Editing Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart (section)

==Abduction==
[[File:Block U University of Utah 2.jpg|thumb|right|Federal Heights, the neighborhood where Smart resided, and from where she was kidnapped]]
In the early hours of June 5, 2002, Mitchell broke into the home of Ed and Lois Smart in the [[Federal Heights, Salt Lake City|Federal Heights]] neighborhood of Salt Lake City, where they lived with their six children.<ref name=Deseret1>"S.L. girl taken from her home", ''Deseret News'', June 5, 2002, Page A01</ref> He abducted fourteen-year-old [[Elizabeth Smart]] from the bedroom she shared with her nine-year-old sister, Mary Katherine.<ref name=Deseret2>"Kidnap theories expand", ''Deseret News'', June 13, 2002, Page A01</ref> Mary Katherine was awakened but pretended to be asleep,<ref name=":2">{{cite news|title = Sister's story: New details emerge|url = http://www.deseretnews.com/article/920711/Sisters-story-New-details-emerge.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151021231720/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/920711/Sisters-story-New-details-emerge.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = October 21, 2015|access-date = August 5, 2015|newspaper = Deseret News|date = June 19, 2002|last1 = Reavy|first1 = Pat|last2 = Jensen|first2 = Derek|last3 = Snyder|first3 = Brady}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title = Sister reported the abduction relatively quickly|url = http://www.deseretnews.com/article/920148/Sister-reported-the-abduction-relatively-quickly.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151021231734/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/920148/Sister-reported-the-abduction-relatively-quickly.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = October 21, 2015|access-date = August 5, 2015|last = Parkison|first = Jake|date = June 16, 2002|newspaper = Deseret News}}</ref> and later reported that:
*The man was white, about the height of her brother Charles (5&nbsp;ft 8&nbsp;in; 172&nbsp;cm),<ref>{{Cite news|title = Utah Girl, 15, Is Found Alive 9 Months After Kidnapping|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/13/us/utah-girl-15-is-found-alive-9-months-after-kidnapping.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = March 13, 2003|access-date =August 5, 2015|issn = 0362-4331|first = Dean E.|last = Murphy}}</ref> about {{nowrap|30{{hsp}}{{ndash}}{{hsp}}}}40{{nbs}}years of age, and wearing light-colored clothes and a golf hat<ref name="Deseret1"/><ref name=Deseret18June2002>"Police add details to data on abductor", ''Deseret News'', June 18, 2002, Page B01</ref> (he was in fact actually wearing black, did not have a golf hat, and was 48{{nbs}}years of age).<ref name="Deseret18June2002/name">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=965906|title=Sister Recounts How She Helped Find Elizabeth Smart |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=July 21, 2005 |access-date=February 10, 2007}}</ref>
*The man had dark hair, and also had dark hair on his arms and on the backs of his hands.<ref name=Deseret18June2002/>
*The man threatened Elizabeth with a knife (which 9-year-old Mary Katherine thought was a gun at the time).<ref name="Deseret18June2002/name"/>
*She never got a good look at the man's face,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = Elizabeths Smart's Younger Sister Speaks Out Publicly|url = http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=76573|access-date =August 5, 2015|website = KSL.com|date = July 19, 2005|publisher = Associated Press}}</ref> a fact kept secret by the police during the investigation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0206/19/se.02.html|title=Sister of Elizabeth Smart is Prime Witness|access-date=February 10, 2007| work=CNN | date=February 7, 2001}}</ref>
*When Elizabeth said "ouch" after stubbing her toe on a chair, the man said something that sounded to her like "You better be quiet, and I won't hurt you."<ref name="cbsnews.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elizabeths-road-home/|title="Elizabeth's Road Home", CBS News, March 12, 2003|access-date= February 10, 2007 | date=February 4, 2003}}</ref>
*When her sister Elizabeth asked "Why are you doing this?" the man's reply was not clear to her, but Mary Katherine thought he may have said "for ransom."<ref name="cbsnews.com"/><ref>{{Cite web|title = Sister thought abductor was after a ransom|url = http://www.deseretnews.com/article/958728/Sister-thought-abductor-was-after-a-ransom.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151021231746/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/958728/Sister-thought-abductor-was-after-a-ransom.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = October 21, 2015|access-date = August 5, 2015|website = Deseret News|date = January 11, 2003|last = Derek|first = Jensen}}</ref>
*The man was calm and soft-{{nowrap|spoken{{px2}}{{mdash}}{{px2}}}}even {{nowrap|polite{{px2}}{{mdash}}{{px2}}}}and nicely dressed.<ref name=Deseret18June2002/>
*The man's voice seemed somehow familiar to her, despite his having spoken quietly to her sister Elizabeth throughout; however, though she tried, Mary Katherine was unable to pinpoint the circumstances under which she might have heard it.<ref>{{cite news|title = Kidnapper's voice sounded familiar|url = http://www.deseretnews.com/article/928857/Kidnappers-voice-sounded-familiar.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151021231755/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/928857/Kidnappers-voice-sounded-familiar.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = October 21, 2015|access-date = August 5, 2015|date = August 2, 2002|last = Snyder|first = Brady|newspaper = Deseret News}}</ref>

When she thought Elizabeth and the abductor had gone, Mary Katherine attempted to go to her parents' bedroom, but only narrowly avoided being seen by Mitchell and Elizabeth, who were outside the bedroom of the family's boys.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elizabeths-road-home/|title=Elizabeth's Road Home|access-date=February 10, 2007 | work=CBS News | date=February 4, 2003}}</ref> She crept back into her bed, where she hid for an undetermined {{nowrap|time{{px2}}{{mdash}}{{px2}}}}possibly over two hours.<ref name=":2"/>
Just before 4:00{{nbs}}a.m. Mary Katherine woke her parents and told them what had happened,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3341727|title=MSNBC, "Bringing Elizabeth Smart home"|website=[[NBC News]]|date=December 10, 2003 |access-date=February 10, 2007}}</ref> but thinking she had been dreaming, her parents did not believe her until they found a window screen that had been cut with a knife.<ref>{{cite news|title = Girl's family clings to hope|url = https://www.deseret.com/2002/6/10/19659772/girl-s-family-clings-to-hope/|access-date = August 5, 2015|date = June 9, 2002|newspaper = Deseret News|last = Jensen|first = Derek}}</ref>