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In the fall of 2000 Mitchell received a second revelation, telling him to gather "seven young wives." Mitchell later detailed the vision in a 27-page religious tract, "The Book of Immanuel David Isaiah," in which he extolled the "blessing" of polygamy and called himself a "just and mighty" deity...
But Mitchell allegedly came calling once more, on the evening of June 5, 2002, when he cut a hole in a window screen in the Smarts' kitchen. He plucked Elizabeth at knifepoint from the bedroom she shared with her sister. Who knows whether Elizabeth recognized the man who had worked...
Elizabeth was so close she could even hear rescuers, including her uncle, calling out her name. Chief Dinse said last week Elizabeth had suffered a "strong psychological impact" that may have overwhelmed any impulse to escape. Having secured his first new bride, Mitchell made a move for another. Police suspect...
Around this time, the trio vacated its mountain hideaway. And as the Smarts continued to hold twice-daily press briefings about their missing daughter, Elizabeth and her captors began living openly in the streets of downtown Salt Lake. With their eccentric dress--all three wore billowy robes, and the women...
On another September evening, the trio wandered into a party in downtown Salt Lake, an area populated by the city's hipster crowd of musicians, artists and indie rockers. While the two women mingled with the other guests and smiled politely at small talk, Mitchell "was such a spaz," says...