Salt Lake City - Former Kidnap Victim Elizabeth Smart Marries In Hawaii Reuters

By James Nelson

SALT LAKE CITY Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:52am EST

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Elizabeth Smart, that seemed to be kidnapped during time 14 from her Utah home in addition to presented with regard to exactly what the girl referred to when "nine months regarding hell," exchanged vows on Saturday together with the woman companion in the past calendar year at some sort of confidential bridal with Hawaii, the woman's big brother instructed Reuters.

Smart, 24, along with Matthew Gilmour, whom your lover found when your lady appeared to be serving some sort of religious mandate within Europe for that Church regarding Jesus Christ involving Latter-day Saints, tied the actual knot at a Mormon forehead overlooking your Pacific around the North Shore connected with Oahu, her uncle, Tom Smart, said.

A spokesman intended for Elizabeth Smart, Chris Thomas, added from a statement in which the particular couple ended up accompanied by a small number of speedy family, and your dog defined them because "beaming" because they still left the particular temple upon their way to a new wedding party and luau.

The partners ended up being to be able to leave upon an "extended honeymoon" following the day's festivities, Thomas said. According in order to People magazine, Gilmour is 22.

Smart, right now a strong suggest regarding not well-known children and also occasional tv set media commentator, declared last calendar month which she appeared to be engaged to help end up being betrothed with a wedding envisioned for early summer.

But dealing with press consideration that is expanding "increasingly invasive," Smart determined about 7 days past that will "the best way to be able to stay away from important distraction ended up being in order to change the woman bridal projects so to find engaged to be married in a great unscheduled wedding ceremony outside the house of Utah," Thomas said.

Smart was abducted during knifepoint from her master bedroom with June 2002 by the abandoned lane preacher, Brian David Mitchell, and also seemed to be consistantly raped and forced to take off together with her captor through village in order to city pertaining to nine months.

She seemed to be freed right after appearing spotted by passers-by inside a Salt Lake City suburb around 2003. Her kidnapping shocked Americans, and the extensive seek out with the missing teenage ended up being insured exhaustively inside U.S. media.

Mitchell was convicted this year regarding kidnapping as well as unlawful transport of any trivial throughout state lines to interact in lovemaking activity. He appeared to be sentenced around May in order to life with prison.

Smart testified while in Mitchell's trial, reporting her moment while his / her captive while "nine months with hell."

Mitchell's wife, Wanda Barzee, ended up being sentenced to your 15-year jail period in 2010 soon after pleading disloyal for you to conspiracy and also cooperating along with prosecutors in case against Mitchell.

ABC News around July released so it possessed hired Smart, having demonstrated composure since the woman's let go from captivity, being a contributor on reports concerning missing persons.

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