Kidnapping Suspect Files for Divorce
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The woman accused with her husband of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart so the man could keep the girl as a second wife has filed for divorce, according to court documents.
Wanda Barzee, 59, has been at the Utah State Hospital since the beginning of the year after a judge ruled that she was mentally incompetent to stand trial. She filed for divorce Nov. 23 in Provo.
Barzee and her husband, Brian David Mitchell, 51, are charged with kidnapping Smart, then 14, from the bedroom of her suburban Salt Lake City home in 2002. The couple have been in custody since Smart was found with them in March 2003.
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