ELIZABETH SMART KIDNAPPER TO BE RELEASED

A woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap Elizabeth Smart as a teenager in 2002 from her Salt Lake City bedroom and hold her captive will be freed from prison. Wanda Barzee, 72, will be released Sept. 19 after the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole determined it had miscalculated the time she previously served. Barzee pleaded guilty to kidnapping Smart and helping Brian David Mitchell keep her captive for nine months before Smart was found and rescued.