Girl kidnapped by ‘prophet’ is reunited with her family

A 15-YEAR-OLD girl kidnapped at gunpoint from her bedroom nine months ago has been dramatically reunited with her parents in Utah.

Elizabeth Smart was snatched from her affluent home in Salt Lake City by a self-styled prophet for the homeless, who wanted to take her as a second wife.

As Elizabeth, wearing braids and a big smile, hugged her tearful parents, investigators arrested the drifter and his wife on suspicion of kidnapping.

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