SALT LAKE CITY (AP)—
An FBI agent says the man charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart told him the girl could return to her family anytime she wanted to and that she was never gagged during the time people were calling her name while searching for her in the days after her disappearance. The agent, George Dougherty, also testified in a federal court hearing on Wednesday that Brian David Mitchell told him he expected the world would see him as a child predator, a sexual deviant and a monster if he were ever caught.Dougherty recounted four interviews he had with Mitchell in March 2003 after Smart was found walking a suburban street with Mitchell and his now-estranged wife.
The testimony is part of a hearing to determine whether the 56-year-old Mitchell is competent to stand trial on charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines.
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