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March 10, 2008
Update: Elizabeth Smart Case
Posted: 09:45 AM ET


It was back in 2002 that 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was taken from the bedroom of her Salt Lake City home at knifepoint and held captive for about nine months.

After all these years there has been no trial for the two defendants, Wanda Barzee and Brian David Mitchell. Last week the couple was indicted on federal charges of interstate kidnapping and one count unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines. The statute of limitations on the federal case would have expired this week.

Barzee and Mitchell already face state charges of aggravated burglary, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault and attempted aggravated kidnapping. But the real question now is whether they will ever have to answer for the alleged crimes in state or federal court because of the quandary concerning their mental health.

Both have been found incompetent to stand trial and are currently being held in the Utah State Hospital. Barzee claims she is the mother of Zion and receives messages from God through her television, while Mitchell is a self-proclaimed prophet diagnosed with a delusional disorder. They have refused medical treatment and a legal battle continues over whether they should be subjected to forced medication.
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