Editing Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart (section)

==Timeline==
* Oct-Nov 2001 - Approximately seven months prior to the abduction, Elizabeth's mother found Mitchell, calling himself "Immanuel," begging for change in downtown Salt Lake City, and hired him to repair the family's roof and rake leaves, a job lasting about five hours.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.courttv.com/news/2003/0314/smart_ap.html|title = Authorities examine bond between Elizabeth Smart, captors|access-date = February 8, 2005|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050208053259/http://www.courttv.com/news/2003/0314/smart_ap.html|archive-date = February 8, 2005|url-status = dead|date = March 14, 2003}}</ref>

===Abduction and investigation===
* June 4, 2002 – The Smart family arrives late at the Bryant Middle School awards function; Elizabeth receives awards in physical fitness and academics but does not play her harp as planned. Family returns home and retires to bed.<ref name=bio/>
* June 5, 2002 – Elizabeth is abducted from her bedroom in the early hours of the morning. Mary Katherine, her sister, is a witness to the crime. Elizabeth is held prisoner at a camp in Dry Creek Canyon, the entrance to which is a short distance from the Smart family house.
* June 6, 2002 – A reward for her rescue is set at $250,000.
* June 7, 2002 – A milkman reports suspicious activities of Bret Michael Edmunds in neighborhood.
* June 9, 2002 – Ed Smart is questioned and polygraphed.
* June 12, 2002 – Manhunt for Bret Michael Edmunds.
* June 14, 2002 – Suspect Richard Ricci is arrested on unrelated charges.
* June 21, 2002 – Bret Michael Edmunds caught at City Hospital in [[Martinsburg, West Virginia]], and questioned the next day.
* June 24, 2002 – Richard Ricci arrest announced.
* July 11, 2002 – Richard Ricci charged with theft in the Smart home. Denies any involvement with Elizabeth's kidnapping.
* July 24, 2002 – Attempted kidnapping at the house of Elizabeth's cousin.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.courttv.com/news/smart/040403_cousin_ap.html|title = Father says younger cousin of Elizabeth Smart target of alleged break-in|access-date = October 2, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030409104016/http://www.courttv.com/news/smart/040403_cousin_ap.html|archive-date = April 9, 2003|url-status = dead|date = April 4, 2003}}</ref>
* August 2002 – Salt Lake City Detective Richey, based on a tip, confronts Smart and her kidnappers at the City Library. He is deflected from examining Smart's face by a religious argument. Smart later testified, "I felt like hope was walking out the door", as the detective accepted the argument and left.<ref name=bio>{{cite AV media|title=Elizabeth Smart: Autobiography|publisher=A&E Networks|date=November 12, 2017|url=http://www.aetv.com/shows/elizabeth-smart-autobiography}}</ref>
* August 2002 – Mitchell, Barzee, and Elizabeth leave Dry Creek Canyon and go to Salt Lake City.
* August 27, 2002 – Richard Ricci collapses.
* August 30, 2002 – Richard Ricci dies of brain hemorrhage.
* September 17, 2002 – Police suspend regular briefings with the Smart family.
* September 27, 2002 – Police arrest Mitchell for shoplifting and later release him.
* September 28, 2002 – Barzee and Elizabeth are spotted in the town of [[Lakeside, California]], in [[San Diego County]].
* October 12, 2002 – Mary Katherine remembers the voice of the kidnapper as that of the man they knew as "Immanuel".
* February 3, 2003 – Smart family releases the sketch of the man known as Immanuel.
* February 12, 2003 – Mitchell is arrested in [[El Cajon, California]], in San Diego County, for breaking into a church. He was not recognized as the criminal wanted in Utah.
* February 15, 2003 – ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'' features "Immanuel" and requests responses.
* February 16, 2003 – Mitchell's family identifies him to police as the man known as "Immanuel".
* February 17, 2003 – Newly published, more recent photographs of Mitchell made available.
* March 5, 2003 – Mitchell, Barzee, and Elizabeth leave [[San Diego County, California]].
* March 12, 2003 – Elizabeth Smart is found alive in the city of [[Sandy, Utah]].

