Elizabeth Smart wants no contact with kidnapper after unexpected release
Elizabeth Smart says she has no desire to talk to her kidnapper after her unexpected release from prison next week.
When asked during a news conference Thursday if she had any message for Wanda Barzee, Smart says she has nothing to say.
Smart says she forgave the 72-year-old several years ago but that forgiveness does not mean “allowing her back into my life.”
Smart says she made the decision a long time ago that she never wanted to see or talk to Barzee again.
Barzee and her husband, a former street preacher, abducted a then 14-year-old Smart from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002. Smart was recognized and rescued after nine months.
Utah authorities say they miscalculated the time Barzee already served in federal prison.
