Elizabeth Smart Testifies; 'Indescribable Fear' As Knife Held At Her Throat
Nov. 8 2010, Published 4:30 a.m. ET
The trial of Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper resumed Monday as she took the stand and described the terror she felt the night of June 5, 2002, when a knife was held at her throat and she was taken from her home
Wearing a red jacket and a black-and-white skirt in court, the 23-year-old -- who flew in from Paris, France for the trial -- described how she was startled.
Elizabeth Smart Testifies About Kidnapping, Reveals New Details Of Ordeal
“I could feel something cold across my neck,” Elizabeth testified.
She said a man with a “soft but very serious” voice told her to get out of bed.
“I thought I was having a nightmare,” she recounted.
“It was just indescribable fear.
“I remember him saying that ‘I have a knife to your neck, don’t make a sound, get out of bed and come with me or I will kill you and all your family.”
Brian David Mitchell is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting Smart for nine mon