Ep. - 630 - ELIZABETH SMART KIDNAPPING AND RESCUE
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.4 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Elizabeth Smart gained national attention at age 14 when she was abducted from her home in Salt Lake City by Brian David Mitchell. Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, held Smart captive for nine months until she was rescued on a street in Sandy, Utah. This week marks the 20th anniversary of her rescue.
James Manzii, Principal Managing Partner for SocoSIX Strategies is a former FBI special agent and member of Special Operations for the Army. He provides insight on the kidnapping and rescue.
Chris Thomas is the author of Unexpected: The Backstory of Finding Elizabeth Smart and Growing Up in the Culture of an American Religion.
He is best known for his work as the Smart family publicist during the nine-and-a-half months Elizabeth was missing. In this capacity, he fielded more than ten thousand calls from journalists, served as a family spokesperson by completing hundreds of interviews, helped coordinate the Smart’s lobbying efforts for the national Amber Alert, and managed a crush of media when Elizabeth was rescued. John Walsh of America’s Most Wanted said that Thomas deserves most of the credit for keeping the public and family focused on finding Elizabeth.
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| 0:38.6 | Welcome back to another episode of Reality Life with Cake Casey. |
| 0:41.6 | Today's episode is about the abduction and rescue of Elizabeth Smart. |
| 0:46.3 | She gained national attention at age 14 when she was abducted from her home in Salt Lake City by Brian David Mitchell. |
| 0:53.7 | Mitchell and his wife Wanda Barzi held a smart captive for nine months until she was rescued by police officers on a street in Sandy Utah. |
| 1:03.7 | This week marks the 20th anniversary of her rescue. |
| 1:07.6 | In A&E's Intimate Two-Part Biography Special, Elizabeth Smart autobiography, |
| 1:13.1 | she explains her story in her own words and provides previously untold details about her infamous abduction and nine-month nightmare |
| 1:21.7 | in the grasps of her cruel captors. |
| 1:24.7 | Smart's family, along with law enforcement, involved with investigating the disappearance and eyewitnesses, |
| 1:31.2 | revealed new information about the case and reflect on her remarkable recovery and perseverance. |
| 1:37.8 | In this episode, I speak with James Mansey, a retired FBI agent and a member of special operations for the Army, |
| 1:45.3 | who has worked on investigations, including kidnappings. |
| 1:49.2 | I also speak with Chris Thomas, the Smart Families Publicist throughout the period of abduction. |
| 1:54.7 | He's written a new book which details his experience as witnessed one of the world's most famous kidnappings. |
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