The Investigation

Brian David Mitchell poses for his police booking mug March 12, 2003, in Salt Lake City. Mitchell was arrested for the aggravated kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart. The teen was taken from her home last June. She was found alive and well earlier in the day. He is also being held on a retail theft charge.

Wanda Ilene Barzee poses for her police booking mug March 12, 2003, in Salt Lake City. She, too, was arrested for aggravated kidnapping.

A member of law enforcement investigates a camp site in Dry Creek Canyon, northeast of Salt Lake City, Thursday, March 13, 2003, where Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee may have held Elizabeth Smart captive. Police on Thursday began outlining Elizabeth's movements over the last nine months.

Daniel Trotta poses on his bed, which he says Elizabeth Smart slept in. Trotta, 24, told The Associated Press that he believed Smart stayed in his basement apartment in Salt Lake City for nearly a week in October after Trotta befriended Brian Mitchell, a customer at the health-food store where he once worked. Trotta said he invited the couple and the girl who was with them to stay because they had no home.

Anita and Alvin Dickerson answer questions about their discovery of Elizabeth Smart during a news conference Wednesday, March 12, 2003, in Salt Lake City. The couple called the police in Sandy, Utah, after recognizing a drifter named Emmanuel.

John Walsh, left, thanks Anita and Alvin Dickerson, who helped find kidnapped Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart, during the live airing of "The John Walsh Show" in New York Thursday, March 13, 2003.

Steve Chapman, police chief for Sandy City, Utah talks about his department finding Elizabeth Smart during a news conference Wednesday, March 12, 2003, in Salt Lake City. Elizabeth Smart, the 15-year-old girl who vanished from her bedroom nine months ago,was found alive Wednesday in a Salt Lake City suburb with a drifter who had once done work at the family's home.

Sandy, Utah police officer Troy Rasmussen describes his questioning of Elizabeth Smart during a news conference March 13, 2003. Officers Bill O'Neal and Karen Jones listen in.

Brian Mitchell appears via close circuit television from jail with his attorney, David Biggs, left, during his first appearance hearing March 19, 2003, in Salt Lake City. Judge Tyrone Medley, in court, is seen at lower right. Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, were charged with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated burglary. Bail was set for both at $10 million.

Barzee appears via close circuit television for her first court hearing with an unidentified court administrator March 19, 2003. (Judge Medley is seen at lower right.) Mitchell, 49, and Barzee, 57, appeared separately by video from the county jail in a hearing that lasted only a few minutes. Both stood impassively as the charges were read against them, though Barzee blinked her eyes repeatedly.

Judge Tyrone Medley talks to Brian Mitchell during the March 19 court hearing. When Mitchell was asked if his name was Brian David Mitchell, he responded, "That is the name that the world calls me by, yes." Barzee simply acknowledged her own name. Another court appearance was set for April 1, when they are expected to enter their pleas.

Deputy District Attorneys Jeffrey W. Hall, left, and Clark A. Harms confer with trial attorneys David V. Finlayson, right, and Scott C. Williams, second from left, during a closed circuit television court hearing for Wanda Barzee Wednesday, March 19, 2003, in Salt Lake City. Finlayson and Williams are representing Barzee. Separate attorneys were appointed for Mitchell and Barzee, who cannot afford to hire their own counsel.

Trial attorneys Williams and Finlayson, right, talk to Judge Medley during the March 19 court hearing. Both Mitchell and Barzee could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted. They were also charged with aggravated burglary and attempted aggravated kidnapping for allegedly trying to abduct Elizabeth Smart's 18-year-old cousin.

This is how Mitchell appeared in court March 19 via closed circuit television with his attorney, David Biggs. Judge Tyrone Medley sits on the bench. Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey Hall watches at upper left.