force in a pharmacy robbery.
370
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,600
I didn't have the slightest clue
that Richard was a felon.
371
00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:49,599
He had come recommended
from the church employment center.
372
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,079
So I was shocked.
373
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,359
This 1990 white Jeep Cherokee
374
00:25:53,360 --> 00:25:56,519
given to Richard Ricci by Ed Smart
for handyman work
375
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,159
continues to be the potential
key piece of evidence.
376
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:03,000
We were able to determine that quite a bit
of mileage had been put on the Jeep
377
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,680
right at the time
of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping.
378
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:10,800
And it was several hundred miles.
379
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,439
So he had taken the long drive
the night of the kidnapping
380
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:15,440
or the day after.
381
00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:21,520
But he didn't have any rational
explanation for that amount of miles.
382
00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:30,599
Did Richard take her,
in that vehicle, off somewhere
383
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:34,360
and put her someplace
where she couldn't get out?
384
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,199
We had reports that someone
had seen him removing digging tools
385
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,120
out of the vehicle at the time.
386
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,840
Had he concealed the body by burying it?
387
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,439
If you were in there and were doing this
and she woke up, what would you do?
388
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,319
I'm not gonna sit here
and fucking tell you, pal.
389
00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:00,439
The police said,
"We're 99.9% sure we've got our man."
390
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,280
It all kind of came together.
This… this makes sense.
391
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,600
But here's the thing.
The only eyewitness said it wasn't him.
392
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,920
I had been kept away
from watching the news,
393
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:21,360
but one day I saw a report on the TV
about possible suspects,
394
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,479
and a picture of Richard Ricci came up.
395
00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,999
The man police call a potential suspect…
396
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,639
He had done
a lot of work around the house.
397
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,480
He had always been very nice.
398
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:34,600
And, um,
399
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,440
I just knew it wasn't Richard Ricci
that night in my bedroom.
400
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:46,200
Richard Ricci was not the man,
June 2002, that took my sister.
401
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:54,320
Mary Katherine was conclusive
that it was not Richard Ricci.
402
00:27:55,880 --> 00:28:00,280
But law enforcement was convinced
Ricci was the prime suspect.
403
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,079
Mary Katherine had been asleep.
She would have been groggy.
404
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:09,080
Uh, the reports we have said she kept
her eyes shut during the abduction.
405
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,760
Maybe she didn't really realize
it had been Ricci.
406
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,439
I would ask Richard
from the bottom of my heart
407
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:24,920
to please either clear himself
or tell us where Elizabeth is.
408
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,079
I…
409
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,400
Our family has been through hell,
410
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,160
and I would like an end to this.
411
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,519
Initially, when they told us
about Richard Ricci,
412
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,520
it seemed, okay,
there's progress being made here.
413
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:48,040
That was blown apart July 24th.
414
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:17,319
{\an8}Someone tried to break into the home
of Liz Smart's aunt and uncle.
415
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,839
{\an8}In fact, a screen was cut
in the bedroom window
416
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,320
{\an8}of Elizabeth's female cousin,
an 18-year-old.
417
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,719
{\an8}Detectives have been
working overtime ever since
418
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,400
{\an8}to figure out who did it and why.
419
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,519
When I went out to the scene,
one of the things that I observed
420
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,479
was that there were two chairs
by the window,
421
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,600
just like they'd placed a chair
up against the wall at Elizabeth's house.
422
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,839
The coincidence was outrageous.
423
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:47,999
How many people try to break into a house
and take a person?
424
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,759
What is the connection here?
Why our families?
425
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:55,439
It could have been the same perpetrator
doing the same MO,
426
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,959
or it could have been somebody
that was aware of the scene
427
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,639
and this chair at Elizabeth's,
428
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:05,239
and doing it as a prank
or a cruel copycat trick.
429
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,399
Well, we didn't look at it that way,
430
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,439
because the chair being propped up
against Elizabeth's house
431
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,479
had never been released to the public,
432
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:16,160
so it couldn't be a trick
that someone was trying to play on them.
433
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:21,960
The fact that Richard Ricci
was in jail when this happened,
434
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:27,160
and then there's Mary Katherine
saying it wasn't Richard Ricci…
435
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,319
It did definitely make me feel,
436
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,200
"I don't know that we've got…
that we've got the right person."
437
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:42,079
Richard Ricci was
a really baffling individual.
438
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:46,200
He had lots of opportunities to…
to clear himself, but he wouldn't do it.
439
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,640
He would not tell us
how he spent those miles.
440
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:56,519
We didn't have any direct evidence
that it was him,
441
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,200
and we were desperate
to try and find Elizabeth.
442
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,879
So we brought him and his lawyer in
and told him,
443
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:08,000
if you will tell us where you were
and what you did with the Jeep,
444
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,399
if it's anything
except homicide or kidnapping,
445
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,999
we'll offer you immunity from prosecution.
446
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,159
Want me to make up some bullshit?
447
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,079
No, I don't want you to make up bullshit.
448
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,439
Well then, fucking believe me, goddamnit.
449
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,119
Well, there's too many things
that don't line up.
450
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,880
F… Find out who the fuck did this shit.
451
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,119
So we did the interview
to offer the immunity,
452
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,920
and he and his attorney
were taking that under advisement
453
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,560
when I get a call and they said,
454
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,439
"Richard just got transported up to UMED.
455
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:43,439
"He collapsed in his cell,
and it is not looking good."
456
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,519
In Utah, police say the leading suspect
457
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,360
in the disappearance
of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart has died.
458
00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:53,519
Suffering either a stroke
or an aneurysm in his prison cell.
459
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:55,840
What secrets does he take with him?
460
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,240
I was sick to my stomach.
461
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,840
Our most likely suspect died.
462
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,160
Everything he knew was gone with him.
463
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:15,120
And that left us at a dead end
that was very difficult.
464
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:20,479
As law enforcement,
you do set an emotional wall,
465
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,439
and, uh,
that wall started to erode for me,
466
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:27,960
and I started feeling a lot of
emotional investment in Elizabeth's case.
467
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:35,080
The call came from Cory
that Richard had had an aneurysm.
468
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,360
There was a period of shock.
469
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:43,200
If he did something with her,
we may never know what happened.
470
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:48,120
I always would say to Ed and Lois,
"Don't give up."
471
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,000
But honestly, internally…
472
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,519
my judgment was that it was very unlikely
473
00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,600
we were gonna get
a happy resolution in this case.
474
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,719
It seemed like it was a losing battle,
475
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:15,280
but I had this overwhelming feeling
that Elizabeth was still out there.
476
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,959
I remember coming home
one Sunday from church.
477
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,360
Lois and I would sit down
and read letters that would come,
478
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,520
and then we fell asleep.
479
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:42,920
I had this dream that Elizabeth
came walking back into our life.
480
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:51,640
"Oh my God."
481
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,280
"This is… this is… this is over."
482
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,880
"She's here, and she's okay."
483
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,920
And the feeling inside was so euphoric
484
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,960
that I was just overwhelmed.
485
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:15,520
If I could have ever
asked for anything in my life,
486
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,760
it would be to have Elizabeth come home.
487
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,199
So when I thought of her being out there
488
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,440
and going through whatever hell
she was going through,
489
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,840
inside I just thought
we could not give up.
490
00:34:44,240 --> 00:34:46,959
The face of Salt Lake
seems to be very Mormon,
491
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,560
but there's a counterculture
to the Mormon culture.
492
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:59,080
Back in the day, we had lots
of underground dance parties.
493
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,119
And in around 2002,
494
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:07,960
every other weekend there would be
a house party at somebody's place.
