I watched the Jaycee Dugard case all those years ago and have never forgotten that child.
It's unlikely, though not impossible, that a Roman Catholic priest is involved in this case. Their depredations are almost always on victims of their own faith, over whom they can more likely exert religious as well as social pressure to remail silent and keep their dirty secret.
The Smart family, and the neighborhood in which they reside, is devoutly Mormon, and the neighbors have been heavily involved with the search and with support of the distraught family, according to accounts in the SLC newspapers. Still, it may be worth considering if you are at least on the right track.
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