The apparent abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, has brought back painful memories for one American family who dealt with a similar experience 24 years ago. Elizabeth Smart was 14 years old when she was ...

Elizabeth Smart was 14 years old when she was kidnapped in 2002 Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee abducted 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart on June 5, 2002 She was found nine months later, and her kidnappers were later sentenced to time in prison Today, Smart is ...

It was an abduction so brazen that local law enforcement officials said they had never seen anything like it in their careers. A 14-year-old Utah girl named Elizabeth Smart had been taken at knifepoint out of the bedroom of her family home in June 2002 ...