495
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:13,399
There was alcohol, of course.
A lot of weed, mushroom tea.
496
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,560
Acid was pretty good back in the day.
497
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:19,799
It was a fairly typical night,
498
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:21,200
and, um,
499
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,560
these three people come in.
500
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:31,120
A man and two ladies,
dressed fully in white gowns,
501
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:36,160
and the two ladies had face scarves,
so only their eyes were showing.
502
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,320
The younger lady had bluish-gray eyes.
503
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:54,879
After my sister was kidnapped,
504
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,520
I was very frightened to go to sleep.
505
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,799
My dad would have to come in
and tuck me in,
506
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:05,719
and while I was waiting for him,
I would be looking at books
507
00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:11,880
or rack my brain about who…
who could have taken Elizabeth.
508
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:18,560
One particular night, four months
after Elizabeth had been taken,
509
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,360
I was flipping through
the Guinness World Records.
510
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,200
And for some random reason…
511
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:40,480
…in that moment…
512
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,040
the name popped into my head…
513
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,119
and I knew immediately
514
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,240
that's who was in my bedroom, June 2002.
515
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,640
That's the man who kidnapped Elizabeth.
516
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,399
It was not unusual
to see people dressed in long robes.
517
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,359
It was a time of self-expression.
518
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,159
"Come on in. What are you doing?"
519
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,120
"What's your story?
Would you like a drink?"
520
00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:19,280
And the guy said, "I can have a drink,
but the ladies can't."
521
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:25,840
He had an energy of authority,
delusions of grandeur.
522
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:32,039
I turned to the lady to my right,
who was younger,
523
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:33,799
"What are you doing? This guy's…"
524
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:39,039
"This gentleman who you came with
seems a little… a little controlling."
525
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:43,999
And the older lady said
something to the effect of,
526
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,479
"You… you really can't talk to her."
527
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,999
She was pretty curt,
and that's about where I drifted off.
528
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,999
I'm like, "Oh my God,
we'll let these guys just…"
529
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,600
I… I thought they were kooks.
530
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:55,760
- Shall we begin?
- Yeah.
531
00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:01,119
Going into the summer of 2002,
I was 14 years old.
532
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:06,159
I was so excited
to leave junior high in the past.
533
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:09,080
Just thinking back, it's a lot of happy…
534
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,240
happy memories, happy feelings.
535
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,839
That night, I remember a man's voice.
536
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:27,199
"I have a knife at your neck.
Don't make a sound."
537
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:28,600
"Get up and come with me."
538
00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:31,920
I was terrified.
539
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,480
Was he going to hurt me?
Was he going to kill me?
540
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:44,360
I was hoping my parents would wake up,
but nobody came.
541
00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:52,760
He led me up through my backyard.
542
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,439
We started up this trail,
543
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,240
and I remember thinking,
"Where is he taking me?"
544
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:07,760
I was so worried that I was
missing my chance for escape.
545
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:14,159
I asked him if he was gonna
rape and kill me,
546
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,280
'cause I thought that must be
what he's going to do.
547
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:19,039
Um…
548
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:23,599
Then… I wanted him to do it
as close as he could to my house
549
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,240
so that my parents could find me.
550
00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:30,320
He just had, like, this terrible smile,
551
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:35,120
and he just looked at me and he said,
"I'm not gonna rape and kill you yet."
552
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:43,400
And then we came to this stand of trees.
553
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:50,920
And there was a woman
who walked out of the tent.
554
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:04,440
A man yelled out the name Hephzibah,
555
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:09,480
and she came up to me and she hugged me.
556
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:15,079
She looked different to anyone
that I had ever met before.
557
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:21,320
She had on, um, this long sort of tunic
and a headdress.
558
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,719
And she took my shoes off,
559
00:41:27,720 --> 00:41:30,240
and then she started
washing the dirt off my feet.
560
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:35,960
And then she started
to try to undo my pajamas.
561
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:39,839
And so I remember
grabbing hold of the buttons,
562
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:43,279
and she said, "If I can't change you,
I'm gonna have him come in here,
563
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,760
and he's gonna
rip the clothes off of you."
564
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:52,160
She passed me a robe,
just like the one she had on.
565
00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:55,999
She scooped up my pajamas
and my underwear,
566
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,200
and she got up
and she walked out of the tent.
567
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,080
I remember feeling like…
568
00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:11,560
…like my doom was approaching.
569
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:15,520
I was crying.
570
00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:18,840
I was scared.
571
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:23,279
These are his exact words.
572
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:27,239
He said,
"I hereby seal you to me as my wife
573
00:42:27,240 --> 00:42:30,239
before God and his angels
as my witnesses."
574
00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:31,760
At that point, I screamed out, "No."
575
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:35,479
And he looked at me, and he said,
576
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:39,080
"If you ever scream out like that again,
I will kill you."
577
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:43,720
"If it'll help you to not scream out,
I can duct tape your mouth shut."
578
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:48,639
I tried to explain to him
that this wasn't okay.
579
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:51,399
He couldn't just kidnap me
and then marry me.
580
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:54,719
It wasn't legal. I was just 14 years old.
581
00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:59,239
And he had the same response to…
to everything,
582
00:42:59,240 --> 00:43:01,920
which was, "It's now time
to consummate our marriage."
583
00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:08,679
And I remember thinking,
"If I can hold him off just long enough,
584
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:10,200
someone will rescue me."
585
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,960
But he pushed me onto the ground.
586
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:22,879
And, like,
I had led such an innocent life.
587
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:25,999
I thought that
if I rolled onto my stomach,
588
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,120
that he wouldn't be able to rape me.
589
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:35,680
It didn't matter what I did.
590
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:40,400
Ultimately, he raped me.
591
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,280
And I remember being in a lot of pain.
592
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:48,120
I remember begging him to stop.
593
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:55,360
And then, when he was finished,
594
00:43:56,040 --> 00:44:01,319
he got up, and he kind of smiled,
like it wasn't a big deal to him,
595
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:03,600
and he walked out of the tent.
596
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:08,959
And I just was left on the ground.
597
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:10,799
And I…
598
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:15,439
I just… I just remember, like,
hurting so much physically.
599
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:17,039
Like, I remember looking down
600
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,440
and I could see blood
running down my thighs.
601
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:24,400
And then I must have passed out.
602
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:37,640
The next thing that I remember,
I could feel something around my ankles.
603
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:42,639
I remember actually begging him
in that moment to… to not chain me up,
604
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:44,439
that I wouldn't run away.
605
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,839
And he's like,
"I know you're not gonna run away,
606
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,200
but I'm just taking temptation
out of your reach."
607
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:54,640
The man who kidnapped me,
608
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,320
he looked like Rasputin.
609
00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:03,839
He said his name was
Emmanuel David Isaiah.
610
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:08,880
And the woman, her name was
Hephzibah Eladah Isaiah.
611
00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:14,200
And he had their…
their own set of scriptures.
612
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:22,240
He told me God commanded them
to kidnap seven young girls.
613
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:25,640
And I was the first of the seven.
614
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:32,600
He said my sister would probably
end up one of his wives.
615
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,520
Or my cousin Olivia.
616
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,800
I was horrified.
617
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,120
I wondered if my family was awake yet.
618
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:51,480
If they knew that I was gone yet.
619
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:55,080
Were the other kids in my class
graduating right now?
620
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:59,240
I was raised
in a very religious household.
621
00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:05,480
I don't know how many lessons I had on
"don't have sex before marriage."
622
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:12,319
But no one had discussed with me
the difference between, like,
623
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:17,520
consensual sex, intimacy, versus rape.
