Elizabeth Smart Announces Her Engagement, Planning Summer Wedding

Jan. 20 2012, Published 5:30 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
A decade after she was kidnapped from her bedroom, Elizabeth Smart has announced that she is engaged.
The groom-to-be has not yet been named, but a spokesperson for 24-year-old Smart said the couple are planning a summer wedding, reported the Washington Post.
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Luckily, the father-of-the-bride-to-be has already given his glowing approval!
Ed Smart called his future son-in-law a “fine young man,” and said he is pleased for his daughter and hopes she has a happy life.
The dream wedding comes 10 years after the Utah girl was snatched from her home in 2002 by Brian David Mitchell at age 14 and held captive for nine months. Mitchell is currently serving a life sentence for kidnap and sexual assalt.
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Elizabeth spoke at the Salt Lake City Rotary Club last December about her harrowing experiences at the hands of the former street preacher.