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You asked a good question..."what the hell is going on here...snip...and nobody investigates?

Let's take a walk down memory lane...

Kidnapper Didn't Know Sister Was Awake Tuesday, June 18, 2002 Fox News

SALT LAKE CITY — The gunman who kidnapped 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart did not know that the girl's 9-year-old sister was awake at the time of the abduction, police said Tuesday.

Mary Katherine Smart saw the gunman twice, in different parts of the house, and witnessed the gunman warning her older sister not to speak, Police Sgt. Scott Atkinson said. He said the gunman was not aware that he was seen.

Although it was earlier reported that Mary Katherine had been warned to remain quiet, police who interviewed the youngster three times now say the kidnapper did not speak to the child. The 9-year-old waited two hours before alerting her parents of the kidnapping.

The young girl apparently kept quiet because of something the kidnapper said to Elizabeth, Atkinson said.

Elizabeth was taken by gunpoint two weeks ago from the queen-sized bed she shared with her sister in their parents' Federal Heights home.

Atkinson said the kidnapper remained calm throughout the abduction and told Elizabeth to grab some shoes as he left with her.

"We believe this man may be a trusted person in the neighborhood or community," he said. He said Mary Katherine's account changed as investigators skilled at interviewing children helped jog her memory.

"I don't believe that she's changed her story," Atkinson said.

Police reiterated their description of their suspect: A white man, 30 to 40 years old, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, medium build, with dark hair and hair on his arms and back of his hands. He was wearing tan pants, a Polo brand shirt, dark shoes, a lighter jacket and an "English-style" driving hat. He held a small, dark handgun.

"He spoke nicely and dressed nicely," Atkinson said. He held up a pair of white canvas tennis shoes identical to the ones the kidnapper allowed Elizabeth to take with her. They were Ralph Lauren brand shoes with dark stripes and thick soles.

What to believe? .

Police reiterated their description of their suspect: A white man, 30 to 40 years old, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, medium build, with dark hair and hair on his arms and back of his hands. He was wearing tan pants, a Polo brand shirt, dark shoes, a lighter jacket and an "English-style" driving hat. He held a small, dark handgun. "He spoke nicely and dressed nicely"

I guess his robes were at the dry cleaner's. Doesn't sound like Mitchell to me. Wouldn't MK have noticed a big bushy beard, if she could notice hair on the back of his hands?

I'm confused.....I thought MK pretended to be asleep. How could she have noticed so many details with her eyes closed?

Thanks for posting that news report from last June. Maybe people who cannot understand how cynical some of us who have been following this case all along have become about anything the Smarts have to say will understand if they read this and compare it to the current official version. Poor MK's credibility is shot, along with whoever put her up to saying these things.

Polo shirt? English driving cap? Small, black gun? Dark hair? Hair on arms?

And don't forget the "trusted member of the community!" LOL!

The only thing about this article that seems to still be "operative" is that fact that MK keeps changing her "account" and that MK waited 2 hours to go tell her parents, which I believe was what Eliz. instructed her to do. ("Give me a two hour head start and then go tell Mom and Dad."