Elizabeth Smart to Jayme Closs: "There's no going back" | Forensic Files

as news spread that Jamie CLA was alive and safe 88 days of holding on to the faith that our authorities would never
give up and they certainly did not almost immediately thoughts turned to another celebrated case and when we hear
that you know a Jamie has been found how wonderful what another miracle it's heart knows the anguish of waiting for a
child to come home you know night after night you just want to wake up and this is a bad dream and it's going away it
was 2002 when Ed's 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth Smart was snatched from her Utah bedroom it was one of the most
publicized and memorable child abductions we have not given up on you Elizabeth we're going to find you it
took nine months of searching and sorrow before the smart family could celebrate
Elizabeth's safe return they took me to this room and when they open the door and she was there I just I couldn't
believe it I I just couldn't believe it Elizabeth had been abducted by this man Brian David Mitchell Whom The Smarts
briefly hired to do work in their home Mitchell and his wife held Elizabeth captive hiding and disguised
these stories are indelible and while rare still too frequent for those involved there was the case of John Paul
Getty III the grandson of oil tycoon J Paul Getty who was kidnapped in 1973 at the
age of 16 the story was told in the movie all the money in the world if I start paying ransoms I'll have 14
kidnapped grandchildren held by the Mafia in Italy his ear was chopped off eventually a ransom was paid and he was
released 5 months later Getty has since died Mom Dad I'm okay I just hope that you'll do what they say Dad just do it
quickly in 1974 19-year-old newspaper Heir Patty Hurst was kidnapped by the California
radical terrorist group The Symbian Liberation Army I have chosen to stay and fight a year and a half later after
being involved in a bank robbery she was found during an FBI raid Hurst served a
2-year prison sentence as question swirled about whether she had willingly committed violent acts I a soldier in
the People's Army or was brainwashed I think about you know what it was that I had to do in order to survive it's
amazing what people can do to you today she is a wife mother and grandmother another missing child made
news in 1991 11-year-old JC Dugard was abducted on her way to school in California she was hidden for nearly two
decades by a couple Philip and Nancy guito Philip guito was a registered sex offender JC lived behind a series of
fences and Tents even giving birth to two children fathered by her abductor in this ramshackle backyard
compound Dugard was found when she was 29 after a parole officer noticed gito acting strangely she now heads a
foundation for families in trauma just today she issued a message to Jamie CLA writing the road ahead will have many
ups and downs allow yourself to grieve and move forward October 6 2002 was a Sunday it was about
1:00 in the afternoon Shawn was bored and uh asked if he could go out to play he wanted to ride his bike to his
friend's house something that we had let him do you know hundreds maybe thousands
of times before to me he was just my sweet little boy the parents of sha Hornbeck also
know the pain of waiting after a child goes missing Shawn was was 11 when he vanished in Missouri in 2002 it would
take 4 and 1/2 years before Shawn's parents learned what happened I didn't really know it was behind
me you know I was in the ditch that's when he picked me up tied my hands behind my back and put me in
the truck he had the gun he had the power a random stranger a child Predator named Mike delin abducted Shawn the
thing that sticks out the most is he said you were just in the wrong place at the wrong
time Sean's nightmare came to an end when delin kidnapped another boy this time from a school bus stop a witness
helped law enforcement track down the vehicle delin drove which led them to find both boys at Devin's
apartment and then the parents who didn't know if they'd ever see their son again again laid eyes on sea and that
was just the most wonderful feeling that you could have and then it was like the
Waterworks were just on there there was no off button on it it's like a water man
broke since then Sean has mostly stayed out of the spotlight he was last reported to be working in a factory with
hopes of obtaining a college degree in criminal law of course it's too soon to know how
Jamie Claus will now move on unlike these other cases her parents will not be there to welcome her home I
think it's going to be hard not having her parents there but but making the connection she can and finding the love
and support from the community ed Smart's daughter Elizabeth has rebuilt her life she's now married
with Children speaking with Gail King this past September Elizabeth Smart said part of a recovery involved letting go I
don't don't feel that I could have moved forward in my life had I still been holding on to hate and anger inside me
because that would still be taking up a percentage of of my soul and just hours after Jamie was found Elizabeth had this
advice for her there is no going back to who she was before she was kidnapped it's not possible took me years to
realize that I would never go back to being who I was before I was Kid I'd say now start start looking for your
new normal because you you can't go back to the old normal that's gone

Smart and Jaycee Dugard, abducted as youngsters, react to news of the Wisconsin girl's escape.

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Brief Summary

The episode discusses high-profile kidnapping cases and the survivors' journeys toward recovery.

Key points

Jamie CLA Found Alive. After 88 days, Jamie CLA is found safe, igniting hope and relief.
Elizabeth Smart's Return. Elizabeth Smart was found after nine months of searching, a moment of disbelief.
Patty Hurst's Survival Story. Patty Hurst reflects on her kidnapping and the choices she had to make.
Shawn Hornbeck's Abduction. Shawn Hornbeck was missing for 4.5 years before being found, a parent's nightmare.
Advice from Elizabeth Smart. Elizabeth Smart shares her wisdom on recovery after trauma with Jamie CLA.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

You just want to wake up and this is a bad dream.

Reflecting on the anguish of waiting for a child to come home.

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Tension

60/ 100Some tension

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