The girl convicted of kidnapping Elizabeth Good over 20 years in the past was arrested Thursday for violating her intercourse offender probation.
Wanda Barzee, who kidnapped then-14-year-old Good together with her husband Brian David Mitchell in 2002, is accused of illegally visiting Liberty Park and Sugar Home Park in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah.
The 79-year-old reportedly informed the Salt Lake Metropolis Police Division that God inspired her to go to the inexperienced areas and “sit on the benches and feed the ducks,” in keeping with KUTV.
She was not allowed to go to parks because of her intercourse offender standing, in keeping with courtroom information obtained by the outlet.
Barzee was reportedly launched on the situation that she name authorities as soon as every week, attend courtroom hearings and never “commit any criminal offense.”
The 2 parks are positioned lower than 10 miles from her Salt Lake house, in keeping with KUTV.
In 2002, Barzee and Mitchell, who was a road preacher, went by means of an open window and kidnapped Good from her Salt Lake Metropolis bed room at knifepoint.
The teenager was raped on a near-daily foundation, and lived with the couple in run-down properties and campsites in Utah and San Diego.
Good was discovered 9 months later after an excellent Samaritan noticed the trio strolling within the suburb of Sandy, Utah and known as police.
Mitchell was sentenced to life behind bars after being convicted of raping and kidnapping Good.
In 2010, Barzee was sentenced to spend 15 years in jail. However her time behind bars was lower quick.
She was let loose 5 years early in 2018 when Utah authorities stated that they had miscalculated the period of time she ought to have served.
Barzee was on supervised launch for 5 years, required to obtain psychological well being therapy and he or she was banned from contacting Good’s household.
Good, now a married mom in her 30s, was outraged that Barzee was capable of go away jail early and demanded that she go to a psychological well being facility as an alternative of being free.
Good claimed the freed felon “saw me as her slave. She called me her handmaiden. She never hesitated to let her displeasure with me be known.”
Good additionally spoke out when the parolee determined to lease an condo close to an elementary faculty shortly after her sentence ended.
“Every possible caution and protection should be taken when it comes to protecting our children. Whether a person is deemed a current threat or if they have a history of child abuse, neglect, sexual violence, etc., prudent measures should be taken, including housing them as far away as possible from schools, families and community centers,” Good wrote in a press release.
