How It Really Happened - Season 4 - Eps 3: The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart (Part 1)
On June 5th, 2002, Elizabeth Smart is kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home, snatched from her bed at knifepoint by a mysterious man in the middle of the night. To the public it seemed as if she had vanished into thin air, but she was actually taken by 48-year-old Brian David Mitchell. A look at the unbelievable nine month saga with its unforeseeable twists and turns, a police investigation that went sideways, and a family fighting to keep hope alive.
About How It Really Happened

Title: How It Really Happened
First Air Date: 2017-01-27
Last Air Date: 2024-11-24
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.2/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 9
Total Episodes: 88
Network: CNN HLN
Genres: Crime, Mystery, Documentary
Production Companies: CNN
Synopsis
Jesse L. Martin takes an in-depth look at some of the most notorious crimes, mysteries, trials and celebrity tragedies of our time.