624
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:23,039
I felt a lot of shame,
625
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:25,200
and I felt like I was filthy.
626
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:29,839
I thought, if my family knew
what had happened to me,
627
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:31,799
would they still want me back?
628
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,720
Maybe it would be better
if nobody ever found me.
629
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:45,319
Authorities have launched
a nationwide manhunt today.
630
00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:48,439
Thousands of volunteers have
been helping search for the young girl.
631
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:49,639
Debbie Norris has organized…
632
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:50,999
As time passed,
633
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:56,239
Emmanuel would bring back
newspaper articles or missing posters.
634
00:46:56,240 --> 00:46:58,719
And I specifically remember him saying,
635
00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:00,759
"The whole of Salt Lake
is looking for you."
636
00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:04,519
"Every window in Salt Lake
has a picture of your face in it."
637
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:08,920
"But they will never find you
because I have you."
638
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:15,839
But one day,
I remember just all of a sudden
639
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:17,959
very faintly hearing my name.
640
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:19,520
Elizabeth!
641
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:23,600
And it was faint, um,
but I could still hear it.
642
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:32,480
Emmanuel took me
inside the tent, pulled out his knife.
643
00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:36,319
"If anyone comes into this camp,
644
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,679
this is the knife
I'm gonna use to kill them,
645
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:40,200
and it'll be your fault."
646
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:49,080
I only heard my name called a few times.
647
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,800
And then it faded away,
and I didn't hear it again.
648
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:11,360
It wouldn't be uncommon
to wake up to him raping me.
649
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,920
I had gone from
never even holding a boy's hand
650
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:21,240
to being raped every day,
multiple times a day.
651
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:30,080
After, he would be praying
for, like, 45 minutes.
652
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:36,120
He used God to justify what he did.
653
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:43,880
But more than anything, he loved power.
He loved feeling like he was in control.
654
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:49,880
Every day, he would humiliate me.
655
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:53,720
And the woman, Hephzibah,
she encouraged him.
656
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:58,599
When he took me down to the spring
where we'd collect the water from,
657
00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:02,600
he would hold on to the cable
and basically walk me like a dog.
658
00:49:05,240 --> 00:49:10,240
I was forced to drink, like,
beer after beer until I finally threw up.
659
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:14,400
And he just left me there,
face down, in my own vomit.
660
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:19,399
He threatened me a lot,
661
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:24,320
saying that if I didn't do
what he wanted me to do,
662
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:26,519
then I would be killed.
663
00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:30,480
And if he didn't kill me,
then he would kill my family.
664
00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:37,320
I always wondered
what my family were doing.
665
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:45,879
I could easily imagine my mom
driving the neighborhood
666
00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:48,559
in her gold station wagon, looking for me.
667
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:49,960
Good morning, Edward.
668
00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:54,880
Thinking back to my dad,
he always just kind of had a little…
669
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:57,879
I don't know,
like a little sparkle in his eye.
670
00:49:57,880 --> 00:50:01,520
Like, it just kind of made me feel like
I was a little bit extra special.
671
00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:08,360
I tried to remember everything I could.
672
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:13,440
Trying to immortalize their memory
in my mind.
673
00:50:22,240 --> 00:50:27,040
I realized that I had something
that was worth surviving for.
674
00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:45,359
Lois and I had gone out for the evening.
675
00:50:45,360 --> 00:50:46,800
And when we got home,
676
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:51,440
Mary Katherine said,
"I think I know who it is."
677
00:50:56,720 --> 00:50:59,880
And she said, "It was Emmanuel."
678
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:03,920
And I went, "Emmanuel?"
679
00:51:06,160 --> 00:51:07,480
Ed calls me.
680
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:11,200
He says, "You won't believe this.
Mary Katherine knows who it is."
681
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:13,640
Emmanuel.
682
00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:17,680
And I said, "Well, okay. Who's Emmanuel?"
683
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:23,879
You said you met him on the street.
Do you know what street that was?
684
00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:28,800
The downtown. In that area
where a lot of homeless people go.
685
00:51:30,240 --> 00:51:34,240
The previous year,
Lois had taken the children downtown.
686
00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:37,399
And they saw this… this homeless person
687
00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:39,959
who was going around
preaching the good word.
688
00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:42,760
So when was the next time
that you saw this man?
689
00:51:43,720 --> 00:51:45,720
Probably when he came up to our house.
690
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:48,559
Lois had told him,
691
00:51:48,560 --> 00:51:51,359
"If you need some work,
here's my husband's card."
692
00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:54,000
And so this person helped me on the house.
693
00:51:57,440 --> 00:52:00,399
I just thought this was an aha moment.
694
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:03,879
It was pretty joyous, frankly.
We've got something.
695
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:07,760
Was Emmanuel the man
who was in your bedroom?
696
00:52:08,560 --> 00:52:10,960
I'm not quite sure. It might have been.
697
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,280
You're not quite sure,
but it might have been?
698
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:18,079
Mary Katherine was re-interviewed.
699
00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:21,639
But quite frankly, her… her memory
of Emmanuel being the kidnapper
700
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:26,200
came under, uh, some disbelief
on the part of the investigators.
701
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:31,639
It was based on voice identification,
which is evidence,
702
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:34,319
but it's not really
considered to be great evidence.
703
00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:36,479
Plus, Emmanuel's contact with the family
704
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:40,519
had been limited to some number of hours
months and months before.
705
00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:43,800
So there's some speculation
that her memory might not be accurate.
706
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:46,319
{\an8}We're not certain who Mary Katherine saw,
707
00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:48,600
{\an8}and we're not certain
that she knows who she saw.
708
00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:51,919
He's coming up with this new idea
709
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:55,560
or this… this breaking news on this case,
and it really is not.
710
00:52:57,400 --> 00:53:02,359
I mean, for heaven's sake,
what more do you need?
711
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:07,519
You have this child
that is sitting in this room
712
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:11,159
watching her sister being taken,
713
00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:15,200
that comes forward and says,
"This is who I think it is."
714
00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:20,720
I-I mean, I was not convinced.
715
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:23,959
Emmanuel had not appeared
on any of the lists
716
00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:25,480
of people we were investigating.
717
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:28,639
He was there for about three hours one day
718
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:31,000
and then didn't even come back
to get paid.
719
00:53:32,080 --> 00:53:34,800
But we began to follow it up.
720
00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:39,680
Anything that would lead us to Elizabeth.
721
00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:47,600
The police brought in a sketch artist,
722
00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:52,200
and we'd talk about
what the man looked like,
723
00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:56,520
and she was sketching
while we were talking.
724
00:53:57,720 --> 00:54:01,119
I was really hopeful that
in going out with that picture,
725
00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:03,360
we would find Emmanuel.
726
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:09,880
The importance of getting the information
out to the public was huge.
727
00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:14,360
Yes, we're making progress.
728
00:54:15,280 --> 00:54:16,960
Let's find this individual.
729
00:54:18,240 --> 00:54:19,680
Law enforcement, "No."
730
00:54:21,840 --> 00:54:23,480
"You can't put this out there."
731
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:27,679
Our perception was,
if we went public with it,
732
00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:30,600
we could scare the perpetrator away.
733
00:54:32,360 --> 00:54:36,440
{\an8}But now we knew a name,
and we had a sketch of him.
734
00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:42,120
{\an8}He was medium height,
thin build, dark hair, clean-shaven.
735
00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:53,600
Emmanuel and Hephzibah
got into a massive fight.
736
00:54:54,760 --> 00:54:58,759
She was angry that he would go down
into Salt Lake and he'd get all this food,
737
00:54:58,760 --> 00:55:03,160
and we were stuck up
hiding in the mountains, starving.
