Douglas C. Pizac-Pool/Getty ; Lois Smart via Getty ; Douglas C. Pizac-Pool/Getty Brian David Mitchell enters court for his competency hearing February 17, 2005 in Salt Lake City, Utah ; Elizabeth ...

John Walsh says Smart handled personal testimony with dignity and grace. Nov. 11, 2010— -- When Elizabeth Smart stepped down from the stand, ending three days of excruciatingly personal testimony ...

Brian David Mitchell sentenced to life for abduction, rape of teenager. May 25, 2011— -- Nearly nine years after being kidnapped and held in a state of sexual slavery she describes as "my nine ...

People is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a look back at the best of a half century of true crime stories. In the summer of 2003, readers were riveted by the plight of Elizabeth Smart, a 14-year ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Elizabeth Smart finally got her chance Wednesday to confront the street preacher convicted of holding her captive and raping her for months when she was just 14. Now 23, she stood ...

This week, Elizabeth Smart has been testifying in the trial of Brian David Mitchell, the man who kidnapped her for nine months eight years ago. Yesterday and the day before, Dan Abrams, Mediaite ...

The woman convicted of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart over two decades ago was arrested Thursday for violating her sex offender probation. Wanda Barzee, who abducted then-14-year-old Smart with her ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The man charged with snatching Elizabeth Smart from her Salt Lake City bedroom nearly eight years ago could finally face a jury after a federal judge ruled Monday he is ...

Elizabeth Smart's life was forever changed when she was abducted in the middle of the night by Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee. During the early morning hours of June 5, 2002, Mitchell broke ...

"PEOPLE 50 Years of True Crime Stories" looks back on a half century of the best mysteries and mayhem George Frey/Getty People is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a look back at the best of a ...