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Investigators are looking for a homeless handyman who worked one afternoon at the house in Salt Lake City where Elizabeth Smart, 14, was abducted. The man, Brian David Mitchell, 49, was known to the family as Emmanuel. The police said Mr. Mitchell was not a suspect and might not be Emmanuel. Elizabeth's mother, Lois Smart, met Mr. Mitchell in November 2001, when he was panhandling in downtown Salt Lake City, family members said. Following Mrs. Smart's suggestion to earn money, he did yard and roofing work one afternoon. On June 5, Elizabeth was taken at gunpoint at night. She shared...

Investigators are trying to find a homeless man who resembles the kidnapper of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart, according to her younger sister. A MAN KNOWN to the Smarts as “Emmanuel” has been identified as Brian David Mitchell, police Detective Dwayne Baird said Tuesday. The family said he worked on their roof and did yard work in November 2001. Police have been looking for the man since October when Elizabeth’s younger sister, the sole witness in the June 5 disappearance, told her parents she thought Emmanuel could have been the kidnapper. They were able to identify Emmanuel as Mitchell when the man’s...

01/11/2003 By SUSAN WYATT / KING5.com KIRKLAND, Wash. – The nationwide search for a missing teenage girl from Utah comes to Western Washington after a note is found that says she's now living in the Kirkland area. Police are now trying to figure out if the note is a hoax or a genuine tip. The King County Sheriff’s Dept. obtained a note indicating that Elizabeth Smart, who was abducted from her Salt Lake City home last June, is in the Kirkland area. Police are now trying to figure out if this is a hoax or a genuine tip. Explorer Scouts...

KING: All right, let's talk about the Elizabeth Smart case, which the media has kind of left now. What is your best read on that tragedy in Utah? WALSH: I spent yesterday by coincidence with Ed and Lois Smart. I had them on "The John Walsh Show" to kind of give an update to the case. You know, Ricci, the guy that was the main suspect, died in prison of an aneurysm. He's the guy that was the handyman at the house that put 1,000 miles on his pickup truck during the two days that she was missing. He was...

Police have confirmed they are checking to see if David L. Fuller, 47, the man who apparently kidnapped and killed a Faulkner County girl, may have done the same thing to other children. Kacie Rene Woody, of the Holland area northeast of Conway, and Fuller were found dead Wednesday night in a storage unit nearly 24 hours after the girl vanished from her home. "We can't help but believe the possibility is strong that he did this on other occasions É considering the amount of time and planning that went into this crime," said Major Mark Elsinger of the Conway...

Suspension Over Elizabeth Smart Case SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A deputy district attorney was suspended after his handling of a sexual battery case came under scrutiny by Utah detectives investigating the disappearance of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart. Randy Payne, a veteran sex-crimes prosecutor in Orange County, was placed on paid administrative leave Oct. 4, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. Payne was suspended after questions were raised about a plea bargain in the case of a man who is being investigated by Utah authorities for a possible connection to Smart, who disappeared from her Salt Lake City bedroom June 5....

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Friday, September 6, 2002 Ex-bishop accused of sex abuse of teen girl By Brady Snyder Deseret News staff writer A former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been charged with a sex crime involving a 13-year-old girl who attended his ward. Spencer Dixon Spencer Dixon, 38, was charged Thursday in 3rd District Court with aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony. He was arrested and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on a $100,000 warrant Thursday morning without incident, said Salt Lake City police Sgt. Fred Louis. Dixon posted bail and was...

<p>SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (CNN) --The family of missing 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart offered condolences Saturday to the widow of former handyman Richard Ricci, and said they believed police would solve their daughter's case despite his death.</p> <p>"This change in Richard's health has been shocking to us, to put it mildly, but we have great faith that this is all in God's hands," Elizabeth's aunt, Cynthia Smart Owens, said. "We are very hopeful that the change in events will facilitate other people who do have information to come forward so we can find Elizabeth."</p>

Utah Kidnap Suspect Ricci Dies br Sat Aug 31, 1:34 AM ET By CATHERINE BLAKE, Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A suspect in the kidnapping of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart died Friday at a hospital three days after suffering from a brain hemorrhage and collapsing in his jail cell, doctors said. Earlier Friday, doctors had said Richard Albert Ricci, 48, had an irreversible injury to the brain stem after the hemorrhage Tuesday night. He had not been listed as brain dead because he could still breathe on his own, although he was on a ventilator, Dr. Richard J....

Richard Ricci Dies in Hospital AP Richard Ricci Friday, August 30, 2002SALT LAKE CITY — Richard Albert Ricci, the top potential suspect in the kidnapping of 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart, died at a hospital Friday. Ricci, 48, had been hospitalized for three days after suffering from a brain hemorrhage and collapsing in his jail cell, doctors said. Earlier Friday, doctors had said Ricci had an irreversible injury to the brain stem after the hemorrhage Tuesday night. The former handyman for the Smart family was not charged in the disappearance and denied involvement. He was in prison for a parole violation. Salt Lake...

I don't know when Utahn children start school, but Elizabeth should/would be starting the 9th grade, soon. :(

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