- Title: Cutting Edge: The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart
- Date: 19th May 2005
- Summary: Documentary investigating the story of the girl who was kidnapped in Utah and rediscovered 9 months later.
- Description:In the early hours of June 5th 2002, 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted at knifepoint from the bedroom of her well-to-do Salt Lake City family home. A massive manhunt ensued, but she seemed to have disappeared without a trace. Nine months later, however, Elizabeth was discovered alive just a few miles from home - the prisoner of a man who believed himself to be a Messiah. This feature-length documentary tells the inside story of this highly unusual case and includes interviews with Elizabeth's father and other family members who never gave up hope for their daughter, refusing to believe that she was dead. It was only due to the pressure that they placed on the police that the investigation was kept alive and finally led to the discovery of Elizabeth, dressed and veiled in white, and walking with her captors, on the outskirts of Salt Lake City. Created by Darlow Smithson, the company that produced Touching the Void , The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart features unprecedented in-depth interviews with Elizabeth's father Edward and police officers responsible for the investigation, and contains remarkable archive footage shown here for the first time.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:DARLOW SMITHSON PRODUCTIONS LTD
- Programme Episode:1
- Transmission Date:19/05/2005
- Decade: 2000s