In June of 2002, a 14-year-old girl was taken from her bedroom in the middle of the night, from a quiet home in one of the safest neighborhoods

of one of the safest cities in America. Her name was Elizabeth Smart. This case has

endured for more than two decades, not only because of what happened to Elizabeth, but because

of how it happened. It forces us to confront uncomfortable questions about trust, faith, and what

happens when deeply held beliefs collide with someone willing to exploit them. Elizabeth wasn't

held for hours or days. She was a prisoner for nine months, subjected to repeated trauma

and torture that would have broken most adults. But Elizabeth's story is not just about what happened to her.

It's also about survival and strength.

It's about a young girl who would later turn the unimaginable into advocacy and support for victims of kidnapping and sexual violence.

Music and sexual violence. Hello, everybody.

Welcome back to Crime Weekly.

I'm Stephanie Harlow.

And I'm Derek Lavasar.

So we're talking about Elizabeth smart today and i got to

tell you i'm i don't want to say like i'm super excited about it because that makes it sound like i'm

happy i'm super excited about it because i've been very very stimulated while researching this case and

writing the scripts it's got police reports and

psychological evaluations and all the things that I enjoy digging into and I've

been learning a lot and I really feel really excellent about my level of

research and how I'm putting this case together and I'm very happy that we're all here together

to talk about it. This is an important case. And I knew the basics of it, like most people do.

It was a huge case when it happened. She was gone for nine months. It was all over the TV.

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