Elizabeth Smart Shares 'Heartbreaking' Insight Into Gabby Petito's Case After 'Being on the Other Side'
"In Gabby's case in particular—I mean, I was alive, and I came home, and hers, tragically, has not ended that way," Elizabeth said. "But knowing what it's like being on the other side, and potentially what may have happened and what may have led up to her final moments, and understanding probably a lot of what she was feeling, it's heartbreaking."
When Jada asked if she always maintained hope of being rescued, Elizabeth replied with a smile, "I always wanted to be rescued. I don't know that I always had hope. There was some pretty dark times, for sure." Elizabeth was kidnapped from her Utah home in June 2002 at the age of 14 before being returned to her family nine months later.
Elizabeth continued, "And actually, when I was being taken up into the mountains that first night that I was kidnapped, I asked him if he was gonna rape and kill me, and if he was going to do that, could he please do it fairly close to my house. Because it was important to me that my parents find my body and know that I hadn't run away.
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