People is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a look back at the best of a half century of true crime stories. In the summer of 2003, readers were riveted by the plight of Elizabeth Smart, a 14-year ...

Douglas C. Pizac-Pool/Getty ; Lois Smart via Getty ; Douglas C. Pizac-Pool/Getty Brian David Mitchell enters court for his competency hearing February 17, 2005 in Salt Lake City, Utah ; Elizabeth ...

Elizabeth Smart is breaking her silence after the arrest of her kidnapper last week. "Wanda Barzee was recently arrested for entering a public park in Salt Lake City, a place where she's legally ...

John Walsh says Smart handled personal testimony with dignity and grace. Nov. 11, 2010— -- When Elizabeth Smart stepped down from the stand, ending three days of excruciatingly personal testimony ...

Judge said Brian Mitchell is competent to stand trial for kidnap and rape. March 1, 2010 — -- The self-proclaimed prophet charged with kidnapping and raping Elizabeth Smart is faking mental ...

Elizabeth Smart is not letting her past trauma keep her down. One week after Wanda Barzee—who kidnapped a then-14-year-old Smart in 2002 and held her captive for nine months—was arrested for violating ...

Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart, right, speaks to a packed crowd at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver during the National Women’s Coalition Against Violence and Exploitation’s Java for Justice ...

SALT LAKE CITY — For the first time since the woman who kidnapped her was taken into custody for breaking parole stipulations by visiting local parks, Elizabeth Smart is speaking out about the arrest ...

Elizabeth Smart, the Utah girl who was kidnapped and held captive seven years ago, told a federal court Thursday that she was raped repeatedly on a daily basis by her alleged abductor. It was the ...