Elizabeth Ann Smart Case by Tiffany Newell https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5 Case Study 3 en-us 2018-10-18 04:35:22 UTC 2023-03-05 21:15:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Victims/ Suspects tiffanyrichele https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294706526 Elizabeth Ann Smart who was the victim
Brian Michell, Wanda Breeze, Richard Ricci are the suspects

Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped  from her home on June 5th, 2002 around 2am. 
]]> 2018-10-19 07:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294706526 Synopsis: tiffanyrichele https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294708167 Brian David Mitchell kidnapped fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Ann Smart by knifepoint on June 5th, 2002 from her home in the Federal Heights neighborhood in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mary Katherine, Elizabeth’s younger sister, witnessed the entire kidnapping while pretending to be asleep. Mitchell and Wanda Barzee, his wife, held Elizabeth captive on the outskirts of Salt Lake City at a camp in the woods and repeatedly sexually assaulted her.  Smart was later moved to San Diego County, California. Smart was held captive for about nine months, and during that time she went out on various outings with Barzee and Mitchell, but Smart was never recognized. Mary Katherine later remembered Mitchell’s voice as that of some hired help and that led to the long road of Smart’s discovery. She was discovered in Sandy, Utah, which was about eighteen miles from her house.

]]> 2018-10-19 07:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294708167 Evidence: tiffanyrichele https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294709155 Knife, photos, Physical evidence
According to Elizabeth’s younger sister, the abductor, Brian Mitchell had a knife during the kidnapping.  The actual arrested came when a couple who saw photos of Brian Mitchell on the news, spotted him with both Elizabeth and Wanda, and notified the police.  Both Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee were arrested.]]> 2018-10-19 07:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294709155 Fingerprints tiffanyrichele https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294710016 On July 1st, police took voluntary fingerprints from male neighbors. These were used to compare with the dozens of prints left by visitors after Elizabeth disappeared. 

Deputies did indeed run Mitchell’s fingerprints in the system, but nothing came up flagged and detectives were unable to determine his true identity.  He had one prior encounter with the law 27 years earlier. 

With there being so many people in and out of their home that were part of the construction project, fingerprints were basically used to rule out suspects rather than to identify who the actual kidnapper was. ]]> 2018-10-19 07:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294710016 tiffanyrichele https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294713521 2018-10-19 08:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294713521 tiffanyrichele https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294722563 Useful information for the case:]]> 2018-10-19 08:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294722563 Outcome tiffanyrichele https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294724262 Brian Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee were charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart. 

Brian Mitchell is set to life while Barzee was set to 15 years in 2010 and with a parole date in 2024.

]]> 2018-10-19 08:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294724262 References: tiffanyrichele https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294729203 Salt Lake Tribune. (n.d.). Photos: Evidence in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case. Retrieved from http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=50642030&itype=cmsid
Elizabeth Smart on her journey from survival to inspiration (Pt 1) - Crime Watch Daily. (2016, October 27). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRKF2l5PRBw]]> 2018-10-19 09:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffanyrichele/cyj2ve60c7f5/wish/294729203