Editing Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart (section)

==Discovery==
In October 2002, Smart's sister Mary Katherine suddenly realized that the abductor's voice was that of an unemployed man the family knew as Immanuel,<ref name=":1"/><ref>{{cite magazine|title = The Miracle Girl|url = https://people.com/archive/cover-story-the-miracle-girl-vol-59-no-12 |access-date = September 16, 2020|magazine = People|date = March 31, 2003|last = Tresniowski|first = Alex}}</ref> whom the family had hired for a day to work on the roof and rake leaves.<ref>[http://www.courttv.com/news/smart/ CourtTV site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050208010035/http://www.courttv.com/news/smart/ |date=February 8, 2005}} with extensive information on the case from its inception</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/05/286.html |title=Mind Games |access-date=September 6, 2007 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231191527/http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/05/286.html |archive-date=December 31, 2006 }} audio report episode of ''[[This American Life]]'' (April 8, 2005) with a story about why people did not notice Elizabeth Smart on the street. Preserved in the [[Internet Archive]]'s [[Digital time capsule|Wayback Machine]].</ref><ref name=duffy>{{cite journal |last1=Duffy |first1=John-Charles |title=The Making of Immanuel: Brian David Mitchell And The Mormon Fringe |journal=Sunstone |date=October 2003 |url=https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/129-34-45.pdf}}</ref>

The police were skeptical because of the short time "Immanuel" had worked for the family, the long time that elapsed, and the short time Mary Katherine had heard the abductor's voice; however, the family had a sketch artist<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Jun-28-Mon-2004/news/24178055.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041029231012/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Jun-28-Mon-2004/news/24178055.html|archive-date=October 29, 2004|title='GOD GIVEN' GIFT: Sketch artist finds her calling|author=Frank Geary |date=June 28, 2004|newspaper=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]}}</ref> draw "Immanuel's" face from their descriptions, and in February this drawing was released to the media; it was shown on ''[[Larry King Live]]'' and ''[[America's Most Wanted]]''. The drawing was recognized by relatives of Mitchell, who gave police contemporary photographs of him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Police Seek Handyman In Kidnapping |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/20/us/police-seek-handyman-in-kidnapping.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=May 18, 2020 |date=February 20, 2003}}</ref>

On March 12, 2003, Mitchell was spotted with a woman and a girl in [[Sandy, Utah]], by two separate couples who had seen photos of Mitchell on the news.<ref name=nyt/> The woman was Wanda Barzee, and the girl was Elizabeth Smart—disguised in a gray wig, sunglasses, veil, and t-shirt wrapped around her head.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> Both couples reported their recognition of Mitchell to the Sandy Police Department, which immediately dispatched police officers to the location.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Smart found alive in Sandy |url=https://www.deseret.com/2003/3/13/19781761/elizabeth-smart-found-alive-in-sandy |website=Deseret News |language=en |date=March 13, 2003}}</ref> When asked, Smart told the officers that her name was Augustine Marshall.<ref name=":3" /> However, she was recognized as Elizabeth Smart during questioning by the officers, who then rescued her and arrested Mitchell and Barzee.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Dean E. |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 |website=The New York Times |access-date=May 18, 2020 |date=March 13, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Smart Found Alive |url=https://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/03/12/smart.kidnapping/ |website=CNN |date=March 13, 2003}}</ref> Even after Smart was separated from Mitchell and Barzee, she insisted her name was Augustine Marshall. Officer Karen Jones handcuffed Smart, according to regulations, and Sergeant Victor Quezada asked again, "Are you Elizabeth?" "Thou sayest," Smart replied.<ref name=":3" />
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One month after the recovery of Elizabeth Smart, the state of Utah superseded the then-existing [[Murder of Rachael Runyan#Federal impact|Rachael Alert]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Ten-year Anniversary: 'Everything Changed After Elizabeth,' Law Enforcement Says of Missing Children Cases |date=June 4, 2012 |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865556927/Everything-changed-after-Elizabeth-law-enforcement-says-of-missing-children-cases.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607054338/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865556927/Everything-changed-after-Elizabeth-law-enforcement-says-of-missing-children-cases.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 7, 2012 |access-date=February 16, 2019|work=Deseret News}}</ref> with the nationwide [[Amber alert|AMBER alert]] [[child abduction alert system]]—in part to conform with recently implemented nationwide procedures. Although the Rachael Alert was superseded, this system had seen a success in the two years of its existence.<ref name="Deseret News">{{cite news|title=Utah's Rachael Alert Switches to AMBER Alert |date=April 12, 2003 |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/976222/Utahs-Rachael-Alert-switches-to-AMBER-Alert.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923023448/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/976222/Utahs-Rachael-Alert-switches-to-AMBER-Alert.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 23, 2018 |access-date=February 4, 2019|newspaper=Deseret News}}</ref>{{refn|group=n|The Rachael Alert system was named after a three-year-old named [[Murder of Rachael Runyan|Rachael Runyan]], who had been abducted and murdered in 1982. Prior to the implementation of the Rachael Alert child abduction alert system in Utah, her parents had relentlessly campaigned for the implementation of an effective method to alert the public and law enforcement of child abductions and general child safety in Utah. Rachael Alert was formally inaugurated in May 2002<ref name="Deseret News"/><ref>''In Plain Sight: The Startling Truth Behind the Elizabeth Smart Investigation'' {{ISBN|1-55652-579-6}} p. 73</ref>}}

