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Elizabeth Smart Testifies; 'Indescribable Fear' As Knife Held At Her Throat

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Nov. 8 2010, Published 4:30 a.m. ET

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The trial of Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper resumed Monday as she took the stand and described the terror she felt the night of June 5, 2002, when a knife was held at her throat and she was taken from her home

Wearing a red jacket and a black-and-white skirt in court, the 23-year-old -- who flew in from Paris, France for the trial -- described how she was startled. 

Elizabeth Smart Testifies About Kidnapping, Reveals New Details Of Ordeal

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“I could feel something cold across my neck,” Elizabeth testified. 

She said a man with a “soft but very serious” voice told her to get out of bed. 

“I thought I was having a nightmare,” she recounted.

“It was just indescribable fear.

“I remember him saying that ‘I have a knife to your neck, don’t make a sound, get out of bed and come with me or I will kill you and all your family.”

Brian David Mitchell is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting Smart for nine months before she was rescued and returned to her family. 

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The victim’s mother, Lois Smart, also testified about the night her daughter was kidnapped.

“It was utter terror,” she said.  “It was the worst feeling knowing that I didn’t know where my child was. It was… I was helpless.”

Lois spoke about her how knowing Elizabeth is safely home helped her testimony. 

She said, “I feel it was a terrible thing that happened and I would never want to go through it again. 

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