===Aftermath===
[[File:Elizabeth Smart White House.jpg|thumb|right|Smart with her mother, Lois, and [[George W. Bush|President George W. Bush]] at the signing of the [[PROTECT Act of 2003]]]]
* March 18, 2003 – Mitchell and Barzee are charged with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, and aggravated burglary.
* April 30, 2003 – Elizabeth makes her first public appearance after her return.
* October 27, 2003 – ''[[Dateline NBC]]'' interview with Elizabeth.
* July 26, 2005 – Mitchell declared mentally incompetent to stand trial.
* December 18, 2006 – Mitchell again declared unfit to stand trial.
* April 30, 2008 – Ed Smart appears on ''Madeline McCann One Year On''.
* November 17, 2008 – ''People'' magazine features Elizabeth Smart as one of their heroes of the year. In the article Elizabeth says she plans to live in England next year.
* October 2009 – In a court hearing Elizabeth Smart described Mitchell as "smart, articulate, evil, wicked, manipulative, sneaky, slimy, selfish, greedy, not spiritual, not religious, not close to God."<ref name="testimony"/>
* November 17, 2009 – Barzee sentenced to 15 years for her role in the kidnapping.
* March 1, 2010 – Mitchell ruled competent to stand trial.<ref name="The Salt Lake Tribune">{{cite web|url=http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14492043|title=Mitchell ruled competent to stand trial in Elizabeth Smart abduction|access-date=February 1, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304170434/http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14492043|archive-date=March 4, 2010}}</ref>
* December 10, 2010 – Mitchell convicted in Smart abduction.
* May 25, 2011 – Mitchell is sentenced to two life sentences in federal prison for the kidnapping of Smart.<ref name="NY Times - Life in prison">{{cite news|title=Life in Prison for Kidnapper of Smart|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/05/25/us/AP-US-Elizabeth-Smart.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 25, 2011|agency=Associated Press|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110525230340/http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/05/25/us/AP-US-Elizabeth-Smart.html|archive-date=May 25, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Eyder|last=Peralta|title=Former Street Preacher Sentenced To Life In Kidnapping Of Elizabeth Smart|access-date=October 12, 2013|date=May 25, 2011|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/05/26/136657949/former-street-preacher-sentenced-to-life-in-kidnapping-and-sexual-assault-of-elizabeth-smart |website=npr.org}}</ref>
* September 11, 2018 – The [[Utah Board of Pardons and Parole]] announced Barzee is scheduled to be released on September 19 because the board had failed to give her credit for time served in federal prison.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sang |first1=Lucia |title=Elizabeth Smart blasts kidnapper's pending release: 'It is incomprehensible' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/elizabeth-smart-blasts-kidnappers-pending-release-it-is-incomprehensible/ |website=Fox News |date=September 11, 2018 |access-date=September 12, 2018}}</ref>
* September 19, 2018 – After serving nine years in prison 72-year-old Barzee is released from prison. She will be on parole, under federal supervision, for five years.<ref name="AP News September 2018">{{cite news |title=The Latest: Smart won't live in fear after kidnapper release |url=https://apnews.com/65297b816f5940f78c91288e67208d1e |access-date=September 23, 2018 |work=AP News |publisher=Associated Press |date=September 20, 2018 |location=DRAPER, Utah}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Nicholas Hautman |title=Elizabeth Smart's Kidnapper Wanda Barzee Is Released From Prison |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/elizabeth-smarts-kidnapper-wanda-barzee-released-from-prison/ |access-date=September 23, 2018 |work=Us Weekly |date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> Upon release, she is a registered sex offender (Identification #: 1134472) in the state of Utah.<ref>{{cite web |title=Utah Department of Corrections Sex and Kidnap Offender Registry- Contact |url=http://www.icrimewatch.net/offenderdetails.php?OfndrID=1134472&AgencyID=54438 |website=www.icrimewatch.net |access-date=September 23, 2018 |quote=Registration&nbsp;number:&nbsp;1134472 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* December 31, 2018 – Three months after Barzee's release, it is revealed that she is living near a Salt Lake City elementary school. There appear to be no restrictions to how close she can live to a school, though Utah's state rules disallow her from going on school property.<ref>{{cite news|title=Elizabeth Smart's kidnapper now lives near Salt Lake City elementary school|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2018/12/31/elizabeth-smarts/|access-date=June 4, 2019|publisher=Salt Lake Tribune|date=December 31, 2018}}</ref>
* May 1, 2025 - Barzee is arrested for visiting parks in violation of Utah law restricting sex offender movements.<ref>{{cite news|title=Who is Wanda Barzee? Elizabeth Smart's kidnapper arrested after visiting Utah parks, gives bizarre excuse|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-wanda-barzee-elizabeth-smarts-kidnapper-arrested-after-visiting-utah-parks-gives-bizarre-excuse-101746347063698-amp.html|access-date=May 4, 2025|publisher=Hindustan Times|date=May 4, 2025}}</ref>