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- He raped her daily, tied her to a tree, forbade her from speaking about her family, and forced her to take alcohol and drugs. He also made Elizabeth watch pornography and as he and Wanda Barzee — whom Mitchell called Hephzibah — had sex.
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Jul 27, 2022 · In 2002, Brian David Mitchell abducted Elizabeth Smart in Salt Lake City because he believed he was a "prophet" who needed seven virgin wives to fulfill his mission. On an otherwise ordinary night in June 2002, a bedraggled man crept into the Smart family home in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Nov 30, 2017 · "Emotional Wanda Barzee says Brian David Mitchell used family, religion, music to manipulate her": Wanda Barzee, the estranged wife of Mitchell, said on Nov. 19, 2010, that Mitchell manipulated her by using family, religion and music. She also said her husband had mental health problems.
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During her captivity, she was forced to take a new name, and she chose the name Esther, after Esther of the Old Testament (Brian David Mitchell also called her Shearjashub). It was later revealed during court testimony that Mitchell repeatedly raped Smart, sometimes multiple times a day, forced her to look at pornographic magazines , and ...
May 25, 2011 · AP. (CBS/KUTV/AP) SALT LAKE CITY - Brian David Mitchell has been sentenced to life in federal prison for kidnapping Elizabeth Smart at knifepoint, raping her and holding her captive. Smart,...
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As Howard reported earlier, in 2002, Brian David Mitchell "kidnapped Smart from her Salt Lake City bedroom, held her for nine months and assaulted her daily."
Dec 11, 2010 · SALT LAKE CITY — More than 8 1/2 years had passed after she was abducted from her bedroom at knifepoint, held hostage and raped for nine months. Through many of those years, she waited as her case became tied up in the legal system. But Friday, a beaming Elizabeth Smart could finally claim that justice had been served. "Today is a wonderful day!"
Dec 11, 2010 · Brian David Mitchel l was convicted last Friday of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart eight years ago and subjecting her to nine months of sexual and mental torture that included repeated rapes, forced consumption of drugs and frequent threats to kill her.
