“It’s okay to grieve the life you feel like was lost to you.” Elizabeth Smart speaks from experience, and she believes telling stories helps people understand.
You probably remember her name and face… Elizabeth was kidnapped from the bedroom of her Salt Lake City home in 2002 when she was 14 years old and held captive by Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee for nine months. During that time, she was manipulated, starved and repeatedly raped.
Now, Smart has been an advocate for people who’ve been victims of sexual violence for 20 years. She wants everyone to know that’s it’s ok to say the word rape and to remember it’s a crime—a felony…