What is Elizabeth Smart?
[[File:Elizabeth Smart Speaks About Overcoming Trauma.jpg|thumb|Elizabeth Smart in June 2012]] '''Elizabeth Ann Smart''' (born November 3, 1987<ref name=bio/>) is an [[Americans|American]] woman who was [[kidnapping|kidnapped]] when she was 14 from her home in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]] on June 5, 2002. She was found alive on March 12, 2003 about 20 miles from her home. She was found with two homeless adults, Brian David Michell and Wanda Barzee.<ref name=bio/> Barzee was Mitchell's legal wife. Police believe that Elizabeth was taken to be Mitchell's [[polygamy|second wife]]. Smart has put the kidnapping behind her. She is now studying harp at [[Brigham Young University]].<ref name=bio/> She would like to play harp in an orchestra or teach the harp to others. She has appeared on television in support of laws that would give child sex offenders a harsher punishment.<ref name=bio/> She has said very little publicly about her kidnapping. She has also made it clear that she does not want to publicly comment very much about her ordeal. == References == {{reflist|refs= <ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/elizabeth-smart-17176406|title= Elizabeth Smart Biography|publisher=Biography.com|accessdate=29 December 2012}}</ref> }} {{us-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smart, Elizabeth}} [[Category:1987 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American child crime victims]] [[Category:Kidnapped American people]] [[Category:People from Salt Lake City, Utah]]