DRY CREEK CANYON — The shelter in which kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart is believed to have been held captive for four months by Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee was not only well-concealed but well-built.
The sturdy shelter where Elizabeth Smart is believed to have been held for four months is part dugout, part lean-to. Tuesday was the first day the public had access to the area in the hills.
The Deseret News visited the site Tuesday, the day police finished processing the area as a crime scene. Cut into a hillside deep within the foothills near Dry Creek Canyon and well above the Smarts' Federal Heights home, the sturdy shelter is constructed of tree branches, plastic and dirt and does not appear to be thrown together on the spur of the moment.
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