Editing Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart (section)

===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>