Utah - Wanda Barzee, who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart arrested for violating probation.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Wanda Barzee, who along with her husband Brian David Mitchell kidnapped Elizabeth Smart 22 years ago, has been arrested again.

Barzee recently visited "at least two parks in Salt Lake City, including Liberty Park and Sugar House Park," which she is forbidden to do because she is a registered sex offender, said Salt Lake police spokesman Brent Weisberg.

Barzee, 79, who was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail under the name Wanda Mitchell, was arrested for investigation of being a sex offender in a protected area.

Mitchell and Barzee kidnapped 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart in 2002 from her home and held her captive until their arrests nine months later. After years of court battles over her competency, Barzee pleaded guilty in federal court in 2009 to kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor.

Elizabeth Smart kidnapper Wanda Barzee arrested for violating sex offender terms, police say

The woman who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart in 2002 was arrested after she allegedly said she was commanded to visit Salt Lake parks, violating her sex offender status terms.

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If she’s suffering religious delusions, this doesn’t bode well.

 

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Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee kidnapped Elizabeth Smart in March 2002. Here's everything to know about Elizabeth Smart’s kidnappers, including where they are today.

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Brian David Mitchell enters court for his competency hearing February 17, 2005 in Salt Lake City, Utah Elizabeth Smart poses for a portrait on February 22, 2004 in Salt Lake City, Utah ; Wanda Barzee appears in court on April 22, 2003 in Salt Lake City, Utah.Credit :
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Brian David Mitchell on March 12, 2003 in Salt Lake City, Utah ; Wanda Ilene Barzee March 12, 2003 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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'While Barzee was released early from prison, Mitchell has been serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole since being convicted in 2010.

Mitchell is currently an inmate at the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, a high-level security federal prison in Indiana, per its inmate directory.'