Elizabeth Smart Research Paper

Elizabeth Ann Smart is a beautiful blonde hair blue eyed girl. She was born into a religious Mormon family on November 3, 1987 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her mother was housewife while her father was in the real estate business. Elizabeth is the second born child out of six children. All throughout school she was very obedient and participated in cross-country where she would train as a distance runner. She also enjoyed playing her harp and would be asked to perform at funerals and weddings (Biography.)
Elizabeth Smart’s life turned upside down on June 4, 2002. That evening her, and her family went to the school she attended for an award ceremony. Several awards were given to the 14-year-old which included ones for endurance and academics. That night after everyone went to bed, Elizabeth’s life would change forever. During the night, she was awoken by footsteps and something cold on her cheek. Then she heard a man whisper into her ear that said, “I have a knife to your neck. Don’t make a sound. Get out of be and come with me, or I will kill you and your family” (Biography.) Why would someone want to kidnap …show more content…

He took her out of her family’s house and walked with her through the woods to a campsite that he shared with his wife, Wanda Barzee (Biography.) Elizabeth had no idea what she had just walked herself into. Brian was a polygamist who had a wedding ceremony with Elizabeth who he said was now his wife and raped her afterwards (Biography.) She tried to fight him off, but since she was a young girl against a grown man the odds were against her. Elizabeth would be held captive for nine long months. The trio would move around from Utah to California. Brian would keep Elizabeth tied to a tree. He would also rape her many times during the day. She would be imposed to ingest drugs and drink alcohol (Biography.) Brian would teach Elizabeth his crazy devout faith and he would tell her that he was named Immanuel who was a