“I don’t know how many lessons I had on ‘don’t have sex before marriage,’” Elizabeth says in the documentary. “But no one had discussed with me the difference between consensual sex [and] intimacy versus rape. I felt a lot of shame, and I felt like I was filthy. I thought, ‘If my family knew what had happened to me, would they still want me back? Maybe it would be better if nobody ever found me.’”

Mary Katherine’s realisation that the man she heard in their bedroom was “Emmanuel” led the police in a new direction in their search for Elizabeth. After police sketches were released on TV, Mitchell’s relatives identified him as the man they were looking for.

In March 2003, Mitchell, Barzee and Elizabeth were seen in public in Sandy, Utah. Elizabeth was disguised with a grey wig, sunglasses, a veil and a head covering. Although Elizabeth initially said her name was “Augustine Marshall,” police arrested Mitchell and Barzee and recovered Elizabeth, who was returned to her family.

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Where are her kidnappers, Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee, now?

After Elizabeth was recovered, Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee were charged with aggravated kidnapping, burglary and sexual assault.

Mitchell’s trial was delayed on several occasions after he was ruled incompetent to stand in court. After a jury indicted Mitchell and Barzee in 2008, Mitchen was found guilty of interstate kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor in 2010 and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.

“A sentence of life in prison for Brian David Mitchell is an appropriate, just, and long overdue result for this community, the Smart family, and most importantly, Elizabeth. Mitchell’s heinous criminal conduct and the evidence of his propensity to re-offend warrant nothing less,” Carlie Christensen, the U.S. Attorney for Utah, said in a statement.