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Married: Elizabeth Smart is pictured with her new husband Matthew Gilmour, who comes from Scotland |
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped at age 14 from her Utah home and held for what she described as "nine months of hell," exchanged vows on Saturday with her boyfriend of the past year at a private wedding in Hawaii, her uncle told Reuters.
A spokesman for Elizabeth Smart, Chris Thomas, added in a statement that the couple were accompanied by a small group of immediate family, and he described them as "beaming" as they left the temple on their way to a reception and luau.
They were to depart on an "extended honeymoon" after the day's festivities, Thomas said. Gilmour is 22, according to People magazine.
Smart, now an advocate for missing children and an occasional television news commentator, announced last month she was engaged to be married, with a wedding anticipated for early summer.
But facing media attention that was growing "increasingly invasive," Smart decided about a week ago that "the best way to avoid significant distraction was to change her weeding plans and to get married in an unscheduled ceremony outside of Utah," Thomas said.
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A homeless street preacher, Brian David Mitchell |
Smart testified during Mitchell's trial, describing her time as his captive as "nine months of hell."
Mitchell's wife, Wanda Barzee, was sentenced to a 15-year prison term in 2010 after pleading guilty to conspiracy and cooperating with prosecutors in the case against Mitchell.
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