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Timeline: Elizabeth Smart's Abduction And Its Aftermath

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Published September 30, 2009 at 3:51 PM EDT
Elizabeth Smart (right) walks out of the federal courthouse in Salt Lake City with her mother, Lois Smart, after testifying Thursday at a competency hearing for her alleged kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell.
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Elizabeth Smart (right) walks out of the federal courthouse in Salt Lake City with her mother, Lois Smart, after testifying Thursday at a competency hearing for her alleged kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell.

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