=== Aftermath ===
Smart was put in a car to be taken to a local police station. While in the car, she began to cry and asked, 'What's going to happen to them [Mitchell and Barzee]? Are they going to be okay?"<ref name=":3" /> However, in her 2017 television film ''[[I Am Elizabeth Smart]]'', she denied having Stockholm syndrome.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stump |first=Scott |date=2017-11-14 |title=Elizabeth Smart on the one question that won't go away: 'Why didn't you run?' |url=https://www.today.com/news/elizabeth-smart-one-question-won-t-go-away-why-didn-t118795 |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=TODAY |language=en}}</ref> She then arrived at the police station, where she was reunited with her family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ott |first=Tim |date=2021-04-19 |title=Elizabeth Smart: A Complete Timeline of Her Kidnapping, Rescue and Aftermath |url=https://www.biography.com/crime/elizabeth-smart-timeline-story |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Biography |language=en-US}}</ref> Once she was back at home, she watched a film, read emails sent by well-wishers, played her harp, met her family's two new dogs, and slept in the same bed Mitchell had taken her from. The next day, her family threw a party to make up for her 15th birthday, which had passed when Smart had still been in captivity. Though she didn't attend, she sent a poster board to the party that read "I am the luckiest girl in the world!" That day, Smart painted her nails and opened birthday presents. The same day, she had her hair cut by a family friend.<ref name=":3" /><!-- Cites all four sentences -->

Smart married Matthew Gilmour in February 2012, after meeting while on a Mormon mission in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Char |date=February 3, 2017 |title=How Elizabeth Smart Met and Married Matthew Gilmour |url=https://people.com/human-interest/elizabeth-smart-marriage-to-matthew-gilmour/ |access-date=August 27, 2024 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |language=en}}</ref> They have three children, a daughter born in February 2015,<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 31, 2015 |title=Elizabeth Smart Welcomed Daughter Chloe in February |url=https://people.com/parents/elizabeth-smart-welcomes-daughter-chloe/ |access-date=August 27, 2024 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |language=en}}</ref> a son born in April 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Char |date=April 16, 2017 |title=Elizabeth Smart Welcomes Baby Boy: See the Photo |url=https://people.com/parents/elizabeth-smart-second-child-birth-boy/ |access-date=August 27, 2024 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |language=en}}</ref> and a daughter born in November 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Juneau |first=Jen |date=November 19, 2018 |title=Meet Baby Olivia! Elizabeth Smart Welcomes Third Child: 'So Happy' |url=https://people.com/parents/elizabeth-smart-welcomes-daughter-olivia/ |access-date=August 27, 2024 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |language=en}}</ref> As of 2023, the family lives in [[Wasatch County, Utah]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Free |first=Cathy |date=March 11, 2023 |title=Elizabeth Smart, rescued 20 years ago, now teaches others to fight back |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/03/10/elizabeth-smart-kidnap-rescue-anniversary/ |access-date=August 27, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>