738
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:09,480
So ultimately, it was decided
we would go down to Salt Lake.
739
00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:16,560
This was a chance to be recognized.
Maybe I'd get away.
740
00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:25,720
We started down, and I saw people.
741
00:55:27,240 --> 00:55:29,400
Was this gonna be a chance to be rescued?
742
00:55:31,160 --> 00:55:34,199
But if I was up in the mountains
743
00:55:34,200 --> 00:55:37,520
and I saw three people
that looked really strange…
744
00:55:39,640 --> 00:55:42,600
…I don't think I'd stop
and say hi to them either.
745
00:55:45,240 --> 00:55:49,120
The thought of crying out
did cross my mind.
746
00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:52,279
But I was 14.
747
00:55:52,280 --> 00:55:56,480
I had been extremely abused for months.
748
00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:02,920
When I disobeyed, I was raped.
I did have food withheld from me.
749
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:09,320
So when I made my bid for freedom,
I wanted it to be a sure thing.
750
00:56:14,440 --> 00:56:18,000
We eventually made it down
from the mountains.
751
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:21,599
I knew exactly where we were at.
752
00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:24,680
I was familiar with all the places
that were around.
753
00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:28,600
I knew exactly how long
it would take me to get home.
754
00:56:30,680 --> 00:56:32,720
I knew I could walk it. I could run it.
755
00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:41,880
But I had been so far away for so long.
756
00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:48,080
It was like seeing everything
through a different body.
757
00:56:50,240 --> 00:56:53,640
Like being in a parallel universe.
758
00:56:57,000 --> 00:57:00,720
I was walking through a place
that should be very, very safe…
759
00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:07,920
…but now was fraught with peril.
760
00:57:12,600 --> 00:57:16,920
We went to the Salt Lake Library
to go and look at maps.
761
00:57:20,560 --> 00:57:24,760
And all of a sudden,
this man started approaching us.
762
00:57:26,840 --> 00:57:30,640
"I'm a homicide detective,
and I need to ask you a few questions."
763
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:37,039
"I just need to make sure that this girl
is not this girl that we're looking for."
764
00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:38,120
"Can I see her face?"
765
00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:43,439
Emmanuel was like, "I'm sorry, but no."
766
00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:46,960
"Like, that would be against our faith.
That would be against our religion."
767
00:57:47,480 --> 00:57:50,119
"The only people
that will ever see her face
768
00:57:50,120 --> 00:57:52,479
are her future husband
769
00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:54,240
and myself, her father."
770
00:57:56,800 --> 00:57:58,800
I wanted to yell out.
771
00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:02,600
But Hephzibah grasped my leg.
772
00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:13,960
And finally, the detective…
773
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:17,480
was convinced.
774
00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:24,799
I didn't feel safe enough crying out.
775
00:58:24,800 --> 00:58:28,720
And that lifeline disappeared.
776
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:38,479
After the confrontation
with the homicide detective,
777
00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:43,080
Emmanuel rushed to get me
back up into the mountains.
778
00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:48,720
He was… very anxious.
779
00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:55,280
And he made up his mind.
We needed to leave Salt Lake City.
780
00:58:59,720 --> 00:59:05,119
As we moved away from Salt Lake,
I thought of my little sister.
781
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:09,040
What was she doing? Where was she at?
Was she still sleeping in our bed?
782
00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:14,999
I realized I might not ever
see my family again.
783
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:19,320
I might not ever come back here again.
I might not ever…
784
00:59:20,680 --> 00:59:22,840
You know, I might not make it.
785
00:59:24,920 --> 00:59:27,119
I just wanted to tell them,
786
00:59:27,120 --> 00:59:31,080
"I'm still alive.
Don't stop looking for me."
787
00:59:37,040 --> 00:59:40,040
Both Mom and Dad
have been so wonderful to us.
788
00:59:41,160 --> 00:59:43,920
So understanding and so considerate.
789
00:59:44,520 --> 00:59:47,319
Christmas 2002,
790
00:59:47,320 --> 00:59:51,800
everyone's trying to put on a brave face.
791
00:59:52,440 --> 00:59:57,000
My mom tried her best to make things
as normal as possible for us.
792
00:59:57,480 --> 01:00:01,080
But I thought for sure, like,
we were never gonna see her again.
793
01:00:03,320 --> 01:00:07,199
It has been almost six months
since 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart
794
01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:10,159
vanished from her home
in Salt Lake City, Utah.
795
01:00:10,160 --> 01:00:15,600
I remember one day I was in the temple,
and I overheard somebody say,
796
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:18,600
"Can you believe Ed Smart?"
797
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:22,079
"You know,
he still thinks that she's alive."
798
01:00:22,080 --> 01:00:25,759
The sense is this investigation
is stalling or has stalled?
799
01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:29,520
No. No. It has not stalled.
It is not stalling.
800
01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:34,119
At the end of 2002,
801
01:00:34,120 --> 01:00:38,680
I was offered a position
as a chief of police up in Ketchum, Idaho.
802
01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:43,319
I talked to Ed and Lois,
803
01:00:43,320 --> 01:00:46,040
told them I hated to leave the case
in the middle of it.
804
01:00:48,040 --> 01:00:52,199
Up in Idaho, I would go home from work
and I would open up my computer
805
01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:55,599
and I would pore over these leads,
806
01:00:55,600 --> 01:01:00,240
and… and just hoping that I could find
something that we'd missed.
807
01:01:02,440 --> 01:01:04,240
I was obsessed.
808
01:01:05,120 --> 01:01:06,639
I was haunted by it.
809
01:01:06,640 --> 01:01:11,520
Afraid I might go to my grave
with this mystery haunting me.
810
01:01:15,080 --> 01:01:18,039
Thank goodness the family
were going to do whatever they could do
811
01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:19,440
to get Elizabeth back.
812
01:01:22,520 --> 01:01:24,119
With Richard Ricci's death,
813
01:01:24,120 --> 01:01:26,719
the investigation
into Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping
814
01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:28,320
appears to be at a standstill.
815
01:01:29,600 --> 01:01:33,279
The police had spent thousands
of man-hours trying to find Elizabeth,
816
01:01:33,280 --> 01:01:37,199
probably more than any single thing
in the history of Utah.
817
01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:40,080
And I think that they were done,
and they believed they had their man,
818
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:42,600
{\an8}Richard Ricci.
819
01:01:45,160 --> 01:01:49,440
All of us were wanting
to jump out of our seats and scream,
820
01:01:50,200 --> 01:01:51,880
{\an8}"Well, what about Emmanuel?"
821
01:01:53,680 --> 01:01:58,119
Here we have the person
that was in the room,
822
01:01:58,120 --> 01:02:00,520
that said, "It's not Richard Ricci."
823
01:02:01,960 --> 01:02:03,280
"It's Emmanuel."
824
01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:06,880
We want to find this person.
825
01:02:08,680 --> 01:02:11,519
This is eight months, we've never
crossed the police on anything,
826
01:02:11,520 --> 01:02:15,280
even though many reasons
why we could have been mad.
827
01:02:16,240 --> 01:02:19,480
But we weren't gonna
just leave it to the authorities.
828
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:21,719
This is the biggest lead we have.
829
01:02:21,720 --> 01:02:26,279
Now we've got breaking news
on the Elizabeth Smart abduction case.
830
01:02:26,280 --> 01:02:31,079
I know in my heart, I absolutely know
that there is somebody out there
831
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:33,639
that knows something about this.
832
01:02:33,640 --> 01:02:35,600
{\an8}And so we released the sketch.
