Posted on 06/05/2002 11:36:20 AM PDT by Barbie Doll
Utah Girl Kidnapped From Room At Gunpoint Parents Were Asleep In Bedroom Posted: 2:04 p.m. EDT June 5, 2002 Updated: 2:26 p.m. EDT June 5, 2002
SALT LAKE CITY -- A gunman forced his way into a house and abducted a 14-year-old girl Wednesday while her parents slept in their bedroom, police said.
Police said the man also threatened Elizabeth Smart's 9-year-old sister and said he would harm the teen if her sister said anything. The two girls share a bedroom in the home in the affluent Federal Heights neighborhood.
Her sister waited several hours before alerting her parents because of the threat, said Duane Baird, a Salt Lake City police spokesman.
"A two-hour window gives anyone the opportunity to be away from this area," Baird said.
Searchers began looking for clues before dawn Wednesday.
Elizabeth was abducted at about 2 a.m. on June 5, 2002. The abductor is described as a white male, with dark hair and wearing a white jacket and a white baseball cap. Elizabeth was wearing red pajamas, and he let her take a pair of shoes, police said.
The sister told police that the soft-spoken man got into the house by forcing open a window and had a small black handgun.
There was no indication that the man knew Elizabeth, police said. He didn't call the teen by name and didn't appear to know his way around the house, the sister told police.
No other neighbors reported anything suspicious during the night, Baird said.
This would be key - where did those early clothes she wore go?
Still up in the canyon somewhere?
I'll go with you on that one!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.