Doubt: The Elizabeth Smart Case

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Doubt: The Elizabeth Smart Case

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As one story filled the front pages... another was quietly set aside. On the morning of June 5th, 2002 - 14 year-old Elizabeth Smart vanishes from her home in Salt Lake City. Within hours, the case leaves the city - and enters the national bloodstream. But the version carried across airwaves - never quite fits the ink... of the official record. Doubt reconstructs the Elizabeth Smart case as it unfolded in real time; using contemporaneous reporting, public statements, and primary re...

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