833
01:02:36,560 --> 01:02:38,600
Of course that fired up interest.
834
01:02:41,240 --> 01:02:44,439
It just takes one person
knowing some information
835
01:02:44,440 --> 01:02:46,360
that will bring everything to an end.
836
01:02:48,480 --> 01:02:51,079
A few days after the press conference,
837
01:02:51,080 --> 01:02:55,639
I got a call from a man who said
he thought he might know who Emmanuel was.
838
01:02:55,640 --> 01:02:59,280
He had, uh, read it in the Deseret News,
he had seen the sketch.
839
01:02:59,800 --> 01:03:01,560
He said that chills went down his spine.
840
01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:08,280
And he thought there was a chance
that it could be his brother-in-law.
841
01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:19,999
Personally,
I would be very, very surprised
842
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:22,119
if he did have anything to do with it.
843
01:03:22,120 --> 01:03:26,759
But… he's just crazy enough, um,
844
01:03:26,760 --> 01:03:30,239
that there's a possibility.
845
01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:32,679
I do know that he does have a…
846
01:03:32,680 --> 01:03:36,480
uh, a teepee
that he's had up in the mountains.
847
01:03:38,080 --> 01:03:42,119
But he has never ever
let any of the family know where.
848
01:03:42,120 --> 01:03:43,239
Right.
849
01:03:43,240 --> 01:03:45,879
If he really does have
something to do with it,
850
01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:48,360
there's a really good chance
that she's still alive.
851
01:03:50,520 --> 01:03:52,039
Wow.
852
01:03:52,040 --> 01:03:53,160
Crazy.
853
01:03:54,320 --> 01:03:58,640
We thought, this is the main suspect,
and we've got to find this son of a bitch.
854
01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:05,199
Everything he said just fit like a glove.
855
01:04:05,200 --> 01:04:07,400
Tom had them send a picture over.
856
01:04:12,720 --> 01:04:15,359
That is Emmanuel.
857
01:04:15,360 --> 01:04:17,400
Brian David Mitchell.
858
01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:26,280
My phone rings.
859
01:04:27,440 --> 01:04:30,359
First thing I did is check
Brian David Mitchell on the computer
860
01:04:30,360 --> 01:04:32,519
and found out that, strangely enough,
861
01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:35,919
he'd been arrested for stealing beer
from the Albertsons store.
862
01:04:35,920 --> 01:04:39,639
And so, thankfully, they had taken
a Polaroid photograph of him
863
01:04:39,640 --> 01:04:41,760
during his shoplift arrest.
864
01:04:46,360 --> 01:04:51,520
He was dressed as some sort of
itinerant fundamentalist preacher.
865
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:56,800
He had on a long robe,
and he had a long beard.
866
01:04:59,080 --> 01:05:02,639
And the striking thing
about the photograph is that
867
01:05:02,640 --> 01:05:05,640
his arrest was during the time period
Elizabeth had been kidnapped.
868
01:05:07,480 --> 01:05:10,440
So the police had him,
and they let him go.
869
01:05:12,440 --> 01:05:14,840
It was extremely frustrating.
870
01:05:16,560 --> 01:05:20,159
When I see this photo of him,
I realize, I know this guy.
871
01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:23,000
I've encountered him many times, begging.
872
01:05:23,560 --> 01:05:27,879
And he had a woman with him
who most of the time was holding a doll,
873
01:05:27,880 --> 01:05:29,880
and it… it was bizarre.
874
01:05:33,560 --> 01:05:37,919
So I put together a flyer
that we could distribute around town.
875
01:05:37,920 --> 01:05:42,200
{\an8}Had three or four pictures of him,
"Wanted for questioning."
876
01:05:44,680 --> 01:05:47,360
All of a sudden,
the family was totally supercharged.
877
01:05:49,680 --> 01:05:52,360
It was full throttle
trying to find this guy.
878
01:05:54,760 --> 01:05:56,479
Leads started coming in,
879
01:05:56,480 --> 01:05:58,319
and we were able
to trace Brian's movements
880
01:05:58,320 --> 01:06:00,840
for the last, uh,
couple of years of his life.
881
01:06:03,920 --> 01:06:06,960
He was married to a woman
named Wanda Barzee.
882
01:06:09,560 --> 01:06:13,680
They had traveled extensively together
on foot around the United States,
883
01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:17,080
preaching the gospel
as they interpreted it.
884
01:06:20,200 --> 01:06:22,880
He believed himself to be
a prophet of God.
885
01:06:23,440 --> 01:06:28,280
In the last few years, he seemed to be
spinning into a violent state of mind.
886
01:06:30,400 --> 01:06:33,560
Brian Mitchell's ex-wife called.
887
01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:38,920
And for two hours, we sat there
and talked about Brian.
888
01:06:41,600 --> 01:06:44,120
We found out he's a dangerous individual.
889
01:06:46,880 --> 01:06:49,079
She had this fear of mice,
890
01:06:49,080 --> 01:06:51,919
and so he killed a bunch of mice
and put them in the stove
891
01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:54,480
so when she opened the stove,
there were all these dead mice.
892
01:06:56,000 --> 01:07:00,280
And there were historical allegations
of him sexually abusing children.
893
01:07:04,960 --> 01:07:08,320
It was heartbreaking to think
what Elizabeth could be going through.
894
01:07:09,600 --> 01:07:12,319
We had one purpose and one purpose only,
895
01:07:12,320 --> 01:07:15,080
to find Elizabeth
and bring Elizabeth back.
896
01:07:18,680 --> 01:07:22,319
We were going after him.
No mercy at this point.
897
01:07:22,320 --> 01:07:23,880
We're gonna find this guy.
898
01:07:24,840 --> 01:07:27,399
We started passing these flyers around,
899
01:07:27,400 --> 01:07:33,079
and one of my daughters said her friends
had seen these rogue people with veils
900
01:07:33,080 --> 01:07:35,280
at a place called Souper Salad.
901
01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:40,760
And so we went there,
and we talked to one of the waitresses.
902
01:07:42,240 --> 01:07:45,639
"We think that this might be
the person that took Elizabeth."
903
01:07:45,640 --> 01:07:47,999
And she said,
"Oh yeah, the… the Jesus people.
904
01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:51,320
"They would come in,
and there were three of them."
905
01:07:54,560 --> 01:07:56,320
"And one of them was a girl."
906
01:07:58,480 --> 01:07:59,840
They kept her veiled,
907
01:08:00,760 --> 01:08:03,840
but, I mean, obviously to eat,
the veil had to come down some.
908
01:08:05,280 --> 01:08:06,720
And she said, "Tom,
909
01:08:08,200 --> 01:08:09,680
I think that was Elizabeth."
910
01:08:10,760 --> 01:08:12,160
And, um,
911
01:08:13,000 --> 01:08:15,400
it felt like I was struck.
912
01:08:16,480 --> 01:08:20,080
I fell to my knees.
I said, "My God, she's alive."
913
01:08:28,120 --> 01:08:31,040
The public is the greatest resource.
914
01:08:33,640 --> 01:08:36,920
We had a number of people
that sighted him.
915
01:08:40,000 --> 01:08:42,080
We found a party that they had been at.
916
01:08:44,640 --> 01:08:46,520
It gives me chills to think,
917
01:08:47,240 --> 01:08:49,840
but you never expected a kidnapping.
918
01:08:51,320 --> 01:08:54,639
I felt pretty much like an idiot.
919
01:08:54,640 --> 01:08:56,480
I felt blind.
920
01:08:59,160 --> 01:09:01,440
The light was getting closer and closer.
