Elizabeth Smart who vanished from Utah home found safe

Seattle Times ^ | March 12, 2003 | Mike Carter

[Shermy]

Don't know why a Seattle paper would have this first, and the sources are unnamed, so I don't accept it blindly.

[Shermy]

Here's the famous "Seattle" story.

[Partisan Hack]

Seattle? Wow!

Also when are we going to see some updated pictures of a "chunky" Elizabeth?

[My Favorite Headache]

The arrogant police dropped the ball again. Sorry folks..not kissing their asses for their hard work. This could have been over months ago had they done the real investigating on this guy.

[Shermy]

Reports on the Cable news shows kept mentioning "a story from a Seattle paper", so I pointed my browser there.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Thanks for posting this.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Interesting.......

[r9etb]

"chunky" Elizabeth?

Do you mean "chunky" as in pregnant? Given the details in this story, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

[Shermy]

This reporter must be in tight with the local authorities in SLC. Elizabeth was found a little after 1:00 pm MST. The article was posted 5:14 p.m. PST - just five hours later. Curious.

[A_perfect_lady]

She may have just filled out because she's at the age where changes happen very quickly. Let's hope so.

[homeschool mama]

You should get the facts straight, hard attack. The creep and creepette took her to San Diego and on to Florida. She wasn't in Sandy, Utah for 9 months.

[woofie]

God tells me Salma Hayek should be my new wife,but the old one doesnt believe it.

[dennisw]

“Miracles do exist,” said the girl's uncle, Tom Smart. He said the girl was in good condition..........

Today. And tomorrow the miracle will be diminished. We're going to be revulsed by what this man did to her to send her into a lifetime of psychotherapy. Since she didn't escape he definitely had her under his thumb. I hope for the best so don't flame me.

[Utah Girl]

I've been talking with my friend, she saw a photo of Elizabeth on the local news station, in braids, and she definitely had put on weight. SHe was looking down. I'm not in Utah right now, so I can't give any accounts of the local news.

I just asked my friend about the polygamy allegations, she's been glued to the TV most of the afternoon, and hasn't heard anything like that. This court case is going to be something else.

[FirstTomato]

Thank God this young lady was found. But this is just the beginning. This family will never be the same. Elizabeth has changed and is no longer the young innocent girl that was kidnapped. The family has been through hell worrying about her. Now they will have to find a way to continue life as a NEW family, different than the one that existed when Elizabeth was kidnapped.

I'm sure they will succeed. But it will be hard.

[I still care]

Last year I told my friends I bet she was kidnapped for plural marriage. There are some very strange people involved in strange variants of Mormanism, and incest and underage rape are part of some of these. This girl got national press, but girls born naturally into some of these families suffer terrible abuse.

[Welsh Rabbit]

I'm so glad she was found alive and in good physical health, but I don't feel the public is entitled to know all the sick details of her captivity (not that I'm buying this Seattle Times story right off the bat). I sincerely hope the media (I know they won't though) shows some restraint and not broadcast all the disgusting things they find regarding this case.

[Slip18]

Thanks, hs mama. This poster is going to try to spread more incorrect "facts" on this thread, also.

[FirstTomato]

This girl would be further harmed by psychologists or psychiatrists, who are no better than voo-doo doctors. She needs the love and affection of her family, and the counseling of her faith, and patience, lots of patience.

And more love.