It was around 2 AM on June 5, 2002, in Salt Lake City, Utah, when 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was taken from her bed at knifepoint. Her younger sister lay beside her, frozen in terror. The intruder was Brian David Mitchell, a self-proclaimed prophet who had once worked at the Smart family home as a handyman. Using that inside knowledge, he slipped inside the house and carried out one of the most shocking kidnappings in U.S. history. Mitchell led Elizabeth deep into the mountains, where his wife

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