921
01:09:03,640 --> 01:09:05,760
She's out there, and she's still alive.
922
01:09:09,240 --> 01:09:13,640
But there hadn't been any verifiable
reports of him since October.
923
01:09:31,840 --> 01:09:36,319
They had decided
on a little place outside of San Diego
924
01:09:36,320 --> 01:09:37,840
called Lakeside.
925
01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:43,200
And I'd been kept at this camp
for quite a while.
926
01:09:50,360 --> 01:09:52,240
Being raped was horrific.
927
01:09:53,600 --> 01:09:57,640
But sometimes I also had to wonder
if maybe listening to him wasn't worse.
928
01:10:00,920 --> 01:10:04,599
He talked nonstop
about how special he was,
929
01:10:04,600 --> 01:10:08,119
about how difficult these things that…
930
01:10:08,120 --> 01:10:11,399
that in any other circumstance
would be wrong to do,
931
01:10:11,400 --> 01:10:13,319
and he didn't want to do it,
932
01:10:13,320 --> 01:10:15,960
but he had to
because God commanded him to.
933
01:10:19,280 --> 01:10:23,359
One night he started to talk about
the places that they were going to go to,
934
01:10:23,360 --> 01:10:27,879
cities like New York, Boston,
far away from the West.
935
01:10:27,880 --> 01:10:32,039
And, I mean, I just remember sitting there
listening to them talk about it
936
01:10:32,040 --> 01:10:36,480
and thinking,
if we go to any other big city,
937
01:10:37,160 --> 01:10:39,360
like, I don't think I'll ever be found.
938
01:10:42,320 --> 01:10:44,680
So I broke in.
939
01:10:46,320 --> 01:10:48,600
"I have this feeling."
940
01:10:49,320 --> 01:10:53,680
"I think… we… might…
941
01:10:54,920 --> 01:10:57,560
be supposed to return to Salt Lake."
942
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:03,120
"And I know
God wouldn't really speak to me,
943
01:11:03,720 --> 01:11:06,359
but I know if you were to ask him,
944
01:11:06,360 --> 01:11:09,719
he would confirm to you
whether or not that was the right path
945
01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:16,680
because you truly are his servant
and you truly are his prophet."
946
01:11:19,000 --> 01:11:22,280
And he just turned to me
and was like, "Oh, well…"
947
01:11:23,160 --> 01:11:26,359
"God is finally
starting to work with you."
948
01:11:26,360 --> 01:11:29,800
"Now that you recognize
your own nothingness…"
949
01:11:30,760 --> 01:11:33,680
"…we are supposed to return to Salt Lake."
950
01:11:37,400 --> 01:11:41,359
If you can help us find
Brian David Mitchell for questioning,
951
01:11:41,360 --> 01:11:45,720
please call us now at 1-800-CRIME-TV.
952
01:11:48,720 --> 01:11:53,680
We got off the bus in Sandy,
which is south of Salt Lake.
953
01:11:55,120 --> 01:11:56,520
I was in disguise,
954
01:11:57,160 --> 01:12:01,160
and Emmanuel said he was
taking me back up into the mountains.
955
01:12:02,120 --> 01:12:06,400
I wasn't gonna be allowed
to come, uh, back down again.
956
01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:09,839
911.
957
01:12:09,840 --> 01:12:14,040
Who do I call if I think I see
that Emmanuel they're looking for?
958
01:12:18,280 --> 01:12:22,080
2003, I was a patrol sergeant
for the Sandy City Police Department.
959
01:12:23,280 --> 01:12:26,759
I hear a dispatcher broadcast
that someone has called in
960
01:12:26,760 --> 01:12:29,359
{\an8}on a possible sighting of Elizabeth Smart
961
01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:31,480
{\an8}with three people
walking down State Street.
962
01:12:33,480 --> 01:12:35,079
Course, we got numerous calls,
963
01:12:35,080 --> 01:12:37,799
you know, throughout the months,
and they all turned out to be false.
964
01:12:37,800 --> 01:12:43,280
So to be honest, I was very, um,
hesitant to believe it's gonna be true.
965
01:12:45,000 --> 01:12:47,200
We started walking up the sidewalk.
966
01:12:49,640 --> 01:12:52,159
A police car pulled up
and stopped next to us.
967
01:12:52,160 --> 01:12:54,480
And then there were more police cars
that showed up.
968
01:12:56,760 --> 01:13:00,040
And officers started
questioning my captors.
969
01:13:00,920 --> 01:13:03,360
All three parties say
they had no identification whatsoever.
970
01:13:05,120 --> 01:13:06,720
They're messengers from God.
971
01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:12,920
The girl, she was definitely in disguise.
She had a horrible wig on.
972
01:13:13,920 --> 01:13:17,440
Her answers are not making sense.
You can tell that she's very nervous.
973
01:13:17,960 --> 01:13:20,759
So we bring the younger female
over to this location,
974
01:13:20,760 --> 01:13:24,240
separating everybody
probably ten yards away from each other.
975
01:13:25,640 --> 01:13:29,080
This officer,
he was so persistent in his questioning.
976
01:13:29,680 --> 01:13:32,279
"There's this girl.
She's been missing now for a long time."
977
01:13:32,280 --> 01:13:35,039
"The family's never given up hope.
Like, don't you wanna go home?"
978
01:13:35,040 --> 01:13:36,800
And of… of course I wanted to.
979
01:13:38,400 --> 01:13:41,799
But my captors were just right there.
980
01:13:41,800 --> 01:13:43,080
I was terrified.
981
01:13:44,760 --> 01:13:48,600
I needed the safest answer
I could possibly give.
982
01:13:49,360 --> 01:13:52,439
And I says,
"Just for the sake of this nation,
983
01:13:52,440 --> 01:13:56,080
and for your family,
just tell me you're Elizabeth."
984
01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:00,279
And she looked at me and said,
"Thou sayeth."
985
01:14:00,280 --> 01:14:02,160
And I've never heard those words
in my life.
986
01:14:03,160 --> 01:14:05,080
But I says, "I'll take that as a yes."
987
01:14:06,680 --> 01:14:09,720
Then we put her
in the back of Officer Jones' police car.
988
01:14:13,880 --> 01:14:15,800
At that time, she started to cry.
989
01:14:26,800 --> 01:14:30,359
I had a call,
"Come out as soon as possible."
990
01:14:30,360 --> 01:14:32,120
"Don't stop, don't do anything."
991
01:14:33,200 --> 01:14:35,080
"Just get yourself out here."
992
01:14:39,080 --> 01:14:40,960
And I finally got up there.
993
01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:43,440
I walked through this door,
994
01:14:44,200 --> 01:14:48,399
and there is this row of officers
at attention.
995
01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:52,159
And as I'm going past them,
they're all saying,
996
01:14:52,160 --> 01:14:55,879
"God bless you, Mr. Smart.
We hope everything works out,"
997
01:14:55,880 --> 01:14:57,999
and all of these comments.
998
01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:02,080
So I get to the end and I turn the corner,
and there is Cordon Parks.
999
01:15:03,160 --> 01:15:06,400
And Cordon said to me, "Ed,
1000
01:15:07,440 --> 01:15:10,080
we really think
that we have found Elizabeth."
1001
01:15:16,800 --> 01:15:18,280
I am just going
1002
01:15:20,000 --> 01:15:21,400
crazy inside.
1003
01:15:22,880 --> 01:15:25,520
And we open this yellow door,
1004
01:15:29,400 --> 01:15:32,280
and there is this young woman on the sofa.
1005
01:15:34,480 --> 01:15:41,200
It is not the young woman
that left me nine months ago.
