The 'love shack' where Elizabeth' claims' she was shackled and raped for the last time.
SMART THE MOMENT SHE WAS FOUND - HER FIRST WORDS TO THE POLICE OFFICER ' YOU THINK I AM THE GIRL WHO RAN AWAY'
Then, after confessing to who she was her second question to the officer ' what will happen to my friends ? '
The official line would be and still is to this day, Lizzy lived in the love shack and was raped. But the image of the moment Elizabeth was found tells quite a different story. Lizzy , plump rosy cheeked, tanned and smiling . Years later she would claim under oath in a court of law to having been raped that very morning by Mitchell in the 'love shack'.
Nicole Richardson said, "I saw them about three times on the bus."
They sought warmer weather in California, then returned to Utah.
In February of 2003, police asked for help locating a drifter known as "Emmanuel," Mitchell's alias, and on March 12, two couples spotted him and called police. Elizabeth was found.
Ed Smart said, "I couldn't believe it. In fact, I had to take a double-take and pull her away from me and say, ‘Is it really you?'"
Few details emerged about Elizabeth's ordeal
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