Police Narrow Inquiry Into Girl’s Kidnapping

UTAH

The Salt Lake City police chief said detectives have refocused their investigation into the disappearance of Elizabeth Smart on those who knew the 14-year-old girl and vowed to the unidentified suspect: “We are going to get you.”

Despite looking into hundreds of tips, police have not yet focused on a suspect and have not ruled out a stranger abduction. But Police Chief Rick Dinse indicated at a Salt Lake City news conference that the investigation had narrowed.

“We believe that it is possible that we have already talked to, or will soon talk to, the suspect that is responsible for this crime,” the chief said. Investigators spent several hours in the Smart home early Tuesday, searching for clues to the girl’s June 5 disappearance. Police said they have ruled out the possibility that the girl staged her own abduction and is a runaway.