1006
01:15:41,960 --> 01:15:44,039
She was a… a young girl,
1007
01:15:44,040 --> 01:15:47,719
and yet in front of me
was this young woman.
1008
01:15:47,720 --> 01:15:52,599
Her face was sunburned, it was swollen,
1009
01:15:52,600 --> 01:15:55,120
her hair was pulled back in these braids.
1010
01:15:56,880 --> 01:15:59,839
My brain is just going 100 miles an hour.
1011
01:15:59,840 --> 01:16:04,400
And I said, "Elizabeth, is it really you?"
1012
01:16:07,960 --> 01:16:10,280
And then she goes, "Yes, Dad."
1013
01:16:14,360 --> 01:16:18,760
And I held my miracle in my arms.
1014
01:16:22,920 --> 01:16:24,639
It took me a minute to respond
1015
01:16:24,640 --> 01:16:26,960
because, I mean,
I thought I was in trouble.
1016
01:16:29,040 --> 01:16:34,599
But finally, my dad was there,
and he was gonna protect me.
1017
01:16:34,600 --> 01:16:38,399
And no matter what happened,
he wasn't going to abandon me.
1018
01:16:38,400 --> 01:16:40,480
And it was gonna be okay.
1019
01:16:46,840 --> 01:16:49,719
I remember being pulled out of school.
1020
01:16:49,720 --> 01:16:53,800
My oldest brother, Charles,
he said that they might have found her.
1021
01:16:55,000 --> 01:17:00,200
There was just this feeling
of excitement, of… of happiness.
1022
01:17:02,080 --> 01:17:05,640
Just awe in the moment
that she was actually here.
1023
01:17:06,800 --> 01:17:11,560
I remember being so excited
to see my sister and my brothers.
1024
01:17:12,240 --> 01:17:14,799
My mom, she just, like,
was cupping my face,
1025
01:17:14,800 --> 01:17:16,680
and we were all crying.
1026
01:17:26,720 --> 01:17:28,800
I wanted to scream out loud.
1027
01:17:30,800 --> 01:17:34,759
I can't tell you how grateful I was
at that time
1028
01:17:34,760 --> 01:17:37,440
to hear that she'd been found.
1029
01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:41,000
It's over.
1030
01:17:45,280 --> 01:17:46,920
Seeing my family again…
1031
01:17:51,040 --> 01:17:54,879
it reminded me
that everything that had happened,
1032
01:17:54,880 --> 01:17:59,000
it didn't take away from my value
or my worth. Like…
1033
01:18:01,080 --> 01:18:04,880
those monsters could never take that away.
1034
01:18:11,920 --> 01:18:16,039
Utah's miracle. Elizabeth Smart
is alive and well after nine months.
1035
01:18:16,040 --> 01:18:19,279
{\an8}Fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart
was found alive today.
1036
01:18:19,280 --> 01:18:21,279
280 days after she was kidnapped.
1037
01:18:21,280 --> 01:18:23,239
As if she came back from the dead.
1038
01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:24,999
A story that defies all odds.
1039
01:18:25,000 --> 01:18:27,719
{\an8}A lot of people all across the country
bursting into tears.
1040
01:18:27,720 --> 01:18:30,000
Spirits are soaring
here in Salt Lake City.
1041
01:18:30,600 --> 01:18:33,400
It's real.
1042
01:18:36,360 --> 01:18:38,159
Everybody's helped. Everybody's prayed.
1043
01:18:38,160 --> 01:18:42,199
We thank God for all the searchers,
for all the people.
1044
01:18:42,200 --> 01:18:43,519
In the history of the world,
1045
01:18:43,520 --> 01:18:46,759
I don't think a little girl has been
prayed for more than Elizabeth Smart.
1046
01:18:46,760 --> 01:18:48,919
And we thank you
for answering those prayers.
1047
01:18:48,920 --> 01:18:50,519
Thank you.
1048
01:18:50,520 --> 01:18:52,920
Mary Katherine is our hero.
1049
01:19:00,480 --> 01:19:03,240
I just remember
being so excited to be home.
1050
01:19:04,640 --> 01:19:06,999
I woke up a few times during that night,
1051
01:19:07,000 --> 01:19:10,359
and both my parents were,
uh, standing above me,
1052
01:19:10,360 --> 01:19:12,040
making sure I was still there.
1053
01:19:17,280 --> 01:19:18,359
My phone rang.
1054
01:19:18,360 --> 01:19:21,760
One of the detectives said,
"Cory, they found her."
1055
01:19:22,600 --> 01:19:27,280
This sense of relief was just unreal.
1056
01:19:28,840 --> 01:19:34,200
I caught a ride with the CBS News crew
up to the camp.
1057
01:19:40,040 --> 01:19:43,560
I stood at the edge, and I was just
1058
01:19:44,680 --> 01:19:45,520
sick.
1059
01:19:51,080 --> 01:19:53,000
And I felt
1060
01:19:54,360 --> 01:19:57,599
like we'd let her down
by not finding her sooner
1061
01:19:57,600 --> 01:20:00,120
and saving her from much of that pain.
1062
01:20:01,320 --> 01:20:05,759
As law enforcement, we have to recognize
that we don't have all the answers,
1063
01:20:05,760 --> 01:20:08,320
and we can't pretend that we do.
1064
01:20:09,360 --> 01:20:12,719
Thank goodness her family
went contrary to recommendations
1065
01:20:12,720 --> 01:20:17,040
from the police department
in terms of releasing a… a sketch.
1066
01:20:23,160 --> 01:20:26,720
This is a case that involved
the strangest people I've ever met.
1067
01:20:30,120 --> 01:20:32,159
I've never lied about anything.
All I've told you--
1068
01:20:32,160 --> 01:20:35,079
Then you tell me the truth.
How did Elizabeth wind up with you?
1069
01:20:35,080 --> 01:20:36,439
Tell me the truth, right now.
1070
01:20:36,440 --> 01:20:39,079
By the power of God,
she was delivered to us.
1071
01:20:39,080 --> 01:20:41,039
Every time we got close to him
1072
01:20:41,040 --> 01:20:44,399
making an actual admission
of criminal conduct,
1073
01:20:44,400 --> 01:20:47,119
he would launch into a spiel.
1074
01:20:47,120 --> 01:20:49,039
- I am the servant of the Lord.
- No.
1075
01:20:49,040 --> 01:20:51,639
And I've only done… I've only done
what I've been commanded to do.
1076
01:20:51,640 --> 01:20:53,239
I found him very crafty.
1077
01:20:53,240 --> 01:20:55,200
Get thee behind me, Satan!
1078
01:20:56,240 --> 01:20:58,519
Get thee behind me, Satan!
1079
01:20:58,520 --> 01:21:01,279
I'm not Satan,
and I'm right here. I'm Cordon Parks.
1080
01:21:01,280 --> 01:21:03,319
Get thee behind me, Satan!
1081
01:21:03,320 --> 01:21:05,279
And I want a rational explanation--
1082
01:21:05,280 --> 01:21:07,480
Get thee behind me, Satan!
1083
01:21:08,320 --> 01:21:11,200
Brian David Mitchell
is a terrible pedophile
1084
01:21:11,800 --> 01:21:15,799
who justifies himself through God,
1085
01:21:15,800 --> 01:21:18,040
and he's capable of anything.
1086
01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:21,080
I don't think he was mentally ill at all.
1087
01:21:21,600 --> 01:21:25,120
But I think he was playing for
a mental health issue, and it worked.
1088
01:21:26,760 --> 01:21:30,120
The district court judge delayed the trial
and delayed the trial.
