Convicted Elizabeth Smart Kidnapper Flashes Huge Smile In New Mugshot For Utah's Sex Offender Registry

One of Elizabeth Smart's convicted kidnappers, Wanda Barzee, was seen successful a caller mugshot connected Utah's Sex Offender Registry, smiling from receptor to ear.

In Utah, activity offenders are required to registry doubly a year, erstwhile connected their day and past six months later to nan date, according to Utah law. 

Nearly 20 years aft her condemnation for holding Smart captive for 9 months, Barzee, 79, was arrested connected May 1 aft she allegedly violated activity offender restrictions. 

She was arrested astatine her Salt Lake City, Utah, location connected Thursday aft she allegedly visited astatine slightest 2 parks, which she is prohibited from doing arsenic a registered activity offender, according to reports.

WANDA BARZEE, ONE OF ELIZABETH SMART'S CAPTORS, ARRESTED ON ALLEGED SEX OFFENDER VIOLATION

Wanda Barzee, who was convicted of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart and holding her captive for 9 months, is seen smiling successful caller image connected Utah's Sex Offender Registry. (Utah Department of Public Safety)

Under Utah law, activity offenders are forbidden from entering definite "protected areas" wherever children are apt to beryllium present, which see nationalist parks, schools, and playgrounds. 

During her arrest, Barzee said "she was commanded to by nan Lord" to spell to Liberty Park and that she liked to spell location to "sit connected benches and provender ducks," according to Fox 13 Salt Lake City. The outlet reported that Barzee besides admitted that God had "commended" her to spell to Sugar House Park arsenic well.

Barzee is now required to do play check-ins aft her apprehension for allegedly visiting parks successful Salt Lake City, which she is restricted from doing owed to her position arsenic a registered activity offender.

CHILD ABDUCTION SURVIVOR ELIZABETH SMART WARNS OF 'TERRIFYING TERRITORY' FOR TODAY'S KIDS

Elizabeth Smart astatine her location successful Wasatch County, Utah connected March 8, 2023. Twenty years agone she was freed from a nine-month agelong kidnapping.  ( Chad Kirkland for The Washington Post )

In 2002, Barzee and her husband, Brian David Mitchell, kidnapped then-14-year-old Smart astatine knifepoint and held her captive for 9 months. Mitchell forced Smart into a polygamous "marriage" and raped her almost daily. Smart was rescued erstwhile a mates recognized her arsenic she was stepping done Sandy, a suburb of Salt Lake City, pinch Barzee and Mitchell. Initially, retired of fear, Smart denied her personality erstwhile questioned by police, but later admitted that she was nan missing teen. Barzee and Mitchell were past arrested.

It was "America’s Most Wanted," which aired an section astir Smart’s 2002 abduction, that led to her being recognized by a couple, who spotted her stepping pinch her captors.

Wanda Barzee was convicted of helping to kidnap Elizabeth Smart successful 2002. (AP)

After respective hearings, Barzee was sentenced to 15 years successful situation for aggravated kidnapping. She received nan condemnation aft cooperating pinch nan FBI and nan authorities of Utah to convict Mitchell, who was sentenced to life successful prison.

Smart later testified really she was drugged, tied to a character and raped arsenic often arsenic 4 times a day, People Magazine reported. If she dared to outcry for help, her family would beryllium murdered, Mitchell warned her.

During her ordeal, Smart insisted she ne'er gave up dream that 1 time she would beryllium found.

KIDNAPPING SURVIVOR ELIZABETH SMART ON EMPOWERING KIDS FROM PREDATORS: 'DON'T BE AFRAID TO PRACTICE SCREAMING'

Brian David Mitchell, nan man accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart, is escorted into nan Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse successful Salt Lake City. (AP)

"Coming backmost and being pinch my family was everything I dreamed of while I was being held kidnapped," she antecedently told Fox News Digital. "All I wanted was to make it home, consciousness emotion again, consciousness safe again. I wanted to summation nan courage, arsenic cliché arsenic it sounds, to travel my dreams. These weren’t royal dreams. I wanted to spell to precocious school, get my driver’s license, spell to prom, spell connected a first date, spell to college, get married, person a family."

In 2018, Barzee was released from situation and placed nether 5 years of national supervision successful summation to being registered arsenic a activity offender. She was ordered not to interaction Smart’s family.

Sex offenders cannot beryllium wrong 1,000 feet of a victim's residence if a victim-requested regularisation is successful place, according to nan Utah Legislature.

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Smart is simply a joined mother of three, but her communicative is acold from over. She is simply a kid information activistic who regularly speaks connected behalf of missing and exploited children. She’s besides partnering pinch "America’s Most Wanted" to service arsenic a impermanent speaker for an section of "America’s Most Wanted: Missing Persons."

Fox News Digital's Stephanie Nolasco and Rachel Wolf contributed to this report. 

Stepheny Price is simply a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, nationalist crime cases, forbidden immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas tin beryllium sent to stepheny.price@fox.com