1089
01:21:34,640 --> 01:21:37,240
The whole case was very frustrating.
1090
01:21:38,880 --> 01:21:42,600
But it… it did give Elizabeth time.
1091
01:21:44,240 --> 01:21:46,200
Time to heal.
1092
01:21:51,320 --> 01:21:53,200
- Hello.
- Hi.
1093
01:21:58,600 --> 01:22:01,919
My family was, of course, very concerned
1094
01:22:01,920 --> 01:22:05,759
about trying to help me move forward
1095
01:22:05,760 --> 01:22:09,160
and to pick up the pieces of my life.
1096
01:22:11,520 --> 01:22:14,519
But when I came back, I was scared of men.
1097
01:22:14,520 --> 01:22:17,599
I was scared of a lot of things,
1098
01:22:17,600 --> 01:22:21,719
and I still didn't hear anyone
speak about,
1099
01:22:21,720 --> 01:22:23,879
like, being raped or being abused.
1100
01:22:23,880 --> 01:22:26,999
I mean, it just…
it was not a common conversation,
1101
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:30,999
so I felt a lot of shame and embarrassment
around what had happened,
1102
01:22:31,000 --> 01:22:32,960
even though I knew it wasn't my fault.
1103
01:22:33,960 --> 01:22:37,199
It was easy to think, "I should've ran,
should've done that, should've done this."
1104
01:22:37,200 --> 01:22:41,200
You know, it's… it's really a shame that
we don't have both of your harps here.
1105
01:22:42,520 --> 01:22:43,559
Oh, well.
1106
01:22:43,560 --> 01:22:45,599
How often do we get together, you know?
1107
01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:47,639
Would you like me to play the folk harp?
1108
01:22:47,640 --> 01:22:50,999
I think it's your turn
to play the folk harp. I always get that.
1109
01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:53,919
- Is that fish and chips?
- Yeah, that's fish and chips too.
1110
01:22:53,920 --> 01:22:57,439
When Elizabeth came home,
it was a joyous time,
1111
01:22:57,440 --> 01:23:03,359
but it was also difficult
trying to get back to a normal state.
1112
01:23:03,360 --> 01:23:05,080
But what is a normal state?
1113
01:23:05,920 --> 01:23:08,960
Certainly we did a lot of things together.
1114
01:23:12,720 --> 01:23:17,120
My mom, she played a huge part
in helping me process what happened.
1115
01:23:18,760 --> 01:23:21,960
But now, she's ready
to leave it in the past.
1116
01:23:23,480 --> 01:23:25,119
Another Christmas,
1117
01:23:25,120 --> 01:23:28,079
when I got a whole bunch
of really nice stuffed animals,
1118
01:23:28,080 --> 01:23:30,439
and then you threw them all in a bag.
1119
01:23:30,440 --> 01:23:33,599
Yeah, but if you rewind that a little bit,
1120
01:23:33,600 --> 01:23:37,079
Mom said I couldn't do anything
until our room was clean.
1121
01:23:37,080 --> 01:23:38,840
You left me no choice.
1122
01:23:40,240 --> 01:23:43,559
I feel like the things
that really helped the most
1123
01:23:43,560 --> 01:23:46,640
were spending time with my family.
1124
01:23:50,200 --> 01:23:54,400
But the case just drug on
for years and years.
1125
01:23:57,840 --> 01:24:00,560
It felt like the system
was rigged against me.
1126
01:24:02,000 --> 01:24:06,040
And I thought, this has gone on
for almost a decade. It needs to end.
1127
01:24:07,560 --> 01:24:09,159
I don't care what it takes.
1128
01:24:09,160 --> 01:24:11,239
I don't care
if I have to sit in the courtroom
1129
01:24:11,240 --> 01:24:12,719
every day for months on end.
1130
01:24:12,720 --> 01:24:15,600
If this is gonna bring it to a close,
then that's what I'm going to do.
1131
01:24:17,360 --> 01:24:21,279
Elizabeth Smart herself
gave a brave and graphic testimony
1132
01:24:21,280 --> 01:24:22,920
about her horrific ordeal.
1133
01:24:26,960 --> 01:24:29,959
I didn't want to face him.
1134
01:24:29,960 --> 01:24:32,439
But at the same time, if he was released,
1135
01:24:32,440 --> 01:24:34,920
he would definitely
go after another young girl.
1136
01:24:36,480 --> 01:24:39,999
So when the verdict finally came in,
1137
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:42,039
um, as guilty,
1138
01:24:42,040 --> 01:24:43,359
I mean, it was…
1139
01:24:43,360 --> 01:24:47,200
It was just like,
"It is about time. Thank goodness."
1140
01:24:48,040 --> 01:24:51,520
"It's done,
and I can leave it in the past now."
1141
01:24:53,320 --> 01:24:56,879
I'm so thrilled to stand
before the people of America today
1142
01:24:56,880 --> 01:24:58,599
and give hope to other victims.
1143
01:24:58,600 --> 01:25:00,760
We can speak out, and we will be heard.
1144
01:25:28,360 --> 01:25:31,439
I used to sit and wonder
what my life would be like
1145
01:25:31,440 --> 01:25:33,000
had I not been kidnapped.
1146
01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:38,559
I mean, I had always dreamed of
finding someone who loved me,
1147
01:25:38,560 --> 01:25:40,280
finding someone who I loved.
1148
01:25:42,000 --> 01:25:42,920
And,
1149
01:25:43,720 --> 01:25:47,000
I mean, that did come true.
Like, I-I did find someone.
1150
01:25:48,600 --> 01:25:51,920
And we did get married,
and we do have a family together.
1151
01:25:57,040 --> 01:26:01,800
As time passed, I began speaking publicly
about what happened.
1152
01:26:04,440 --> 01:26:07,599
I just felt like
it needs to serve a purpose.
1153
01:26:07,600 --> 01:26:10,520
It needs to…
to bring some good in the world.
1154
01:26:11,120 --> 01:26:13,239
But we all have a choice to make.
1155
01:26:13,240 --> 01:26:17,439
We have the choice to stay in bed
and keep the covers pulled over us,
1156
01:26:17,440 --> 01:26:19,560
{\an8}or we have a choice to move forward.
1157
01:26:23,800 --> 01:26:26,959
I can talk about the things that hurt me
1158
01:26:26,960 --> 01:26:30,720
and things that have been
difficult to overcome.
1159
01:26:31,440 --> 01:26:35,159
I wanted survivors to know
that they had nothing to be ashamed of.
1160
01:26:35,160 --> 01:26:37,279
I wanted them to know
they… they weren't alone,
1161
01:26:37,280 --> 01:26:41,159
that there were other people in this world
who have experienced it
1162
01:26:41,160 --> 01:26:42,800
and who can understand.
1163
01:26:45,440 --> 01:26:50,800
As time went on, I began to realize
I'm stronger than I thought I was.
1164
01:26:54,600 --> 01:26:55,840
It took a lot of time.
1165
01:27:01,880 --> 01:27:04,040
I have good days. I have bad days.
1166
01:27:05,760 --> 01:27:10,160
But I've developed
a better relationship with myself.
1167
01:27:11,400 --> 01:27:13,599
My inner voice has changed from,
1168
01:27:13,600 --> 01:27:15,720
"You should've done this,"
or, "You could've done that,"
1169
01:27:16,320 --> 01:27:18,599
to, "You'll make it through this."
1170
01:27:18,600 --> 01:27:20,880
"You can finish this.
You're strong. Keep going."
1171
01:27:25,720 --> 01:27:29,000
You can survive anything
that comes your way.